Aston Villa - from relegation battle to title challengers!

[craigsmith1995]

I have been appointed Villa manager after the departure of Paul Lambert. My aim is to change Aston Villa from a team fighting relegation into a team in contention for the title! My summer transfer budget is that I have no money to spend. I have to work with the players already at the club. I have sold no players in the summer and my start to the job has gone rather well as pre-season is now finished and I'm preparing for the first league game.

July Friendlies
Aston Villa 3-1 Aston villa Under 21's
Libor kozak
Christian Benteke
Yacouba Sylla


Rotherham 1-2 Aston Villa
Antonio Luna
Lee Frecklington (og)


Gillingham 2-4 Aston Villa
Libor Kozak (2)
Chris Herd
Gary Gardner

Oldham 0-3 Aston Villa
Christian Benteke (2)
Marc Albrighton


August Friendlies
Aston Villa 1-2 Athletic Bilbao
Gabby Agbonlahor


Aston Villa 3-4 Genoa
Nicklas Helenius
Andi Weimann
Gary Gardner


Aston Villa 0-0 Parma


A very good pre-season with some good performances. Lots of different players scoring aswell which gives me good options for the season ahead and fills me with confidence there will be plenty of goals. Home to West Brom on the first game of the season. Also I found out we will be away to Colchester in the second round of Capital One Cup.