PMP: Aston Villa go third, James Milner surprises even me and come on Spurs
Sunday, 08 February 09, 05:05 AM · Comments (108)
It was an exceptionally good result yesterday that showed quite a few people that we mean business this season and that we are capable of it. Us going third because Chelsea failed to score at home against Hull, was just the icing on the cake.
The Papers
Geoff Sweet, News of the World: "James Milner's name has been a little overshadowed in Villa’s surge towards the Champions League but he looks ready to beam off the billboards now. Yesterday he took charge of a seventh consecutive away Premier League victory and scarcely put a foot wrong."
Jonathan Northcroft, The Sunday Times: "The second goal — via Gabriel Agbonlahor — was not scored until the fourth official was raising his board to signal stoppage time, but Villa’s victory should have been sealed much earlier, not least when James Milner pulled his shot wide of the far post from just four yards out. This was his only blemish.
His play was clever, skilful, penetrative and enhanced by physical commitment and good positioning — a textbook exposition of the modern wide role. In the first half, Milner scored in eye-opening style. Gareth Barry tapped him a short corner and from the edge of the box, at an angle from which he wasn’t expected to shoot, he arrowed the ball between keeper Paul Robinson and Morten Gamst Pedersen on the far post."
Guy Hodgson, The Independent: "Maybe the question needs to change. Instead of wondering whether Aston Villa are good enough to break into the top four the query should be who is going to stop them? This was their seventh successive away victory – a club record – and such is their momentum, Arsenal might not catch them and Chelsea, who were overtaken yesterday, have every reason to be anxious."
Player Ratings
You don't have to be a genius to figure out who the man of the match was and not only did he score, but he as good as saved us from conceding a goal too and with 27 successful passes and only 5 unsuccessful ones, it's not difficult to see why he won the accolade.
So, not to disappoint, here are the payer ratings and opinion, from GonzoAvfc this week.
The Brad: 7 – nothing to do was ready if needed
Carlos Cuellar: 6.5 – did okay while he made few good tackles
Curtis Davies: 7.5 – simply solid
Zat Knight: 8 – again solid, bit more to do than Davies though
Luke Young: 7.5 – solid good runs up the pitch and good balls to Webcam
Jimmy Milner 8.5 MOTM – cracking game. great on the ball, good passing and crossing. good goal.
Stiliyan Petrov: 7 – never really in the game didn’t do anything wrong though
Gareth Barry: 7.5 – lead the team well some clever passes
Webcam Ashley: 7 - would have been more if not for diving, few good crosses got back well
FAF Agbonlahor: 8 - good game, great goal, was a danger throughout should have scored more
Emile Heskey: 7.5 – won the ball up field good lay offs, lead defenders away from goal
You can't really disagree with what GonzoAvfc is scoring and saying here, so I won't.
Final Analysis
End of the day, the league table doesn't lie and we are third, clear of Chelsea and a long way clear of Arsenal who may struggle today.
We are exactly where we deserve to be and based on the performance yesterday, against a team that were in a good little run, we may even surprise a few more by the end of this season.
I've really got nothing to add that I didn't write yesterday and if I'm honest, it's because my head hurts and all I want to go do is drink some coffee and have some cheese on toast.
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Great result Villa to win world cup for England
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ROLL ON EVERTON
Damian, this is the second day in a row you've slid a cheeky food advertisment into the blog. Yesterday after reading I went downstairs and made myself a bacon sandwich. Now you have me craving cheese on toast.. but i'm at work till 6 so i'm going to have to go without...
Very happy with the result yesterday and glad Milner is pulling off some good performances. Just hoping this little England outing doesn't result in any injuries for us.
SIX Villa players in the England squad?? SIX!!!
That's an incredible accolade, very well done to the lads who made it.
i cant believe the table myself mo'n is a true genius
I think we are starting to make other teams feel quite nervous as we can attack from all angles. I'd just like us to be a bit more ruthless in front of goal. The fact we are creating so many chances in games is just brilliant.
I hope MON focuses purely on the league and tells the lads not to worry too much about the other competitions. I think this would be good reverse psychology because it will allow them to relax (mentally) more in cup games, and yield dividends.
I really hope the hammers get a result against Man.U and the spuds get one over Arsenal. What a perfect week-end.
yay my ratings nice one damian
YES WE CAN
lets wait to call him a genius for when we finish in the top 4 and win a cup (or 2
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but the boys are putting 110% in at the min, i just hope theyve got the legs to do it for the rest of the season, but the business end of the season has NEVER looked as exciting
Good afternoon everyone, how happy are the Villa fans today!?
I just thought i'd come on and give Mr. Luke Young some well deserved credit. What a signing, MON really did well on this one. And its earned him and England call. Playing out of position as well, for me he has made a real difference and could prove to be our star buy.
Anyone agree?
Just said on SS1 that no team on 51 points at this point in the season has finished outside the top 3 in the Prem
btw great news about where we are now and where we could be!
bad news, apparently MON wont stand in the way of Barry leaving
here is the link: LINK
Yes ive just seen the barry link, however if we get champions league I don't think there is a cat in hells chance of him leaving!!
We continue to win and now the other results are going in our favour.Barry managed to get himself booked celebrating Gabbys goal,which i susspect was intentional as he will now miss the Everton game rather than a league game.On to the England call ups, congratulations to the players that have made it but i cant beleive Curtis hasnt made it into the squad.Cmon spurs stuff Arsenal big time and let the doubt start to creep into them.
Reply to Villa_1_2_3:
I don't think that matters. If we make champions League Barry won't leave, he has been quoted as saying he wants to do it with us and if were there he wont be leaving.
Were also right in the mix this year and I doubt a move is crossing his mind whatsoever, so no messing up of his head this year when the fat man comes sniffing around playing tap tap tappy.
Reply to Badger:
that really puts the lie to the idea we are up there because other teams have done poorly. We are up there on merit and now just have to stay there with a very tough run of games coming up
Reply to HOOLY:
spot on all round Hooly
adebayor has just done his hamstring what a shame
I'm a happy man today looking at the league table even though I'm at work. Come on Spurs!!! If we can just beat Chelsea at Villa Park then I believe Chapions League will be ours!
Up the Villa
Adebayor has just done his hamstring
What is it with these players these days?
Good news for us anyway.
Pretty good game.
Fuck me Eboue sent off
eboue sent off come on spuds
Hahaha, Eboue is such an idiot
isnt it great to watch the arse implode right in front of your eyes
You've got to fancy spurs to get at least a draw now (fingers crossed).
We are frightening.
Yesterday I saw reasonable premiership defenders twisting, turning and falling over as a player ran at them.
Who was that player?
Ash? Gabby? Milner?
No, you're right, ALL THREE OF THEM.
No wonder teams don't fancy playing us.
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Sorry to be smug but I said that you could not judge Milner on his crossing until we had a target man in the team, also changing back to 4 4 2 has helped him a lot to, and Damian I know your a fan of 4 5 1 but I'm sure you can't argue that playing 442 lets us dominate opposition much more effectively.
UTV
Fair play, Damo, giving credit where credit's due. Really nice seeing the lad come on, justifying MON's faith and perhaps even the price tag. And he's so young, full of commitment and hard work to boot. Such an easy player to cheer for.
I'm still terribly nervous about it all, but how much fun is this? The England call-ups are worrisome, too, but so well deserved. With Luke Young even getting back into the frame, it's easy to see why MON is God.
That Barry story is junk, just recycling the question which has obviously remained open. Nothing has brought it up but a journo trying to be clever.
Also, I though Gardner did quite well, all things considered. I'm not his biggest fan, but he was given a tough job, acquitted himself well, and had a couple really nice little passages of play that showed me what others see in him.
Such a wonderful ride, with Acorns on our shirts, the future England nucleus in claret and blue, and Arsenal and Chelski where they belong...
Come on you Villa boys!!!!!
Reply to villadam:
I agree.
We've looked a lot more of a threat and the midfield is much more effective
I bet Sidwell is gutted.
I can't see how he fits in at all now, except as a replacement for Barry?
Great result yesterday, im amazed at how well Heskey has fitted in already, he looks like he has been playing with Gabby for much longer than a few weeks. Definatly looks worth the £3.5mn especially in todays transfer climate.
What does FAF Agbonlahor mean? Is that his new nickname? If so what does it stand for.
Ash Young had a quiet first half yesterday, and in other games we would have struggled because of that but yesterday we didnt because Milner was creating on the other side. Young started to look more dangerous in the second half. Imagine what we can do when both players are playing at their best.
Overall great performance, 7 straight away wins is some record and like others I cant quite believe how well we are doing, although given MON's record its not that suprising. It is a great time to be a Villa fan and I think we definatly deserve it after a few bad years in the recent past.
And with Arsenal looking to be holding on for a point the gap could be 7 or 8 points by the end of the day, that is a very nice cushion to have and we are also 11 points clear of Everton who look to be playing very well. Great times indeed!
Well that has to be 2 points dropped for Arse, as they'd normally expect 3.
7 points clear then with the same games.
It's ours to throw away now
How poor are spurs and especially Lennon, imo?
Reply to Badger:
Oh yes, this just gets better and better for us, come on West Ham, if they can pull off a win someone upstairs really is smiling on us
villadam
when i watched the game yesterday, i said to the person with me that we were playing with two up front .. he said to me that we weren't.
i've watched the first half again today and if you watch it again you'll see heskey was always dropping back whenever blackbrun had the ball - in essence offering up another man in midfield
when we went forward with any midfielder he was always up .. so playing the role of a striker told to come back and help out. whereas Gabby really only dropped back a little from his strikers position
formations are always going to be tough to call, but i'd say for most part (in the first half anyway, as i've watched that again) we were playing 5 in midfield
if you click here:
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you'll see what i mean with the gabby v emile chalkboard from yesterday - as in passes made. emile is much deeper than gabby
can anyone help me! i keep on constantly keep trying to log onto the oleole website. it sent back my password and username which i then used but it keeps saying that my login has failed. this has only happened since last week when the website had changed. does this mean that i will have to re register under a new account. can anyone help?
so arsenal drop more points can't believe what's happening to them anyway milner is showing us and damo why he cost 12 mil and everything really jus great I hope winning everything the way we are isn't like this want have any moaning to do to all u doubters av haters c u in CL. Or maybe not
Reply to AVFCBlog:
That's a fair point and I think I commented how Heskey plays too deep for my liking. I don't think he's effective in midfield at all, but as you suggest, he's probably under orders to just make a nuisance of himself in the middle. Seems pointless to me, as he doesn't have the pace for when we break??????
But what the hell do I know? We're winning and that's all that counts
Not sure if I read it on here or some other forum, but I don't see the concern about our up coming fixtures.
In fact, after having seen the remaining games, I'm even more confident of top 4, especially having seen Arse have very little to offer (I know they were down to 10 men). We'd have thrashed Spurs today, even with 10 men, imo.
Jimmy Milner is brazilian,
I wouldnt sell him for 20 million,
On the wing hes fucking brilliant,
Super Jimmy Milner.
I'm a sheep too
The great thing is what we've been saying for ages is actually happening.
I so hope we achieve top 4, because it'll be great watching certain posters sucking the proverbial.
My prediction is we'll lose one or two of our next 4/5 games, but someone is going to get a shoeing. My money's on Stoke.
In MON we trust and yes we bloody well can.
We must all be very happy Villians today.
Returning from the game yesterday back to VP the coach was absolutly buzzing. The fans were immense inside Ewood yesterday.
Our boys seem to be going from strength to strength and with MON leading our troops anything could be possible.
YES WE CAN.
Reply to villabiker:
I had that problem, when it firsr moved over to oleole.
Re-registered and still get a problem, so just post as a non-member now.
Just loving the Arse fans getting wound up;
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Reply to Badger:
cheers mate
the_flabster
FAF - fast as f**k
Danzel
Well done ...
We can all laugh at the Arsenal fans, although how could Modric miss that chance at the end?!
I know this is mean, but am I the only person who wants to see Villa make the Champions League and then sell Barry to whoever misses out on the Champions League (in a perfect world Liverpool)! At this point I think Martin O'Neill would find the perfect replacement for him!
What a fantastic game for Villa yesterday. And how about Big Sam's comments.
"They were the first team since I've been here that was better than us. They were good with the ball and even better without it. We didn't deserve anything from the game."
That says it all about a performance at a place like Ewood Park. Absolute class from the Claret and Blue! ManU, Liverpool that object getting larger in your rear-view mirrors is the claret-and-blue army!
Reply to George_Templeton:
Yes, that's mean mate, imo.
If we get CL, Barry won't go anyway.
Don't get me wrong, I slated him blind at the time and haven't forgiven him for going to the press (I think he was misguided by his agent though).
MON has said "give me this season and you can go if we don't make it to the CL".
And fair play, Barry has done well for us, even carrying a hernia problem.
If we don't make it, he can go with my blessing, although it would be a mistake, imo.
Damian, you might add the necessary punctuation to the player ratings. Also, Petrov was brilliant in midfield, held up their every move and looked strong going forward. Only 2nd best to Milner.
Not sure if its been mentioned on the blog yet, but did anyone else see the club are giving every fan that goes to the Home Uefa Cup game a Villa flag? Another fantastic gesture from the club to give the fans that something extra.
At 4:54 PM, Anonymous said...
Villa are better than us, end of story. Better manager, better board, better team.
The times are changing and we need to get used to challenging for a UEFA place I'm afraid.
Arseblog...
Immense footy yesterday.
Was not sure on Milner when we signed him. Knew it was a good signing but didn't think he was top 4 class. I stand corrected. Fantastic game all over.
Im going to sign the praises of those who don't often get it. Curtis, Knight - what a partnership it's becoming. Immense!. L.Young, solid, love this player, totally understated but effective. Gardner, don't usually like him but tidy on the right and nearly created a goal.
Petrov was immense also, great distribution. In conlcusion. Immense!
51st!!
IMMENSE !
What does anyone make of the transfer rumours of Rafa looking at Barry again?
Reply to Football Rumours:
They can't afford him
Reply to arrlui:
That was very cryptic. Do you mean, for instance, that 7 should become .7? Please explain yourself.
Or have I missed something?
BTW, couldn’t find that arseblog story; can you give a link? I need to gloat
So at the start of the season the realistic target was 5th.
Top 4 was a dream.
Now the realistic target is 3rd?
Top 2 is the dream.
I loved the 'object in the rear view mirror' line Mr Templeton.
I believe our boys are about to topple another 'great' manager. Scolari to go this week. (Wasn't he one of those BIG FOREIGN names who would, had we got rid of MON, have made us a force to be reckoned with in the transfer market?)
Reply to churchil:
BTW, couldn’t find that arseblog story; can you give a link? I need to gloat
It was on that Arsenalreview link I gave earlier (top of newsnow).
Seems the site's gone down, just like Arse
If Barry does go and we finish in the top 4 it will only make him look worse, as he stated earlier in the season if we qualified for the champions league he'd be more than happy to stay - although i think at the time he didn't think we had a prayer of getting a top 4 finish as we were in 5th or 6th beneath the sky 4.
Reply to Nan_was_a_fan:
Totally agree, but i dont think we can win it i would love it but i cant see anybody stopping Man u, but i really dont think 2nd is a dream any more i really believe that Liverpool are the worse team in the top 6 take away Gerrard and Tores and compare there squad with the other teams, there shit (just look).So getting back to my point 2nd is possible, and this would mean we dont have to qualify for the champions league, who would of thought this was possible at the start of the season?
Rafa has lost it. He's trying to unsettle Barry again, knowing that his form is one (of many) reasons why Villa are breathing so closely down their necks....
He can't get his grubby little Spanish waiter mitts on him until the summer anyway, and by then he might not have the same incentive as last year.
GB:"Hello, who's that, oh Rafa sorry I thought it was Manuel from Fawlty Towers"
RB:"Bally, eetz meee, Rafa Benitwez. I wanna you come play Championez leagues for Litterpool".
GB:"Ah Rafa, sorry, I thought you'd realised after Villa finished above you in the league that you could go shove your offer up that tight little Spanish squeaky bum of yours!. Actually while your here, my Boss was wondering if Stevie wanted to come play for a beter team this year?"
Reply to Craig:
Barry pissed everyone off in the summer but if we fail to finish in the top 4 he can go with my blessing, he is a top player and he deserves to try the champions league, havin said that we will finish in the top 4 and if that is true there is no chance he will leave not in a million years.
Reply to Scrumpy:
Nice one
Barry wont leave now - no chance. Even if we dont make champions league - WHICH WE F*CKINH WILL. Now. I can honestly say Ive never supported spurs like today. All there is to say is 7 POINTS clear of Arsenal. The last time I felt this optimisic is when Savo screamed won in against Leeds
Slight change of subject, but I'd love to know what MON said to Barry, Milner and Gabby, that made them laugh so much as they were coming off the pitch.
My guess is "I told you Blackburn were shit, didn't I?"
Reply to bow77:
Quick point... 3rd is good enough for direct qualification to group stages - rules have changed for next year.
Reply to bow77:
Well put. Barry's played really well and has built bridges in the best way, really.
Rafa will be looking to unsettle because of our threat to them. MON - I think - has only really revealed the professionalism of himself and Barry and hinted at the respect and affinity between them.
I suspect that MON will say "you are free to go" and Barry might well say "thanks, but I'd like to stay". That outcome would be great but this was an important year and Barry has played his part massively so if doesn't go that way, fair enough.
3rd direct qualification to the Champions League. Really.
Ooooops. Pass the tissues would ya?
All we need is for Liverpool to drop 1 point. After that second place is ours for the losing. It's in our own hands after that as we play them and can make up the 3 point difference. Or we win some games 3 or 4-0 to catch up the goal difference. We're after our highest finish since 92-93
Come on you Villa boys!!!!!
I've spent several hours today looking at the league table. It looks marvellous, doesn't it? The progress we have made is frankly stunning and the next sign of how far we have come will be when Fergie starts trying to get to MON with the old Jedi mind tricks. Don't think he'll have much joy there though...MON has been round the block a few times.
Players not in the starting line up for one reason or another yesterday: Carew, Laursen, Bouma, Reo Coker, Sidwell, Gardner, Shorey, Delfouneso. Ok, there are bound to be some players injured at any one point in the season, but at least there are now some talented players outside the team that led us onto the pitch yesterday. Arsenal in particular seem to be finding it difficult to put out a full side of good players every week. One of MONs skills has been to select adaptable players (or to train them to be adaptable) so that even when we lose key players, other good players are able to provide cover until they return. Maybe this will enable us to operate a smaller squad than would normally be thought reasonable?
Reply to Leftwingextremist:
Agreed.
Fergie just winds the foreigners up and they bite everytime
I can see MON's answer now;
"SAF might think that and of course he'd be dead right, having been there and done it all. We'll just be doing our best and see how we go".
Having said that, I think SAF has loads of respect for MON and vice-versa, stemming from the fact that both have played the British game.
As anybody been on the bbc sport league table predictor , I got us finishing 3rd on 73 points , Could be wrong 1ST 1ST 1ST
YES WE UCKING CAN !!!!!!!
'From acorns, oaks will grow'...how apt....MON is a craftsman, his record with Leicester and Celtic prove that. He sees potential then he takes it and shapes it. He's always said that we should expect nothng much for the first few seasons, not to have high hopes too soon, that he was here to build a top 6 challenging team but it would take time. And here we are...3rd n the EPL - not just because Arsenil, Chelski and and Lidlpool aren't playing at their best - but because we are now a quality side built through foresight, thought and encouragement. I wasn't expecting anything like this for at least another season or two! Every one of our boys has the hunger that MON's instilled in them through his mangerial and people skills - you can see that in every game. They have pride and they want to PLAY for Villa! Ok, we've had some 'off days', but with the tiny squad we have & the amount of extra games played with the Intertoto, UEFA etc and the travelling entailed, there's bound to be some heavy legs. Admittedly, i was a little concerned when we didn't sign anyone in the transfer window - some cover for future injuries, suspensions etc - but we've coped magnificently so far with major losses like Bouma, Carew and Laursen to injuries and Young's suspension. How many teams - with bigger squads - would have coped so well?? Our boys are adaptable - Milner, L Young, Reo-Coker being switched to positions they weren't bought in to play but putting in superb performances. Us having to adapt to 4-5-1 with Carew being out & it leading to Gabby's epiphany - who would have thought? MON's brought out the best in them and I thank God for both him and Lerner and all they've brought to Aston Villa. 6 players in the England squad, worries me slightly because of our hectic fixture list but I can't help but be proud. Capello's not just chosen them because of other choices having injuries but because of their qaulity & consistency - they GEL together. No egos just eagerness. Allelujah
Reply to r0bb0:
It's a great point you make. MON has selected very athletic players...there's pace, strength, size. And apart from Gabby, they seem smart enough as well. Most of them can do a job almost anywhere on the pitch.
Reply to MissDeekay:
Love it mate
Ride that wave, as it doesn't get much better.
Rumour has it you're Donna Koran
Reply to pjmavfc:
So you see us getting 22 out of 36?
I looked at our fixtures and predicted similar, which is plenty for top 4.
I don't care about anything else.
As MON says, "No targets"
Reply to pjmavfc:
Just had a go on that myself and tried to be pretty honest/harsh on us. Had us finishing 4th on 74 points with Arse in 5th on 73
Man U run away champions on 93 with Chlski 2nd on 86 and Liverscum 3rd on 84. Hope we can better that though 
Reply to pjmavfc:
So you see us getting 22 out of 36?
(I think it's 12 games left?)
I got pretty much the same and was being harsh.
71 points is plenty for top 4, imo.
I don't care/never looked at the other clubs.
Third in the league, still in the FA Cup, the UEFA Cup just around the corner, and SIX of our players in the next England team...
Will those people who contribute to this blog amd continually criticize MON and/or our Villa players please stop!!!
The word "fan" is short for FANATIC...to be a "supporter" means to provide support. Surely if one is a fan, or a supporter, of the Mighty Aston Villa we must ALL be positive, proud of the team's achievements, and just a little bit one-eyed in favour of our beloved club!
Come on fellow Villans...cheer OUR team and do so with extreme claret and blue bias. Who knows if we can, or if we can't...but isn't it fantastic watching this wonderful and exciting season unfold?
UTV
Reply to Badger:
We have 13 fixtures left and from that I can see the Villa take at least 26 of them so on 77 points we should easily qualify for the CL.
UTV
Don't be silly
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How inappropriate of you to talk some sense on this site
Can I just say, I was very pleased to see Gabby get a goal today. I think for all that Milner done in the game, seeing Gabby on the scoresheet was a fitting reward for the burden he carried leading the team from the front solely for so long and then coping a little bit of, at times, harsh criticism for some of the bloggers here.
What good times these are!! Just looking at our next fixture, and a win would really put a CL place in the cement you would think. A 5pt cushion over an out-of-form, almost worn out squad would be more then enough for me, for us to go on and finish in at least the top4.
Onto Barry, and I'd like to live in my own little bubble where I think that even if MON let him leave he'd want to stay. I know football is a business but it really would be nice to see. I think the only team that could sway him would probably be ManUtd, but I can't see him going there, what with all the midfielders they already have.
YES WE CAN!
UTV!
That's funny, because I just looked at the fixtures and out of the last 13 games I predicted getting 39 points
Arse have Pool, Chelsea and Man Utd to play yet. Obviously with the Chelsea game thats a guaranteed two points lost by one of them!
One other league table some of you may find interesting is this link. Looks like we may have more strength in depth than we first thought?
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If we finish third do we have to qualify for the Champions leauge group stages ? I know we do if we finish fourth . Maybe I'm getting ahead of myself !
Ash is on four bookings so I think he should go for a booking against Everton and miss the CSKA game .Then he'll be nice and fresh to run rings round Chelski .
Reply to Altan:
yer i think he'll prob do i badish tackle like lol. maybe pull the afro of that everton player lol
Reply to Mlockey89:
LINK
Reply to Mlockey89:
you know your bored when you start quoting yourself for no apparant reason
Reply to notsosilentbob:
see!
Reply to notsosilentbob:
Im reall bored! stuck at work doing nothing lol
plus i want people to have a look on my blog lol LINK haha you gotta start some where
Reply to Mlockey89:
i agree
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I have only just read through the last 2 blogs and I have to say that I am very suprised with everbody, and yes a little hurt. I thought Damian would have to wear a metal hat to cope with all the flack coming his way about Milner. I think he's been let off lightly.
_AP68_ - I don't know why you thought Villa couldn't keep a clean sheet.
keef...we are a forgiving bunch..
Milner was outstanding but so was bean pole Zat lol LINK
MON's Lateest Comemnts.
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Damian,
I hope you've got a tin hat on, cos I'm launcing a 12m pound cannon ball at you with, "I told you were wrong about Milner" etched on it.
Ive never seen the above before but its worth a look. O'Neill's face is a picture!
Reply to Villa_Chris:
The link doesn't seem to work
Never mind, I'll just keep looking at the league table instead...
there ya go mate......
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That goal is for all the Milner doubters
Third in the league. I'm actually contemplating the possibility of finishing second
so happy wit third place im contemplating hosting a scat party to celebrate
Reply to pazzler:
If I knew what one of them was I'd probably do the same
im a scat man du du du du lol great song
Anyways has anyone heard about the stadium expansion :S i think its bull but .... LINK
Reply to keefvilla:
u should google scat, preferably wen u r alone.
Keef....my answer is: NO YOU WOULDN'T!
I googled 'scat'......Never again
Reply to AVFCBlog:
really cant belive i'am saying this but Zat night is starting to play the way every body thought he could'nt,The last few times i've seen him play he's been outstanding, just thought he could do with some pray's well done mate.
Reply to Villa_Chris:
i cant belive u googled it!! nice one. thats aweseome. so shall i send u an invite Villa_Chris? ur more then welcome to attend.
I googled it too, at work.
Gissa job mate.
It's great that MON's finally getting deserved praise and recognition from fans of other teams for the fine job he's done at Villa. This made me smile LINK and just about sums up what's going through a lot of other footy fans' minds - albeit begrudgingly. I'm sure Tony Mowbray would love to have the same recognition!
Reply to Badger:
Lol thank you Badger
but I got it wrong. It should be '..from acorns, MIGHTY oaks will grow'! And yes, I'm riding the crest of this wave like a seasoned surfer! Meet you at the beach!