My name is Iskandar and I've been a Villans since 1990...my all time great was David Platt and as for the current crop, Gareth Barry gets my vote...what about you all?

Iskandar/stonei;

Maybe what you can do is check out other EPL clubs' thread, and start one for Aston Villa, don't remember seeing one here as yet.

New Villa thread? Or the first thread for Villan?

AV fan checking in, since 1981. Days of Gary Shaw and Peter Withe!

Cool, I was thinking of starting a new thread for AV this few days.

another new thread for BPL club.

maybe some one need to guide stonei then..

finally, and i was wondering how come there's no AV thread in here... i like wat i see in O'Neill current crops of players now. i always have faith in him. he'll do wonders. Don't EVER get rid of O'Neill irregardless.

hi there, I used to adore Platty, a bit like Bryan Robson, and the current Lampard play like him a lot. He was sold by Ron Atkinson after a few seasons (3 seasons?), too bad.

As far as I know, it's Villains! not Villans!

yeah,he need add some history,player info and other info

thats a big different those 2...might get whack if fellow club supporters heard the wrong 1...

haha,sound smililars,lolz.

great..new thread..new discussion..fresh environment..good for the team and supporters

Discussion? What discussion?

IINM, its The Villans. Not Villains as the club name is Aston Villa so its Villans. Hope its not too confusing to everyone.

Source : Aston Villa - Wikipedia.

not yet for now la bro,looking at the thread itself still empty..i mean in the future lor..haiya

i think TS should stress this in the rules and regulation in the first page.

not a fan but im impressed by how the team is being built

Yeah they have young talented players, really good. But what every team needs now is a sugar daddy if they wanna win major trophies, sad times for football

That's not so hard to find. What matter the most is the team must prove their determination to become a successful football club both domestic and europe. Villa has being labelled bogey team in EPL few years ago but now the team looks pretty solid to break the Big 4 domination.

Have you been watching Heroes too much?
TS, update your first post and make this thread the official thread for all Aston Villa fans.

Great to see there are more thread for BPL club.

Wonder where is TS? Thought he is going to do something with this thread...

If you need infos, look for yourself (wiki or the official web)..as far as i'm concern, only armchair fans and gloryhunters need them (to brag how die hard they are). The true supporters concentrate more on the on pitch performance...

manchester ...............

Even though the current crop is performing well, I still believe that we need a bigger squad to sustain our challenge. Another one or two new players in the next transfer window will certainly helps, Mr. O' Neill...and I see us beating the Pompey this week...

This post has been edited by stonei: Oct 17 2008, 10:05 AM

David Platt is still my best Villa player. His winner against Belgium in World Cup 1990 is astonishing.

I remembered when he became the world's most expensive player (in aggregate transfer) when he moved from Bari to Juve and Sampdoria...one of the best England players of his generation

yup. I think he is the only English player successfully made his name in Italy too. A lot of British players failed in Serie A.

I think should put at least the minimum info on the club, for neutral people or anybody looking into this thread.

Yep, we need a good result against Pompey to keep up the pace.

congrats to you villains!
good to see more EPL threads here

you've got two gems in agbonlahor and young, that's fo rsure

wow...he really great...even ian rush failed in seria a...

aiyer was hoping carew would hit some goals in the back of the net

i remember when i live near by aston park in 1996 to 1998, all my fren persuade me to became villa supporter well at that time the player i remember are ugo ehiogu,gareth southgate,lee hendrie and dwight yorke, i even met them while playing footbol with my pakistani frens...ahh those glory days

This post has been edited by redza: Oct 19 2008, 10:12 PM

Goal-less draw with Pompey, better than losing, but losing pace to the leaders.

Hull City still doing well.

Aston Villa Football Club aka The Villans was established back in 1874. A the founding member of The Football League in 1888, Villa is one of the original so-called "The Big Five" of the English League along with Man Utd, Liverpool, Arsenal and Everton. Unknown to many, Aston Villa is the fourth most successful club in England having won a European Cup (81-82) as well as 7 First division titles, 7 FA Cup and 5 League Cup. They play their home game at Villa Park in Aston,Birmingham. Another interesting fact is that the club have provided the most England internationals, 66 to date, more than other clubs. Among the legends of the clarets and sky blue was Danny Blanchflower, Dennis Mortimer, Peter Withe,David Platt, Paul McGrath and Gareth Southgate while Gareth Barry, Agbonlahor and Young continues to impress in the present.

This post has been edited by stonei: Oct 21 2008, 12:34 PM

Great stuff, dude. Why not update this and any other important info into your first post? Easy for people to reference.

aston villa record in europe is better than chelsea n arsenal...haha...they won europe cup(now ucl) twice...

Wow the memories...

Villa was actually the first team that caught my eye when I started watching football in 98/99... One match that I remembered was the one where Villa won 3-2 vs Arsenal, where Dennis Bergkamp made a return from injury and immediately scored 2 goals. Well I ended up supporting Arsenal instead

Dion Dublin and Joachim were the ones to watch back then hehe... Angel as well, feisty striker but ended up nowhere now. and then Villa became a mediocre team up till recent seasons when they got a new sugar daddy and later O'Neil took over. Kudos to Villa's new owner, who didn't go out and muck up the market like Roman and Man City's Arab dudes did. Gabby and Young will probably be the new stars in the future, but you guys will have to watch out for bigger, richer teams coming to poach.

Keep it up guys, show the rich money-splashing clubs how to run a football club.

[Dion Dublin and Joachim were the ones to watch back then hehe... Angel as well, feisty striker but ended up nowhere now. and then Villa became a mediocre team up till recent seasons when they got a new sugar daddy and later O'Neil took over. Kudos to Villa's new owner, who didn't go out and muck up the market like Roman and Man City's Arab dudes did. Gabby and Young will probably be the new stars in the future, but you guys will have to watch out for bigger, richer teams coming to poach.

Keep it up guys, show the rich money-splashing clubs how to run a football club.

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Spot on mate! The last thing we need is Villa becoming the next success-buying club..glad that O'Neill believes in his youngsters, instead of trying to play Football Manager and splashing money around for some over rated "star".
Ahh..Joachim..along with Overmars and Kanchelskis, they were among the fastest players around those days...

Good result for Aston Villa against Ajax Amsterdam 2-1 in the UEFA Cup. Goals by Laursen and Barry.

OMG... Barry din moan now?

Great, Aston Villa leading 1-0 against Wigan, penalty converted by Barry. C'mon, hold on for the win.

Aston Villa win 4-0 against Wigan. This season seem to be a lot of big wins in EPL.

Great win! If we keep this momentum I do believe that Champions League is within reach...and as far as I can remember, this season is one of BPL's best ever, with lots of big wins, unpredictable results, over achiever teams making those expert pundits looks like amateur...I mean, who dares to predict the final league standing right now?

MUAHAHA, another win for AV! 3-2 against Blackburn. Now we move up to fourth, level on points with Arsenal and Hull.

Yeah! Come on you lads !

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Added on November 4, 2008, 8:38 amLost against the Toon Army but still within distance with the leaders...

This post has been edited by stonei: Nov 4 2008, 08:38 AM

This is why you need more 4 or 5 more quality players. There's no way Villa can cope with 2 games a week in the long run with the amount of players they have.

I believe Mr. O'Neill gonna get shopping this coming January and nails some good signings, especially in defence 'cause I think Curtis Davies isn't a finished article yet...leggy and nervous at times, he reminds me of ex-Sheff Wednesday's Carlton Palmer...

Argh 2 losses in a row. Those points lost would have been really useful to keep up with the top 4.

Mr. O'Neill needs to fix this...and fast! Gotta keep the pace or end up losing ground...

Next match against Arsenal Hope we fare better against stronger teams.

Yeah, we always perform better against big teams..

Congrats to Aston Villa for doing something Utd did not manage last week

yea, u got that rite tonite!!!

eh?? u lurking in here edi ar???

tq aston villa!!

haha i like a.young style,
but how can he missed the pnalty?

WOOHOO, great result against Arsenal.

Keep the powar going!

A deserved victory...we simply outclassed and outplayed them and the best of all, Curtis Davies at last proved he's worth it

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Added on November 21, 2008, 4:33 pmThe biggest test yet but if we can re-run the Arsenal performance, we'll beat the Devils...

This post has been edited by stonei: Nov 21 2008, 04:33 PM

C'mon guys, we can beat them. Even though we only got 2 fans here (hi stonei! ), we can beat them.

big game tonight...

i hope u guys can beat Man Utd .....
im watching it too...

hope the game will turn to an interesting game

No goals, but considering Man Utd's past matches result, I guess the goalless draw is good enough.

It's more than enough, you guys are beginning to prove that you are breaking into the 'big four' !! well done, villa!

Good game with Man U ... Liverpool supporter here ..

5 points from the top 4 ... not bad ... same as spurs ...

a.young is the star, villa can't let him go at all cost.

Hope we can get full points from Fulham tonight.

Yes Mr. Sinclair, 2 fans are better than than hundreds of gloryhunter...look forward to the game against the Cottagers tonight...

another goalless draw for the villains..OT,any villains here interested to get an oldskool aston villa jersey?
pls refer to my siggy..

Lost another chance to really challenge the top 2.

villa won 3-2 away leh...mana lu orang punya sapoter??? ash young MoTM izit???

Sorry, didn't see that match but great result for villa.

I see 2 goals in the 90th minute, what happened???

no post count, no fans. lol

I was about to regret staying up until 2 a.m on the eve of Aidiladha when Lescott got his second..

I am here.. i am a full time Villan.. ok la football wise..

when Lescott scored the equaliser.. gone la.. i sad.. emo.. then Young suddenly came out of no where and shot it past Howard!! I jumped and yelled. woke up my dog and my granny.. haha..

good game good game..

btw.. did anyone count how many times Gabby strike at goal?? i guess 0? he barely had the time to shoot that night.. Sad!

Welcome xyeohts to the AV thread. That makes 3 of us here.

Thanks for the summary of the match, I was in SG at that time and couldn't catch the telly.

Well done, we are now fourth in the league, above Arsenal!

Nice win over Bolton, 4-2.

another impressive win by the villans, and gabby is making my investment in him in fantasy football count a lot!

haha

for such a little guy, he sure takes on the role of single striker REALLY WELL.

WOW!! finally. a villa thread. I'm a villa fan since 1997. And I believe this could be OUR YEAR in joining the BIG 4. UP The villa!!!

Welcome neorage_x. That makes 4 of us I think.

Hehe, another win for us last night.

Yup. Friedel was massive last night. So many great save! And Milner, I'm happy he's invloved in for our goal!!! We are currently 3rd in the league (eventhough for just a moment :-) )

Not Aston fans...but certainly like the way they play...
love the way young and gabby play....this year with the addition of super friedel...i think they can break thru top four....

With Gaby and Young playing well, people might not aware that Sidwell have played well this season. 5 Mil pound for a goal scoring and high anticipation rate midfielder, he is a great buy so far!!

Wow, we got 2 tough matches for Christmas, Boxing day against Arsenal (so fast rematch again!) and Hull on Sunday. Hope we get full points from both matches, will greatly help us as we inch closer to the top 2.

an interesting article on ur bos, Martin O'Neill. One of my fav manager.

MARTIN O'NEILL

Lucky to salvage a draw against Arsenal, no complaints here. But top 3 all won, means we drop further back.

Not a villa fan, but I really enjoy watching them play, especially Agbonlahor and Young. They are really potential.

It's been a while since my last visit here, but hey! Now we have 4 Villans already...Sportscenter reports that O'Neill is after Darren Bent today, so what do you all reckon?

Not so sure about Darren Bent

But another win for us last night. Can't say much but 3 pts is 3 pts.

Darren Bent Villa quite consistent d.

Darrent Bent? Hm.. Let se, still quite young, loads of premiership experience, only score lots of goals at charton and have been quite OK with spurs so far.. I'll give my support if we buy him, because he is surely a lot beter than Harewood. hehe

Whew, thru to the 4th round of the FA cup.

Great physical battle last night and I'm glad no one's injured..

mainly because carew is out injured ... hence o neil want to sign another striker ...

harewood is not that good enough to earn a starting berth ...

Yup, Harewood's not good enough...and if O'Neill fail to land Bent, which striker gets your vote? I can imagine a Gabby-Dean Ashton combo strikes terror everywhere...

agreed with stonei.. i have been a fan of dean ashton but he seem too prone to injuries as well..

Agreed..that's the main factor that might disinterest O'Neill, but what a player...

Another win for us. Up to 3rd now.

For tonight, hope MU beat Chelsea, give us a better chance to go 2nd.

it took o'neill like 2 years to build this team! kudos to him!

This post has been edited by Meis: Jan 11 2009, 01:22 PM

Gonna be 3rd soon...heh..heh