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WTF were Labour party members and the unions voting Ed Miliband anyway? I cannot remember a more unlikeable MP. He comes across as a droning robot.

Well, maybe William Hague, wearing his hat on that rollercoaster, but Ed is certainly up there with political own goals imo.

this is not very pretty to watch, i will take 1-0 if we can end the eye pain now please

Me too, it was never going to be pretty. Get in, get the job done and get out. Away win with a clean sheet would be fantastic.

I agree. Anyone that was expecting us to pass it about on that pitch really needs to reflect on how they view the game. It was never going to be pretty.

I've counted once Bent in our back half. If he isn't scoring he really is **** woeful.

My 3 year old plays on better parks in his school.

Lovely pass from Petrov.

Did the commentator really just call Eck - Scott McLeish??

Scott McGleish is playing for Rovers.

I could swear he was talking about our manager, but if you say so...

Lovely pass from Petrov.

Did the commentator really just call Eck - Scott McLeish??

Hoooooooooooooooof.

I never thought I would hate a team more than the tramps that come begging next door to us, but the red tramps really are a hateful bunch of words removed.

Tiote, Cabaye and Ba all for under £7m. Newcastle have signed some players.

Downing £20m, Carroll £35m. Oh dear.

They also sold Jose Enrique for £6m and got Liverpool to pay big money for him later on. Jonas Gutierrez a very underrated player if you ignore the crossing imo cost £3-4m. Bassong cost them 500k and then later sold for big money.

Wish we had a decent set of scouts

Enrique is easily worth £6m imo. I do agree with you about Gutierrez. He makes that team tick.

She says some stupid things and it seems obvious that she sees the world in an 'us vs them' mindset which surely cant be helpful to create unity? Also, this is ammo for the BNP and others to create fault lines where none should be.

On the other side of the argument, you would struggle to find many white people genuinely hurt and offended by what she said. The reason for that is because there is not the history of white people being oppressed by a different race in our consciousness.

It is so easy to fall into the mistake of thinking "I'm not offended by being called a 'white _____ ' so why should a black person be".

spot on summing up

life would be a lot easier if people came tagged with little labels you could reference to know whether to actually bother letting their brain farts into your conciousness

David Cameron (yes, I need to listen if not agree)

Jezza Paxman (yes, I need to listen and filter)

Diane Abbott (****)

Jeremy Clarkson (self publicising tit for juveniles)

Towie cast member (hang on, let me get a pencil and paper so I can get this down and refer back in times of moral dilemma)

As LLax mentions above, you not being offended by something doesn't automatically infer the same conditions on others. The definition of racist language is simply something perceived as being received by the recipient. That is why the use of the 'n' word in rap songs can go un commented, but somebody using a great clunking phrase like 'the whites are acting like blacks' can be rightly ridiculed and lose a media career.

Similarly, Irish jokes are not automatically racist or inflammatory. Irish and Welsh jibes mid banter during three men on a boat is family tv filler. Standing in a pub in Swansea and telling sheepshagger jokes in a cockerney accent might not be received in the same way.

Ms Abbott is a simple us vs them rabble rouser that is very clever at stirring up enough interest to keep a profile and keeping enough people on side to stay in a job. Ideally, she would also come from Liverpool and would then be the absolute winning card in chippy whinging victim mentality hypocrit top trumps.

I really couldn't have put it any better.

Jezza Paxman. Haha.

Tiote, Cabaye and Ba all for under £7m. Newcastle have signed some players.

Downing £20m, Carroll £35m. Oh dear.

Maybe you got your tactics right?

Finished 6th with Newcastle. I might sell Tiote (who I adore in real life). I picked up Bosingwa, Kalou on a freebie. The midfield is Cabaye and Strootman.

4/4 wins. One against Chelsea. Sturridge scored. Not bad for £3.5m. He got something like 14 goals and 8 assists on loan for us.

Well said Risso. People that think he will magically get it right live in Peter Pan land. If you look back at his appointments in American football he gets it wrong every single time.

No way will Enda start today. As Mantis said a few posts up, there will be a mighty revolt if we lose this. Not just against McLeish imo, but Lerner who is watching thousands of miles away on FOX Sport.

Thats the beauty of the FA Cup. Someone takes a scalp. Its sad that I wouldn't be surprised if it was us.

Bastards. Will the red tramps be wearing t-shirts next week?

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I thought he said a few months ago players MUST live close to Birmingham, yet Ireland still lives in Manchester.

Whats that about?

Is there a more annoying, unlikeable politician than Miss. Abbott? I dislike Cameron and co, but this woman really does top the list of cretins.

This woman is nothing more than a snide, racist hypocrite. Her entire career has been based on the colour of her skin and the fact everyone is supposedly out to get her.

We then have todays quotes about whites and her refusal to admit white parents could be just as good parents as west Indian parents. Cameron and co are "rich, white boys". How she gets away with it beyond me. She's only elected in Hackney based on the fact it has a large multicultural population, as it surely cannot be down to her policies and beliefs with the working class. She's that in touch with her common ethnic kinship that she sends her children to private school.

This clip however, is absolutely brilliant. Watch her squirm.

This shows highlights how far our species on this planet has fallen. People that watch this garbage literally contradict everything about evolution.

He thinks its still 2011.

he better get used to wearing a black armband & having a minutes applause before every home game

The club are pushing for a sale imo.

McLeish has came out today and said he has had no contact with Liverpool. Its quite obvious what is going on. The club keep going on and on about it.

I assume that he 'came out' in response to a question from a journalist?

In that case, what would you like him to say?

The poor bloke (okay, £??k a week, he isn't poor) is damned if he does and damned if he doesn't.

The fact of the matter is he gets asked a wide range of questions.

He said last week Bent wasn't for sale. Yes, he was asked again and again he said no. We already knew that. Its old news, maybe its the cynic in me, but the AVFC official Facebook page and Twitter posted directly about him not having any contact with Liverpool about Bent. Why? Why is that news? Sure McLeish said last week he was not for sale. End of.

Why do we need to know if there has been contact when McLeish rubbished the transfer last week and apparently put it to bed?

The club are pushing for a sale imo.

McLeish has came out today and said he has had no contact with Liverpool. Its quite obvious what is going on. The club keep going on and on about it.

Fans not just Villa fans need to get a grip, money money money thats it, forget about the actual football.

You really do ignore most things don't you which makes your pathetic moaning at fans even more ridiculous.

My pathetic moaning about pathetic moaners you mean?

You still don't understand how laughably stupid that makes you look, no?

I've pointed that out to you at least 4 times since I joined.

Can someone explain why a new owner is automatically better than Randy?

Because they are bound to spend lots of money and take Villa to the top

Ah ok, thank you.

In that case Randy out! New random bloke in!

It's all clear now, you obviously are concerned about Randy's ability to pick the right man, much as everybody else is. It is the only conclusion I can come to that explains your absolute worry about new owners. I guess looking at his recent background for applintments and choices both here and America, it's understandable you'd worry about his decision making the next time a big choice comes along.

Why have you posted that again?

I'm more interested how people KNOW that a new owner will be better?

So quick to want him out for err... threatening the future of the club, asset stripping, not building a decent training ground perhaps selling it, not trying to balance the books and spending will nilly.

Oh.. he has just stopped spending, stopped telling everyone everything (which has never done) and appointed an unpopular manager.

Shit i thought it was something actually serious then, rather than people exaggerating things massively to make it sound worse than it is?

Absolute bollocks again from you. Round of applause sir, you deserve it.

So, Blackburn fans should just accept the Venkys, simply because they might sell it off to some mad man who wants to asset strip the entire club and sell everything off?

Docile supporters should continue to spend their hard earned money every week, but they should shut up as you never know someone bad might come along and destroy the club, or he might do this, or that. Supporters around the world should accept the shit put in front of them week in week out for £30-40 a week based on the proposition that something MIGHT happen.

What absolute cobblers.

Throughout history people should therefore have accepted their mundane, boring lives, because if they revolted the status quo MIGHT do something, or some scenario MIGHT happen. YAWN.