Curtis Davies had surgery last night after rupturing his Achilles tendon in the 1-1 draw with Arsenal and for those that didn't know, I was one of them, it could mean a long time on the sidelines.

Basically, we'll not know the severity of the injury until the club tell us but it could mean six to nine months before he is back. I'm sure most will wish him the best.

In other news, international man of mystery, Bill Howell has written on his Aston Villa Blog (is it me or is everyone now starting an Aston Villa Blog) that he's had news that there will be a ticket price hike at Villa Park next season.

He doesn't say if it's season ticket prices, or tickets for the Holte End or even if it's tickets for away support so this could be just Bill sucking him thumb and seeing what comes of it or somebody could have told him it's happening. Either way, we'll not know for a while but we will find out.

Bill Howell: IMOM

A quick rumour to end my Sunday post and before I go for a lunchtime beer; apparently we're after Hamburg midfielder Rafael van der Vaart. van der Vaart is Dutch and likes to score goals - scoring 12 in 50 appearances for the national side and 24 in 55 for Hamburg. All this from midfield!

How true is this, well it came from the News of the World and we have quite a few midfielders but he does have a quality about him which would be a fine addition to the squad, but again, we'll know sometime after the end of the season and probably before August.

Right, there is a beer calling my name and I have every intention of meeting up with it as soon as I've showered, so if you're in the unfortunate position to be reading this at home and not in the pub, leave a comment and if anything happens in the next three or four hours, I'll post it later.

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Blitzballer said:

If MON can bring Van Der Vaart to the club, id be estatic- after being disappointed with the January Window and the promise of activity this summer- this would be an excellent step in the right direction.

March 02, 2008 | url

qwerty said:

on an article on the internet it said that MON enquired about huntelaar but ajax said we're definitely not getting him so MON's now looking at van der vaart!!

March 02, 2008

Dizzy Mugs said:

Yeah my dad ruptured his ankle a long time ago. It hasn't healed in 6 years. Could be really bad. Although, my dad didn't have surgery on it, so Davies should be slightly better off.

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nan was a fan said:

Very sad for him, but lucky for us it was in a position where we have genuine cover.

March 02, 2008

PaulE said:

It's a nasty injury. His pace could be affected permanently. He's young though, so hopefully he'll heal in time to play a part in next season (assuming this doesn't affect his permanent transfer from West Brom). As for Van der Vaart - I like this rumour. He's a bit of quality and we could do with a goalscoring midfielder.

March 02, 2008

alexb said:

If Davies injury turns out to be mega serious, i.e. 9months out with no guarantees that it wont break down again - i wonder if we have any get out clause with the £10mill deal with Albion we're committed to after the loan ends in May. Don't fancy the idea of forking out that much for a guy who wont play for months and might suffer from flare ups throughout the rest of his career. Feel for Davies, he looked a great player

March 02, 2008

Arrlui said:

Barry and V D Vaart... I can smell it now

March 02, 2008

Adz said:

swap van der vaart for petrov!! or we pay someone to take him off our hands!! good luck curtis!! get well soon!

March 02, 2008

Austingunner said:

Maybe the rupture was bad fan karma for the songs about Eduardo...good game for you guys though...you definitely outplayed us today.

March 02, 2008

pazzler said:

i sincerely hope that there was no songs about eduardo on sat. gutted about curtis. get fit soon. best wishes.

March 02, 2008

IanB said:

The chants make me sick, s**theaded bastards.

March 02, 2008

Villa_Rules said:

Maybe we should do a wenger..By that i mean say the player that go davies injuerd should be banned for life when he went down there was a arsenal player close to him so that player should get a life time ban On a serious note,,,Well and truely gutted that he is injuerd he was doing really well no for the return of the man who likes to fall asleep on the pitch at the wrong time god help us now the injurys are comming i new this would happen and it is why i wanted and expected us to do well in the january transfer window

March 02, 2008

Jimmy Villain said:

"Maybe we should do a wenger..By that i mean say the player that go davies injuerd should be banned for life when he went down there was a arsenal player close to him so that player should get a life time ban " What the hell does this even mean, perhaps you should write your blog posts before you go to the pub mate. Good luck to Curtis, it's a real shame he was settling into the side well, We do have Zat Knight as cover as well as Mellberg so I think we'll be fine, Reo Coker on the other hand is a different story which means that we'll probably see Petrov next weekend. I hope that he gives Osbourne a chance, he looks like he has great potential, or even the myth that is Salifou, has anyone actually seen this kid play?

March 02, 2008

tosh said:

just been watching everton on MOTD 2 and they look amazing, ripped Pompy apart. Just think Champ L is too much for us this time round. Still hope I'm wrong. I'm very excited about the future . Silver wear here we cum Up the Villa

March 02, 2008

AV33 said:

Real shame for Curtis..get well soon son ! Lets just hope Olly and Zat can sort centre defence between them for the rest of the season. That Eduardo injury was one of the most shocking i've seen and i really hope that the morons who chanted about this feel so bad now. I wouldn't wish that kind of thing on my worst enemy. I hope he comes back and shows us some more of the obvious quality he has, but hopefully not against us ! The season ticket price hike is hopefully a good thing although it may not seem like that at the moment. Villa fans have put up with price rises for years without reward but now more than ever, i think it just might be worth paying whatever it takes to watch the boys next season. We're playing the best football seen at VP in years, with the best management and board that we could have ever hoped for after the E@%*s years ! We are fighting at the top of the table and if the News of the World is anything to go by, we're getting Van de Vaart and have been turned down for Huntelaar ! If that is the kind of signing MON is now looking at, then exciting times await at us next season. So please don't moan if they raise season ticket prices by a little(i mean a little !), because I reckon after next season, Villa tickets, hospitality and season tickets especially, will become as they are for Man Utd supporters...like rocking horse s**t ! Anyways, great performance from the lads at Arsenal and we really should have held on for the points. I was gutted when I saw how soft the injury time goal was, why didn't Carson claim it? (another story?...£10mill, i'm not so sure). I'd go on about his positioning on Bullard's free kick, Liverpools equaliser but it's not the Scott Carson debate. He did make one superb save though yesterday (i'm not disputing his ability as a stopper) Good times ahead for Villa

March 03, 2008

m said:

And I thought the brums had no class...

March 03, 2008

Welling Gooner said:

Morning Villains. I'd just like to say that as, primarily a football fan and secondly an Arsenal fan, I was disgusted at the sick chant made by your alleged fans at the game on Saturday. They were a disgrace to your club. I would also like to wish Curtis Davies a speedy recovery from his injury. I also hope that the fans who receievd a bit of a kicking after the game do not make the same recovery.

March 03, 2008

deano spain said:

COULD ANY ONE TELL ME HOW THIS SO CALLED DISGRACEFUL SONG ABOUT EDWARDO GOES...............

March 03, 2008

deano spain said:

HOW DID THIS SO CALLED SICK CHANT GO THEN GOONER.............

March 03, 2008

villadaz said:

Welling Gooner - Sorry about the song, a very young lad next to me was singing it and he was soon stopped. Villa don't dislike the gooners at all, maybe your North Londen Friends, but not you fellas. Hope you win the race rather that those Mancs. Keep The Faith

March 03, 2008

Betting Villain said:

I wish Davies all the best and a speedy recovery, though it does seem he will miss the rest of this season. van der Vaart would be a massive step in the right direction, though it would mean dropping Reo-Coker or Barry. You can never trust News of the world, but let's wait and see what happens. I have faith in MON's ability to attract good players to this club, I just think he needs reasons for the likes of van der Vaart to come. And so if we can qualify for Europe this season, which will most likely be the UEFA Cup, I reckon we could be in for an interesting summer transfer market.

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sam_villa 1 said:

BRING BACK HITZLESPERGR!!! he is a quality player and even said he would like to come back to villa.although van der vaart is good.

March 03, 2008

sam_villa 1 said:

deano spain. it was - he used to have silky skills now he walks like heather mills. i dunno why every one is making such a fuss about it. it wasn't realy disgraceful. ive herd much worse than that much much worse infact.

March 03, 2008

sam_villa 1 said:

the eduardo song really wasnt that bad atall. ive hear much wosre like harry redknapps "getting bummed the shower" song and cardiffs "sheep sh*gger" and "upson takes it up the a**e" are all much worse. the injury wasn't even that bad. he dislocated his ankle wich made it look worse than it actually was and he broke his leg like alot of playes have and havent had the same amount of sypathy as he has. alan smith broke his leg and nobody cared at all. everyone treating eduard as if he is dead or somehing. get over it its a song there is much worse and ofensive out there.

March 03, 2008

Villa_Rules said:

Why are villa fans discussing the eduardo problem more than there own fans Its a song get over it how dose this song affect your life and what effect will it have on you being an aston villa fan ...NONE...Some of you are acting like you are a close freind of eduardos you dont no the man he plays for arsenal why do you really really so despretly care? ? Eduardo Eduardo he had silky skils now he walks like heather mills la la la la Im sorry didnt mean to make you cry

March 03, 2008

Myself said:

Anyone planning on getting the day off work this friday to go to Stamford Bridge? Free Admission, £12 return journey, any takers?

March 03, 2008 | url

Arrlui said:

I find that offensive, Villa_Rules, as I'm a massive Heather Mills fan.

March 04, 2008

disco dave said:

Those chants were a disgrace and Villa fans should be ashamed that some of their own were singing them.

March 04, 2008

villain said:

van der vaart looks class, just saw him on youtube. hope there is something in this rumour. if we could get him and a class winger our midfield would be complete. still need a right back....wes brown on a free??

March 04, 2008

deano spain said:

SO ARSENAL FANS HAVE NEVER SUNG ABUSIVE SONGS? WHAT ABOUT THE YIDS GOING TO BELSON ? MUNICH ? GET A LIFE YOU SAD GOONERS AT LEAST OUR SONG IS FUNNY

March 04, 2008

kohoutek said:

Bit tired of the chant business now. Gooners: You don't want to professionalize victimhood or over-employ righteous indignation. What's truly odd is that you can applaud violence over a silly chant about a random injury to a man you don't even know, and still think the chanters are the 'sick' ones. Funny old game, isn't it?

March 04, 2008

deano spain said:

the point im trying to make is called "double standards" you lot abuse the jews and the mancs,it was a bit of fun chill out....p.s didnt see any villa fan get whacked, only crying gooners...........

March 04, 2008

Paul181 said:

i agree that gooners have no right to be hypocritical and slate our chants, but if we could all please remember luc nilis - what a player he could have been. i was gutted that day so can empathise with the arsenal fans and dont really agree with the chant.

March 04, 2008

ozavfc21 said:

SORRY I THOUGHT THIS WAS A VILLA BLOG SITE NOT A WHINGING GOONER SITE GET OVER IT YOU SAD MUPPETS YOU SING NASTY CRAP AS WELL FOR F**KS SAKE. HOW LONG IS THIS GONNA DRAG ON FOR? YAWN

March 05, 2008

flats said:

Get well soon son! cheers

March 08, 2008 | url

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