MikeMcKenna

This is something that has been bugging me for a while, people calling us Villains, we are NOT criminals. We are Villans... people on this and other boards spelling it wrong is bad, but even **** Sky and BBC are getting it wrong.

Sort it out people. WE ARE VILLANS!

Beg to differ - as long as I can remember we have been Villains with an "i" - I have no proof that this was anything other than a corruption so I checked my old man and a 87 year old member of our supporters club and they concurred that as far back as they can remember we have always been the VILLAINS.........

Like another poster I believe that the term VILLANS was inspired by ellis as he felt Villains was derogatory. So I suppose you could argue that officially we are the Villans but personally I and many others will always refer to us as the Villains

General like the others I am extremely grateful for your comments. In all my time folowing Aston Villa, I have never known the club to be in such harmony. There is no doubt, in my opinion, that we are once again on the brink of greatness and I am incredibly excited about our prospects for the future.

The atmosphere on Sunday was as you say awesome, but as the saying goes:

"You aint seen nothing yet!"

IF and WHEN Aston Villa start to challenge the top teams you will experience the incredible sound of the VILLA PARK ROAR!!!

Cant believe that more would prefer newcastle to be relegated than the scum! I dont like newcastle but I ******* hate the scum!

Hi General

Some time ago a few ideas were suggested, can you say whether there has been any progress?

1) A membership scheme

2) DVD's of home games

Thanks

Mike

General

I appreciate that you have responded to the torrent of complaints about the PL's proposals to play games abroad.

However I would also like to vent my anger and disgust at this so called proposal. I have supported the club for almost fifty years and if this comes into being it will be the straw that breaks the camels back.

The media and "money men" have absolutely no respect for the loyal fans who despite everything have continued to invest their hard earned cash in following their respective clubs.

When you say Randy would do nothing to hurt the club I really want to believe you and will trust him as you suggest. I very much hope that he remembers his statement when he took over the club saying that he sees himself as a "Guardian" of the club. However he is just one of the Premiership Owners/Chairmen and I fear that others will be very keen to chase the filthy lucre, which will then rapidly find its way into the hands of the overpaid players and their sleazy agents.

Enough is enough - I sincerely believe that if the PL is allowed to proceed with this proposal that there will a massive backlash from the fans all over the country.

Mr Lerner and all the other owners are obviously the legal owners of the various PL clubs but they BELONG to the fans.

General

Merry Christmas to you and yours! Thank you very much for all the feeback, it really is appreciated.

Incidentally whilst I was way on holiday recently I read a novel by John Grisham called "Playing for Pizza" where the main character is a a quarter back who messed up a chance of the Cleveland Browns getting into the Superbowl and being threatened by the fans and "hounded out of town" etc- did Grisham have to get Randy's OK and what did he think of the idea of his team being used?

Rubbish book by the way......... in my opinion!

I think it depends very much on whether we bring another quality midfielder and dare I say it a RB! (who can overlap) in January. If we can I think Gabby is more than capable of getting up round the 20 mark. He seems to be getting stronger by the week and is less and less likely to get knocked off the ball.

IF we could get more of a passing game going and through this more quality ball to Gabby I think he could go on the rampage from January onwards! He has one of best instincts for goal scoring that I have seen at Villa for years!

Mike, www.cnet.co.uk have good reviews and phone comparisons on there too, all impartial. I guess it's all about individual needs. If you're looking for more business use then the N95 offers wifi, though you do have to pay for the sat nav I've heard.

It's probably be the viewty for me. I've had sony ericssons for a while and want a change, and I've never really been a fan of Nokias. They feel too cheap and also the interface I've always found clumsy plus the battery lifes poor. But each to their own I suppose.

Thanks Stew I've had a look at the site. Still undecided - like the sound of the HTC product but dont think 02 do it

Having read all the comments here and elsewhere I have decided to give the IPhone a miss for a year or so till they hopefully resolve some of the issues. I dont really use MP3 players, Phone Camera's etc but do surf the web etc whilst mobile - however I do LOVE new gadgets!

Anyway with head ruling heart and following comments on here I have started to research the N95 as I my primary need is business calls.

Initially it seems the answer BUT from the 20 or so recent reviews I have just read it seems to have a patchy reputation with all kinds of faults. Admittedly its a small sample but out 20...............6 people reported having to get replacements in three cases five times. Of the balance no-one gave it 5/5 and the scores on average are around 2.5 - 3.00 which seems poor to me considering this is ssupposed to be a benchmark product.

Whats a man to do?

Do you not think that an intensive training camp that some of you have suggested would be more effective if they had a fedw games to implement the training in, i.e. a friendly tournament.

The 6 nations is one of the highlights of my year, and I think a one off footy version would be good fun and pretty interesting.

Judging by here though I'm the minority!

*cough* the last winners in 83-84 were Northern Ireland, Wales came 2nd, England came THIRD, Scotland last........ it was the oldest competition of its kind and lasted for over 100 years.

imho the proposal to bring it back is nothing to do with improving the football skills of the home nations and all to do with, as this sentence in a recent article in the Times states:

England’s failure to qualify is expected to cost the FA at least £15 million and a home nation’s tournament would help to make up some of that shortfall.....

Link: http://tinyurl.com/2zzn62

As usual the "UK" really means "England"

Definitely NOT - the thought of summer being f***** up by a pointless tournament that will give the red tops and the hooligan element in football the opportunity to promote and participate in the worst types of nationalism horrifies me.

My suggestion would be that the various national team squads should made to spend the summer improving their skills needed to win meaninful tournaments rather than simply generating more cash for the various inept country FA's

Thanks for the updates General.

If

3. The Holte End will eventually look very similar to the "old" Holte End...you all will like it if you like history and tradition.

Means a single tier with no upper and lower then I think that would be fantastic and create a superb atmosphere as the shelf in between currently affects the acoustics.

General I can only concur with LancsVillan's comment. It would be fantastic if the Holte was a single tier again. The atmosphere would be improved immensely and am sure the Holte would have a massive positive impact on our players and visa versa on the opposition!

We were relegated from div 1 in 1958/1959 season, so I saw my first ever Villa game when we were in the 2nd division when we beat Charlton 11-1 on the 14th Nov 1959, we subsequently won the 2nd division and went straight back up

So I saw my first derby game against sha on 22nd Oct 1960 when we HAMMERED them 6-2 at Villa Park! What a return to the top flight!

If only we could hammer them again on Sunday by such a margin!!!! IF ONLY!!!

Hi General

I have been helping to raise money for the Street Children of Nepal for some years and recentlly someone has donated 4 x manchester u kids shirts to the home that looks after the kids. Needless to say I am not happy that these children should be corrupted at such an early age On a more serious note there are 20 kids (from 2-12 years) in the home and I am sure they would look much better in Villa shirts !!!

Is there anyone I could speak to regarding any old surplus kids stock? I will pay to get it there and will happily pay something towards the stuff - any chance we can save these kids from the red devils influence? I am sure the home will get pics for all concerned.

General had the pleasure of visiting the Holte pub for the 2nd time today. It really has been done well. Just one comment...

First and foremost it is supposed to be a pub but the number of people running around with official badges on seems to out number the poor bar staff by 10 to 1. It took the best part of 20 minutes to get served.

Wouldnt it make sense to have more staff behind the bar?

General,

Yeah lets all get cuddly with the Evening Mail - they love us after all - Not!

THanks Scott great report -BTW Nice to meet you at the Holte on Sunday!

Its sounds like we have a few "potentials" in the reserves! And that it was an impressive display.

The answer has to be no, irrespective of political extremes. Such a ban would simply play into the hands of the extremists and if anything increase support for their position.

Private members clubs are covered by the ban, so s lot of your post is rendered pointless.

That's exactly my point Jon, it's NOT about personal choice for smokers

It's not supposed to be, it's about protecting staff and other customers from your vile habit. Want a fag at the pub? Go outside. Don't want to do that? Stay at home. There, plenty of choices.

Correct, "Private Members Clubs" are also subject to the ban.

I am delighted!!!!!

I am the joint owner of the UK's biggest manufacturer and marketer of Cigarette Bins and Smokers Shelters !!!! oh happy days!!!!

You aren't seriously talking about signing a player because he is decent at free kicks are you?

He is a very mediocre player

FFS - a "very mediocre player" ??- Scotland may not be a fantastic league but look at his achievements last year.............

Nakamura's 2006/7 achievements.............

Scottish PFA Players' Player of the Year

Scottish Football Writers' Association

Player of the Year

Scottish PFA Goal of the Season

Celtic Player of the Year

Scottish Premier League

Scottish Cup

Very mediocre! :roll:

Nakamura would be a fantatsic signing. As this clip shows there is much more to him than amazing free kicks.

http://tinyurl.com/2cd7vh

Welcome to La Season d'silly.

Very true............ Rumours & Speculation are enough to do my head in. We could all do with f**king off and forgetting for the next three months!

Can you remove one word from that post please - "off".

OF would you have the energy for three long months?

Welcome to La Season d'silly.

Very true............ Rumours & Speculation are enough to do my head in. We could all do with f**king off and forgetting for the next three months!

If he chooses Everton over us I am disappointed that we haven't managed to convince him better but I think we can do much better than him.

Why do you assume that MON wanted him and tried to convince him? People are very quick to become negative - how old is the transfer window?