This post was originally scheduled for Friday, but I had to swap some things around so I apologise if it’s a little out of date. I noticed that quite a few headlines featuring Villa players “hailing” this and that seemed to be flowing through the wires yesterday, so I figured that the press had been given access to some of the players and it might be a good idea to compile a quick list.
Ashley Young is looking forward
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
Well, this is ironic. Just recently I had a brief discussion with Ian Robathan on his blog about the John Carew to Fenerbahce rumour and since he seemed determined to give the story more credibility than it warranted I suggested that he was guilty of a little confirmation bias.
Nothing wrong with his opinion about John Carew, everyone is entitled to an opinion and I don’t necessarily disagree with assessment with the player at the moment. However, the story
Last night I noticed a Tweet pop up from another Aston Villa blog which featured a headline along the lines of “Carew off to Turkey?” and I have to admit it irritated me. It irked me for a couple of reasons. Firstly, the rumour mongering regarding John Carew has become a bone of contention with me and I’ve written several posts quoting both player and manager, hopefully painting a picture of content.
I first jumped on the opportunity to
It’s amazing how many half complete wallpapers I find when I’m browsing around my hard drives. I found this one of John Carew today, so I added a few final touches and made it available for your desktop computer and your iPhone or Blackberry.
There’s a group of scamps among the Aston Villa fan base who thrive on negativity. That may be the case at all clubs, but it’s always seemed particularly prevalent at Villa.
Among the Villa faithful, there have been persist rumours about John Carew’s relationship with Martin O’Neill that I delight in debunking at every opportunity. That’s as much to do with my enjoyment of proving people wrong as it is with being a Villa fan. That said, I
England
10 men England lost 1-0 to Ukraine in Dnepropetrovsk after Robert Green won the dubious honour of being the first goal keeper to be sent off for England. Fortunately Fabio Capello’s side have already qualified for South Africa next year and the Italian will be reasonably pleased with the way the team battled with a man down. Rio Ferdinand on the other hand…
Emile Heskey played 72 minutes and James Milner came on for the second half in place
I’m starting to think that losing the opening game against Wigan will turn out to be a good thing, if given time. Whether the Peace Cup could be dismissed as just pre-season or not, we were on a high from picking up a trophy and arguably “discovering” some hidden gems among our reserves.
Wigan was definitely a wake up call. The players lost their day off and were dragged in for training yesterday. No one at the club
It was only April that I took the opportunity to jump on some of John Carew’s words about how he’s finding his time at Aston Villa. Why? To recap briefly; October 23rd ’08, Villa beat Ajax 2-1 in the UEFA Cup at Villa Park and Carew was surprisingly left out of the squad. Martin O’Neill was questioned about this during a press conference the following day and he said that Carew had been complaining of tiredness, was