Another Link Bites The Dust

That's a clever one like it. Here's to a win against Liverpool and no injury's

AVFC48 WHAT IS YOUR DAMAGE? DO YOU LIKE THE TEAM TO FOLLOW TO MISS OUT ON PLAYERS?

Heres to an injury free season

I give up

Osbourne surely?

avfc48 is happy! That means that everyone that enjoys good news and happiness must be ****ed off!

ffs.this is starting 2 be a joke!

Honestly it is time for MON to stop thinking of the slight overvaluation of players. FFS he paid over the odds for Harewood, Reo-Coker, Petrov and Young. The only way we will fix this is to get the 4-5 players left with a chance of joining us in now by paying over the odds. This means Davies (£10m), Jaaskelinan (£4m), Boswinga (£4m), Hoyte (£2.5m) and Haagelnad (£5m) also throw £15m at Ajax for Sneijder and get us fans bouncing again!!! We need this and it will make up for the mistakes (i.e. Davis, Ridgewell, Hughes and McCann)

Still nothing on either Sunderland or Hearts web sites confirming this so yet agin we are accepting conjecture as repoprted fact. I know things are getting frustrating but as there is feck all we can do about it at this stage why not just enjoy the ride as best we can. If things go completely pear-shaped this season then we should make our feelings known but until then, to paraphrase a well know character from Fawty Towers, "We know nothing"

And now Charles Itandje linked with Man Utd - keep on waiting and we will miss out on all the decent keepers now. GET JUSSI IN TOMORROW!!!

We would not meet the valuation, Dol would have done!!!!

maybe MON will talk about this now after walsall match,ffs PLEASE.............................................................

according to the bloke from scottish radio Talk 107, he was talking to Sunderland and then us. Now why would he sign for Sunderland before getting a chance to look around the Greatest club in Aston???...Seriously, with the ammount of crap that comes out of the press and so called Football websites, i would wait until you see him in a Sunderland shirt before believing anything!!!!

Do i sound like Darth Vader or something???

Nah man,ntds has joined the pessimists!!! You can too :-)

Don't do pessimism, i still think we will get a UEFA place at end of season and kick Liverpool's Butt on Saturday....By the way, the colour of my planet is an off shade of Claret!!! LOL

Very true, Scot Dutch. Lots of people brought season tickets and were optimistic for the coming season because of the sounds emanating from VP. Well three months later we've all been had. Even those of us who will support the club through thick and thin are getting peed cos I know I am. BTW if one more person comes onto this site and says trust MON I am going to smash the TV. I will trust him when he actually takes us forward to that next level because at the moment instead of catching Pompey, Everton, Blackburn and Spurs, we have fallen further behind. If we get two defenders injured we are up the creek without a paddle.

Yep doug we must get Hangeland. Gardner or Cahill can do a great job at rb. Get some more quality in please!

Hows the TV doin ?

TV is ****ed, whats on SSN have we signed anyone yet

Bardsley and Hughes are no better than Cahill or Gardner at rb. even olaf was better. UTV.

I've heard a whisper that Manu had something to do with the Gordan transfers. It was something along the lines that Manu have put a clause into his contract that they can approach him after two years. It was done via his agent hence the reason MON lost all interest and refused to commit. Just a rumour that mind.

Niall Quinn has phoned SSN.

Cant we get Spinksy back from Small Heath, or failing that put an SOS out for Budgie?

The Independent is saying that Gordons representitives went to meet MoN and he took that as a signal,

9 mil for an untried scotts goalkeeper. come on get real - a few weeks ago you'd have laughed at that. Jussi for 3-4mil is a betters deal - a mature goal keeper at his peak.

sick one. *****in disgrace

There was reports yesterday morning sayin Villa's bid had hit the rocks and Gordon was told to sign for Sunderland. He was supposed to travel to VP but stayed in Sunderland. Also i heard he sees this move as a stepping stone for a bigger club i.e Mann U. This would make sense, he may have put a clause in the contract sayin if they go down he gets to move on. To be honest Sunderland are more likely to go down. But anyway on to the next target... lol. so lets be possitive theres 3 weeks left and we still have the side we ended the season so strongly with. So dont panic we'll be alright.

The Daily Mail wrote 'But Sportsmail understands that Villa, who had yet to agree to pay the asking price, were told by Hearts yesterday that they could not contact the player although O'Neill had been given the go ahead by Villa owner Randy Lerner to match Sunderland's offer' now if thats not bad management I don't know what the f4ck is, I know one thing, if Doug was still here he would have got him just to shut us lot up!

Good shout Eltoro

We all have the right to criticise teapot. If your not happy with the product you don't accept it do you. We will all support come Saturday but at the moment the club are leaving themselves wide open for criticism with their handling of the window.

When have you lot been such connoisseurs of Scottish football? NINE MILLION? Come on! Jussi's a great call but not available! So, who are we supposed to buy? An overpriced Jock or some equally unknown at Premiership level French dude that no one has ever heard about? What's wrong with you people?

Rawlie we wanted Gordon, you just keep telling yourself that we didn't and maybe it might just come true. Whilst your at it, why don't you also keep telling yourself that Elvis is not dead and have a chat with Shergar and Lord Lucan.

getting really ****ed off now.

Rawlie you are dead right. Some sense at last. We should move on and get behind the team. Most of the players we've sold would not have got a kick this season, even with injuries.

Listen Dougellisstand, you know that for a fact do you? Got your finger on the pulse have you? The truth is no one outside a select few in VP know what's going on and I'd rather it that way than the previous regime. Speaking of which, Elvis might be dead, Lord Lucan may have upped and legged it and Shergar might be sticking together the arm that broke off my action man, BUT at least I know that the penny-pinching, over-hyped bull***** of Ellis and Cronies is over and am looking forward to a bright future rather than living in the last twenty years. Can you say the same?

Rawlie, when every reputable media outlet (BBC and Sky) announces that Villa have agreed a fee and want Gordon I am inclined to believe them. As for my thoughts about Ellis, and the past regime they are given away by my handle. Oh, you conveniently forgot to mention the NOT part of that. So before you start thinking I'm an Ellis sympathiser get it straight that I never was and I don't even want him as life president. As for living in the past, not at all I am looking to the furture and granted apart from our GK and RB situation we have a team that should compete with most teams in the Premiership. However, if we have injuries to just two players, particularly defenders then we are really going to struggle. This is what concerns me I don't us to be in the same situation taht we were in last season and at the moment that is where we are heading. You seem to think that I have an agenda against MON and the board. I have not criticised the board once. I think what they have done at the club in just 12 months is absolutely fantastic. However, I am going to criticise MON for his poor handling of the transfer window. Now I hope, and I really do mean hope that he can rectify the lack of squad strength between now and 1st September but I have my doubts. Ultimately all I want is for the club to become great again as it should be. I will criticise the management and the borad when required on this site, if I feel they are not doing what they should be. However, when it comes to Saturday I will be at Villa Park supporting the boys and singing my heart out for them, as I will be every week. My only fault is that I love my club and want it to succeed.

failure. its the only way to explain this transfer window. 7 out and only 1 first team in, no right back, no keeper backup. I am a big MON fan but this situation is not acceptable, especially as we were promised 'substantial player acquisitions'. Other teams have either caught up or pushed further on. Lets not let the pre-season fool us. The season is long and we are bound to get injuries. Our current squad situation is pathetic - I dont know who is to blame (MON or above) but its been a failure none the less. Leaving it this late is a disaster.

I'm going to sleep now

Too right Rawlie, we've gone totally overboard with this. Particularly with the ropey players we've shipped out. We are just short at the back at the moment, but you can be sure the men in charge are doing everything they can to secure the services of some decent players.

everyone can make mistakes all we can do is hope next summer things will be different

stennyvilla - this slow to catch onto the transfer market argument doesn't wash with me. It's not rocket science - here is a player we want this much and won't let you talk to him until you offer a n exceptable amount. We either bargin and come to an exceptable agreement or we don't make an offer and look elsewhere. I have waited patiently all summer and will wait and see what the outcome is at the end of the week. I have to say that I'm feeling let down by MON and the board. This isn't what we were lead to believe at the start of summer. The end of August is not an argument. We could lose players on Saturday (first ten mins for example) where will be if we loose Taylor in the first ten minutes? We are gambling now and that show an incredible arrogance and lack of respect to all of us paying customers.

Read the initial post again NTDES. No one said you are 'hankering' for the past. I'm merely indicating that you, along with a number of other supporters, still have the mindset of the majority of Villa fans over the past 25 years. I am really trying to wipe that frustrated, mistrusting feeling from my psyche and giving the new guys the benefit of the doubt and my full support! So we haven't done too well off the field this summer... on it we've been ***** hot and I trust MON when he says he knows we're screwed going into the season as is, and is doing something about it. So we haven't got a ridiculously expensive goalkeeper from a second tier Scottish team! But it looks like we've got a future England keeper from one of the top 4 English teams, albeit on loan. If that pans out MON will be applauded and all this bull***** will be forgotten... now for a right back!