... and no, he's not talking about Nigel Reo-Coker. MARTIN O'Neill fears a virus could be spreading through his Villa camp ahead of this weekend's trip to Stoke. Striker Gabby Agbonlahor was laid low with the bug for last Sunday's FA Cup quarter-final thriller at Reading and a member of O'Neill's backroom staff has since been taken ill. Click to continue reading...

As a Wolves fan, I should be feeling strong dislike/borderlines hatred for West Midlands rivals Aston Villa. But as an England fan, it's very hard not to wish Villa well. Gareth Barry may be gone, but players like Gabby Agbonlahor, Emile Heskey, Ashley Young, Stewart Downing and James Milner regularly feature in Villa's starting lineup.

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Wayne Rooney will take up the main striking role for England at the World Cup in South Africa. Quite right too. The Manchester United striker is in excellent form right now. Some say he is almost single-handedly keeping his team in the race for the Premiership. He can certainly change games in an instant. Click to continue reading...

Five defeats in a row.� This predicament has snuck up on us somewhat, the problems largely having come away from home (insert England captain joke here), but here, in a tricky but far from daunting fixture against a good but slightly out of form Villa side, we fouled up horribly.

Since his arrival two years ago Brede Hangeland has been a tremendous player for Fulham, but this season something has been askew.

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Aston Villa 0 Arsenal 0
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A game that could have gone either way eventually petered out into a draw much fairer than its equivalent last season, when Villa battered us yet only pinched a point in injury time. That day, we could have conceded six, whereas last night was a much tighter affair.

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Mini match report: Ruthless away win for Villa, who are starting to look like serious top-four contenders. Goals by Emile Heskey and a superb strike by James Milner the most in-form midfielder in the Prem right now did the damage. Along with Milner, Stewart Downing and Ashley Young give Villa real bite and class in midfield, while Gabby Agbonlahor is just the man to worry defences with his pace.

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Chelsea and Manchester United both dropped points on Saturday, giving Arsenal a fantastic chance to close ground on the league leaders in tomorrow's match at Anfield. The team who have been tipped for Premier League glory let a one-goal lead slip as Everton clinched a deserved point at Stamford Bridge. Click to continue reading...

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the weekends fixtures and finding some value.

This weeks accumulator is:...

Aston Villa to beat Hull
Man Utd to beat West Ham
Crystal Palace to beat Doncaster
Charlton to beat Southend
Norwich to beat Oldham

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This week from the tipster I'm looking at the weekends fixtures and finding some value.

This weeks accumulator is:...

Aston Villa to beat Hull
Man Utd to beat West Ham
Crystal Palace to beat Doncaster
Charlton to beat Southend
Norwich to beat Oldham

This accumulator is available at 8-1

As our bonus this week.

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Last week we had a bumper weekend, where both the accumulator and the bonus bet came off!! Winning you a massive £19 off a £4 stake.

This week from the tipster I'm looking at the weekends fixtures and finding some value.

This weeks accumulator is:.

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Last week we had a bumper weekend, where both the accumulator and the bonus bet came off!! Winning you a massive £19 off a £4 stake.

This week from the tipster I'm looking at the weekends fixtures and finding some value.

This weeks accumulator is:.

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For two weeks in a row now, glaring penalty calls have been missed in the early Saturday EPL game. � Wolves' striker Kevin Doyle was fouled twice, by my count, when through on goal, and last week it was Villa's Agbonlahor who was being tripped in the act of shooting. � (Here are the videos for the Wolves and the Villa incidents).

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Here are the fixtures:
Burnley v Sunderland
Arsenal v Wigan
Aston Villa v Portsmouth
Bolton v Stoke City
Hull City v Birmingham
West Ham v Liverpool
Man Utd v Man City
Wolves v Fulham
Everton v Blackburn
Chelsea v Tottenham
Again there are two very interesting soccer matches this gameweek as the Manchester teams go against each other and Chelsea welcomes Tottenham. Click to continue reading...

Substitute John Carew knocked a free-kick into Gabby Agbonlahor's path who directed a header past Hart at St Andrew's.Villa beat Birmingham to claim derby win. Click to continue reading...

Following the recent launch of their white new away kit, Nike and English Premier League side Aston Villa have unveiled their 2009/10 home kit. As usual the Midlands club have stuck to their traditional home claret and baby blue colours. The kit was launched as part of a bullring to bullring challenge that saw the club's [. Click to continue reading...

Man Utd are likely to be one of the top two best defensive teams in the league, and with their especially easy opening three fixtures, a Man Utd defender - or two - will make a very good choice.
Of their backline, Vidic is the premium choice. Although expensive for a defender, if he can repeat last seasons points haul then he will be worth the price. Click to continue reading...

This was a night to forget for England U-21s as they were humbled 4-0 in the final of the European U-21 Championships thanks to the brilliance of Mesut Ozil, who scored one goal and created two more.
England although had a great deal of the ball, sorely missed the threat of Agbonlahor and Frazer Campbell, and first choice goalkeeper, Joe Hart. Click to continue reading...

Stuart Pearce fought tooth and nail to get Theo Walcott to the European under-21 Championships.� This was in the face of fierce opposition from Arsene Wenger who feared player burn-out. Theo wanted to go to the tournament as Pearce made clear he was a pivotal part of his plans.

Game 1, Theo started against Finland, but after a lacklustre performance from the team and when one of Pearce's "loved ones"; Mancienne get himself sent-off it was Theo who was replaced at half-time.

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Yanic Truesdale is a Canadian actor best known for his portrayal of Michel Gerard in the TV series Gilmore Girls, which I can safely say I've never watched. I have watched Gabby Agbonlahor though, scampering down the wing as...

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Aston Villa's new away kit
Verdict: Very stripey, quite classy, reminiscent of an Eighties England kit. Gareth Barry may or may not be wearing it in 09/10 though. Another pic below:
Villa's English connection: Messrs Milner, Young and Agbonlahor. Nice pic.
Aberdeen's new home kit
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Nike and English Premier League side Aston Villa have unveiled the club's 2009/10 away kit. According to Villa's website: Aston Villa and Nike drew inspiration from the archives about our contribution to international football. Looking to the future, the latest sports apparel innovation and technology has been utilised by Nike to help the current crop of players [. Click to continue reading...

Devastated Stewart Downing could miss out on his dream £12million switch to Liverpool or Spurs after suffering a broken foot.
The England winger will have an operation on Friday to repair the break, sustained against Aston Villa last Saturday, that will keep him out until August at least and with little time to get fit ahead of a big-money transfer. Click to continue reading...

The PFA Players Nominations are in and five out of the six are Manchester United players, the other is a Liverpool player. 1. Ryan Giggs 2. Cristiano Ronaldo 3. Edwin Van Der Sar 4. Rio...
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Every little kid dreams of scoring the winning goal for their favorite football club. On Sunday at Old Trafford, that dream became reality for one kid.

After a Gabriel Agbonlahor goal put Aston Villa up 2-1 in the 58th minute, Sir Alex turned to an unsuspecting bench player. Federico Macheda, a mere 17-year-old Italian boy, was given his first playing time for United in one of Manchester United's biggest matches of the season.

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First it was Agbonlahor who started mouthing off as to Aston Villa beating Arsenal to 4th place in the league. He pointed out to the series of games we had and said we will drop points and Villa will consolidate their 4th place.

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He was right we did drop points against Everton, Tottenham, Sunderland, West Ham and Fulham.

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It was an exciting round of games, as both teams that are vying for the title scored late and sealed their respective games.

Liverpool travelled to face Fulham at Craven Cottage, knowing that the club that they were up against had beaten the league leaders recently. That apart, Arsenal had lost their fixture against the Cottagers, while Chelsea had drawn against them.

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Wow! The only word I could say for the first hour after tonight's match. Then the elation sank in as I realised what had just occurred before my eyes.

What's that they always say about champions winning games when they don't play well? That's quite fitting in my opinion. We were pretty awful today.

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1-0 C.Ronaldo 14'1-1 J.Carew 30'1-2 G.Agbonlahor 58'2-2 C.Ronaldo 80'3-2 F.Macheda 90'DISCLAIMER: Calcioplus non hosta alcun video pubblicato su di esso. Tutti i video pubblicati sono caricati da amanti di calcio su siti di video hosting come Youtube e Dailymotion ed ubicati dunque su siti esterni a Calcioplus. Click to continue reading...

El Liverpool está en un momento de forma increíble y los resultados acompañan ese buen nivel que los reds demuestran cada vez que saltan a un terreno de juego. Tras el "chorreo" al Real Madrid y la histórica goleada en Old Trafford, los hombres de Benítez humillaron al Aston Villa en Anfield, imponiéndose por un [. Click to continue reading...

Former Aston Villa captain Dennis Mortimer believes Martin O'Neill has made mistakes with team selection and the way he has handled Gabriel Agbonlahor. Mortimer, who led Villa to European Cup success in 1982, is against rotation, believes the fans were short-changed with the weakened UEFA Cup sides and that Agbonlahor should have been rested before the [. Click to continue reading...

Aston Villa striker knows that if Arsenal win the Champions League but fail to end in the top four of the Premiership, they would still be in the cup next season at the expense of his side. The striker told the Sun: I'll be devastated if Villa finish fourth and still don't qualify for the Champions [. Click to continue reading...

Según publicó el diario The Independent el pasado domingo, Cristiano Ronaldo se pondrá a las órdenes del campeón olímpico de 100 metros lisos en Pekín 2008, el jamaicano Usain Bolt, para mejorar aún más su velocidad punta. Los entrenamientos que compartirá el portugués con Bolt tendrán lugar en unas instalaciones cercanas a Londres, semanas antes de [. Click to continue reading...

Aston Villa-manager O'Neill is not worrying about the recent form loss of striker Gabriel Agbonlahor, he says. The 22-year old only scored once in the past 15 games, but O'Neill doesn't want to admit to a possible burnout. Agbonlahor played a dazzling number of 40 games this season and made his entrance for the first time [. Click to continue reading...

Is this the greatest Aston Villa club of the century? Currently standing third in the table and going into Saturday's match 2 points ahead of their opponent Chelsea, Villa are playing some of their best football in years. This weekend's game will prove the true barometer of where the Villans stand and where they will likely finish this season. Click to continue reading...

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