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MessiWillSignForVilla

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  1. To be fair, I've always attributed it to Carragher but was never 100% about it, it could well be something I read on here that my brain has then inexplicably linked to him.
  2. I think the greatest chance of us getting Poch would be if Spurs announced a new contract for Conte in the next couple days. His reputation with the top teams took a hit with his PSG spell, and I think Spurs are currently his best option for an immediate return to a Champions League level team, which I think is the one he's holding out for.
  3. I've always thought we had one of the worst fanbases in the country ever since I started supporting Villa. It's easy to say it's because we've been shit for a decade, but I distinctly remember thinking the fanbase was too negative even during the MON days which is the most successful period I've seen since I started going. One game that sticks out is I believe our first round in the League Cup in 09-10, and we beat a Championship team 1-0 (I think we scored really early on). Not long in to the game we started hearing moans and groans around us because we weren't winning by more, one complaint I'll always remember "We'll never do anything this season playing like this" - we got to the final that year. Even when we were doing well the crowd had the capability to turn and make things very negative at VP. I remember a pundit once said about us (I think it was Carragher) that they always knew that to win at VP all they needed to do was not concede in the first 15 minutes, and then the crowd would turn and do the rest. I can't count the amount of times I've been to VP and the atmosphere has been great initially, but as soon as there's a mistake or a couple chances aren't taken, you feel negativity creep in, the anxiety and nerves that no doubt transfer in to the players too, and the crowd ends up going silent, so much so that it feels like you can hear every moan and groan. If I was ever Villa manager the first thing I would say (and no doubt alienate the entire fanbase ) is that I know the Villa fans can be a sour bunch that the players need to just ignore. Hell, some fans even made a joke about that during the MON years with the "We do like you, we're just fickle" banner, playing on the reverse one to O'Leary. My username even comes from the fact I got so pissed about putting up with the atmosphere for so long I intended to come on here and troll that we were going to sign Messi, that Lerner was going for broke with getting in to the CL, but I ended up not bothering after I made the account. Personally it's why I liked Smith's reign so much, it finally felt like everyone was on the same page, and the fans didn't seem to turn as quickly as they have done in the past. In that first season back I'd put the Everton, Brighton and Leicester (EFL Cup) wins at least down to the fans and specifically the way they stuck with the team throughout. I think Grealish leaving shattered that illusion though, and whilst Smith had rope before the fans turned at the ground, I don't think we were far from the moaning-groaning atmosphere coming back under him. Maybe it is the same with other teams, but it always felt unusually negative at VP for me. Perhaps it's just a brummy pessimism that causes the fans to be so down, the same reason I think Birmingham isn't as well regarded as it should, because brummies don't shout about how great the city is enough like Mancs, Scousers and Geordies do, but whatever it is, I've always felt as a fanbase we were overly negative and had greater capability for toxicity than other teams.
  4. Officially a worse start than Smith last year now, there is no argument for him to be here by tomorrow afternoon.
  5. Where have you got that from, because it's not true, you can read the exchange for yourself, Rowling very much seems to be getting upset at the prospect of talking to Trans people. Rowling's response was strawman galore and made no mention of trans charities.
  6. David Ornstein mentioned on The Overlap about a month ago that he thought Pochettino would consider us and explained his reasoning (Edit - misremembered slightly, it was two of the others that explained their reasoning, Ornstein just said he thought he'd consider it with the owner's amibition). I think his stint at PSG has put a question mark next to his name for the top clubs about whether he can handle big names that he hasn't nurtured into being those players, and it makes sense he may need to "prove" himself again.
  7. I think that's just the biggest lead Starmer has ever had reading the article as that refers to Johnson.
  8. I did think after my post that "Biggest lead since/bigger lead than 1997" could be what it was referring to. I also think this line in the article may be part of why Election Maps were saying it was so big; Also, Tories Fourth...
  9. Election Maps on Twitter are teasing a Redfield & Wilton that is due to come out at 5pm, which to me suggest one (or some combination) of three things - 1) Tories below 20%, 2) Labour above 60%, or 3) Lib Dems surge to second.
  10. The point was more that he only moved because of Potter who promised him first team football, but then was there for 1 game before Potter went the other way, if Potter rates him he might want Chelsea to bring him back, which would be another player inbetween Chukwuemeka and the Chelsea first team.
  11. I wonder if they'd try to bring Gilmour back too? The only reason his move to Brighton happened was because Potter wanted him, he might rate him enough to go for him again.
  12. Goes to show how hard rape convictions are, CPS would've just gone with what they felt was the best chance of getting a conviction, especially in a high profile case.
  13. Is it just me or have the press been getting at Gerrard more since his comment to Ashley Preece about Archer?
  14. An entire team in our office has had tinsel and other christmas decorations covering their block of desks for about 2/3 weeks now and they somehow keep adding more. I'm pretty sure they're not even the team that deals with our Christmas planning/promotions.
  15. Truss' awfulness has gone too far now, she's made me agree with Nadine Dorries
  16. Last year we were 7th for most goals from Set Pieces, and whilst we are in 14th for them so far this season, they still make up a third of our goals, equal to Forest and only Bournemouth with a higher proportion. Clearly Set Pieces aren't our issue, and without them we'd be well and truly ****.
  17. More an indication that those types of tools aren't built to handle such extreme results, Electoral Maps on twitter for example has the Tories at around 60 seats.
  18. Wasn't he even spotted at the hospital that City use for medicals and rumours that it was basically agreed? Then he backed out and did this. Also, if I remember rightly the prevailing mood was "well what you gonna do, of course he'd leave for City" before he did this.
  19. I mean it wasn't an entriely serious point, but wasn't it founded by Nadhim Zahawi?
  20. There's got to be some **** going on there though. Tory-leaning YouGov must be trying to put pressure on Truss, that can't be close to reality? Edit - Putting the numbers into Electoral Calculus, that gives Labour a 496 seat majority and reduces the Tories to 1 seat hahahahahahaha Edit 2 - sorry I used the old boundaries, they would get 2 seats
  21. Ah, so that''s the poll they were hinting at, not the 20 points ahead at the upper end of the margin of error Redfield & Wilton poll.
  22. So the answer to who will be the MCU's Wolverine is... the same guy again. At least for one film.
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