Villa Park plays host to another night of European football tomorrow night and I am hoping that the Villa can maintain their 100% record.
It has been incredible to watch the claret and blue army showcase their talents on the European stage for the first time in seven years, and a win against Zilina on Thursday would make it three victories in three.
This is something I am confident of and having watched AC Milan's visit to Portsmouth last week, I am not under the firm belief that there really should be no fear going into any game in these group stages or beyond.
O'Neill has said we can win in, Barry too, Curtis Davies, Ashley young; the list goes on. I am going to the game and can't wait to experience the electric, European atmosphere live at Villa Park for the first time since the game against Hafnarfjordu.
Up the Villa.
Showing posts with label european. Show all posts
Showing posts with label european. Show all posts
Wednesday, 3 December 2008
Friday, 7 November 2008
Aston Villa v FC Hafnarfjordu slideshow
As you may know, this blog is part of my university course. We have been asked to create a slide show which I have done on this game.
Apologies that the game was a while back, but I found some pretty good photos. And as it was our first European game in seven years, this can be seen as a celebration of that...
Apologies that the game was a while back, but I found some pretty good photos. And as it was our first European game in seven years, this can be seen as a celebration of that...
Tuesday, 28 October 2008
Carson dreaming of England. And why not?
Former Villa keeper Scott Carson has spoken out about his hope of a recall to the england squad - and I for one wish him well.
Carson did well for us but was reprimanded for his performance against Croatia in England's final Euro 2008 qualifying game. I can not defend the error he made; it was terrible! However I am also under the impression that McClaren made the wrong call in putting him in there for such a crucial game.
He was right to drop Robinson. That is my opinion. But if he is going to drop Robinson for such an important game he should have gone for experience in David James (who has now proven himself of still being a more than capable national No.1).
After this, Carson's form dropped. There is no denying that but I still beieve that he kept us in a number of games, and want to be the first to wish him well if he eventually manages to force his way back in to the England set-up.
Carson did well for us but was reprimanded for his performance against Croatia in England's final Euro 2008 qualifying game. I can not defend the error he made; it was terrible! However I am also under the impression that McClaren made the wrong call in putting him in there for such a crucial game.
He was right to drop Robinson. That is my opinion. But if he is going to drop Robinson for such an important game he should have gone for experience in David James (who has now proven himself of still being a more than capable national No.1).
After this, Carson's form dropped. There is no denying that but I still beieve that he kept us in a number of games, and want to be the first to wish him well if he eventually manages to force his way back in to the England set-up.
Sunday, 26 October 2008
What a day to start a blog...
Well this is my first post on my new blog, and what a day to do it. Only days after beating Dutch giants, Ajax, and only hours after disposing of Wigan Athletic. It really is a good time to be a Villa fan and was nice to see European football back at Villa Park this week.
A comfortable victory against Ajax made it even sweeter and after just seeing Villa come away from the JJB Stadium with a 4-0 victory, it makes me wonder exactly how far we can go as a team. The pundits are convinced we will finish 5th, and no higher. Villa fans are full of hope but then again, so are the Tigers. And what about the Uefa cup? With a bigger squad and the ability to perform on the higest stage, perhaps we can surprise a few people; break that top four? Go all the way in europe? It's possible, unless we get AC Milan that is!
A comfortable victory against Ajax made it even sweeter and after just seeing Villa come away from the JJB Stadium with a 4-0 victory, it makes me wonder exactly how far we can go as a team. The pundits are convinced we will finish 5th, and no higher. Villa fans are full of hope but then again, so are the Tigers. And what about the Uefa cup? With a bigger squad and the ability to perform on the higest stage, perhaps we can surprise a few people; break that top four? Go all the way in europe? It's possible, unless we get AC Milan that is!
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