By Chris Wright
The deed is done.
After 11 months of plop, it's now officially 'game over' for Alex McLeish at Aston Villa and if
that news surprises you in any way then may we be the first to congratulate you on getting through
your first week here on Earth unscathed.
By Chris Wright
Darren Bent has apologised to Villa fans after a photo of him out Christmas shopping in
Cambridge was circulated around Twitter while his teammates were busy losing to Liverpool
yesterday.
It's worth mentioning that Bent had been ruled out of the match after suffering a thigh injury
in the week but, after undergoing two hours of physio on Sunday morning at Villa's Bodymoor Heath
training complex, he was under club doctor's instructions to go home and watch the match on
television which he did, until he got bored in the second half and popped out for some bits.
One of the more interesting pieces of Aston Villa news to emerge during the international break
was the club's intention to include a clause in future contracts that would oblige players to live
within 30 miles of Bodymoor Heath. Or at least have a base to use during what constitutes a
"working week" for a Premier League footballer.
