Cuellar shut up!, Osbourne out, Wenger rallying cry and are Villa off the rails?
OK then, for today’s blog post, I promise I won’t mention Arsenal!
There’s been no shortage of press coverage for our beloved club this last week or two, and a lot of it has been pretty negative. A season that was powering forward at full steam, seems to have come off the rails in recent weeks. So is it time to panic? Nah, I don’t think so. Yeah we haven’t had much in the way of convincing results, but if you look at it closely it’s not panic time yet.
- Everton in the FA Cup was always going to be difficult; they had a point to prove after the previous meeting and let’s be honest, when Everton are on their game (and by Everton I mainly mean Arteta and Cahill), they are very hard to beat. And they wanted it more than us, because try as we might to convince ourselves, our mind was on the league moreso than the FA Cup.
- CSKA at home wasn’t bad and away the kids gave it a damn good go. We lost, but you can’t help but feel that MON engineered it that way.
- Chelsea were on their new-manager buzz, but we still made it very hard for them and if Young’s free kick had been an inch or two lower that may have given us a draw.
- And Stoke was going well for 88 minutes. Enough said on that though.
So yeah, whilst it’s all been a bit of a cacker, it isn’t time to give up yet. We’re still 4th and still 6 points clear of our nearest rival… errr… can’t think of their name at the minute.
Nobody panic, keep the love and keep the faith, we’ll get back to winning ways soon (Wednesday hopefully).
What else has been going on then?
Isaiah Osbourne is going out on loan to Nottingham Forest for 2 months. I think this is a good thing, as the lad is never going to improve or build his confidence by sitting on our bench (at best), and we have plenty of options in the middle of the park. Whether he will ever be good enough for the ‘new improved Villa’ is debatable, but I’m willing to give the guy some patience as he, like me, is a huge life-long Villa fan.
Sky Sports have reported that Carlos Cuellar thinks Ronaldo should stay with Man Utd, as a move to Real Madrid wouldn’t suit his style. My advice: Shut up Carlos, let the nob leave!
And finally, our last minute decaying against Stoke may have given that team in 5th a kick up the arse to drive the remainder of their season. So we need to get back on our game and quick, a 6 point gap can disappear quickly if you relax.
Sweet, I got through with no mention of Arsenal, well I mentioned them once but I think I got away with it 
Villa Transfer gossip 26 Nov 08
Transfer rumours and/or transfer seculation. You know the type, the tiniest little hint that a player may be of interest to a club and then bam! it’s all over every newspaper, blog and forum before the player or clubs involved get a chance to say “I don’t fricking think so mate!”. So let’s be honest and call it gossip. The stuff that’s usually about celebrities and keeps forty year old ladies entertained in offices all over the world. Well, us footy fans are no better. There’s nothing we love more than a made up story about how Man City are about to bid £2bn + Richard Dunne + a bag of maltesers for Ronaldo, Rooney and Alex Ferguson! Read more
Villa 0-0 Man Utd: In a day where none of the Big Four win, Villa do enough to steal one of their places
It’s been a long time since we beat Man Utd, in fact the last time we did it in the league was thirteen looooong years ago, opening day of the 1995 season to be exact. We beat them 3-0 in the league cup in 1999 too, but we have yet to record one single win this millennium against our bogey team. After giving Arsenal a damn good seeing to (yeah, I know 2-0 is no thrashing but we played awesome) at their place, the omens were decent for us to finally break the dismal run of form against the champions.
The starting line-up was largely unchanged from the team that started at the Emirates, just Carlos Cuellar being replaced by Nigel Reo-Coker. The Spanish defender was ruled out by a thigh injury, but with Luke Young still being preferred to Nicky Shorey at left-back, NRC stepped in at right-back, a position he isn’t really at his strongest in, but does with decent competence. Read more
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