Gareth Barry sold his soul to the devil this summer in his desperate attempts to leave his boyhood club for Liverpool. After making his way through to his position of captain, after playing for the team since he was a teenager, he was happy to throw it away for what he hoped would be a trophy or two with the dippers.
Just as Steven Gerrard hears chants of ‘Chelsea rent boy’ after trying to dump his childhood team for what he hoped would be a trophy or too with Chelsea, I wouldn’t be too surprised if our away fans chanted ‘You scouse bastard’ when Barry gets a touch of the ball at the weekend.
Barry has spoken in great praise of United ahead of our match, whilst recognising the dreadful record Villa has against us.
“There is no bigger game on the Villa Park calendar than Manchester United,” said Barry. “They are clearly one of the biggest teams in Europe. Their history proves that, particularly in the Premier League years under Sir Alex Ferguson. Just take a look at their trophy cabinet, that’s all the evidence you need. That tradition stands them in good stead whenever they take the field but we must also be aware of their tremendous record here at Villa Park. I have the distinction, if that’s how you put it, of being one of the two Villa scorers here on home soil against United in the past six seasons, and that was in an FA Cup game that we lost 2-1. We’ve only won once in recent seasons and that was a Carling Cup game in 1999 when they sent a team of youngsters.”
Wow, high praise indeed. Anyone reckon he’ll be holding his club to ransom for a deal to United next summer…
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It could be the biggest game of our season, ideally a catalyst for greater things, or if we loose a drfining moment where things went wrong.
We need a good result with Citeh and the yids comming up which won’t be easy, but this could be a big for us.
Good call Stephen, this is a HUGE game for us. We have a great record there, but that means fuck all really. We do love playing them there though….
True guys great record….but with a list of injuries pre and post internationals + villa on fire at the moment. This could be a really hard defining game for us. Hope some of the walking wounded recover. As the flamin fixtures have fuckin given us some stinking games again….in form villa away…villareal away..then those shitty twats away again in a week…
Hence need the walking wounded fit asap
This is a very big game for not only Villa, but United too.
It’s a very big test for both teams, as Villa will want to prove they can get into the Champions League, while we have to prove we can beat the better teams (Villa have improved massively under O’Neill)
Villa 1-2 United