Not the greatest of shocks, it was looking dicey 10 days ago, but it’s been confirmed that James Collins and Carlos Cueller will not be available for the season opener against West Ham on Saturday. As far as I know, Richard Dunne came through Ireland’s 1-0 loss to Argentina unscathed and there should be no issue with Ciaran Clark.
Curtis Davies and Gabby Agbonlahor are both back in training and there’s some optimism that they will be available. Ashley
Martin O’Neill wasn’t the only one talking to the press today. It probably shouldn’t be too surprising that Richard Dunne also had a few microphones shoved in his face and of course was asked for his thoughts regarding some of the Irish players that Villa have been linked with recently.
He naturally spoke in glowing terms:-
Richard Dunne
Stephen Ireland is brilliant so, if he became available then absolutely I’d recommend him. But the manager does his own thing. Regardless of
While you were watching Tottenham crush City fans’ hopes of Champions League, Aston Villa enjoyed the annual end of season bash for handing out the gongs tonight, here are the winners:-
Former Players Player of the Year Award – Colin Gibson
Goal of the Season – James Milner v Sunderland
Nominations were: –
Ashley Young v West Ham
James Milner v Hull City
James Milner v Sunderland
Gabby Agbonlahor v Fulham
Stan Petrov v Crystal Palace
James Milner v Portsmouth
Gabby Agbonlahor v Man Utd
James Milner v Blackburn
Carlos Cuellar
James Milner Wins PFA Young Player of the Year 2010
Congratulations to James Milner who has just been named as the PFA Young Player of the Year for 2010.
As you’ll recall from when the nomination was announced, James joins Andy Gray, Gary Shaw and Ashley Young as players who have won this award while at Aston Villa.
Congratulations are also in order for Richard Dunne who joined James in the PFA’s Premier League Team of the Year.
Well done to both
I’m starting to see a pattern here. Richard Dunne wins his third AVC Player of the Month award, this time based on the three Premiership games in January 2010. Anyone still wondering whether we have an adequate replacement for Martin Laursen on our hands? What do you mean Martin who?!?
Player of the Month – January
1st – Richard Dunne – 7.10
2nd – Ashley Young – 6.90
3rd – Stiliyan Petrov – 6.86
Previous Winners
1st
2nd
3rd
December
Richard Dunne (7.67)
James Milner (7.44)
Brad Friedel (7.25)
November
James
Congratulations to Richard Dunne who wins the AVC Player of the Month award for the second time this season, reiterating what a fantastic acquisition he has been.
Player of the Month – December
1st – Richard Dunne – 7.67
2nd – James Milner – 7.44
3rd – Brad Friedel – 7.25
Previous Winners
1st
2nd
3rd
November
James Milner (7.15)
Carlos Cuellar (7.04)
Brad Friedel (6.89)
October
Richard Dunne (7.21)
James Collins (7.14)
Gabby Agbonlahor (6.69)
September
Gabby Agbonlahor (7.34)
Brad Friedel (7.28)
James Milner (7.23)
August
James Milner (7.03)
Brad Friedel (6.91)
Stiliyan Petrov (6.57)
With James Milner also winning two awards and
Now that the international break is over without incident, and we know the 32 teams who will be competing for the World Cup in South Africa next year, it’s time to get back to Aston Villa. Wait, there was an incident? Oh, I have been out of the loop, haven’t I!
Alright, I’m labelling this 0% Villa, but I do have the less than tenuous link of Richard Dunne’s involvement and I’m going to exploit it to shoehorn
Unsurprisingly, it was a tight affair between our new centre back pairing, but Richard Dunne just edged it. Although not eligible, a special mention should probably be reserved for penalty king Brad Guzan.
Player of the Month – October
1st – Richard Dunne – 7.21
2nd – James Collins – 7.14
3rd – Gabby Agbonlahor – 6.69
Previous Winners
1st
2nd
3rd
September
Gabby Agbonlahor (7.34)
Brad Friedel (7.28)
James Milner (7.23)
August
James Milner (7.03)
Brad Friedel (6.91)
Stiliyan Petrov (6.57)
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