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[TheVillan]

O'Neill resigns

Sadness struck the Midlands as former Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill resigned from his post at the club early in the afternoon on July 1st. The Villa boss stood down citing personal reasons keeping him out of the game. He has said to have been really sad that he has had to leave and the frontrunners for the job are currently, Roy Hodgson and Steve McClaren. A few fans have already jumped on the conspiracy wagon claiming O'Neill really left due to lack of funds and Randy told Mr. O'Neill to say it was personal reasons, many rumours have been swirling around but surely we will not know the truth until the new manager is announced.

Joke?

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The Aston Villa fans were left in utter disbelief last night when rookie-manager Daniel Craythorne, born and raised in Lichfield was appointed new manager of the club he has supported for the whole of his life, Aston Villa. Rander Lerner said "He is a very qualified coach and is a strong mental person and that's what I and lots of other people look for in a manager, mental toughness." Daniel Craythorne was almost laughed at as he was in the middle of his press-conference but the new-man covered his frustration and anger with a cheeky smile. Daniel Craythorne will start training with the Villa squad on Monday in preperation for they're pre-season tour of Scotland.


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[Alcaraz]

Good Start Mate

 

[Nick.]

good luck with this

 

[TheVillan]

Good Start Mate

Cheers mate, more coming soon.

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Villa splash out!

Newly appointed Aston Villa manager Daniel Craythorne today made his first signing, signing Toulouse FC's Moussa Sissoko, the French midfielder was valued at around £5,000,000 pounds and was high on the ranks of a lot of clubs but Mr. Craythorne was the first to tap up the Frenchman. Daniel Craythorne has secured the four-year-deal worth £47,500 grand a week making him the third highest paid player in the Aston Villa squad. The fee for the transfer was £5,000,000 million up front and a further £15,000,000 milllion over the next four years throughout his contract.

Craythorne gets his man!

Getafe's Roberto Soldado has just secured a four-year-deal worth £40,000 grand a week taking him to Daniel Craythorne's Aston Villa outfit. He will join Moussa Sissoko as Daniels first signings. Soldado is said to have cost the club £15million overall, £10 million upfront and £5million over the course of the next year.​

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Tour of Scotland!

#1
Shielfield Park, Berwick-upon-Tweed
aston villa 8 - 0 berwick
gabriel AGBONLAHOR [2, 10, 39, 89]
roberto SOLDADO [16]
ashley YOUNG [23]
james MILNER [47, 67]

Starting #11
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| #1 Brad Friedel |

#2 Carlos Cuellar - #4 Richard Dunne - #5 James Collins - #3 Stephen Warnock

#7 James Milner - #6 Styilian Petrov (c) - #8 Moussa Sissoko - #9 Ashley Young

#11 Roberto Soldado - #10 Gabriel Agbonlahor

Substitutes Used:
#15 Luke Young >;>;> #2 Carlos Cuellar [45 Minutes]


"Today was very impressive from the lads, we got the job done and a fantastic display from our whole team especially young Gabriel Agbonlahor who rattled the back of the net with four vintage goals for a striker." - Daniel Craythorne.

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#2
New Douglas Park, Hamilton.
aston villa 3 - 1 hamilton
ashley YOUNG [6, 90+2]
roberto SOLDADO [58]
Starting #11
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|#1 Brad Friedel|

#2 Carlos Cuellar - #4 Richard Dunne - #5 James Collins - #3 Stephen Warnock

#7 James Milner - #6 Styilian Petrov (c) - #8 Moussa Sissoko - #9 Ashley Young

#11 Roberto Soldado - #10 Gabriel Agbonlahor

Substitutes Used:
N/A

"A strong victory in the end by the lads, given a good rest but unchanged from the last game, they continued to dominate and create chances all the way through the game." - Daniel Craythorne.

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#3
Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh.
aston villa 7 - 2 hearts
gabriel AGBONLAHOR [10, 74]
james MILNER [21 45+1]
roberto SOLDADO [36]
richard DUNNE [41]
ashley YOUNG [69]


Starting #11
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| #1 Brad Friedel |

#2 Carlos Cuellar - #4 Richard Dunne - #5 James Collins - #3 Stephen Warnock

#7 James Milner - #6 Styilian Petrov (c) - #8 Moussa Sissoko - #9 Ashley Young

#11 Roberto Soldado - #10 Gabriel Agbonlahor
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Substitutes Used:
N/A

"We run rampant today on one of Scottish Football's best teams and we were fantastic in the attacking department today and in three games, we have scored an impressive 18 goals, conceding only 3." - Daniel Craythorne.


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Scottish Tour Roundup

Wins: 3
Losses: 0
Draws: 0
Goals Scored: 18
Goals Conceded: 3

Top Goalscorers;
1] gabriel AGBONLAHOR 6
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2] james MILNER 4
=2] ashley YOUNG 4

"A good tour from the boys overall, getting us all ready in shape for this season. Moussa Sissoko and Roberto Soldado had fit in perfectly to the style of play we do, and Fabian Delph might well be going out the door, if so, in my opinion someone will have to walk back through that door perhaps another central midfield player or something." - Daniel Craythorne.
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Swap Deal!

Earlier today the deal was secured, Lille's 'wonder-kid' transferred from Lille to Aston Villa with £2,000,000 and Fabian Delph going in the opposite direction. Eden Hazard was delighted to be able to play for such a magnificant club. Delph was struggling at the club and after a younger, more expensive, Moussa Sissoko was inducted into the club, he decided it was his time to leave. Mr. Craythorne, being a bargainer, got a fantastic deal for Delph, slapping two million in and signing the wonderkid Hazard.
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AUGUST '09

Barclays Premier League #1
Villa Park, Birmingham.
aston villa 0 - 4 manchester city
N/a

Starting #11
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| #1 Brad Friedel |

#24 Carlos Cuellar #22 Richard Dunne #29 James Collins #25 Stephen Warnock

#8 James Milner - #19 Styilian Petrov (c) - #12 Moussa Sissoko - #7 Ashley Young

#9 Roberto Soldado - #11 Gabriel Agbonlahor

Substitutes Used;
#16 Eden Hazard >;>;> #8 James Milner [45]
#14 Nathan Delfuenso >;>;> #9 Roberto Soldado [90] Inj.

"A good performance, no this is not a misstype. A decent performance, created some chances, didnt stick them away and literally, they scored four LUCKY as **** goals. I am not just saying this, deflections, own goals, the lot. A dramatic first game, but hopefully we can put this behind us and move on and Roberto Soldado may have been injured." - Daniel Craythorne.

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Euro Cup, 4th Qualifying Round
Villa Park, Birmingham.
aston villa 3 - 1 hearts
#9 roberto SOLDADO[27, 32]
#11 gabriel AGBONLAHOR[73]

Starting #11

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| #1 Brad Friedel |

#24 Carlos Cuellar #15 Curtis Davies #29 James Collins #25 Stephen Warnock

#19 Styilian Petrov (c) - #12 Moussa Sissoko

#8 James Milner - #16 Eden Hazard - #7 Ashley Young

#9 Roberto Soldado

Substitutes Used;
#11 Gabriel Agbonlahor >;>;> #11 Roberto Soldado [45]
#4 Steve Sidwell >;>;> #12 Moussa Sissoko [45]

"A fantastic performance by the boys, blowing Hearts out of Birmingham with a thrilling three goals to one win. A fantastic performance from striker Roberto Soldado who netted twice before being replaced with Gabriel Agbonlahor who also managed to get his name on the scoresheet." - Daniel Craythorne.​

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Barclays Premier League #2
DW Stadium, Wigan.
aston villa 1 - 0 wigan
#9 roberto SOLDADO [70]

Starting #11

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| #1 Brad Friedel |

#24 Carlos Cuellar #22 Richard Dunne #29 James Collins #25 Stephen Warnock

#19 Styilian Petrov (c) - #12 Moussa Sissoko

#8 James Milner - #16 Eden Hazard - #7 Ashley Young

#9 Roberto Soldado

Substitutes Used;
#2 Luke Young >;>;> #25 Stephen Warnock [11] Inj.
#11 Gabriel Agbonlahor >;>;> #16 Eden Hazard [45]

"We thoroughly deserved the three points here today at the DW. We outclassed Wigan in every department apart from finishing but in the end a searching Stiliyan Petrov ball found the path of goal-machine Roberto Soldado and it was put away in the top corner!" - Daniel Craythorne.

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The Spending Continues!

Breaking News, as Evertons Leon Osman signs a 3-year-deal worth £33,500 pound's a week to play for Daniel Craythorne's Aston Villa. The deal was worth, £2,5million upfront and the other £7,5million over the next four years, Daniel Craythorne has said this will be the last signing this summer and perhaps the last of the season. In an interview Leon Osman claimed he was sad to leave Everton but looks forward to his new career at Villa Park, the attacking midfield player has been said to be a gamble for fitness and consistancy but Mr. Craythorne has backed Leon fully. Osman is ineligable for Villa's next game against Hearts on the 27th but will be able to feature on Sunday against Sunderland if picked.

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Euro Cup, 4th Qualifying Round
Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh.
aston villa [4] 1 - 2 [3] hearts
#7 ashley YOUNG [42]

*warnock, petrov, hazard injured.*

Starting #11

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| #1 Brad Friedel |

#24 Carlos Cuellar #22 Richard Dunne #29 James Collins #2 Luke Young

#20 Nigel Reo-Coker - #12 Moussa Sissoko

#8 James Milner - #4 Steve Sidwell - #7 Ashley Young

#9 Roberto Soldado

Substitutes Used:
None.

"Today we set out to get through the round and that is exactly what we did do, we didnt go for the win paticularly and I'm disappointed with the loss but I think if we had our full team and gone for it a bit more, we could have won without a shadow of a doubt. But, yes I am pleased to be through to the actual tournament." - Daniel Craythorne.​

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Barclays Premier League #3
Stadium of Light, Tyneside.
aston villa 1 - 1 sunderland
#22 richard DUNNE[48]

Starting #11

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| #1 Brad Friedel |

#24 Carlos Cuellar #22 Richard Dunne #29 James Collins #2 Luke Young

#19 Styilian Petrov (c) - #12 Moussa Sissoko

#8 James Milner - #27 Leon Osman - #7 Ashley Young

#9 Roberto Soldado

Substitutes Used;
None.

"Our club captain was again sent off for two bookable offences and that left us wobbling in the mid 30 minutes. We didn't really know where to go from there and Richard Dunne sent us in the right direction with a bullet header making it 1 - 0 but inevitably they were able to use they're one man advantage and make it 1 - 1 but if there was no red-card I think we would have took more than one point from the game." - Daniel Craythorne.​

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[TheVillan]

September 2009

Barclays Premier League #4
Villa Park, Birmingham.
aston villa 0 - 2 stoke
n/a.

Starting #11

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| #1 Brad Friedel |

#24 Carlos Cuellar #22 Richard Dunne #29 James Collins #2 Luke Young

#19 Styilian Petrov (c) - #12 Moussa Sissoko

#8 James Milner - #27 Leon Osman - #7 Ashley Young

#9 Roberto Soldado
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Substitutes Used;
#16 Eden Hazard >;>;> #27 Leon Osman [45]
#11 Gabriel Agbonlahor >;>;> #9 Roberto Soldado [70]

"Honestly, this isn't funny anymore. We completely outplayed Stoke and just couldn't find the back of the net. Bags of chances, just no-one to finish them off Roberto Soldado was in poor form and Eden Hazard missed some absoloute sitters. Ricardo Fuller finished two lucky breaks and I'm not even lieing. We had 60% of the possession and 17 shots, 8 being on target to there 6 shots with 3 on target. It was madness." - Daniel Craythorne.

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Barclays Premier League #4
Craven Cottage, London.
aston villa 2 - 1 fulham
gabriel AGBONLAHOR [46, 67]

Starting #11

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| #1 Brad Friedel |

#24 Carlos Cuellar - #22 Richard Dunne - #29 James Collins

#19 Styilian Petrov (c)

#20 Nigel Reo-Coker - #12 Moussa Sissoko
#7 Ashley Young - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #8 James Milner

#9 Roberto Soldado - #11 Gabriel Agbonlahor

Substitutes Used;
#16 Eden Hazard >;>;> #8 James Milner [71]

"Thank god, a fantastic performance was finally rewarded, we were literally all over them. They only created chances from either wing because of the lack of full backs. Two superlative finishes from Gabriel Agbonlahor secured three points for us today and everyone was fantastic, Sissoko and Reo-Coker were amazing in the middle of the park and were looking to galavant forward at every oppurtunity." - Daniel Craythorne.

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Euro Cup Group D #1
Villa Park, Birmingham.
aston villa 2 - 0 fenerbahce
james MILNER [12, 23]

Starting #11

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| #1 Brad Friedel |

#24 Carlos Cuellar - #22 Richard Dunne - #29 James Collins

#20 Nigel Reo-Coker

#28 Isiah Osboure - #12 Moussa Sissoko
#7 Ashley Young - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #8 James Milner

#9 Roberto Soldado - #11 Gabriel Agbonlahor

Substitutes Used;
#10 John Carew >;>;> #11 Roberto Soldado [70]

"A good performance overall from the boys, they did nothing to us in defence whatsoever with there main threat Salomon Kalou doing no damage whatsoever. We kept it very tight at the back and were incredibly sharp on the break as we conjured up two spectacular crosses from James Milner to nod into the back of the net, fantastic stuff." - Daniel Craythorne.​

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Bye-Bye Bouma!

Former Aston Villa defender Wilfred Bouma has today been offloaded to french giants Lyon for a bargain price of £1.9million. The injury-tolled left back was let go by manager Daniel Craythorne claiming Bouma had, had his day in the Premier League and felt it was only fair to let him move on. Daniel also said that Lyon were trying to tempt influential central back Carlos Cuellar away from Villa Park and Cuellar was buying it but Daniel has offered Carlos a new contract worth ....

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Barclays Premier League #5
Villa Park, Birmingham.
aston villa 2 - 0 liverpool
james COLLINS [9]
roberto SOLDADO [60]

Starting #11

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| #1 Brad Friedel |

#24 Carlos Cuellar - #22 Richard Dunne - #29 James Collins

#19 Stiliyan Petrov (c)

#20 Nigel Reo-Coker - #12 Moussa Sissoko
#7 Ashley Young - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #8 James Milner

#9 Roberto Soldado - #11 Gabriel Agbonlahor

Substitutes Used;
#16 Eden Hazard >;>;> #7 Ashley Young [63]
#15 Curtis Davies >;>;> #29 James Collins [90+9] Inj.
#23 Habib Beye >;>;> #19 Stiliyan Petrov [90+9]

"What a fantastic showing from the lads! Three points against a huge team, if not the biggest in the world! James Collins rifled one home from a corner within the first ten minutes shocking the crowd, what didn't shock the crowd is the manor in which Liverpool replied through Fernando Torres. However, on 60 minutes the ball fell at the feet of Roberto Soldado who casually slotted in after 429 minutes without a goal! Well done boys!" - Daniel Craythorne.​

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League Cup 3rd Round
Anfield, Merseyside.
aston villa 0 - 3 liverpool

Starting #11

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| #1 Brad Friedel |

#24 Carlos Cuellar - #22 Richard Dunne - #15 Curtis Davies

#20 Nigel Reo-Coker

#4 Steve Sidwell - #12 Moussa Sissoko
#7 Ashley Young - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #8 James Milner

#9 Roberto Soldado - #11 Gabriel Agbonlahor

Substitutes Used;


"Scouse bastards.

Agbonlahor Injured 4 Weeks - Broken Rips. Skrtel you slaphead ****." - Daniel Craythorne.​

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Barclays Premier League #5
The Emirates, London.
aston villa 1 - 2 arsenal
roberto SOLDADO [16]

Starting #11

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| #1 Brad Friedel |

#24 Carlos Cuellar - #22 Richard Dunne - #29 James Collins

#20 Nigel Reo-Coker

#7 Ashley Young - #4 Steve Sidwell - #12 Moussa Sissoko - #8 James Milner


#9 Roberto Soldado - #10 John Carew

Substitutes Used;
None.

"They deserved the win to be fair, our goal was nice, a good knockon for Carew allowed Roberto Soldado in to slot it past debutant keeper but they bombarded our goal and got there two goals, it just seems unfortunate two key errors lead to the goals a missed interception from Curtis Davies and an own goal from Steve Sidwell." - Daniel Craythorne.​

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is anyone following or am i wasting my time..

 

[champmanconverted09]

great layout dude, I really like how you do the starting 11, I will defo check in from time to time and see how your doing

 

[SAiNT_BRUM]

this is magnificent as a villa fan aswell this is a story i will be followin.

 

[miggo97]

SEPTEMBER '09!

Euro Cup Group D #2
Stadium Municipal, Toulouse.
aston villa 0 - 0 toulouse
n/a.

Starting #11

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| #1 Brad Friedel |

#24 Carlos Cuellar - #22 Richard Dunne - #29 James Collins


#7 Ashley Young - #20 Nigel Reo-Coker - #12 Moussa Sissoko - #8 James Milner

#16 Eden Hazard

#9 Roberto Soldado - #10 John Carew

Substitutes Used;


"We were extremely boring here today, we lacked creativity and we had no cutting edge whatsoever and I was thoroughly relieved when the full-time whistle went!" - Daniel Craythorne.
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Premier League #7
Villa Park, Birmingham.
aston villa 3 - 1 blackburn
roberto SOLDADO [pen 13, pen 33]
moussa SISSOKO [90+2]

Starting #11

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| #1 Brad Friedel |

#24 Carlos Cuellar #22 Richard Dunne #29 James Collins #25 Stephen Warnock

#20 Nigel Reo-Coker

#12 Moussa Sissoko

#7 Ashley Young - #16 Eden Hazard - #8 James Milner

#9 Roberto Soldado

Substitutes Used;
None.

"The complete opposite of what happened at Toulouse, a fantastic display from the boys and despite the two goals from penalties, the craft we used to earn the penalties were sensational and Roberto was very clinical in dispatching the penalty kicks." - Daniel Craythorne.
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Stewart Downing back to full training!

Aston Villa winger Stewart Downing has suffered a frustrating time here at Villa Park, not even making his debut yet but after making a full recovery the flying left-footed winger should be back to his usual tantilizing form. Daniel Craythorne has yet to be able to use Stewart due to injuries and said 'He's relishing the chance to see Stewart in action for Villa'. It wont be long before we see Downing back to his full best under Daniel Craythorne.

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Hazard off the mark!

Aston Villa midfielder Eden Hazard got off the mark for Belgium as Belgium thrashed Turkey 3 - 0 in World Cup Qualifying Group 5. The 18-year-old has already achieved a great deal so early in his career and is already a marquee player for Belgium but is finding it hard fitting in, in England. However, as soon as he finally slots into the English game, Hazard will be deadly for opposition defences. The young Belgian then went on to score another goal in the closing stages in the 3 - 1 victory against Estonia.

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Premier League #8
Molineux, Wolverhampton.
aston villa 3 - 1 blackburn
roberto SOLDADO [pen 13, pen 33]
moussa SISSOKO [90+2]

Starting #11

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| #1 Brad Friedel |

#23 Habib Beye #22 Richard Dunne #29 James Collins #25 Stephen Warnock

#20 Nigel Reo-Coker

#12 Moussa Sissoko

#7 Ashley Young - #16 Eden Hazard - #8 James Milner

#9 Roberto Soldado


Substitutes Used;
None.

"The complete opposite of what happened at Toulouse, a fantastic display from the boys and despite the two goals from penalties, the craft we used to earn the penalties were sensational and Roberto was very clinical in dispatching the penalty kicks." - Daniel Craythorne.


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youve put at molineux, wolverhampton. on the last match.

 

[jthamrun]

Great story so far mate, keep it up

 

[DanWalsallFC]

Great story! I'm following.
But you've put Villa and Blackburn as playing at the Custard Bowl (Molinuex) in Wolverhampscum.
Just hope you beat the Wolves anyway!