Comments on: Aston Villa lose their backbone, how will they stand tall now? http://astonvillablog.com/aston-villa-lose-their-backbone-how-will-they-stand-tall-now/ A blog. About Aston Villa. Fri, 02 Apr 2010 10:56:36 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: andy villa http://astonvillablog.com/aston-villa-lose-their-backbone-how-will-they-stand-tall-now/comment-page-1/#comment-950 andy villa Thu, 04 Jun 2009 08:02:20 +0000 http://astonvillablog.com/?p=2444#comment-950 man city would be our, and your, rivals no matter whether we sold gareth barry to them or not... they have ridiculous amounts of money, and will spend it, and progress just like chelsea did... we cannot compete with them financially, and neither can you, so why not take ridiculous money from them, for a player who wanted to leave for the money? (so much for his dream move...) my reasoning for being pleased with the deal, is right in my post... man city would be our, and your, rivals no matter whether we sold gareth barry to them or not… they have ridiculous amounts of money, and will spend it, and progress just like chelsea did… we cannot compete with them financially, and neither can you, so why not take ridiculous money from them, for a player who wanted to leave for the money? (so much for his dream move…)

my reasoning for being pleased with the deal, is right in my post…

]]> By: browny http://astonvillablog.com/aston-villa-lose-their-backbone-how-will-they-stand-tall-now/comment-page-1/#comment-948 browny Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:38:36 +0000 http://astonvillablog.com/?p=2444#comment-948 I am a Liverpool fan and glad we didnt bid for him this time. He is a good player but not as good as Alonso. That isnt my point though. Someone has commented that its a great deal for Villa. ??? Why?? Best player gone and you will have to spend as much on a replacement who may or may not be as good. If he had gone to Liverpool or Arsenal, it wouldnt have made much difference to Villa, as it would just add strength to their squads, but because MON was so stubborn, and cost Barry his dream move... Barry has immediately jumped ship and now it is to one of the main threats to Villa's chances of 5th position. It is a bad bit of business! What next Agbonglahor to Everton... strengthen the rivals why dont you! I am a Liverpool fan and glad we didnt bid for him this time. He is a good player but not as good as Alonso.
That isnt my point though.
Someone has commented that its a great deal for Villa. ??? Why?? Best player gone and you will have to spend as much on a replacement who may or may not be as good.
If he had gone to Liverpool or Arsenal, it wouldnt have made much difference to Villa, as it would just add strength to their squads, but because MON was so stubborn, and cost Barry his dream move… Barry has immediately jumped ship and now it is to one of the main threats to Villa’s chances of 5th position. It is a bad bit of business! What next Agbonglahor to Everton… strengthen the rivals why dont you!

]]> By: Kiwivillan http://astonvillablog.com/aston-villa-lose-their-backbone-how-will-they-stand-tall-now/comment-page-1/#comment-946 Kiwivillan Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:46:17 +0000 http://astonvillablog.com/?p=2444#comment-946 You say Sidwell has not proved too useful for us this season. He played the majority of his games in the unbeaten streak we had, for gods sake, so how can you justify that? Any way even though Barry has left at least MON rotated the midfield well throughout the season.... oh damn... [response by MB: point taken Kiwivillan and agreed that you have a point. Sidwell worked well for us in the 4-5-1. I guess I was referring more to the end of the season, when he just played bit parts and seemed low on juice and confidence. I think it's just seems so long since those heady heights of the unbeaten streak that it's too easy to be down on some players. Maybe if Sidders could stay fit he could get his form back. With a bit of luck his Reading form, that would be great.] You say Sidwell has not proved too useful for us this season. He played the majority of his games in the unbeaten streak we had, for gods sake, so how can you justify that? Any way even though Barry has left at least MON rotated the midfield well throughout the season…. oh damn…

[response by MB: point taken Kiwivillan and agreed that you have a point. Sidwell worked well for us in the 4-5-1. I guess I was referring more to the end of the season, when he just played bit parts and seemed low on juice and confidence. I think it's just seems so long since those heady heights of the unbeaten streak that it's too easy to be down on some players. Maybe if Sidders could stay fit he could get his form back. With a bit of luck his Reading form, that would be great.]

]]> By: andy villa http://astonvillablog.com/aston-villa-lose-their-backbone-how-will-they-stand-tall-now/comment-page-1/#comment-945 andy villa Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:38:14 +0000 http://astonvillablog.com/?p=2444#comment-945 12 million for a player who is nearly 29, with 1 year left on his contract, who evidently did not want to be here, is fantastic business for us and tbh, just shows how silly man citys spending will be in the future... i cannot blame gareth barry for going back on his word, and turning his back on european football, let alone champions league football... it took 5 mins of mark hughes filling his pockets with cash, before it became a very easy decision for him to make.. i havent read his "apology", but i dont expect he will be honest for one minute, and instead of telling the truth about money swaying him, he will make all sorts of "ambition" comments... i did however, split my sides when i heard the reason that mark hughes wanted him... "his range of passing?!?" yes, if by range of passing, hughes meant nice neat and tidy sideways passing with no penetration when teams sit behind the ball or against the better quality defences... personally, i am glad to see the back of him... and for 12 million, we are laughing all the way to the bank... i am looking forward to seeing the dynamic of our midfield change now, and without barry and petrov, both fine neat and tidy players by themselves, but when partnered, they pretty much carbon copied each other with nice composure on the ball, tidy sideways passing, but severely lacking in mobility, protection for the backline or support for the attack... bringing in someone with a bit of pace, and an attacking instinct to add to the composure on the ball, would be superb, and hopefully, a better "partnership" can be formed in the centre of our midfield... we might already have the answer already at the club with james milner a potential candidate for the role... and sometimes, the most genius strokes, come from adversity... i am a little bit miffed that we have again, let go a player before we have replaced him, which shows our hand to other clubs when we go sniffing round their players... time will tell whether this will help improve us, or hinder us, but the bloke didnt want to be here, we held out when the big boys came calling, and sold on our terms for silly money... and at least he didnt go to liverplop... this will be a BIG summer for martin o'neill... 12 million for a player who is nearly 29, with 1 year left on his contract, who evidently did not want to be here, is fantastic business for us and tbh, just shows how silly man citys spending will be in the future…

i cannot blame gareth barry for going back on his word, and turning his back on european football, let alone champions league football… it took 5 mins of mark hughes filling his pockets with cash, before it became a very easy decision for him to make.. i havent read his “apology”, but i dont expect he will be honest for one minute, and instead of telling the truth about money swaying him, he will make all sorts of “ambition” comments…

i did however, split my sides when i heard the reason that mark hughes wanted him… “his range of passing?!?” yes, if by range of passing, hughes meant nice neat and tidy sideways passing with no penetration when teams sit behind the ball or against the better quality defences…

personally, i am glad to see the back of him… and for 12 million, we are laughing all the way to the bank… i am looking forward to seeing the dynamic of our midfield change now, and without barry and petrov, both fine neat and tidy players by themselves, but when partnered, they pretty much carbon copied each other with nice composure on the ball, tidy sideways passing, but severely lacking in mobility, protection for the backline or support for the attack… bringing in someone with a bit of pace, and an attacking instinct to add to the composure on the ball, would be superb, and hopefully, a better “partnership” can be formed in the centre of our midfield… we might already have the answer already at the club with james milner a potential candidate for the role… and sometimes, the most genius strokes, come from adversity…

i am a little bit miffed that we have again, let go a player before we have replaced him, which shows our hand to other clubs when we go sniffing round their players…

time will tell whether this will help improve us, or hinder us, but the bloke didnt want to be here, we held out when the big boys came calling, and sold on our terms for silly money… and at least he didnt go to liverplop…

this will be a BIG summer for martin o’neill…

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