This lad is top quality, trust me!

Cuellar and Laursen .. awesome partnership.

I can't believe its all happened so quick, im over the moon? It makes the kaboul deal look like a joke ;D

Sweet ;D

thats the defence sorted then

time for the right midfielder & striker

I'm absolutely made up at this news, I really am. Including Curtis Davies who's transfer was officially concluded this summer, we have now signed a world class back line and two international keepers this close season.

MON is a legend and all credit to Randy who is putting his money where his villa tattoo is. Legends, the pair of them and with this pair at the helm we are going places. One of these places is called the Champions League.

UP THE VILLA!

anyone for a straight swap Gareth barry for alonso?

i was told this the other day by my informant as i stated in a previous post, i actually thought it was a joke as he said it was along the lines of 10-15mil

never mind pushing for a starting place, this bloke will be a first team regular, guaranteed

It's a disgrace.

We should be signing players like Rio Ferdinand not SPL failures.

I've said all along we wouldn't sign any players and that we'd continue on our annual slide towards relegation, unless someone has the balls to get rid of MON and send that tight bastard Randy back to the states.

Great to hear. Quality defender. Definitely a better signing than Kaboul would have been.

Get in !
Great signing - well done MON.

HAPPY DAYS :D :D

7 in, another 2-3 and were laughing ;D
i see no. 8 is still up for grabs, a nice attacking midfielder. : )

UTV

I actually genuinely want to hurt that "nan was a fan".

We have 3 quality CB's, anyone else getting bloody excited about this season?

Cannot wait...

I've seen him a couple of times and have been very, very impressed..composed, technical..perfect complement for Laursen's aggressive approach..well done Martin, continue this way and I'll have to prepare a seriously complex and long apology - and I couldn't be happier if I'll have to :)

nan was a fan..are you on drugs?

As much as it pains me to say it, me being a celtic fan you are getting a very good player thats why i'm sooooooo glad he is leaving them......ha ha ha.

Cuellar is a very good player, and I'm glad we've gone in for him rather than Kaboul. Cuellar is on the fringes of the Spain squad and he'll more than likely get called up in the world cup qualifiers.

Well, at least that's defence sorted out. Now for a midfielder and a striker!

What happened to de la red then damian?

are u off ur rocker??? how is randy tight,he's spent loads on the villa this season and MON is building a solid unit at Villa Park. Lerner has spent loads on our top drawer training facilities too! we're moving in the right direction...im sorry but ur all wrong slating MON and Randy, they are villa legends.

cueller is a quality centre half!!! awesome business again O'Neill

nan was a fan - you got to be a bluenose unless your just late taking your anti depressants today! great signing keep up the good work MON looking more like a top 4 team now!

very exciting signing.
its all coming together nicely.

I think you'll find that nan was a fan is trying his best to wind a few people up ..

nan was a fan, you need to note that championship manager is alot different to real life. you cant add yourself on the other team and accept transfers. MON and lerner know what there doing, and you calling his an SPL failure just shows that you know f*ck all

Nan was a fan's post is a joke fellas, it has to be. Please confirm this nan was a fan so we don't have another unnecessary row on our hands!

Mick70, I think Nanwasafan is taking a gentle rise out of the MON haters. All last month there were people on this site slating MON, RL, the General and all the sheep-like fans who go on about the 5 year plan etc. OK, I know we haven't got the £30m player (yet), but this is certainly better then some people predicted.

You just got yourselves Spain's next Centre Back.

Sorry all, Vogra stole my laptop.

Great signing.
In MON we trust.

Mick70 (and others),

[b]nan was a fan..are you on drugs?[/b]

You'll find this is taking the piss out of certain muppets who think we're doomed. Some of these fools actually wany MON sacked.

Great news. A very poor defence massively strengthened by 5 quality signings and another one back from injury.

i am so pleased that we got the spl player of the year and not kaboul, i dont know much about kaboul but from what ashton from one of the daily's said on radion a couple of weeks ago said he was an accident waiting to happen another boomsong i really didnt want the guy but this is great news, and will i also say that good teams we had in the past the managers always got in a good defense first, well after 70 goals last season and now what looks like a great defence im a lot happier today than with the squad we had for odense

Nan,is this what your saying?

Verbal irony is a disparity of expression and intention: when a speaker says one thing but means another, or when a literal meaning is contrary to its intended effect. An example of this is sarcasm.

nice one its looking good now at the back i hope we can have one or two more before the man city game does anyone no if he will be ok 4 us in uefa cup did he play 4 Rangers last week

nan was a fan, who of? birmingham city by the look of your comment! f!*@ off back to your own site, if ya have one! ya blue nosed bastard!
great signing, thank god that kaboul rumour was wide of the mark, he's bloody useless!

nanwasataglor ;D

as a rangers fan i am gutted to see him go. he will be a terrific signing and for 7.8 milliom believe me you have got a steal. he would use kaboul to wipe his arse with. Cuellar got rangers to the uefa cup final on his own. All the best "King Cuellar".

Andy5759 - There's no such thing as Mon haters on here as far as I know.

There was a (increasingly large) pocket of people nervously questioning MON's ability on the transfer market due to recent inactivity.

Based on the lethargic summer 07 and January 08 transfer windows and since up to 5 days ago we seemed to be following a similar pattern, I was growing very concerned.

Happy to see I was wrong and we're almost there, a quality striker and winger would complete the squad nicely :)

He looks like a bit of a bruiser!!
Well done MON, now see if you can get a couple more in.

i think this guy must be good.
have you seen how delighted the celtic fans are that he is leaving rangers?

Top signing - How much exactly has Mr Lerner actually spent now Damon? Seems to be mounting up. and can we still afford the likes of Joe Cole I wonder??

woohoo!

Let's hope our attack is as good as last year, because our defence is now fantastic, I'm glad I've got Friedel in my fantasy team!

Nanwasafan, this should all be about our new signing, but everyone's talking about you. Congratulations - you're famous (have some K).

Would Ceullar want some spannish speaking company in midfield?

just listened to the game podcast and what is marcotti's problem with o'neill? this guy is a tool! i believe he has had a disagreement with o'neill in the past so now takes every opportunity to to take a pop at him! can anyone else shed any light on this?

If we had that defence last season we would seriously have had a shout at 4th place. If we could score as many goals again this season, or even (please, please, please) add an exciting right winger and an out-and-out goal scorer and get a few more, then we are going to be very competitive!

Personally I felt my comment was quite subtle in comparison to some of the crap that has been spewed in MON's direction on here of late.

Let's hope we've seen the last of that sort of drivel.

All the aston villa fans u are gettin cuellar he is a legend and he was brilliant for the gers and u should be well happy..... who is this nan was a fan wat is he talkin about SPL rejects we got to the uefa cup final so naw nan was a fan!!!!! >:( any way MON THE GERS!!!! and Cum'on the villa ;)

Rangers fans seem to like to sing these words to the tune of "Can't take my Eyes off you"...(the "i love you baby" bit !)

Oh Carlos Cuellar
You are the love of my life
Oh Carlos Cuellar
I'd let you sh@g my wife
Oh Carlos Cuellar
We want curly hair too

Theres also another one but i don't know the tune yet. Something like:

He's six foot three with curly hair
His teeth are f****d but we don't care

Laughed my ass off. Will we be nicking them for down Villa Park ?

UP THE VILLA - HAPPY DAYS :D :D

im so happy.



our defence is immense

It's alright for you lot iv'e got to go to work tommorow and my boss is a Rangers fan,they were assured last week at a club/supporters club meeting that he would not be sold.
Great player to get,watched him lot's last season head and shoulders above the the usual dross that comes out of the SPL.
Guess i shouldn't go to work with a smile tommorow,but a great signing.
UTV

This is a top signing, he gets stuck in, the type of cb i like, laursen and cuellar will be the top pairing in the premiership! now we need a right sided midfielder and a striker, the champions league here we come!!

nan was a fan pmsl

people look up the word sarcastic

k awaiting in forum alomst as funny as the salifou page ;D ;D ;D ;D

I hear that he's very good friends with Ruben De La Red and Joaquin.....just a thought

great signing now all we need is swp/milner/antonio valencia and ashton/podolski/santa cruz... well done martin and randy keep up the excellent work

villa4life

I also heard Marcotti - The game has always been a liverpool centric podcast (informed but very much Rafa's mates). GM cannot acknowledge that his mates mate did anything wrong - so they just skirted over it with a cheap jibe at MON. Grow up GM.

It is the Euro-centric polemic from press hacks like GM that makes people believe that the grass is always greener and because English is not your mother tongue then you are a poor manager. This is why the EPL seem focused on signing a manager because they are exotic, unknown at club level etc. GM likes to be outspoken and in confident of his own opinion. MON comes across as being respectful but expects this to be reciprocated and does not suffer fools - maybe a bit of Cloughie there.

On the Cuellar developments, Rangers fans seem to rate him highly and hopefully he can achieve his dream in the EPL. Setanta just commented...saying it was a steal and when Villa sell him next season for 20mill we will be laughing. No...if Cuella becomes a 20million CH we will be happy to keep him. RL, MON have shown that Villa are not a selling club. on a little point is he cup tied for europe?

Hopefully, SWP/Cole/De la Red will join soon and then (if his stand-over man will let him) Gerrard can play with Barry at Bodymoor come January.

***Also a little thank you to Mr Ellis for only selling the club to someone who seems to have its best interests at heart and not a corrupt ex-prime-minister, a geordie t-shirt salesman or some debt shovellers from Florida and Texas. RL must be loving it at the moment the Browns are on the up and so are Villa

Won't be long before Villa fans know why he was called 'Ugly Betty'
He is no better than Boumsong who went from the huns to Newcastle for big money.

Looks like Laursen might get the occasional well earned rest!! Thank God his knee held out for us!! There'll be enough games for everyone next season but right now, i couldn't pick a favorite centre back pairing! Not to ignore Zat Knight too. He'll be 4th choice, but its great to have Villa fans in there too.

i seem to have a growing respect for rangers fans

great steal fantastic can't wait for next season if we can get cole and cruz we will be formidable cuellar looks like the other steal of the summer after friedel . Perhaps cuellar is gonna persuade de la red could be a link there . Great can't wait Mon legend

Why do Celtic fans call him Ugly Betty?

Vital_Loans I like your thinking... Del La Red.. Alonso..

I mentioned Cuellar going back on this site,asking for opinion. Absolutely awesome for rangers n Uefa cup run. Absolutely agree now need Spanish speaking company.fantastic sighing, well done MON.Kabwhoooooo at 6mil ,what a joke!!!
Also mentioned santa Cruz and SWP at same time, so come on martin and make me 'Mystic Johno'. Having said that, have also shouted for David Villa and Robhino after one too many Carlos Stellas. UTV Very Happy.

how do you do the fantasy football

I think this could be a very good signing.He has been to a UEFA cup final and that experience should prove valuable for us this season.Thats three very good centre backs we have now and Zat Knight if he's needed.

NOW BRING IN A WINGER!!!Preferably Dario Srna, Joe Cole or Morten Gamst Pedersen.Then finalise a deal for De la Red and bring in a top striker.

Villa Mick.

This will explain all LINK

Carlos is a top class player and Villa fans will be as delighted as we were when they see how solid the big man is. By the way, we are the original bluenoses so can u tell those bcfc fans to think up an original name. p.s. to the tune of - the animals went in two by two - " he is the rock in our back four, cuellar, cuellar, the opposition score no more, cuellar, cuellar, he's six feet two with curly hair, he's got bucked teeth but we dont care, carlos cuellar Rangers centre half " Obviously u guys will substitute Rangers for " Villa".
God bless our beloved Glasgow Rangers.

LINK

the guy is overated the only reason he looked good last season was because rangers were so negative and the midfield gave him so much protection. He is one of the the slowest centre halfs i have ever seen, his only strong point is his heading ability. 5 million to much.

Who is this player? So funny so many all claiming they know him well and that he is amazing. I'm not saying he is bad I'm just saying I've never heard of him.

taglor look at it this way he won the spl player of the year and the writers player of the year.not only this but i have seen him play setanta do tend to show a lot of spl matches and i can genuinely say he is an excellent player he wont let us down m8

villa4life

anyone else seen the video of him stopping the ball with his hand, hilarious

no he's not cup tied as he was "injured" in training before the match rangers got knocked out of

Celtic fans call him ugly betty because of his braces!

Christ, I've not seen him and I'm a cynical bastard but now I'm excited after reading the comments.
He looks a bit like Martin Keown so no being distracted by the ladies.
It's all gone quiet on the De la Red front I notice.
You weren't getting confused were you Damian ?

Yea, most ppl do have a lot to say on him - but mainly because ppl on here have a bit of a wider knowledge of the game than just in the league there team plays!
For those who dont know him, you will soon get to see first hand what a top player this bloke is! He's never going to dazzle but what you can be sure of that we wont be conceding 50 goals again this year with him, Laursen and Davies doing the business!

Its also a big indication when you've got Rangers fans on here bemoaning the sale and celtic fans seeming very pleased with it!

Roll on Sunday!

(Still think we need 2 more in)

Taglor - I have been anto MON for a while and questioned his dealings in the transfer market but this is a seriously good signing!! I have seen Cuellar play at least 10 times and he is a class act. Better than both Davies and Laursen IMO. I suggested on here we bid for him 2/3 weeks ago along with a couple of other people.
If oneil goes all out and signs SWP now who is obtainable and we are apparently in for again then i will start to tsake back a lot of what i have said.

gr8 signing. not!!!! zenith tore him apart in that final, awful signing!!!

we mite aswell get megrath out of retirement!!!

only joking,

wat a gr8 signing

joe cole or de la red will do nicely and santa cruz!!! trust me guys if we get these lot then we will beat liverpool to the 4th spot without doubt!!!

come on mr horny lerner and mon and ron atkinson and gregory and lttle.!!!

And maybe the biggest plus of this signing is the fact he is a class spanish/foreign player. this will def help in attracting others.

WTF LULU????????
alot of what you have said makes no sense

Yeah i saw that video yesterday 8) It made me think he would do anything to make sure his team didn't lose! Great but he got banned for it. we'll leave that one for the rangers memories

Big Game on Thursday shame most the signings can't play?

I think Milner we be next because its very possibe, Joe Cole is my prefered choice but for 80 grand a week he can stay put!

No:8/6 are still vacant????? Can't villa just sort out some sort of deal with either pool or arsenal for barry we don't want deadwood holding us back

Great signing! We scored 3rd highest goals in the Prem last season, but couldn't keep a clean sheet, now we've got a great keeper and some real quality in defence. Nan was a fan is a clear piss take, proberbly one of the many plastic scousers that spend more time on this site than their own, even tho they say they don't want Barry, really looking forward to the new season (sorry Zat, your times up!!) UP THE VILLA

well happy with this one, havnt seen him play to be honest but after reading 300 posts on here, celtic and rangers sites looks like he is a rock. looking forward to seeing who else mon brings in, i personally hope gabby gets moved to the right this season, far far too good for the bench but we need a top striker knocking 20 plus in. Hope barry stays and makes a BIG Apology quick. Being a Villa fan is fooking exciting right now, cant wait till the end of August when we smash 6 part scumpool p.s nan was a fan, the first post had me laughing! :D

I feel so good for keeping the faith in MON. Not to gloat, but the money evidently is there, and he hasn't even started on the forward line yet!

Excellent signing. Rangers may have been negative, but I will happily accept getting to the UEFA cup final by being negative, and this bloke was their star man.

Excellent.

I'm not gonna pretend to be an expert on him but from what I've read this could well be a fantastic signing. Although I do feel a little mixed about it because I'd hate to see Davies overshadowed by him but likewise I dont want to see 10 million euros wasted ...

Ah, who am I kidding, bring on that Rafa Rotation!

If anyone has any doubts about this guy, go and check out the Rangers forums, they are sick as parrots about this, he was pretty much universally regarded as their best player. The fact that he's been bought by MON must be salt in the wounds.

Hello guys, can you please help me out, i need to now who scored against Valur from Iceland in the uefa cup when it was played and are there any photos anywhere from the game, i need this for the icelendic villa website. if you now anything please e-mail me at gulliht@internet.is
thanx

what a signing, by far the best player in the spl. and for all those who disapprove, a little word of advice....... you want squad players......well sorry, you have no squad players today, you now have players in defence now who will fight for the starting line up, not just the bench. our problem last season was goals against......this is better than a 20 goal a season striker and if you have half a brain and a little faith you will know exactly what i am talking about.

welldone to all those who kept faith. it was hard at times i know but we were promised big things and boy we are getting big things. 2 more players..........a right winger(milner)and a striker(santa cruz) and we are there.

its not a case of who can we get but, who wants to be part of this, if you are being chased by the villa, you must be special.

top 4......................we are on you like white on rice

Very funny nan was a fan , ok, EVEN Im happy with this signing, although please fans show caution with Cuellar, lets not praise him up to be a world beater just yet,Does anybody know if he's this good why he never made the Spanish squad for the Euro's, he did win Player of the Year in Scotland, hmmm thats difficult, didn't Maloney do the same, or was that young player of the year??.
I just hope we don't have another Boumsong on our hands from Rangers. BUT..over all im happy and at least Zat Knight gets further relegated down the starting eleven, Whats the bet Laursen gets another injury JUST as we've sorted out our defence..

Damn, i can need to insult MON........i can't write a post without doing it....Why the hell could'nt he have signed Luke Young a year ago and saved us 3.5million....(deep breaths....thats better)....

This signing has even managed to placate Tonebone a little. Never thought I'd hear the day.

Really would like a decent RM now to really give us some width - I'd prefer Milner but think SWP is more likely. I think Routledge is going to play a bigger part this coming season and might just surprise us.

Excellent signing MoN. One of those defenders who doesn't look like he's done anything and then he has the ball at his feet and you wonder how he has done it. watched his numerous times on Setanta and he is most definitely a replacement for Laursen, as Laursen is another year older etc etc. Very happy!!

well im just happy Zat Knight is going to stay out the starting 11 the lad is a joke with cofidence in defence leaving the work load to Laursen. not really heard of this player Cuellar but anythin with a bit of ability is better then Zat Knight

Nan was a fan, you cant have your laptop back, just sold it for 50notes so i can buy some crack..

Goldie 7 - finally we agree! This signing does put the Kaboul signing to shame! A couple million quid more for a vastly superior player who is ready to go straight away. Great bit of business by O'Neill, we really are building from the back strongly.

All you moaners and whingers have been shown up now, we've been one of the most active teams in the transfer window in the Premiership!

What a great signing and Cuellar can play in Europe as he missed the Rangers game through injury. MON saying that he is after yet more players this window. The thought that the Spaniard could influence De La Red and perhaps Alonso in a Barry swap would be perfect. Great Stuff.

god we've spent a lot now. not entirely sure but
2m Freidel
650k (according to wiki) Guzan
9m Davies
9m Shorey and young
5m (I think) Sidwell
and now another heft 8m for this guy!!!!

A very good player and the kind we need - Looks like centre back is sorted so now - a young up and coming right back as cover ..... A Play maker in the middle, a right winger and 20 goal striker and job done!!!

Well it sounds great so as I don't know the player I am really excited by what eveybody else is saying, wicked.

Ric55 - You are totally right and hopefully with Phil Jupitus in charge things may change a little. GB & GM did my head in, and in the end in stopped listening as it was just a liverpool podcast, i know this is the reason GM was sacked as host. The Times got a bucket load of complaints each week so they have acted, but GM shouldnt be allowed on anything. He's such an arrogant, ignorant T**T!

Just like a bit of Joe Cole, topped off with a sprinkling of James Milner. Add to that a dash of De La Red, Miguel and Santa Cruz and you have a top 4 meal!

As the league is about to start any predictions?
I think we'll push for fourth, but will be too much for spurs as they have too many players without english league experience. Sunderland, Wigan & Fulham will improve dramatically on their performances last season, with sunderland the most imporved. Boro, Blackburn & Bolton will come close to being relegated, but it will be the promoted 3 that go down.

joaquin is for sale!!!!!!!!

excellent far better than the grasping carthorse kaboul,quality signing

vogra- maloney won player andyoyng player of year in spl

Top quality signing! saw lots of him last season and he's the sort of quality that will really improve our team this season. More of those type signings will be fantastic!

I'm a gutted rangers fan. Well done on signing in my opinion the best rangers center half ive ever seen. He is up there with Terry butcher and richard gough, 6'2 , Strong, immense in the air and decebtivly fast, Reminds me of rio ferdinand. After his performances in europe last year eurosport put him in the european team of the year alongside rio ferdinand. Only Player who played in the uefa cup that made the team, the rest of the team was champions league player. Ive only seen 1 player get the better of him at that was benzema, And wen u think who he faced last year, henry, etoo, messi, ronaldinho, In a friendly against chelsea he has drogba in his pocket. The guy is a class act, at 7.8 million he will prove to be the signing of the summer. If o'neil wasn't your manager id be buying a villa top and getting king carlos on the back.

im so excited and i just cant hide it...i hold my hands up i WAS a little worried...just that majic man in the midfield would put the icing on the cake....

I can just hear the sound of money hitting the tills as more Villa fans purchase more season tickets. Cuellar is another first class signing and 'no' need for any Barry money just as MON said.
;D

It's not over yet...

LINK

Fantastic signing - and there are some people on here who should be ashamed of themselves......slating MON, RL and all the people who tried to have faith...and now we are seeing the fruits of that faith

If only there was time, and I had the slightest inclination to pull together some of the comments from people - outrageous

Great signing, hope he settles in the Prem and performs as well as he can. 2 more singings would be delightful!!

Liverpool want Joe Cole too...

Ah well, there go our chances.

surely Liverpool want Cole if they can't get Barry. I'd rather keep Barry.

AV33 - Absolutely got to keep Cuellar's song at the Holte.

I'd replace Barry with Cole in a heartbeat personally.

redknapp baught a dolly in kaboul. the guy is a whinger and a lazy frog. we get cruella deville. well done mon. i think you deserve a pat on the back. please can everyone agree that if we don't sign anyone in january there will be no repeat of the slating and barracking that some of you dealt out this last few weeks.

there will be another three and these three will be the big money, high profile, big name and stand out players. mon leaves it to the last minute for these players cuz big teams srengthen then know they need to release a couple to balance the books.

remember weeks back mon said we would be signing top players from top clubs who are key players for their clubs.

the scouser and rafa must be bricking it! as for barry, well he probably wants to stay now. think he will appolgoies on thursday when he plays and scores

nan was a fan is a muppet!!!!!

Vogra

I'm happy with the exchange - my laptop to see you happy.

Now Taglor, I've got a 40" widescreen, you can have it if you stay positive until December.

(Oh dear just realised those people on here with under developed reading skills are getting more clues to make them think that I'm a scouser - they're not robbed, and I'm not scouse.)

Great signing, our defeence looks really solid now i dont know who is gonna be at the centre of defence coz both laursen and davies are class but thats what you want all over the pitch healthy competition know we need a class right winger like j.Cole orSWP tomake our midfield uality and a 20 goal a season striker for big John Crew and Ganbby to fight it out with. It always seems like we never get going in the transfer market but we actually always sign quality i know that Sidwell will be a great addition to the team. Top 4 here e come. UTV ;D

Well the way MON's talking it could be more than a couple more coming in!

I think Goalkeeping and Defence is covered now, i'd like to see a rightsided player come in a good ball player in the centre of midfield!

I think we still need a really good striker, dont think Agbonlahor will ever make the grade season after season, maybe moving him out wide to utilise his pace!