Aston Villa v Odense BK

thadeas1 · #1 07-26-08, 02:24 PM

finished 1-0 to us and we are through to the 2nd qualifying round of the uefa cup.

We played better in the second half but not great, the opposition wasnt exactly a top side so i guess the players from villa thought they could take it easy. Gareth Barry played good and Ashley Young was a star.

Mr Randy Lerner (he owns villa and the cleveland browns) needs to stick his hand in his huge pockets and buy us some more players.

thadeas.

melioris · #2 07-26-08, 03:51 PM

congrats on the victory. And congrats on Friedel signing, you all need some stability in the net and he has consistently been one of the top 4 goalkeepers in the Premier league for 6 years or so. He is great, but the fake British accent is a bit much for a guy from Cleveland.

thadeas1 · #3 07-26-08, 05:03 PM

didnt relise he was from cleveland, no wonder randy lerner was so keen to buy him, he is good and thats clear but at 37 how long can he keep up top level play, guess that's why we brought guzan aswell.

thadeas.

melioris · #4 07-26-08, 05:10 PM

I suspect that Friedel is for the current season only. If Guzan gets a permit, he probably will do a year loan to get first team action and adjusted to the league, and then be your #1 for the 09 campaign. IMO Guzan will be better than Friedel, the kid is just great. He isn't the quickest, but his positioning is just so good.

thadeas1 · #5 07-27-08, 05:57 AM

I have heard good things about Guzan so will be interesting to see how he copes in the premier league. All we need now is for Gareth Barry to stay and buy a couple decent defenders and we might actually be a good side.