TheSufferingVilla

29 and clutching onto the last of my youth with a grip of pure desperation.

America's original five and dime stores starting with Woolworths have matched inflation remarkably well over the last century to become dollar stores. In fact the standard price point for these stores in 1913 was $0.05 adjusted for inflation that equals $1.02 in todays money

I have a lovely recepie for Turnip soup but the word removed filter keeps turning it into some sick twisted canibal dish. :shock:

Disgusted by the coin incident today General, such a thing is well below a great club like ours. When the person responsible is found and I fully expect they will be I hope the club will issue a statement naming and shaming them. Seeing a name dragged deservedly through the mud will make people think twice before doing something stupid in future.

If she's Irish then you can almost gaurantee she's at it over there.

Pre Youtube online footy highlights.

Love the white stuff.

General, Al-umin-ium or Alum-inum? I have this fight with my wife every day. If Randy needs an web expert let him know he can drop by my office on 5th Ave anytime, Villa consultations are free.

HBO & BBC just like Band of Brothers, I'll still stick it under American production as I would British if there was a Brit list since they should share credit.

Lost is easily my favorite show but is followed by all the ommited Showtime and HBO shows which are in a different league to US Network tv. Shows I particularly enjoyed: Sleeper Cell. Dexter. Rome. Band of Brothers. Carnivale. Big Love. The Sopranos. 24. But you can't forget the likes of Law and Order, Boston Legal, Criminal Minds, Without a Trace which are pretty good tv

I'm throwing my name into the hat, surely I got to be in the running just behind the Honey Monster and Gary Glitter.

We spent a shed load of money, 4 very good signings in Davies, Cuellar, Sidwell and Milner. Excellent business with the Freidel/Guzan combo. One very solid right-back in Young and a player others seem to rate quite highly in Shorey (to early for me to judge). The manager would have liked to bring in another striker and I think we pursued one till the end of the window but it didn't come off, still I am not too worried about this department as we score goals from all over the pitch and enough to tie us over till january. A solid 9/10.

I think you'll find that Trump actually has his real hair, it just looks like a silly wig. In fairness he could afford hair implants or a much more convincing shag pile for his noggin.

General are the new Russian Tsars rebuilding their old Empire?

General any updates on Freddy Bouma?

Happy to see you have drawn the line when it comes to transfers General hopefully the mods putting a stop to the repetative transfer postings will not only clean up this thread but allow you to get back to the job you you can do, hearing our concerns regarding the matchday experience, passing on our desires/suggestions and fixing what's broke.

General, in your expert opinion, which of our players would make good Marines? Also do you agree Marlon Harewood should grow a huge Afro? If so can you pass on our desire for him to do so or find out if he would be willing to do it for charity?

I'm a happy Villa fan for the most part I'm just a little disillusioned, I always thought Villa fans were reasonably smart compared to the fans of other clubs but many of the comments on here the last few days have convinced me that a small but vocal minority are as thick as pigshit but then again since Blues have been relegated once agin perhaps it's some of their unwashed support switching sides. Dissapointing if true.

May I suggest Setanta and Fox Soccer Channel even in Alabama you will get more live games with these 2 than they get on tv back in the UK.

I'm jealous General, wish I had some pressing trip that could prevent me from having to look at this scapegoating, fear mongering, self loathing, hatred that appears to be in vogue for Villa fans these days. I guess I could just not log on but like a car accident it's impossible not to look.

if you don't mind I'm just going to add a couple of minor corrections to your post: the mods mind. this thread is NOT for posters to argue with each other. Blandy

Newcastle over the last 10 years: BIG Squad BIG Spending BIG Name players So many on here are bitching that MON hasn't delivered on the 3 qualities above, seems such things are more important to some fans than actual results.

General, I'm not sure if you keep an eye on any other threads but you may enjoy taking a look at this little post I just made: Villa exposure in the US it's incredible to see Villa presented so prominently an ocean away from Brum.

Delighted to hear the Holte Hotel is getting bookings for Weddings, it's too lovely a venue to be sitting unused for much of the summer. General I have a question about professional development for our younger players. I'm always dissapointed when I see a young footballer being interviewed only to notice they lack the basic skills of presentation and delivery. In fact many young English players ours included don't seem to be able to string together a coherant sentence. This is in stark contrast to their continental counterparts whom from what I can see are prepared for a life in the spotlight from a young age. People will always jump on the class bandwagon and say you can't compare English footballers to the likes of eloquent Rugby players or Cricket players because the footballers are working class as opposed to the public schoolboys of the other games but thats rubbish. The apparent class divide doesn't seem to affect players from other countries many of whom probably had a lot less schooling. Most of today and tomorrows English stars are in football academies from a very young age and it's obvious the academies are not preparing the young lads for a life in the glaring media spotlight. Does the Villa Academy have any professional development system to prepare our young lads for such? It would be great to someday see a young Villa player interviewed without their response being: "uh, I think... y'know, em, we, uh... played, yknow, em some.. em, yknow, good, em, stuff." While they stare into the ceiling and scratch their face like they are sufferring a bout of chronic dermatitus.