They think it's all over: Surely more signings to come?

Well MON has said on SSN that "there is a possibility of 1 more person coming in, but we'll have to see". That doesn't look hugely promising, but there's apparently an agent who reckons that 4 of his players are going to be moving between premiership clubs by the end of the day. Who knows, one of them may be on their way to the mighty VP. Here's wishing.

It's official, we won't be getting a right back until January.

Who knows? Defoe, Defoe, Defoe Defoe....if you say it enough times it will come true!
I am hoping a RB is at Bodymoor now and they are top class, along with a R Mid and a 'Real' quality C Mid between 9pm and 00.00

just heard the right back that we want is not avaliable until jan.. Think it is all over now to be fair why not hoyte on loan jus heard adriarno is in brum dont no how true that is

I think it's all blarney. Fitzgerald should be told to keep his mouth shut in future cos if he regards Zat Knight and Marlon "top-class signings" then he should prob get a job outside of football. He clearly knows FA about it.

Still....8.5 hours to prove me wrong!

That's it I'm afraid.
Sold down the river.
Oh. Don't be surprised with Maloney leaving!

one more if were lucky, but dont hold your breathe, its all gone very quiet.

According to Talksport Everton are making a cheeky bid to bring Riquelme to England..of course, we shouldn't look at players of that quality as we're not in Europe and Everton are a huge club right? Let's continue focusing on Rosenior instead..

Maybe 1 but cant see any more just been looking at the squad and we know have 22 players that could actaully start a game for us, not like previous seasons where the numbers have been there but no quality, really looking forward to this season speccially the games against the scum.

Youve fallen for the blarney Damian mate and yes Fitzgerald has conned us all, but on who's instructions?? Lerner?? its not fair, we're fickle but we dont like liars!!
and no more signings, thats for sure!

im happy with the squad accept no real right back but if mellberg plays right back were lookin strong all over the field, the only downfall is our squad is not massive so any injuries or suspensions were prob gonna be up shit creek

If we don't sign a Right back MON needs his head testing.

we need 2 right backs & a left back minimum.

We're still missing those couple of top class players that give us a killer edge.

A striker, midfielder and right-back are required still. And good ones.

ill be disapointed if we dont get any more players in, even tho i think the squad is quite strong we dont have a massive squad nor a natural right back, we need more players for back up and like luke says we need those quality players with the cutting edge, i think the club built up our expectations and we all expected more. we must have more players coming in, mon says hes hoping to still bring in his 1st choice targets so where are they the 5 players we have singed cant b MONs only first choice targets he must have somethin planned or hes been wastin his summer doing somethin else

Luke mate, forget it, nothing coming in today,right back in jan!

Rumour has it on Tribal Football that player is Pedro Mendes.... though Im praying its a right back instead

I wonder if the moaning will ever stop? Maybe if we get a result vs Chelsea? Hope springs etc. We've spent loads, got rid of the dross and still there's anti-Board comments. Get a grip and take your seat on Sunday.

i think you should all be patient, everyone was moaning when he signed Young, saying hes not world class or whatever and hes just been called up for England. Hes building a 'Tough' english team with pace and power. Its all good still

I think thats it people, Curtis has mentioned on the offical site how pleased he is with the quality squad at villa, which I agree, but that sounds like code for thats all thats coming to me.
Oh well, no 'Big' signings but some solid foundations built at the back and that should set us up for the push to January. By then we might be in a more attractive position!
For me well done MON, all very shrewd!

If we don't get anyone else, we should all have a day of moaning tomorrow to get it out of our system, then on Sunday forget about it all and get behind the boys we do have.

Owen is reportedly on his way to Everton, would we be better chasing after him or Defoe?

damn right Alfred
UTV!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

either they can both score for fun..Oh maybe thats it maybe its owen, I remember a link a few weeks ago that put MON at a pre season game and I wondered who else he was looking at and got a bit excited! It could be one to watch replacemnet for Maloney if he does go WHICH I HOPE HE DOESNT before you all start!

if this is it than what was all the hype about when Mr Fitzpatrick raved about the players we were going to sign (spoke in May). We need more than two centrebacks in, we need a right back although i think Gardner will continue there) a creative midfielder and a striker. Lets just break the bank for Defoe-£12m should get him.

Up the Villa Up the Villa..quit your moaning and all that. Had the club not made many believe this was gonna be a great summer of spending and top players, I`d be quietly and happily settling with what we have. But the club DID make big statements - and up to now we don`t even have a proper right back. So I'm sorry my moaning's interfering with your rosey view of life Alfred - I just expected much better - as conveniently told by the club when the season tickets went on sale.

I honestly think with this squad we'll be very lucky to finish in the top half and i bet petrov plays ahead of malony on sunday.

Ive been one of the positive ones who has had faith all sumer but if that is it two loan sinings, Reo Marlon and Zat 15 mil spent and about 9 made back a net spend of 6 mil then it takes the piss! I think mon has put himself under more preasure by not spending than if he had.It wouldnt be so bad if Davies and Carson were ours but anything can happen (look at Everton and Fernandez)

Forgot to say we spent more than that under Ellis just the gaffers didnt know how.Rant over.

As my username says,I feel extraordinarily let down.

A billionaire takes over the club,money is promised for top players and we end up with a journeyman defender who gets arrested,a never has been and never will be striker,a goalkeeper on loan who,given the choice at the end of the season,will want to go back to Liverpool.In all fairness davies will probably be ok.

With the signings we've made we've gone backwards,look at the quality players other teams are signing,even Man City for God's sake!

Add in the Petrov factor (don't get me started on him,he's had over a season,he's not going to improve) and it's just another season of mid table obscurity again.

I was that confident 5 weeks ago I even splashed a tenner each way on Villa being in the top two.

Do you think MoN will give me my money back?

At first, i was disappointed with the players coming in. However we have some of the top young British talent on display. Something no other club can boast. Carson, Gardner, Young, Reo-Coker,Davies, Agbonlahor,Moore, and with Osbourne and Cahill coming through. Anyone who cant see MON's five year plan in that is blind. I think Gardner has done a good job so far as RB. We need a couple more faces, but on the whole we should be very excited. I dont want some unhappy Adriano coming to villa and upseting the camp. We are on the verge of what Ferguson created all those years ago and what Leeds tried to do but lost all their talent. Patience people.....we should be very excited and not grizzling because we cant get spurs or chelsea rejects.

It's all quite crap isn't it?
I am hoping that we get at least another one in before midnight (really could do with a quality AM - look at the squad list on avfc.co.uk; 6 midfielders!), but I somehow don't think it will happen...

We do have some real class in the ranks, but to sustain a season-long campaign? Mid table here we come!

I'm more worried about the people having a go at the board. MON knows what he wants, he's got a hell of a solid and tight knit squad now, and i'd sooner that than a bunch of high profile misfits more concerned about their bank balance than the club. I think he's made some good astute moves in the market, and we've got a strong side who can push for europe, and if we had Defoe i could guarentee it. Let's just focus on supporting the boys instead of having a go at the board. Fitzgerald was probably alluding to the fact that MON will be backed fully for whoever he wants when he said "world class signings". I'd sooner Fitzgerald didn't make the signings to be honest, cos MON is no mug.

Would people stop moaning about davis being a loan signing and look at the whole deal(of whats been said)and get your facts straight!!!!!!!!!!!!

i am very dissapointed if this is it and no more players are coming in he says "world class signings" marlon harewood curtis davies im sure there not classed as world class signings what is up with us why dont we put a bid in for adriano juan roman riquelme and julio baptista all quite cheap considering how good they are i am very very dissapointed if this is all we are bring in >:(

5 year plan or no 5 year plan, moaning or not moaning, to go into the season losing 2 right backs is a bad mistake. If MON doesnt get RB in before midnight tonight it has to go down as mismanagement. We're gonna spend the next 3 months, at least, with a severe weakness down our right hand side.

I love MON I really do, and I still have the utmost faith he'll take us into Europe (not this season tho) but all summer he's looked like a rabbit caught in the headlights

avfcmitch, Baptista really is not very good ;)

Saying that, if Defoe turns up, I'll be singing MON's C B Army all night!! screw the RB!!!

im impressed with some of the comments curtis davis has been makin, he sounds chuffed to bits to of signed for us n sounds like hes init for the long haul

Yeah, 5 year plan: year 1, O'Neill gets to know the squad, gets rid of the dead wood and brings in "top british talent". Year 2: Villa fall behind big spending Man City, Portsmouth and Newcastle, can't catch up with Everton as they're clearly ahead in terms of planning and fight with West Ham & Reading for 8th place. Year 3: Villa can't spend big on established names as they've not qualified for Europe again, so they sign Davies as expected and bring in a few more youngsters - at which point the club decides to call itself Aston British Youth Villa, claiming they are proud of sticking with young British talent - mainly because the scouts employed abroad can't distinguish between Lisbon and Leatherhead. Year 4: Villa manage to crawl to the top 7 (behind Chelsea, Man U, Arsenal, Liverpool, Everton and Tottenham)as Man City collapses due to Shinawatra's conviction in Thailand, Harry Redknapp leaves Portsmouth to take over at Spurs and Newcastle prove to be yet again eternal, unreliable underachievers. Year 5: O'Neill brings in 33 year old Nakamura and hails him as the best schemer in Europe, confirms Petrov ("he'll come good") and announces Villa have finally identified a right back suitable for the job. He's British and Villa wont pay over the odds, of course. Thing is people, youngsters are great, I love the fact we value our academy so much here and we clearly have talent at that level but..in order to progress - because others around us are progressing too - you also need to get out there, open the bloody cheque book and spend on some established performers. At the cost of ending up like Alan Hansen when he made that comment about United many years ago, kids can only take you so far: and not all crop of youngsters coming through end up having the talent of Scholes, Beckham, Butt and the Nevilles. And here's another major problem many seem to miss out on: those United kids had Keane, Cantona, Giggs and Ince to play with - experienced, quality proven winners who had done it all before. We don't.

That's ok Mick, as long as you're sorry....

I just think we've got a lot to be thankful for. Look at the circus down the road, the West Ham farce, Bolton fighting the drop already etc. Yeah the club said stuff, but they didn't handcuff you to the ticket office and demand you buy a season ticket. And I'm guessing all the 'moaners' had tickets under the old regime? I just don't get the negativity, but thats not my problem.

Whilst I can understand people being aggrieved at the perceived lackof signings, I think we need to ask the question: Should we buy someone for the sake of it? MON has never done that but has spent money on people who he thinks can do a job for him, eg Sutton for 6 mill at Celtic, Hartson?

As for Defoe, a good player but I suspect there is something putting MON off, attitude, tendency to talk to the press direct, I don't know but I am sure that he would spend the money if he was 100% about a player.

Now until Jan is crucial, if we are top 7 at Christmas, then we would be in a good position to get others in, Hangeland, Boswinga, Defoe etc.

MON is not a man out of his depth, he's a man with a plan.

Alfred: people had season tickets under the old regime aware of the limitations. This season we were allegedly supposed to step up a gear and we can't even find a right back. Or did that escape you too, engulfed as you are in the fumes of your comfort zone?

Why is everyone so damn negative???

I agree with most comments on here. The club told us what to expect and as of now (about 8 hours to go) they haven't met our expectations.
I think it would be a bit mistake to go into a season with only Olly as a recognised RB because he isn't good enough going forward for that position. Young Craig Gardner will try his heart out for you in that position, but we are a big club with a billionaire who owns us and we don't have a proper RB. Again Davis can play there but surely we don't want to rely on people playing in there second best positions. If we are serious that we want to go for a top six or win a cup to get into UEFA we need a very good attacking RB.
I also don't see enough goals in the team either. We need someone such as Defoe who can score the scruffy goals, get on the end of things and get 15-20 goals a season. If not I think top 8 is all we can expect this season. That then means the 5 year plan is going to be moving towards a 6 year plan!

from the BBC website...

Rumours: SBu4cme has just spoken to Stephen Appiah's father and the midfielder is set to join West Ham. Helder Postiga will join Manchester City in a £6m deal according to No1mcfcfan. Villainmike says Guti is now at Villa Park and supermichael26 insists David Nugent has been spotted at Derby by a "relibe source". At the moment any sort of sauce would do, preferably with a bit of alcohol in it to numb the pain of inactivity.

now if its true Guti will be class

I think ether Sorensen or Taylor will leave with a player like Pedro Mendez coming in. Then when you look at it we are a good team and well balanced.

Guti would be quality for us but don't see that one coming off some how

@Simon A I think you're spot on with your observations. We are at least 2 players away from qualifying for Europe 1) A specialist RB and 2) a 15-20 Prem goal striker.

Hopefully Moore can be the striker if given a chance and we scrap the long ball game. But we NEED a RB

Im happy we have got Curtis Davis as it restores some faith as MON has been after him for the whole summer and has finally got his man. CD was wanted by Spurs and we got him, im not saying it was as straight as him choosing us over Spurs but we worked hard and bagged our man.

Id like to see another 2 players come in before midnight although i doubt it will be more than 1 if any. I dont think we should pay over £10M for Defoe but i very much doubt he will end up at VP as he has stated he wants to stay at Spurs. I want MON to make a move for Adriano as he could be a bargain if we could offer the right money. I think £11M and Inter would let him go if he was prepared to come to us. Look at Anelka at Bolton.

Im not saying he would come but it would show the world our intentions if nothing else. But perhaps there isnt enough time. I think Mellberg will shift over to RB and Knight or Davis will partner Laursen, probably Knight on Sunday.

I would like to see another midfielder come in to challenge Petrov who isnt playing very well.

Im so glad Young has got an England call up and i hope he takes his chance.

I think we will draw on sunday.

UTV

guti would never come to vila someone should go down and check up for all us villa fans waiting to see who we are going to sign

I get the feeling that no matter who we sign, some people will moan anyway, maybe because it's just a part of their character. If the same people looked at the bigger picture a little more, then they would see the steady progress that has been and is being made. Anyway the fat lady hasn't sung yet!!

We should do shifts camping outside the training ground!

Mellberg hopefully will start at RB on Sunday, he's the best option we have at mo and he'd be very solid, but an injury would mean poor CG playing out of position and glaring weaknesses on the right hand side. Maybe Davies can play there, wouldnt trust Knight to tho.

Manure apparently sniffing Defoe out. Guess that kills that one.

sold down the river...
lied too.to sell season tickets..
no world class players in..
this has been a really good summer,,i still think mon has been sat watching BB all summer..
oh well at least weve got loads of center halves..
Tell you what..i remember the last game of the season...bright future..scarfs all over the place..it all starts today..world class signings are coming to villa...we have been had big time...
tossers

zat knight and marlon dingle world class.......i can here the noses taking the piss from here

erm forgive me if i am wrong but has Moore, Carew, Young, Maloney, Harewood had a full season, either fit, with the club or in the starting 11 yet? I think not.

I dont really give a monkeys who scores the goals but i have no doubt with have the players here to do it. For starters Moore needs a chance to prove he is capable of scoring the goals, already he is scoring more a season than mr vassell-no goals ever did.

well guys its 5o'clock and to be honest i think thats it for the transfers this summer, ill be very surprised if MON brings anyone else in now

On the bright side, no more rumours about Maloney going!

The reason why a lot of us are negative is because weve been had...
who were these players mon had in his sights...why if then some are not availble till jan,did non only find that out today.bullshit..then he could have signed one of his quality back ups.but he aint got one..bullshit...
mid table again this season,,if were lucky...just dont see us scoring enough to trouble the top 10...

I am gutted! GUTTED!

I wanted Ronaldinho, Shevchenko and Beckham.

I will be ripping up me season ticket and crying into my beer tonight!!! :(

We're a better team than last season, but 4-5 teams who were below us or just above us have improved even more than we have. Some by quite a lot. That's why we'll struggle. Not because we're worse, because everyone else has bought more and/or better.

MON reckons there's a chance of 3 more players today but it'll probably be 1. :(

More rumors: according to "Pink Football" (yeah I know) Villa have shown interest in Adriano. The Telegraph claims Villa are still looking at Rosenior too (please God no, please) and erm..that's about it.

if the manager had left it until the last day on purpose there is no need to leave it until midnight ... it would have all been done by now

if anyone comes in now, i'd suspect it was panic buying

adriano is world class

and it would certainly dismiss all that talk about not been able to get world class signings ...

still. it will not happen

Personally, I reckon that's the end of the spending. Hope I'm wrong! We still need a right back and I find it odd that we're gonna be playing through until january without a recognised right back. I hope we can squeeze in a last minute signing, you never know. But all in all, I'm quite happy with the signings, all English. I hope they all get a chance, including Harewood, to prove their worth. A bit of foreign flair would have been nice though! UP THE VILLA

Oh and by the way, Rosenior is in talks with Reading...

if it says the same without no more signings is will be a disapointing transfer window as the promise of world class players has been a let down/

we should be looking at players such as riquelme real world class players

As i said before, MON will not buy for the sake of it and i trust what he is doing. Maybe he did go for 'World Class Players", but if you were a world class player why would you play for Villa, unless you were offered 120,000 per week and there were other WCP at the club already. Get over the fact that were not an attractive club anymore and need to build a team not burn cash. The likes of Everton have been steadily building for the past 3-4 years under Moyes - finished 3rd - name me a world class player they had in their squad ???. They have not got some cash and paid way over the odds for Yakubu. Lets not be critical, let MON get on with the job and get behind the team and management.

For sm reason i cant help but think we will make more signings of more higly rated players. i still think their is 1 last rabbit to be pulled from MON's hat

Carson
Mellberg, Davies, Laursen, Bouma;
Young, Reo-Coker, Barry, Maloney;
Moore, Carew

til January? Not too bad. If we ditch long ball game we'll be top 10. I gotta feeling Fitzgerald will be keeping his head down from now on.

Oh well,,think how much fun and nagging we can have next summer...if we are still in the prem and having failed to get into europe..we will be in the same boat as we are now.only much further away from the top six,,wonder if thats in the POCKSEY 5 YEAR PLAN...
THINK IT WAS HARD TO GET PLAYERS THIS SUMMER...CANT WAIT TO SEE WHAT BULLSHIT THEY COME UP WITH NEXT YEAR.

To all going on a high horse regarding people complaining about the quality of Villa's transfer activity this summer: rest your irony, you're entirely missing the point anyway.

Apparently Bosingwa won't be available for transfer until January at the earliest. However O'Neill has said that there are other alternatives and he reckons there is a very good chance that we will sign at least one more player before midnight. Rosenior looks set for a switch to Reading and I'm pretty sure Arsenal won't let Hoyte leave with Gallas sidelined with a long term injury so I'm not sure who he bring in at RB if anyone.

will everybody stop moaning. just get behind martin and trust him. he has already said that he will be buying curtis davies next summer so all you people moaning its only a loan deal he will be buying him. he has also saidd on skysports that there is possibly another signing maybe a right back? now we havent splashed out on davies yet he has 9mil 2 soend on boswinga or wotever his name is

somerset villa......... are u a blue nose?

I dont understand what you want... The crap players have been shifted out and been replaced with quality.

Would you rather have McCann or Reo coker?
Hughes or Knight?
Ridgewell or davies?

3 of our first team are in the England squad (when was the last time that happened?)

We have the best squad we have had in years, and are definately playing the best football.

We are not going to sign massive names yet as we cannot offer European football. I for one feel confident that that will be on offer next season, and bigger names will be added to this young talented squad that is being assembled at the moment.

So shut up moaning...because i dont really think you know what you are talking about.

Rant over

Up the Villa

Oh theres a point to all this then...........what is it..please tell....im most interested to know

Right on oakerz! well said mate!

The points are....
a)You know little about football
b)Villa are going in the right direction
c)Will you still be here moaning at the end of the season?

somersetvilla is disillusioned because our expectations were raised by that idiot Fitzgerald and the club have not delivered on those expectations. we all have a right to express our disapointment. as i've said before, lets get the negativity out of our systems now, then sunday get behind the club!

oakerz: well said mate, get on that high horse!

Bunch of Moaning F*****S!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lets get the facts - We have more money than we have ever had, we have Martin O'Neil, we have Randy Lerner, for the first time in a long time we have a team that actually excites. Why do some people keep thinking that we will be champ league contenders overnight!!!

Lets calm down and enjoy the new Aston Villa, get behind the team.

Bright Future..........

Bright Future:
100% behind you, I got tried of the moaning about 5 hours ago and switched off but it seems like its all still going on. He is a radical idea how about we all get behind this really young and exciting squad and put our energy into supporting rather than slagging off them and one of the best 5 managers in the country!
Short memories most people you chose this or O'leary and Ellis....Ummmmmmmm tough one that!

weve just signed mustapha salifou togo international

woooww....has anyone even heard of this fella??

the 1 player martin o'neill was on about is salifou never heard of him but its on the villa website now www.avfc.co.uk

The postings on this issue are bordeline on the ridiculous...

Randy Learner took over control of Aston Villa just over a year ago - at this stage last year did you really think that we would be challenging the top 4? If a year ago someone had said to you the following - would you have taken it:

Villa progress from the last league position?
Villa sign Ashley Young from Watford for 9m and he is in the full England squad?
Villa sign Scott Carson who is also in full England squad and keep Sorensen to leave 2 quality keepers?
Gareth Barry is captain and a member "at last" of the full England squad?
Villa sign West Ham captain Reo Coker for 8.5m
Vila sign West Ham top scorer Marlon Harewood as squad player?
Villa sign Fulham captain Zat Knight as squad player?
Villa sign West Brom captain Curtis Davies for 10m?
Villa sign Norway striker John Carew?
Villa sign Scotland striker Sean Maloney?
Villa sign Togo International who played in world cup?
Luke Moore, Gabriel Agblonglahor, Gary Cahill and Craig Gardner are members of the England U'21s?
Wilfred Bouma rediscovers his form and is a regular of the Holland back 4?

Dead wood such as Samuel, Hendrie, McCann, Djemba Djemba etc all gone?

This is without any commercial spin such as Nike etc...

I have a feeling that you would have snatched their hand off so please stop this crap as you sound pathetic - especially when you would all change your opinion completely if we were to sign Defoe before the deadline - some stratergy!

If you are genuine Villa spporters and have been going down long enough to know the crack then I suggest you knock this negativity on the head!

never heard of him but i keep hearing about guti being at villa park as we speak anyone else heard about this 1

What donut has he gone and signed now?

who?

who?

Villa fans on youtube already welcoming him to Villa. Never heard of him myself!
LINK

After watching that video he looks promising as in lightning fast and unpredictable.

As long as he doesn't ever shoot and stops kicking opposition players in the head he'll be ok :)

Well that was outta the blue!! Anyone got any info on him??

from what ive just seen on u tube hes about as good as petrov but id rather him in team than some bloke with bird shit in his hair lol ;D

Who is this clown?On the website it says something about after a succesful trial period moustapha salifou signs a one year contract for a nominal fee, whats the odds he is going to be another one of these one year signings or another mathieu berson or djemba djemba that never plays a game?

he played all of togos games in the worrld cup last year and he used to play for fc wil for switzerland

dats about it
out of the blue

do u rekon there will be nemore signins for MON toniite?

not really, his wikipedia looks like it was updated about 10 mins ago and there's not much you can take out of that you tube vid other than one of the commenters claims to shagging his brother..

other then that there's...

7 Moustapha Salifou | MidfielderSquad:

Born: June 1, 1983
Height: 1.80m
Weight: 69 kg

Pos: M
Age: 24
Club: Rot-Weiss Oberhausen (Germany)
User Rating: 5.5
GP 3 | G 0 | A 0 (2006 World Cup)

Caps 37 | Goals 4 (Career)
World Cup

A dynamic right-sided attacking midfielder high on creativity and vitality, but low on poise as a finisher, it was therefore ironic that he scored a vital goal on the road to Germany, the winner in the 2-1 aggregate victory over Guinea in the preliminary round of the qualifiers.

He began his career at the Madele de Lome club in Togo before heading off to Germany to play for Second Division Rot-Weiss Oberhausen. After three seasons there, he was sent on loan this season to Brest in France.

Salifou says he cannot wait to play against France in Cologne this summer. 'It will be a dream come true to be on the same pitch as Zidane, Henry and Vieira.'

Never actually heard of him but he may well turn out to be a good addition. He looks very powerful and could turn out to be a driving force in our midfield. He could be something similar to Papa Bouba Diop who proved to be a good player for Fulham in his early years. I suppose we'll just have to wait and see how good he actually is. I doubt he'll be anywhere near the starting XI early on and I think he'll have to work extremely hard to stake a claim for a place in the team. I'll be disappointed if he turns out to be our last signing of the window, we still desperately need that RB. Come on Martin pull a rabbit out of the hat before midnight, please!!

has the panic buying started ?

has anyone seen that rumour at the top of the page about the striker above the avfc blog logo????

we've just signed somebody called mustaffa crap from some swiss side for 1m he plays for togo.
yet another earth shattering deal by o'niel, i bet chelsea, man u, arsenal & liverpool are shitting themselves now, more like pissing themselves with laughter.
is this bloke taking the piss, where are all the so called top quaility players we were promised, it's all been irish blarney.
how many season tickets were sold on all those empty promises which is turning out to be a pack of lies.
we have all been conned by the master of desaster, it's money under false pretences.
mind you, should we be suprised, how many big named players has o'niel ever signed in his ilustrious career, answer,[b]none.[/b]
i'll tell you lot now, managing the top team in a 2 team contest, is no recomendation, i could manage celtic and win that league, the english game has moved on so much while he was up in jockland, he's lost touch & don't forget he was also out of football for a couple of years. he's lost the plot big time.
it proves it when he said the transfer market took him by surprise, why should it, the way transfer windows are set up makes it an auction of inflated prices, plus all the millions from tv & other media, plus loads of clubs being taken over by billionairs, surprise, what fucking surprise?

wow, anthony daventry has finally restored a bit of common sense to this place with that post!

i cant believe the number of you who are slating this togo guy just cos you've never heard of him, thank god you're all realistic villa fans rather than arsenal fans or you'd of had wenger out long ago for his policy of buying little known players

on another note its a shame no prem clubs went for alvaro recoba who has joined torino on loan

Don't get ur knickers in a twist Woodyo! Give 'em all a chance

Well said AnthonyDaventry, my sentiments exactly!

I can't believe people are so negative (What the hell is in the water in Brum - I don't live there anymore :( )

Can everyone realise Fitzgerald saying we would buy 'World Class Players' - doesnt mean squat!!! Notice it wasn't MON who's actually been in the game a while and more to the point is in charge of who's going to be bought!

It's just not possibly for a mid-table team as we have been to buy World Class Players - or at least any I would want.. they're either gonna be 35 and/or after the cash.. hardly the drive and fight we would want from players when its a wet and cold Dec playing Wigan etc..)

MON has a plan - its so god damn obviously its untrue, he's buying young, english, proven yet promissing players who all have a drive and a bit of bite about them. Whilst getting rid of players either not good enough or those not willing to fight for their place.

It makes me laugh when I read why didn't we buy:
Sneijder (Hmm Real Madrid or Villa....)
Drethe (Hmm Real Madrid or Villa again!)
Babel (Champ league qualifiers & winners vs Villa!)
Defoe (STOP WITH THE DAMN DEFOE CRAP! He obviosuly doesn't really want to leave Spurs, he obviously happy sitting ona bench as long as he can collect some cash and go partying around London!)

I'd much rather he bought smart and held onto a bit of cash for when those players with REAL quality become avaiable than splash it around like its going out of fashion on a load of risky foreigners (Man City) or a bunch of misfit crocks (West Ham)

Phh for christs sake cheer up people - stop acting like spoilt brats! We have young, english based first 11 that rivals anything but the top 4.. you should be proud!

Woodyo -

Question - Shouldnt you have a season ticket whoever we bought instead of jumping on a bandwagon?

I suggest Chelsea maybe a better option for you to support, however you would still find something to MOAN abot.

The ONLY reason people are so negative is cos Fitzgerald told us all that "top class players" would be signed and that we should be "very excited". Maybe his idea of a top class player is diff to ours but you really can't blame some people for feeling let down. We're all love Villa here and passions run high, I for one am quite pleased with our squad (except no RB), tho it'll need touchin up in Jan if we want Europe, but this Fitz plonker promised much more.

Now, the club should just let MON do the talking, Fitz and the Yanks should learn what a 'top-class player' is, and we should now all respect each others views but just get behind the team.

Time to get pissed now, goodnight people, see ya v. Chelsea!

bright future.
iv'e had a season ticket probably longer that you've been on the planet.(in fact i've got 4) thats why i'm pissed off, i've had to take this shit probably longer than you, plus i hate liars
o'niel said-
i'll bring in more players than we have let go - lie
i'll gring in better quality - lie
he said davis wanted to leave - lie (i know - fact)

how can you have confidence in a manager who decides he wants to manage a team without a right back, it's frightening, we've got 5 centre backs, 1 left back, but no right back.
his signings hardly fill you with confidence, be honest, did you want harewood at the villa, or a second div swiss player nobody has ever heard of, or consider paying upto 10m for a untried prem player. we've already got 1 petrov we dont need anymore.
you might change your mind about o'niel when youv'e seen enough of his route 1 football, take 2nd half last week 4-2-4, no midfield play, long ball shit, you'll see, give it time and everyone will be hounding him like they hounded o'dreary
bye the way, i'll always support the team no matter what

Woodyo - you call your posts on here support, what a joke!!, my first season ticket was 1978 and had one ever since, so know matter how long you have benn going down you cant question my support through good or bad times, however i see this club moving in the right direction maybe not overnight, but in the reight direction, something you just can not see with your fantastic support!!!!!!!!!!!

Piss poor ending to the summer. Really hope MON proves me wrong - but I'm beginning to suspect many at Villa Park suffer from the Anfield complex, as mentioned by Valdano: "stick a turd on the pitch at Anfield and some will tell that - because it's on the Anfield turf - it's a work of art. It's not a work of art, it's a turd". And still we didn`t manage to get a right back! Sorry I forgot, no negativity allowed. Suckers.