The long ball debate doesn’t want to go away. Apparently Brad Friedel has recently suggested that Tottenham are fairly fond of the odd long ball themselves and I found Harry Redknapp’s response quite amusing. He basically said that Spurs weren’t a long ball team, but at the same time it’s sensible to hit a few long passes when you’ve got someone like Peter Crouch in the side and, ultimately, lots of short passes sideways and backwards don’t achieve much. For
I couldn’t resist the Follow Friday thing any longer, but wanted to do something a little different. Welcome, then, to the first post of what will more than likely be a sporadic series failing entirely to live up to its “of the week” moniker.
Also, don’t get upset if you didn’t make the team this week, I have a large squad and I’ve every intention of rotating. I’d very much like to earn the title “Tinkerman”. It’s difficult
It’s called the Root Suit and it can be yours for just $64. Trust me, every Villa fan at Wembley will be wearing this, you should go ahead and order one now. Go on, what are you waiting for?
Thanks to Match Fit USA for the tip.
Don’t call it a comeback
I been here for years
Rockin my peers and puttin suckas in fear
And the most tenuous headline award goes to…
Sorry about that. In case you weren’t aware, Freddie Bouma played his first game in an awful long time last night, running out for the reserves in a 3-1 win over visiting Chelsea. Coincidentally, he made his first comeback from the dislocated ankle in this same fixture last season, but later suffered the heartbreak of the
An extreme hat tip to pre-Premier League football. The “good ol’ days”!! Both of these games were overseen by our longest serving manager, George Ramsey.
Blackburn Rovers 0 Aston Villa 3 – 1904
One of the final few games from the 1903/04 season which Aston Villa finished 5th.
Preston North End 2 Aston Villa 0 – 1905
This game, from the 1905/06 season in which Villa finished 8th, was played on what would eventually become Armistice (Remembrance) Day. Yes, it’s almost
Last month I took a brief look at how Aston Villa’s passing statistics stacked up against the other teams in the Premiership and although we’re just in the bottom half of the table in terms of the number of passes strung together, I think it was clear that we are simply efficient in our approach. To call us a “long ball team” is a mischaracterization.
Apparently Arsene Wenger has used this term to discuss the way we played against his
For Villa fans this won’t be new or shocking, but I thought I’d share nonetheless. Last Wednesday, after our amazing 6-4 victory over Blackburn in the Carling Cup Semi-Final, I was browsing around the interwebz and I ended up on the The Sun’s website. Don’t judge me.
Sure I’m biased, but I thought that Villa coming back from 2 goals down at home to win the game in a ten goal thriller was quite a story. Surely the fact
I want to take you back in time once again to August 2006, just prior to Martin O’Neill joining Aston Villa. As you’ll no doubt recall, David O’Leary had finally been given the elbow in July following an embarrassing string of events which could commonly be referred to as “washing our dirty laundry in public”. The club was surrounded with speculation about various parties interested in purchasing the club and of course there was no shortage of speculation about the
Just a quick note to the “journalists” at the News of the World – if you’re going to make something up, please just do some basic, rudimentary research first.
Today they’re claiming that Aston Villa are about to make a “shock move” for Wigan’s back up goalkeeper, Mike Pollitt, as cover for the two Brads. In fact, it’s only a short piece, I’ll quote it in full:-
ASTON VILLA are considering a shock move for veteran Wigan keeper Mike Pollitt.
Villa are