We have a number of players with contracts expiring this summer and uncertain futures, but the one with the biggest question mark over his head was Nigel Reo-Coker. That question mark remains no longer, the club have just announced that he has been released along with nine other players.
I know Reo-Coker wasn’t in everyone’s list of favourite players, but he’s always given 100% and frequently was the only one providing anything close to the grit we needed in the centre
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No major theme to address today, but a handful of stories that are worth touching on briefly.
Firstly, young Nathan Baker, who is currently out on loan at Lincoln, has suffered the embarrassment of being caught trying to sell his allocation of Carling Cup Final tickets on Facebook. He didn’t actually have the tickets in his hands and not only will he now not be getting them, he won’t be going to Wembley himself either. He’s also had to issue an
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Martin O’Neill has revealed that he’s not looking to bring in any new faces during January and is equally uninterested in selling anyone from his current squad. So, if salivating over potential new signings in your bag, what’s left to speculate about?
And in 5… 4… 3… 2… 1… ‘Aston Villa haven’t got any money!! Randy Lerner isn’t “investing” enough money into the club.’
Call me a cynic, call me clairvoyant if you like, but should MON prove true to his latest
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It must be a sign of the strength of squad depth that Aston Villa can now boast so many decent players out on loan. It shouldn’t be any great surprise that Nicky Shorey has become the latest to get a short term move away by joining Nottingham Forest until Christmas. I hope it works out for him, he deserves to get some competitive football under his belt.
I’m sure he’s equally frustrated, and it’s something that isn’t difficult to
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Everyone is innocent until proven guilty and, without wanting to get political, “suspicion of conspiracy to rob” sounds a bit like a thought crime to me, nevertheless, I’ll just leave this here…