You know what, I had a dream last night
Friday, 22 June 07, 03:30 AM · Comments (11)
Maybe that last pint was one too many, because I woke up at half past four in a cold sweat. Panting and spinning. With pure exhilaration.
I'd been at a demonstration at Villa Park. Why? Because it was the Wednesday before the Liverpool game, and Villa had got rid of Hendrie, McCann, Djemba-Djemba, Hughes, Davis, Ridgewell, Sorensen, Samuel and Bouma.
And we'd signed nobody. That's nobody at all.
The various blogs, from this venerable site to VillaTalk, Vital Villa, Heroes and Villans (even Claret and Blue Wedding) had agreed a mutual vote of no-confidence in Lerner, Fitzgerald and O'Neill. And we marched on the North Stand - large Doners with extra chilli sauce in hand - to launch the (new) revolution.
And then it happened. Halo and all, the great Martin walked halfway down the disabled access ramp and shouted in his Ulster drawl: "is the Doc out there". I panicked. There was at least half of Abdul's finest Doner left, and it was nearly all meat (I'd thrown the lettuce and cucumber over the tram museum fence long before).
Not only that, could I break cover? Nobody knows who the Doc is. Even Damian only knows me by my cyber-pseudo-pseudonym.
I waited until O'Neill had turned to go, and then turned towards the architectural marvel that is the Villa Village and shouted: "Look - Bruce! Steve Bruce! Is he up for the job?". Everyone turned and everyone ran. Fast. Liam Ridgewell fastest of all.
Except me. Quietly and with a dashing fleetness of foot, I swept up the steps to the magnificent O'Neill. I fell to my knees. "You called, master?"
He said little. Only "come...", in that calm, paternal Irish way.
So I followed him, through the corridors into the players bar. Gareth Barry lounged against a wall laughing. Ashley Young and Shaun Maloney were locked in a game of Pro Evo. Mellberg and Laursen were talking about herrings in the far corner. Stan Petrov was on the phone (possibly to Atletico Madrid).
And there was a game of darts going on. Four players, all pretty useless by the standards even of my local. And then they turned round, and in unison with O'Neill and the other players shouted "sur-prise!".
Now Fabio Cannavaro, Gennaro Gattuso, Franck Ribery and Michael Owen may not be that great at darts. But I have to admit my bow tie almost, almost got a bit crooked.
And then, you see, I woke up.
But Martin did say on the official site "if I told you, you'd laugh". Guess we'd better keep dreaming."
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11 Comments · Add yours
Micheal Owen isn't as far fetchetd as you may believe !!.....you never know.....as for Gattuso, he will die and be buried at the San Siro.....this I do know.
Ribery's just signed for a German club but I would've liked to see him in Claret and Blue.
Mickey Owen would be great at VP, I'd love to see that. But he won't come unless we get a couple of top signings.
I don't think the doc is suggesting we'll sign these players, but players of that caliber.
Did you all get that ace villa pack in the post?
i do trust in MON dont get me wrong!
alan smith isnt the greatest player in the world but he has just rejected us to go to newcastle, a team that finished lower than us last year. I'm not especially bothered about him particularly, but is this going to happen with a better player? i have trouble imagining wright phillips for example signing for us.
Marlon harewood is being linked now and even a player of his poor quality will probably reject us to go to portsmouth :-S. It is really confusing me why players are rejecting villa or dismissing rumours linking them with villa, when now we are at a point in which the club is definately on the up. Granted we dont have european football yet but other teams who players are going to instead of us dont either .... its a mystery!
I thought MON said the interviewer would laugh if he spoke about his "targets" for the club in terms of where we might finish in the league etc? Where does he say we'd laugh at his transfer targets????
I can't see us being genuinely interested in dross like Harewood or Robinson of the Baggies, who is also linked. I am certain MON is playing cards very close to his cheat and has some surprises lined up for us.
MO'N probably didn't even make a bit for smith. nobody has come out and said that he did except the dodgy media.
Yes Jim, I got the Villa pack in the post which was a cracking surprise. I'm liking Lerner's style. Once again he produces a gesture that not only shows the inate class of the man, but also shows his intent for the future of Villa. it was great tosee the start of the booklet with the picture at Arsenal then finish it with the emphasis on local pride and that great picture of Cahill celebrating possibly one of my favourite Villa goals of all time.
i cant understand why MON wants to get rid of davis wen he came on last season or wen he started he was the heart of the nmidfiled next to barry of cause
I had a dream a couple of weeks ago we had signed NRK and Drogba..... :D