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Heretic

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  1. Re Garry Monk. In essence, we've funded the removal of the best thing to happen to the sty in years. What a time to be alive!
  2. Even 'screwdriver' has to feel romantically nourished after that. I know I am.
  3. Coming in very useful indeed given the SHA gifts that keep on giving.
  4. Their Chinese owner is called Rendong. They call him Dong. I guess it's the polite version of 'Dong Out.' You'd need a heart of stone not to feel sympathy. I found out something new about myself today.
  5. Pretty sure it was Alan Curbishley.
  6. In the first leg, the Leeds fans sang to the Derby fans, 'try not to worry, you'll beat us someday.'
  7. Hard to know where to put this, but it's worth watching until the end.
  8. We've got quality players and should certainly be aiming for a play-off place. They didn't seem to have direction or self-belief. It all looked stale.
  9. He needs some time right now. It's hard to give yet another manager time because we all know this club deserves better than where we are, but there's no option. He's got to have 10 games, surely, before conclusions should be drawn.
  10. I completely agree. At minimum, this squad should be in the playoffs at the end of the season. 'Thereabouts' is defeatist and sells short their quality and the legitimate fan expectations.
  11. No. The Rodgers I'm thinking about managed Liverpool. Rui Faria has been extensively praised by and worked closely alongside Jose Mourinho, a man who's got 2 Champions Leagues with spells coaching at Barca and managing Real Madrid, Man Utd and Inter Milan. As for managing a semi-pro team in a bush league, who's Dean Smith been managing recently? And where did he manage before? Walsall.
  12. Must confess to being underwhelmed, given the names previously linked. Perhaps the owners tried to bring in bigger names and couldn't attract them? Don't mean to rain on parades, but I would prefer someone with a bigger profile. This is a big club with expectations that are commensurately difficult to manage. I think this job is too big for him. But I very much hope I'm wrong.
  13. Given the names banded about, I confess to being underwhelmed. The owners will know the difficulty they've had attracting the right candidate. Perhaps the club isn't as attractive a proposition as I'd like to think? Perhaps their plan is to have one manager for promotion, another manager for the Prem campaign? But if it's him, then best of luck to him. That said, he has many good players here to work with. Our league position doesn't reflect the strength of the squad. (Might get the best out of Hogan. Note I said, might...)
  14. I have no fear about the game. It's a big game, and we have big game players. I feel confident that we have the grit and creativity to win this one. I think we will.
  15. Small feature in the Guardian about SB: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/may/25/aston-villa-steve-bruce-solace-torrid-few-months When Steve Bruce is asked whether work on strengthening the team will start immediately if Aston Villa win promotion to the Premier League on Saturday, the first thought that comes into his head has nothing to do with new signings. “The one thing I need this year, more than any other year, is a holiday,” he says. The Championship can be a grind at the best of times with all those Saturday-Tuesday fixtures and all the more so when a 46-game season is extended by another three weeks because of the play-offs, but Bruce is looking forward to a break for reasons that transcend football. More at the link.
  16. Performance of the season. They proved they could cope under the pressure of playing at a rocking VP against an elite team. That said, I was a bit surprised with how cynical some of those Wolves players were. They know how to mix it up. Loved the fact the Villa lads rose above it and stuck to their task. Showed how much belief they have that a Top 2 position should be theirs. Don't think Cardiff will look forward to VP. Next 4 games for Villa, the best team we'll face is 16th in the league. A Villa team playing like that could win all 4.
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