Aston Villa F.C.

[Mondschein]

JAWOLL!!!!!!!!!!!

Die Villans sind momentan gut drauf und schafften einen 1:2 Auswärtsefolg in Middlesbrough.

Damit ist Aston Villa zur Zeit 5. und steht damit auf einem UEFA-Cup Platz.

Das Match:

Middlesbrough - Aston Villa 1:2

Riverside Stadium, 31.322.

Tore: Job (41.) - Barry (45.), Crouch (89.).

Middlesbrough: Schwarzer - Queurdrue, Ehiogu, Riggott, Boateng - Maccarone, Juninho, Mendieta, Mills - Job, Zenden.

Villa: Sörensen - De La Cruz, Samuel, Mellberg, Johnsen - Solano, Hitzlsperger, McCann, Barry - Angel, Vassell.

Wechsel: Nemeth für Mills, Downing für Queudrue - ]Whittingham für Barry, Crouch für Angel, Delaney für Vassell.

[Tyler_Durden]

Hoffentlich schafft Villa einen Internationalen bewerb!

[ans]

Da bin ich mir ziemlich sicher, wenn auch nicht Champons League.

[Mondschein]

Hoffentlich schafft Villa einen Internationalen bewerb!

Da bin ich mir ziemlich sicher, wenn auch nicht Champons League.

Ja, ich bin da auch ziemlich zuversichtlich. Vor allem dann, wenn Villa seine derzeitige Leistung so konstant halten kann bis zu Saisonende, welches ja schon ziemlich nahe ist. Nach den letzten Spielen der letzten Runde sind sie ja wieder auf den 6. Platz gerutscht, aber das wird schon

[Mondschein]

1:0 SIEG

Aston Villa holt gegen Tottenham einen knappen Sieg und drei Punkte und ist wieder fünfter. . Juan Pablo Angel hat die Villans in der 5. Minute in Führung gebracht und damit einen Schritt näher zum Europacup .

Die Spurs hingegen müssen noch zittern.

Aston Villa - Tottenham Hotspur 1:0

Villa Park, 42.573.

Tor: Angel (5.).

Villa: Sörensen - Barry, Samuel, Mellberg, De La Cruz - Ridgewell, McCann, Hitzlsperger, Solano (90. Delaney) - Crouch (86. Dublin), Angel (69. Allbäck).

Spurs: Keller - Kelly (71. Ricketts), Taricco, Gardner, Richards - Redknapp, Davies, Brown - Defoe, Robbie Keane, Kanoute (79. Doherty).

[Mondschein]

Mit einem Punkt in Southampton konnte Villa seinen fünften Tabellenplatz halten und die Zeichen stehen weiter für Richtung Europacup .

Werden wir die Villans im UEFA-Cup sehen?

Southampton - Aston Villa 1:1

Tore: 0:1 Angel (39. penalty), 1:1 Phillips (45.)

Soton: Niemi - Telfer, Higgingbotham, Hall, Lundekvam - Svensson, Folly, Prutton, Fernandes - Beattie, Phillips.

Villa: Sörensen - Samuel, De La Cruz, Johnsen, Ridgewell - Barry, McCann, Hendrie (90. Whittingham), Hitzelsperger - Angel (86. Dublin), Vassell (68. Crouch).

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[Mondschein]

Acht Spiele lang ungeschlagen und mit einem Bein schon im UEFA-Cup gewesen, verpaßt Villa durch die Niederlage gegen ManU den internationalen Bewerb .

Aus der Traum

Aston Villa - Manchester United 0:2

Villa Park, 42.573.

Tore: Ronaldo (4), van Nistelrooij (10).

Villa: Sörensen - Barry (Dublin), Samuel, Mellberg, De La Cruz - Ridgewell, McCann, Hendrie (Whittingham), Hitzlsperger - Crouch (Allbäck), Angel.

ManU: Howard - Silvestre, Gary Neville, Brown, Phil Neville - O' Shea (Djemba-Djemba), Scholes, Fletcher, Cristiano Ronaldo - Giggs, van Nistelrooij (Saha).

Gelb-Rot: Fletcher und Ronaldo.

[Tom.]

Aston Villa vor Übernahme

Konsortium um den englischen Geschäfts­mann Michael Neville bietet 93,5 Millionen Euro

London - Ein Konsortium um den englischen Geschäftsmann Michael Neville ist laut einem Bericht der "Birmingham Post" interessiert, den Fußball-Erstligisten Aston Villa zu erwerben. 64 Millionen englische Pfund (93,5 Mio. Euro) soll der glühende Villa-Fan bereit sein zu zahlen. Bereits im vergangenen Jahr war eine Übernahme von Neville daran gescheitert, dass potenzielle Geldgeber im letzten Moment absprangen.

"Wir arbeiten hart an einer Einigung. Ich habe genug Unterstützung", erklärte Neville. Auch der US-Milliardär Randy Lerner soll am Premier-League-Klub interessiert sein, dessen Präsident Doug Ellis seine Anteile verkaufen will. Aston Villa hatte sich erst in der Vorwoche von Trainer David O'Leary getrennt, Ex-Celtic-Coach Martin O'Neill gilt als möglicher Nachfolger. (APA/Reuters)

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[FuziMcC]

O'NEILL SAYS YES TODAY

Villa set to unveil him as new boss

By Martin Rogers

MARTIN O'NEILL is set to be announced as Aston Villa's new manager.

O'Neill is expected to be unveiled at a Villa Park press conference today after deciding to end his 15-month exile from management.

Despite ongoing talks surrounding a proposed takeover of the club, O'Neill has decided the time is right for him to return to the game.

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He is even prepared to work for unpopular chairman Doug Ellis should takeover talks collapse, and will link up with Villa on their pre-season tour of Germany and Holland.

The Villa squad fly off to Hanover, with O'Neill set to formally meet his new players before their friendly with Hanover tomorrow afternoon.

The Ulsterman will adopt a watching brief for the match, and his first game in the dugout will be on Tuesday against Dutch side Nijmegen.

Villa's players and coaching staff were told yesterday evening to expect O'Neill's arrival and his appointment as David O'Leary's successor will elicit a delighted response from a squad frustrated at the saga.

Following O'Leary's departure two weeks ago, the club has become bogged down by takeover talks.

American billionaire Randy Lerner remains the favourite and would be happy to inherit O'Neill, who is set to sign a 12- month rolling contract.

O'Neill left Celtic in May last year and was linked with jobs at Middlesbrough and Sunderland after missing out on the England post to Steve McClaren.

He enjoyed a lucrative contract with the BBC as a popular pundit, but believes the Villa job offer a real possibility for success.

The club is within commuting distance from his family home in Buckinghamshire, which was another key factor in his decision.

O'Neill would have little time to bring in new players, although Celtic midfielder Stilian Petrov could be an early arrival.

The Midlands club managed only 42 points last season and finished two places above the relegation zone.

However, it is hoped O'Neill's energy and enthusiasm will breathe new life into the club.

Villa's summer had looked set to take another turn for the worse, when caretaker boss Roy Aitken pulled out the tour for health reasons.

Aitken had been in charge of the first team since O'Leary's sacking but has been ordered to rest for three weeks by doctors as he recovers from an operation to remove a tumour.

The Scot is now likely to leave the club, with O'Neill bringing in trusted deputies John Robertson and Steve Walford.

Despite a likely merger between two rival takeover factions, the AV06 group and the Michael Neville-fronted consortium, Lerner is Villa's first choice.

The Cleveland Browns NFL franchise owner has come back to the negotiating table but his patience with Ellis is wearing thin.

The chairman is believed to be seeking assurances from Lerner that there are no plans to strip the club of its assets once a takeover is completed.

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und auch einen netten Bericht von einem Celtic Fan geschrieben:

He started at Celtic playing 3-5-2 with 3 MASSIVE centre-halves however, this left us open at Champions League level, and against Rangers. He changed to 4-4-2 and never really looked back - this is now his preferred tactic.

He plays a holding midfielder (Lennon for us) in front of the defence - this is mainly to ensure posession is not wasted, and attacks are broken up.

Up front you get a big strong target man - Harston/Sutton who hold the ball up for the other attacker, and midfielders to get on to.

Set pieces were a major source of goals for us when MON was here. He likes wingers who can cross effectively and when you have 3 massive centre-backs, and a target man in the box most end up as a goal.

We were often judged to be long-ball merchants however, this was not always the case. We played some excellent passing football in his time - see Liam Millers goal against Lyon at Celtic Park in Champions League for an Argentina style 20+ pass move

Success

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MON came very very close to winning 5 titles in a row at Celtic. Please take no notice of any passing Rangers fans who claim that Alex McLeish's record stands up against MONs!

MON won 3 out of 5 league titles. The other two were both lost in the last few minutes of the last game of the season. In MON's second season we lost the league by 1 goal, days after losing the UEFA cup final to Porto.

In MON's last season we threw the league away by shipping 2 goals to Motherwell on the last day of the season - very hard to bear however, MON's personal circumstances at the time affected the club badly.

MON also took us to the UEFA cup final - beating some excellent sides along the way - Stuttgart with Hleb and Kuranyi, Souness's Blackburn were destroyed at Ewood park, Liverpool destroyed at Anfield - we finally lost to Mourinho's Porto in Seville, in extra-time, after Balde was sent off - to be fair we were outplayed on the night but our effort was supreme.

In the Champions League we were unbeaten in 6 home group games until a certain Henrik Larsson returned with Barca. We struggled away in the Champions League - never winning a game - one of the few blots on his time here.

We also broke (I believe) the world record for the longest sequence of games won at home - for a while we were totally unbeatable - halycon days.

We also beat Rangers 5 times in one season, which is very unusual.

Motivation

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He is the best man manager around (learnt from Clough) - he managed to convince Bobby Petta that he was such a good player that he tore Ricksen a new one in MON's first Old Firm game. The players were wound up to such an extent that we won 6-2.

The next Old Firm game we lost 5-1 (typical crazy Old Firm results) however, MON learned from that, brought in Lenny and for the next year the games were tighter - we lost the league the next year however UEFA cup run made up for that.

Transfer Market

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Hmmmm - I have read a lot of stuff on here which mentions 'shoe-string budgets' at Celtic. That is nowhere near the truth.

He spent well over �20 million on Sutton(6m), Lennon (5m), Thompson(2.5m), Hartson(6m), Balde(free but should have cost 1m - Tolouse went bust during the negotiations), Valgaaren (3m).

In his later years at Celtic he was given a good amount of money to spend however, rather than spend it on transfer fees he spent it on increased wages, and extension fees for his current players.

All in I believe we have spent aroung �200 million on transfer fees and wages in the last 5 years - our turnover is massive (due to amount of supporters we have) but profit is low (because we have no Sky money ) which is why we cannot spent at the moment.

Backroom Staff

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He *will* bring Walford and Robertson.

They do all the training sessions etc. MON turns up occasionally for these.

MON will also insist on FULL control of footballing operations. Budgets, type of bus that players travel on, friendlies arrange will ALL have his final say so. You have to get rid of Ellis btw - MON will be gone in a fortnight if he hangs around, and sticks his oar in.

Favourite Players

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His favourites are all getting on a bit now.

Expect Sutton to roll up at Villa - he won't give a second thought about what any Birmingham/Villa fans think about him making the move across the city

�8 million for Petrov please - in a league where Carrick can go for �18m then 8 for Stan is a bargain. Wonderful player, internation captain, bags of CL experience.

Balde may well appear in January. Not the most cultured player in the world but he is a massive presence - his battle against Carew when we played Valencia is the stuff of legend.

Comedy Value

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His goal celebrations alone are worth the admission fee. He kicks every ball, and he often heads it too - despite the ball being 50 yards away

His rants against anything he sees as biased are excellent.

Clough-like media control, and a regular attempt at giving Garth Crooks a nervous breakdown (deserved IMO)

Good Luck, and enjoy the ride (assuming he does take the job of course!)

[büffel]

Der Traum von einem eigenen Fußballverein wird für US-Milliardär Randy Lerner Wahrheit!

Der englische Traditionsverein Aston Villa darf sich über 93 Millionen Euro freuen und einen neuen Besitzer.

Der Verein aus Birmingham konnte dieses großzügige Angebot nicht ablehnen. Lerner ist bereits Besitzer eines eigenen American-Football-Teams.

Der Milliardär ist nach Malcolm Glazer (Man U) bereits der zweite Besitzer eines amerikanischen Football-Teams, der eine englische Topadresse aufkauft.

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[Cormega]

was ein Scheiß..der Ausverkauf der englischen Liga geht weiter..

[Jay]

danke england, der ursprung und der untergang des fussballs

[büffel]

Bald spielen in England nur noch irgendwelche Spielzeuge von Millionären. Schön langsam wird echt traurig.

[RapidRichi]

gerade von Aston Villa hätte ich mir das nicht gedacht aber so kann man sich irren!!!

[valery]

gerade von Aston Villa hätte ich mir das nicht gedacht aber so kann man sich irren!!!

1177688[/snapback]

so kenn ich aston villa gar nicht