Time to map out a plan for Villa's future
- Says blogger Matthew Turvey
Grant will lean on Premier time
Wednesday 10th September 2008, 1:44PM BST.
Albion coach Peter Grant is hoping his Premier League experience can help the Baggies cope with the leap into the top flight.
First team coach Grant has backed friend and manager Tony Mowbray, along with assistant boss Mark Venus, to adapt quickly to life among the elite of English football.
Grant will also on hand to pass on advice, after spending more than two years with West Ham during their Premier League years.
He said: “It will be no problem for Tony because he is a level-headed man who understands the massive jump between the Championship and Premier League.
“Hopefully I can help with that, because he has never been there before as a manager and I have been there on the coal face on the coaching side recently.
“There has been a massive change in the Premier League even in the last four or five years.”
Grant believes Mowbray will be relieved by the end of the transfer window, with possible signings taking up lots of the manager’s time over recent months.
He said: “The biggest thing Tony has to manage is the transfer windows. In the Championship you can bring somebody in on loan any time and now we have to do it all at one time.
“A player who might have cost you £1million will cost you £6million, because you are a Premier League club.
“I’m sure Tony will be glad that the window is close so he can look at something else. I’m sure he will already be looking at December but he has got a bit of time to do it.
“We want to compete in the league and I think we can do more than that.
“We will work hard on the training pitch, to make sure we get the success that the club is striving for and Tony, the staff and the players want.
“I’m sure we can have a very good season.”
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weev already adapted,be in the top 4 in no time up the MOWBURY WAY aye boing boing donk
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WHAT THE HELL DOES HE KNOW ABOUT FOOTBALL OH HANG ON A MINUTE HIS AT A CLUB THAT DONT KNOW WHAT SCORING GOALS MEAMS IT MAKES SENSE NOW HIS AT THE PERFECT CLUB CANT WAIT FOR TH HAMMERING OF YOU NEXT WEEK VILLA FOR LIFE
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Peter Who???
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Terry Naughty Baggie I smell a Rat!!! I think your hiding your true colours….
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2) Caps lock is on the left and it’s spelt ‘barmy’.
Jog on….you’re due in for your paper round about now.
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ASTONVILLABARMEYARMY, said,SCORING GOALS “MEAMS”
what dose “meams” mean.?
Mug!!
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2) dont warry chap not long to wait till you hammer us. see you next week you arrogent obnioxus little tw@t
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5. Warren(Albion). I think that you are totally wrong about (2)ASTONEVILLAEBARMEYARMEY, there is no way that anyone would trust him with a paper round.
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thought we might get a vile fan on here. So lets see now, you’ve had an awesome start to the season then your on maximum points and of course your sitting on top. Get real, very average start, well within touching distance of the mighty albion, and yes lets see how you get on against a footballing side.
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SHOULD BE NO PROBLEM YOUR EVEN WOSRE THEN THE BLUES AND WE HAMMERED THEM BETTER GET YOUR BOX OF TISSUES READY I FEEL A TANKING COMING ON MY MATES STIIL ANOTHER TRIP TO THE HAWTHORNS THE WORST STADIUM IN THE PREM
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No.2:
Not exactly one of your strong points are they…spelling…punctuation (look it up in a dictionary)…PC keyboard knowledge…and …football!
You’d better hope for your sake we don’t make you look anymore stupid than you make yourself sound mate!
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TERRYIDIOTBOGGIE You are down allready cant wait to hear what you will say next year aye bong donk
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2; ASTONVILLABARMEYARMY. you muppet, go and ask your mom if you go to bed half hour later than usual. She might let you watch MOTD2 and see that ageing Friedel pick the ball out the back of the net!!
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Terry, you must be a dingle.
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if carson had of bin in goal last nite weed have kept a clean sheet aye boing boing donk
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13, i am, aye boing boing donk
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Foster Grant’s experience will only be for one season anyway!!!!
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Happy, where are you? You haven’t posted since I said you were being grumpy. Please come back. Before you comment on the Hammers what did you think of England?
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hahahaha,when have the villa ever hammered us in the prem,i do believe last time we draw at the old dump villa park,,looks like an old factory from outside,dump…..MOWBRAYS DUCHIE BOYS TURNING THE VILE OVER,,IN STYLE OF COURSE,,OOOOOOOOH YES..
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12,i shall be sayin,hey dingle when ya playin doncaster,providing doncaster dont go up of course aye boing boing donk
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BAGGIE77,,GET YA FACTS right mate,,our terry is baggies fan of the year,if theres a game hes there son..MOWBRAYS GEMS LET LOOSE ON THE VILE,,IN STYLE OF COURSE,,OOOOOOOOOOH YES..
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Aston villa the pride of the midlands and the boing boinging baggies the filth of the midlands wheres your next three points coming from fulham maybe hull it certainly wont be any team that are good
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astonvillabarmygirlguidesarmy,,our next 3 points ,probably sat against west spam then you the following sunday,lets face it vile aint no big shakes are they……MOWBRAYS DUCTCHIE BOYS TURNING OVER THE VILE,,IN STYLE OF COURSE,,OOOOOOOH YES..
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I have to say steptoes that Villa are going to hammer you, you’ll all be crying, I’m so looking forward to watching you get smashed and watching all the steptoes sneaking out with 15 minutes to go, going down in style, Hi Ho Wolverhampton.
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ASTONVILLABARMYARMY.
TYPES RUBBISH. FINDS IT HARD TO RESIST THE CAPS LOCK. NEVER COMES ON AT THE SAME TIME AS SOUTHBANKBARMYARMY. HAS HE DEFECTED OR HAS HE JUST GOT AN EQUALLY DEFECTIVE TWIN BROTHER? WE SHOULD BE TOLD.
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Totally get it. You call him Foster Grant because you need sunglasses to watch our dazzling style of football. Good call, especially from a Dingle.
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oi astonvilebarmywhatever where are your next points coming from stoke?, oh thats right you have played them already
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Blimey, Boggies falling out with Villa fans now. Strikes me you lot can’t play nice with anybody. I think you should hold on to the “…we played them off the park but they still beat us…” line. It’s about as good as it’s going to get.
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22: The Viila fans are all the same; you think you are a big club, but the reality is your no fashionable than any club in the Midlands! Oh and you got beat by Stoke?
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