MessiWillSignForVilla

Higginbotham's retired afaik

He's only playing in their first couple of friendlies or something.

He has, but then said he'd like to play against Strachan and Scotland after the draw, so is considering coming out of retirement. If he can play Internationals, and Internationals only as he no longer likes domestic football, he'll most likely play, especially against Scotland and Ireland.

but the tv money that teams like San Marino and Liechtenstein get from playing the bigger nations like Germany and England is probably enough to keep the federation going for a year 

If that's a worry, surely they could organise some sort of yearly friendly against the big teams?

Where is Bannan?

He's at the front, but the cameraman was too tall to get him in the photo.

To be fair, they've not won since he was appointed.

Also just noticed he was appointed on my birthday, couldn't have asked for much of a better present Maybe next year Blues will get dissolved...

Soooooo, when's Moyes getting the boot then?

Certainly the outlay on Tonev looks completely misguided.

Whilst I agree to some extent with the rest of your post, I think a midfielder was a bigger priority, though it wasn't hugely clear in the summer, I don't think Lambert could have done much else with the Tonev situation. How would the fans have reacted if it was revealed that Petrov, just weeks after becoming a part of the backroom staff, suggested a player that he thought would be good for Villa, only to be rejected by Lambert? I'm sure that would have gone down like a lead balloon. Of course he would have scouted him with other scouts, or at least you'd hope, but it was also the off season, so not much to go on really.

Maybe not the right reason to buy someone, but it was a risk, based on Petrov's judgement being sound, and it has backfired. But I reckon they're might have been some grumbles if we didn't sign him as Petrov suggested him.

 

Ive been probably Lamberts biggest supporters on here, well 1 of them anyway. If we dont beat Norwich on Sunday im going to have to hold my hands up and admit defeat. I believe Lamberts villa future lies on this game, its that big.

I totally agree. Does Randy agree though …. or is he still sorting that new contract out?

 

I don't think he ever was.

Not forgetting players like Burns, Ford and Watson who haven't really played for England yet too.

Just looking at our current backs, I think we have a really exciting 5-10 years ahead of us (providing Youngs finds form again):

9. Youngs(24), 10. Farrell(22)/Ford(20)/Burns(23), 11. May(23)/Yarde(21), 12. Tuilagi(22)/Twelvetrees(25), 13. Burrell(26)/Eastmond(22), 14. Nowell(20)/Watson(19), 15. Brown (28)/Goode(25).

A very young and exciting group of backs, all except Brown could easily play for another 8-10 years, so we could do with finding an up and coming FB, although Joseph can play FB too I think, and he's only 22.

And not to mention forwards aged 25 and under include - Marler, Vunipola (both), Launchbury, Lawes, and Morgan, plus Kvesic and Thomas who are in the current squad, but I've not seen much of them.

I'm getting excited about the Wales game now, I think we'll be setting up the Italy game as the Championship clincher

He was crap, not because of shit tactics, but because he just doesn't care anymore. Simple as that imo.

I don't know if anyone else noticed, but when the game finished, Benteke instantly walked off the pitch and down the tunnel whilst the rest of the team "faced the music" so to speak and clapped the crowd and shook hands with the Newcastle players. He may have been gutted we lost, but I doubt he was anymore gutted than the rest of the team that he didn't have time for the thousands of fans who travelled up to Newcastle for the game.

Also, he was lazy on Sunday. Plenty of times he got played into similar positions to when he treated Smalling like a paper bag, and he just sort of jogged there and did nothing. Not forgetting how he butchered a 3v2 with a lazy pass straight at Williamson. He was lazy and obviously doesn't care anymore.

He's gone, mentally, and he's just waiting until he gets a move in the summer, which with his current form, he's gonna be very surprised when he doesn't get it.

Wow, yeah let's moan at him because he didn't win a header and direct it straight to a player. Its also up to others to try and read, anticipate and support him while he does this.

And yet Bennett was solely blamed for the goal for doing the same thing despite Bacuna and Vlaar's awful defending?

 

Brazil was the only candidate, FIFA had no choice really.

 

brazil was only candidate as FIFA made them the only one

 

Argentina, Brazil and Colombia wanted it and CONMEBOL unanimously agreed that Brazil should host, so only Brazil bid. Colombia also bid but withdrew, and even if they hadn't Brazil would've been the better option.

Brazil was the only candidate, FIFA had no choice really.

Hodgson has said he might employ a "penalty psychologist" for the world cup. Because that's what we need 

Why not just focus on winning the game within 120 minutes?

We'll have to play Morgan then, not a bad replacement I'm sure many teams would love to in be our situation with our No.8's.

Good news about Manu too, Tigers could do with him too. I'd love to see a centre partnership of him and Burrell, or him and Twelvetrees, again not a bad situation we find ourselves in, I think this England team is shaping up to be the best in recent times, possibly since 2003. 

Anyone have any idea why he was taken off?

Dead leg I think, shouldn't be out for too long, hopefully.

Was easily our best player today imo.

Some of his touches were fantastic, he was constantly making space for himself and the rest of the midfield, made some nice passes and even some good tackles. In essence, he dictated the midfield today.

Hopefully he'll be back soon, I never want to see Delph that close to our box again. The midfield just looked lost without him and didn't really know what to do.

^^^ Anymore spoilers/hints, and I'll kill you.

Sorry, edited it now, but he's already a bit of a badass anyway

When I was 6, I dropped a ceramic piggy bank, it shattered and a huge, sharp piece caught my hand and almost cut off my thumb.

On Mother's day too, what lovely present

The TV show captures this quite well, the only thing it lacks is that without the character POV it looks like it has clear 'goodies' and 'baddies'.

This is the main thing that bugs me about the show.

Somehow Robb Stark is made out to be this huge hero in the show, yet in the book, from the POVs you read, he's a bit of a stupid kid who risks his whole cause because he's a bit weak. 

 

Can't wait for the new season, it should be the season when Jaime starts to become a badass and the best character

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26289318?r=1

 

 

I think it's a fair point. I've watched poor away games on tv and i'm not as frustrated or pissed off as the poor home games i attend.

 

So people who don't go to the games shouldn't have their views taken as seriously?

I don't think that was the original point being made.

 

It was very much what was implied.

The whole point of "it's easier to patient if you don't go to games", was very much in the manner of, if you went to games you'd be much more unhappy, which implies that if you don't go to games your patience is less valid.

It implies people are only patient because they don't/can't go to games.

I think it's a fair point. I've watched poor away games on tv and i'm not as frustrated or pissed off as the poor home games i attend.

So people who don't go to the games shouldn't have their views taken as seriously?

Just to clarify, this isn't a "better fan than you" post, but :

Can I just ask some of the lambert apologists, do you go to the games, particularly at home ? Do you shell out the dollars to watch the shite being dished up week after week, do you sacrifice hours of your weekends to trudge down to villa park in all sorts of weather , knowing in the back of your mind how inept it's going to be. Do you sit there in the cold watching 11 players going through the motions, looking to the bench for guidance, leadership and motivation and getting no return ?

Or do you watch streams , slam the laptop shut after another defeat and get straight back on GTA ? (No offence to GTA)

I think it's far easier to be patient with lambert and his cronies if it's the latter.

So because I'm a student who lives 4 hours away from Birmingham, my view are less valid? Watching on TV and streams is the only way I can watch Villa anymore, but because I don't/can't go to games, my patience means less?

I'm going this weekend as it's my first chance to got in three years, so will my patience be valid come Monday if I still believe Lambert is the right/best man for the job currently?

And just to clarify, any sentence that starts with "This isn't/I'm not, but..." usually is.

Still don't know why they sacked Laudrup.

Because they had only won 1 game in 10?

Not a great record.

Professional Dosser, aka Student.

Also, next seasons Europa League will be the first that the winners qualify for the Champions League too, another reason Utd should, and probably will, take it seriously.

If they qualify