How Much Did Aston Villa Earn From The Premier League In 2009/10?

Quick hat tip to EPL Talk for putting me on to this, here’s how much each team in Premiership received (will receive?) in prize and TV money for 2009/10:-

A total of £831m is shared among the 20 teams above plus the 6 teams relegated over the previous 2 seasons receive £12.4m each in “parachute” payments. (As Birmingham City were promoted back to the Premier League, their £12.4m goes to the Football League to share among it’s members).

Each team receives

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Freddie Bouma Says Goodbye

Just in case you missed it, the OS have published a touching interview with departing Freddie Bouma where he pays tribute the support he received from the fans and explains that he wanted to take the microphone during his farewell at Villa Park, but feared that emotion would get the better of him.

He also reveals that he’s hoping to play another 3 or 4 years.  I haven’t heard any confirmation of his destination yet.  There’s been some interest from clubs

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Aston Villa According To Castrol Football

I seem to remember mentioning the Castrol Football Index a couple of months back as I had hopes that I’d be able to use it as a regular feature here in addition to the Actim Top 100 Index. Unfortunately, Castrol only post updates once a month, usually a couple of weeks in arrears, so it’s not been current enough for me to use as I hoped.

However, I like the way it works and they’ve just posted the final update

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Brad Guzan Is Going To South Africa, But Second Or Third Choice?

Brad Guzan played in the United States’ penultimate friendly on home soil before the World Cup last night; a disappointing 4-2 loss to the Czech Republic in Hartford, Connecticut. Coach Bob Bradley was very much looking at his periphery players to help him decide who will make the final 23 man squad.

As one of the three goalkeepers in the 30 man preliminary squad, Brad Guzan is the only Aston Villa player that we know for certain will

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Formation Analysis

I’ve read a lot of criticism of Martin O’Neill’s technical nous, or lack thereof according to some. A lot of it has to do with formation, people want to see something new and sexy. They want to keep up with what the Man Utd’s and Chelsea’s are doing. It’s no secret that I’m a fan of 4-2-3-1, but you’ve got to have the personnel and all systems will ultimately boil down to the personnel employed. Square

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Actim Top 100 Index Revisited – Points Per Game Basis

I’ve been mucking around with the Actim Top 100 Index for a good few years now: I used to publish regular updates in an old forum before Aston Villa Central existed. It’s far from perfect, but it’s a pretty decent rule of thumb type of measure.

Someone once asked me whether the Villa players generally do so well because they play so many games. The short answer is yes.

However, they still have to do the business on the pitch

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Tale Of The Tape: Carlos Cuellar vs Luke Young

Luke Young’s recent interview caused a predictable little debate here and there about how Carlos Cuellar isn’t a right back, etc. etc. Yes, he’s a better defender, but “he doesn’t offer the same as Luke going forward”. Or words to that effect. Seems like a good time to put their stats alongside each other.

I’ve trawled through the 38 Premiership games from the 2009/10 season and pulled the metrics for the games each player played at right back

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“Man Management” Is Just Part Of The Equation

Somehow along the way Martin O’Neill has picked up the reputation of being something of a swordsman when it comes to man management. My suspicion is that this is the result of back handed compliments as much as anything. I’ve lost count of the number of times that I’ve read some McExpert or other opining about his lack of tactical nous, only to balance their critique by conceding that he’s a “good man manager” in some sort of

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End of Season Review – Squad Rotation

I haven’t had chance to get an End of Season Review post out for a little while, so I’m throwing this one in as a “quickie”. If you’re expecting to find Aston Villa at the bottom of this squad rotation table, you won’t be disappointed. If you feel so inclined, you could take a quick glance at the tables for the previous two seasons first. You’ll find that 2009/10, on this basis, was an improvement. Not

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