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Endearing himself to the Villa faithful already, responding to God who was welcoming him to Villa! Welcome Conor!

{(50%+50%+50%)*1/3}+(-50%-50%)+50% = The Xia Vinci Code

Be good if we had a banner "100% Tony" for the next home game.

I'm going to work on my gif game. I feel I let the lads down today, I wasn't at my best. The gaffer has done well to stick by me and I just hope I can recover for our next signing.

Currently the best midfielder in the division we are in and we are signing him in January, to fill a gap that's been apparent for years. If you're not ecstatic about this then whoever you are, you've clearly been mentally destroyed by Randy Lerner's tenure.

If we sign Barrow at least we'll have a chant for him. " Where did you come from, where did you go, where did you come from Modou Barrow" To the tune of Cotton Eye Joe by Rednex

Barnsley fans visiting Villa Park on Valentine's Day will be like going out and watching your ex getting it on with one of your mates.

An out and out goal scoring centre back? Not many of those about!

Fella i work with a Leeds fan we were talking yesterday about hourihane coming in. Said to me he absolutely destroyed bridcutt at the weekend. Shook him up with a heavy but fair tackle and dominated thereafter knocking the stuffing out of Leeds. I'm around long enough as a villa fan to not get excited about incoming signings but as an irishman I can tell ye lads that cork sportsmen are as honest and hardworking as the days long. This lad won't be stealing a living, guarantee it. Welcome Connor.

well that came out of the blue. Love it when we sign players and never heard a whisper about it

YES!

God that's good!

Bingo!

We basically traded Gestede in for Hourihane, Bree and Bjarnason. Amazing work.

WTF? So, 5 players in that the majority of us, if not all, are very happy with and they are still looking at deals? Is Tony Xia the Chinese translation for Santa Claus?

But this is precisely the sort of issue that arises with trade deals, Awol. The awkward fact that Brexiteers have been far too nonchalant about: it is logically impossible to simultaneously "take back control" of regulations, and have unmitigated free trade. You have either give in on regulations (e.g. let hormone-pumped beef in) or have barriers to trade (not let hormone-pumped beef in). Simple as. You cannot have both. Debates about whether you can use chlorine to clean chicken, or whether British nurses' qualifications are recognised in Ireland, or whether your car headlamps need to be yellow or white, is exactly what the single market is all about. The single market a set of rules everyone in the EU agrees to so that something produced in England can be sold in France without any worries. "Regulations", "Brussels bureaucracy". How about the necessary compromise to "make trade achievable." I've been saying this for months. If you want truly free trade with the United States, wave bye-bye to control of your product and labour standards. Wave bye-bye to the single-buyer NHS. Wave bye-bye to subsidies in targeted industries. The Tories' wet dream. And this is just the US. Can you even begin to imagine how a "free trade deal" with India or China would work out?

Seriously, even if Xia himself says he knows his net worth accurately, i will LOL. This is not like 1000 years ago, when someone's wealth was defined by owning 10 sheeps, 5 chicken and 10 farmers.

What has Hutton done to warrant u23 training. He's great back up.

The main thing that Tony has done that Randy never managed is to surround himself with football people who know the business inside out, rather than sycophants and yes men.

Told you it might not happen tonight. It will most likely be tomorrow now. Unless it isn't. #StevoITK

I suppose he could reasonably claim that actions he has taken have at least prevented one Mexican from coming to the US.

Lansbury was excellent on his debut. Now we have someone arguably better playing alongside him. It just has to make a massive difference to us. I fail to see how we can look the same as we have with quality midfield players in. I am excited.

Seeing an awful lot of comments about what fantastic business we've done, how we've bought players who will be worth zillions, what a great job the board have done etc. And I would stress fine, if that's how someone feels. IMO that's why, a little further down the line, there is so much dissappointmdnt and anger directed at the players. People were by and large very pleased with our summer spending, other than recognising there was more to do, yet very quickly Elphick, Gollini, Jedi, Tish, and McCormack and even Kodja have been often complained about, and their and the others character questioned pretty intensely. I even remember when we bought Westwood that Crewes fans rated him highly. As yet we have no real idea how well they will do, or their real levels of ability, and certainly not their 'character'. So for me, I am pleased the Manager had been backed with what he thinks we need, impressed we've secured what appear to be decent players in the notoriously difficult window, and as most people always excited when new players come. I will hang fire on the more celebratory stuff and keep my expectations at a low level however until I see how it goes. They are Championship players after all we aren't signing Ronaldo And will be less likely to knock them later,

Just thought I'd share a glimpse in to my experiences. If nothing else but to write it down and process it. I think I've posted before but I forget so easily. I've been in and out of depression for the last 16 years.. mostly in. Possibly it's been even longer. Why, I don't know. I survived a lightning strike when I was 11 and some research suggest that can cause permanent changes to personality, long term issues with memory, concentration, mood swings and what have you. But long lasting depression can also cause all of those issue. Sometimes I wonder if I have ADD.. the non-hyper version of it. I hope I figure it out one day. The sense of freedom I would feel without a cloud over me or the constant anxiety. I guess we all have our issues though. Typically I get a boost during summer and then I crash as autumn comes along. Last year I felt like I had a handle on it. I had been going strong since May, keeping to my own forced rules of getting up early no matter what, getting work done every day, getting lots and lots of exercise, spending time outdoors and sticking to my keto diet with intermittent fasting. When November came along and I had finished all my work that lingered from the summer and I was free to take a break for a while my vitality vanished like a balloon poked by a needle. Suddenly it became hard to do the most ridiculously easy things. I went from being able to do 90 min of heavy weights work out to just lying there and being utterly bored and fatigued, not able do to anything. Not even my beloved games can entertain me these days.. I open them up... then close them down. I start a movie or tv show.. but can't follow it as my mind wanders of. I started to self-medicate with alcohol.. when I kinda busted myself in drinking a sip every now and then all day everyday just to stay slightly buzzed all the time, I knew it could potentially get serious. Being that I've been through this many, many times and that so many years have gone by without things changing, I know my patterns and I know that the veil of depression turns lies into truth. I'm aware of every dark corner of misery, shame and guilt. Frankly I'm done with it as I know it's an illness and not something I should blame myself for anymore. Knowing that it would just get worse an worse until it feels utterly hopeless, I somehow mustered whatever energy I could and forced myself to go to the doctor to try and nip it in the bud. I told him I wanted to see a psychiatrist to figure this thing out once and for all, and I implored him to help me to work something out with the work services agency (I don't know the UK equivalent). I also went and got myself one of those blue-light therapy lamps for seasonal affective disorder, forced myself to get some exercise and I've sought out some of the friends I have left to get them to help me go outside a bit more. I'm freaking a bit out about the immediate future, anxiety and all that. I don't really see a possible scenario where I can become happy, well adjusted and so on. On a grander scale I don't see where humanity is going except every country on it's own separate island, 4 years at a time, into a toxic abyss void of meaning, and I feel worse for being a part of it. But I know i see it through depressions foggy eyes and that If I come out on the other side I will look back with clarity and not recognize myself. This last week I've been to the doctor, met a friend for coffee, had a haircut, gone on a hike and made dinner with a friend, played football with mates twice, exercised with weights and on a elliptical multiple times, been in touch with the work services and not touched alcohol. Doesn't sound like much but it's more action then I've seen the last two months combined. I feel a slight boost in my mood as a result so hopefully I can stay on that trajectory and fight of this beast.

Genuinely forgot he was gay. Mainly because it doesn't matter.

This is how I see it. The cut off line marks what I think is the appropriate limit for that position within a 25 man squad. Obviously under 21 age players are unlimited, but I've added the best in each position to help complete the picture and illustrate how healthy we are in each area (whether RHM applies you be the judge). Midfield and arguably our defence are healthy now. GK position is ok until the summer but we could do with adding a couple of striking options before the end of the window for me.

The. Gif. Is. Ready. I've had this one waiting for two days. TWO DAYS!

come on

Awww mate, I really don't envy you. My 3 year old boy had the same problem last week. Prune juice is the answer mate, it'll clean you out in no time.

Thats it?

can you just for a second imagine the sheer volume of beautiful Icelandic clunge that engulfed this awesome man after that heroic Euros adventure. The poor sod was probably just knackered. and possibly dehaydrated For what its worth, I dont think he looks like the best footballer in the world and I think he will initially struggle but he is strong and robust and most importantly, if he works hard and chases everything and runs himself into the ground he will be given time by the villa faithful.

Carl Sagan 1995

Beaten by their own feeder club