New Villa Home

New Nike Aston Villa Home Shirt 2009/2010

I think Nike have gone for the "if it ain't broke" attitude with our home shirt.



The ONLY difference between this and last season's if the round collar and a small amount of blue piping on the shoulders. Don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with the kit's colours or traditional appearance which is great. I hope it's just complete chance that Ashley Young is the only player not smiling for the photo.....

I do think that charging people £45 for what is almost a carbon copy of last season's is a bit rich though.

A few new players holding the f*cking thing up might be nice - last season we had a squad which was universally accepted as being too small for a league and cup challenge. We are three players DOWN on that number after losing Martin Laursen, Lard-Arse Barry and now Zat Knight.

Our lone summer signing can't walk properly and won't be playing until December so excuse me if I don't count him at the moment.

I'm assuming by this lack of activity that we won't be taking the Europa League/UEFA Cup too seriously again then?

Weston

I'm A Jinx! Maybe I Shouldn't Do Weston Again!

We had three fighters at Weston on Saturday night.

Nick won his first kick-boxing bout against a local Weston Warriors fighter who took time out in the first round to salute them before getting knocked flat on his arse! Like Nick, Shane also won a unanimous decision a reclaimed his belt with a great display.

The night was left incomplete for us though as Gemma beat Kate after a five-round battle. There seemed to be little of Gemma who at first glance looked like she'd blow away in a gust of wind - looks proved totally wrong - she could box with the best and matched Kate all the way for fight and heart.



It was just like last time when I was there - Kate had all the vocal support and the other girl had nothing. Everything was eerily similar - maybe I'll give the next one a miss so Kate can get that belt back!

Kate probably heard "you did us proud" enough to be sick, but she did and we were just gutted about the result. There's nothing you can say to console after that - maybe we should just be quiet!!

Another huge disappointment for me was that Mark Weir should have been fighting but ended up not being able to find an opponent to step in with him. Never mind, maybe next time....