Comments on: Aston Villa captain or Liverpool bench-warmer?

By: Aaron

Aaron — Fri, 29 May 2009 17:23:07 +0000

I am a personal aston villa fan but i must admit Martin O’niell is rubbish at transfers, i mean, some of the players he sold were fan favourites at villa, for instance gary cahil, aaron hughes and steven davis. And he has to be the worst manager in the premier league at buying players, i mean, wayne routledge,zat knight, emile heskey? whats going on martin. If barry leaves villa, now that laursen has retired villa will be back to square one, mid-table team, barry is pivitol to aston villa football club. If he goes to liverpool the likely-hood is he will be playing left back with alonso and gerrard covering the central midfield positions. And he might not even be able to cement that down, if he leave he could be another robby keane, and considering the 2010 world cup is just round the corner i would love to see him stay at villa park where he is loved. But taking that all into consideration you cannot blame him if he wants to leave. Liverpool, champions league club, strongest finish ever, shows the club are on the up. But i have a sneaky feel he might go to arsenal, where he will be played week-in, week-out with fabregas. I really hope he is careful in his decisions.

By: Muffin

Muffin — Mon, 05 May 2008 00:12:33 +0000

Every club unfortunately has its ‘Malc’. A moaner and groaner who looks and thrives on the negatives, while overlooking the many positives that reach out and slap you around the face. Malc, you come across as very anti-Martin O’Neill, perhaps you’d care to elaborate on why that should be the case. Are you suggesting that David O’Leary is a better manager than O’Neill? Surely not? That is laughable in the extreme. O’Leary left a mess that has needed a manager of the calibre of O’Neill, to come in and sort out in such short period of time. Malc my man, great things are happening at Villa Park, enjoy the ride!!

By: welsh villa

welsh villa — Sun, 04 May 2008 23:06:40 +0000

Still bitter and twisted malc. Never mind theres no pleasing some people. Best you move on to support Albion you will be able to cheer them into the Championship next season, sadly theres no space at Villa Park for despots and miseries, but in your twisted head you would consider your self a realist but sorry malc you just a knob bitter and twisted knob.

By: malc

malc — Sun, 04 May 2008 13:58:15 +0000

The main rule at Villa Park these days is “DO NOT criticise O’Neill”

You do at your peril, his omnipotence must prevail.

We’ll see, O’Leary made 6th in his first season, spend 4 mill. Gregory achieved European qualification often, but O’Neill is the best thing for Villa in Years. Its amazing how gullible fans can be

By: welsh villa

welsh villa — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:21:08 +0000

well malc disagrees, he see’s it as an opportunity to slag the villa off

By: Anser

Anser — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:11:05 +0000

amusing but not a debatable topic. why would liverpool need barry? we have masch, benayoun and gerrard for that role dont we? and why would barry consider leaving villa? he is to villa what gerrard is to liverpool, or what henry was to arsenal (not talking abt goals, btw). hes not a sell-out. dumb, dumb, dumb.

By: welsh villa

welsh villa — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:43:42 +0000

Supporters like you…
The club has had it fickle brigade over the years, may I suggest your the last man standing?

By: malc

malc — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:26:13 +0000

Interesting thought Welsh. You are saying Villa will never achieve the aim of Lerner’s 5 year plan ?

Its all about level of ambition and the will and ability to achieve it. Others will break the present monopoly why shouldn’t Villa be amongst them. Someone said they had capacity gates, a billionaire owner, a rampant fan base, what’s missing then.

By: Muffin

Muffin — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:20:51 +0000

Wakey-Wakey malc. Martin O’Neill and the Randy Lerner era are the best things to happen to Aston Villa in many years, as the complete current state of the club would indicate, both on and off the pitch. Reading between the lines of your postings, it is I think clear to one and all, that for whatever reason you have an intense dislike of the manager, and little time for the owner and his board. You’re quite obviously a lost voice in the wilderness, a statement substantiated by the record numbers flooding to Villa Park nowadays. Martin O’Neill has turned the playing fortunes of the club club completely around compared to the shambles he inherited, getting rid of the dead wood that filled the squad, replacing them with better quality footballers, once again a statement backed up by the clubs excellent efforts throughout this current season. I presume that you yourself are a Villa fan, so I find it rather strange that you act as if failure for both O’Neill and Lerner would be more gratifying to yourself than would success for the club be. I find that both strange and disturbing.

By: welsh villa

welsh villa — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:21:36 +0000

malc you are so wide of the mark you need to re-evaluate you position and perspective on modern day premiership football. Aston Villa were never in a million years break the top four, that leaves 5th place as the highest they could possibly expect in the second year of the current manager-management. Why you squalk about what could have been acheived, whilst possitivly choosing to ignore what has been acheived is beyond me. I suspect every club has one supporter who will always stand on a soapbox, a lonely soul who will whinge for all he/she is worth.

Malc you are beyond hope… lets just hope Villa never win a trophy or the premiership and you will have to get yourself a higher soap box to squalk from.