Vancvillan

You think tooo much

That'd be if they had 5 years each.

NERD ALERT: I think 5 years between them at $50k each would be $13m. Either way, that made me vomit in my mouth. Shameful. Edit: $ means GBP. Stupid Canadian keyboard.

This probably sums up a fair chunk of why I think we should give him time - I really do want him to succeed. Based on his performances for Villa it's purely sentimental. Thankfully I'm not likely to be the manager any time soon.

Ah, cheer up you bunch of morbid bed wetters. Come May 2017 we'll be top, Gresford will be England captain and you'll only refer to Big Libor as "The Czech Dixie Dean". (I know what you're thinking. Of course I'm pissed. I had to put together a sofa bed tonight.)

@choffer and @NoelVilla - if you're heading to Vancouver and have any questions, fire them my way. I've been living here for ten years, and love the place so much that me and my business partner made a book about it (www.soit.is).

New owner, new start. New division. Anyone know anything about him?

Money aside, it's at the point where I'm guessing most fans would turn the job down. If you've ever wondered what the eye of a shit storm looks like, come on in and check out the view.

And for those of you who made it all the way through that article, the Samaritans can be reached 24 hours a day, 7 days a week on 116 123.

I disagree - I think if Bernie wins the popular vote from the primaries / caucuses, the super delegates will fall in line. Otherwise they risk splitting the voter base with either losses to an independent or a low turn-out from the Sanders followers. If the turn out is low, the GOP could well win - even with a nutcase like Cruz or Trump running, which given the situation with potential Supreme Court appointees would be a nightmare for the Democrats.

You are Nigel Pearson and I claim my five pounds.

Swindon 93/94. Take your pick of any game. I lived there at the time so went to a few games. Jumpers for goal posts. I got embarrassed for the Robins while watching Andy Cole and Beardsley tear them a new one on their own patch. I think they hit seven or eight past them. When we played them at VP they had a third choice keeper in nets. We won 5-0,and it was the only time I ever felt bad for an visiting team. What I wouldn't give for that feeling again.

This post is worth a like purely on the words-to-good-old-fashion-footballing-cliches ratio. Not a dig at all - I really enjoyed it. At the end of the day it's a game of two halves and the lads need to go our there with their hearts on their sleeves. I'd be over the moon with 2-0. Prediction: 1-0 Villa. Gill with the cheeky lollipop, Gestade second post with little eyebrows in the 89th minute.

What if you were managing St Mirren? Lambert isn't a Villa fan.

I would hope it's clear that it is not meant literally, it is a mechanism used to highlight how bad they are in comparison to the rest of the squad and the league as a whole. Obviously they are not bad enough for League Two, in the same way people proclaim x player shouldn't even earn a wage as a footballer or the referee must be blind or we hope they give 110%... Sorry, should I just say they're all doing a better job than me so well done to them all? In fact every player today played better than any of the people who write on these boards ever could. Clap, clap, hooray for everybody. Except Richardson. I'm better than Richardson. I get it - but your original post opened with "Impossible to keep this squad up, absolutely impossible." Apologies for making this look poster-on-poster, it's nothing personal - you're one of many people who think we're down with no hope after 11 games have been played, but I can't get my head around that kind of dedication to being doomed. And agreed on Richardson. He shouldn't even earn a wage as a footballer, must be blind and never gives 110%.

I don't mean to pick on you but this is indicative of the kind of hyperbole that's getting thrown around right now. Gestede banged in 20 league goals for Blackburn last season but you're suggesting he would have to drop down four tiers to get regular football? He's no world beater, but he could do a job in the right set up against the right opposition. And that's been our biggest problem so far - tactics and team selections feel like they've come from a dart-throwing monkey hidden in the basement of VP. Can we stay up? It's a big ask but it's possible if RG get's a team playing with belief and plays to their strengths. It'll be a fight, but no need to abandon all hope just yet. He might turn out to be a complete muppet, or he might turn it around. It's certainly not impossible that we'll be playing Prem football next year.

Gabby leading the line? I'd love to hear your reasoning (genuinely). Personally I'd rather give Libor a go - the big man might not be fully match fit but unless he's been on a diet of Big Macs and Monster Munch while sitting on his couch all day nailing 20 Lambert and Butler, he surely can't contribute less than Gabby has recently. FWIW I'd give Ayew a go before either of them.

Your move Randy.

Add Micheal Oakes to that list. If the rumours were true you could hang your whole wardrobe on there.

No Well evidnace suggests that losing mentality has started creeping back in, as we are still pants at home I want Villa Park to be a fortress agin, its been like a play ground for a while now That's nothing to do with the pressure of the shirt. I can't imagine any of our players are weighed down by the pressure of playing for Aston Villa. They feel pressure I'm sure, but it's no greater for us than it would be for any other club. I think playing at Villa Park does come with a certain pressure that other smaller clubs don’t experience. Despite having battled relegation for the last 5 seasons we are still a pretty demanding and expectant bunch and I love that about us as fans but it does have its downside. We can be drawing with any side outside of the top 6 or 7 with 5 minutes to go and the crowd won’t accept us playing for a draw they will want us to go for the win. I say this as someone who has hardly missed a home game in knocking on 30 years and I am as bad as anyone for encouraging us to go forward. Also quite often if we go a goal down impatience and anxiety sets in amongst the fans almost instantly and if the first half doesn't go too well, even if we are not losing, then there are often boos. I think Newcastle suffer from similar in that there is an expectancy level that is way beyond the capability of some of the players and they can’t handle it. But I wonder where that heightened level of expectancy comes from? Oh yeah.

Is no-one as impressed as I am that a native French speaker knew the word bellend?

OK scientists, what do we get if we mix A-Yew and Ade? This would have been much easier if we were linked with Lucas.

I wasn't completely behind this, but then a mate (Spurs fan) asked me how I'd feel if the baggies signed him, and I realised I'd be a bit annoyed. And worried. Looking at it objectively, it's a shrewd deal if it's for a year. As long as his contract doesn't look anything like Shay's, I feel pretty upbeat about this (assuming a young lad with potential follows).

I feel like Allan Evans would've taken issue with the pink boots, the baggy shorts, the sports bras and the lack of a chafing collar. Also, GG's shins look like they've seen better days. As for Tonev - I have a feeling he's a lost cause.

I wish it was literally anyone else other than Trent that posted this.