Banger75

Fark me! Just got the news....what a statement of intent!!

We should have won this easily. If Gabby scores in the first 10 minutes, and JC's header drops in instad of hitting the bar, SHA are ruined, and we go on to win easily. But it was not to be, and in the end we were lucky not to lose after the ugly giraffe nearly snuck one in. we will be bottom over the next couple of weeks, but we will come home strong. Makoun would have made a big difference IMO.

Cheers mate, puts things in perspective....watching it unfold was really reminiscent of the scenes in 2012...hideous. The rivers have peaked, and will take 2-3 days to subside....then the hard work starts.

Massive floods have devastated Brisbane and the greater south east queensland region. We are truly ****. Hy home is on high ground, but my business underwater. This will take years to fix. Worse still, 13 are dead, and almost 100 missing.

Rooster by Alice in Chains.

Biased opinion, but all 3 Underbelly series are brilliant....the first one in particular.

what do an eskimo and tupperware have in common? they both like a tight seal.

the 'i've got a date this weekend' thread. hilarious!

A film that hasn't been made yet, but surely is in the pipeline, would be a expose of FIFA, preferably by Michael Moore. Please make this film.

Yep, can do. In fact I am just back from lunch where I devoured a particularly nice mongolian lamb with said utensils....

**** me, I can't believe that we got 1 miserable vote. Devastated. I know that FIFA are a currupt bunch of egotistical old pricks, but that is frankly ridiculous. and I hope Sepp Blatter gets bombed, he is a word removed.

Why? They have shit infrastructure? It will ALL have to be built from scratch and the only things tourists will be able to do is walk around shopping centres owing to the 50 degree temperatures outside. For me, there is only one choice in all of this - Australia. Don't get me wrong, I'd love an excuse to go to the States again but 1994 wasn't that long ago... Same with Japan. South Korea might not exist by 2022 so it's a bit premature Why don't I want it to be Australia? Well, its currently 10am here in England. It's 9pm in Sydney. It's 8:30pm in Adelaide. It's 6pm in Perth. When the World Cup is on I like to gorge on football. I dont want to sleep through half the games. I dont want to have to get up at 7am to watch England play and I dont want the World Cup Final to kick off at lunchtime. Qatar can schedule games for European TV audiences very easily. And they may have some cool space age stadiums! There's a flip side to your argument....we live with PL games at ridiculous hrs forever!! I'm sure you can 'man up' and live with 4 weeks for us...?

You guys really forget how spoilt you are sometimes...the bloke is a legend for the game. He came to Australia last week, played 90 mins injured, endless interviews and signing all manner of crap for everyone. Compare that to your man JT, and his cock smoking mate Ash Cole. rocket polishers.

The fact that every televised game we get here in Australia has Trevor **** Francis, and he just slags off everything Villa does. He managed to find a positive comment when Villa played ManUre, but had to justify it by syaing how much of a SHA supporter he was and that it must have been some brilliant Villa play for him to even acknowledge it. rocket polisher.

It's cheaper on line TP_14 through the Villa Megastore. $100 AU dollars ($80 shirt, $20 delivery) with name and number delivered to your door in less than 7 days. Ordered mine on line Wed p.m. (Aus Time) and it arrived at my house in Brisbane the following Tuesday. Very happy.

all things considered, a solid debut. he will learn heaps from this, in particular his defensive work where he passed players on to others to pick up and no one did. His passing was just nerves, but he ran and tracked well. Hope he declares for Australia with his mate Lowry.

I would love a contentious decision to go our way, and us win the game as a result. The joy of victory and the satisfaction of hearing Fergie moan about it (when we have been f*cked over upteenth times against Utd) would be brilliant.

My experience with the Villa on line megastore was a very good one. Good price (saved about $50 on what I would have bought in a shop here) and regular emails about the status of my order, the delivery company and tracking number. Will get it here in less than a week from hitting 'go' on the credit card order.

Good for you. However, I'm guessing that you don't put £1,000+ into going to watch Villa every season, being that you live over there (my apologies if you do actually do this too). Many of us spend a fortune going to see Villa every season. Therefore, why should we sit back and accept the fact that we are being vastly overcharged for a top that will last around five months less than normal (for the current season)?! It's all good to sit back and say "I will wear it proudly', thus attempting to make out that it is some kind of proof of how good your support for the club is.... We all proudly support the Villa and many of us would like the new top. However, many of us put lots of money into Villa on a regular basis and refuse to be robbed on this occasion. Fair enough if you want to pay that price as it's up to you. I refuse to pay it though, as it is daylight robbery. Simple as.... Fair call. For what it is worth, my intention was never to take a swipe at the level of support anyone gives - so you can kiss my arse and shove your suggestion that I was suggesting that my support exceeds anyone else's. I suggest you direct your anger at the whole situation elsewhere mate. Perhaps take a moment to think how you would feel being on the other side of the world having never seen Villa play live. Good on ye Banger 75. another example that even though we all support the same team we are all totally different people/fans. We regularly see posts from fans on the generals page about Nike and Villa speading the Villa message worldwide and saying Villa aren't doing enough. Here we have a Villa fan in Oz whos opinion is different to Villa Park regular and at the 1st oppurtunity he is attacked for being different. Not the behavour of a true fan in my opinion. Finally Banger hope the top reaches you soon and you enjoy wearing it for as long as you want to. Cheers tvillan.

Good for you. However, I'm guessing that you don't put £1,000+ into going to watch Villa every season, being that you live over there (my apologies if you do actually do this too). Many of us spend a fortune going to see Villa every season. Therefore, why should we sit back and accept the fact that we are being vastly overcharged for a top that will last around five months less than normal (for the current season)?! It's all good to sit back and say "I will wear it proudly', thus attempting to make out that it is some kind of proof of how good your support for the club is.... We all proudly support the Villa and many of us would like the new top. However, many of us put lots of money into Villa on a regular basis and refuse to be robbed on this occasion. Fair enough if you want to pay that price as it's up to you. I refuse to pay it though, as it is daylight robbery. Simple as.... Fair call. For what it is worth, my intention was never to take a swipe at the level of support anyone gives - so you can kiss my arse and shove your suggestion that I was suggesting that my support exceeds anyone else's. I suggest you direct your anger at the whole situation elsewhere mate. Perhaps take a moment to think how you would feel being on the other side of the world having never seen Villa play live.

I just bought the new kit through the Villa on-line store. The strong Aussie dollar (1:1 with the US$) made it a $100 investment, including free shirt printing (Agbonlahor 11 in case anyone is interested). I really could not be arsed moaning about the shirt being 'outdated' in 8 months time....it is still an Aston Villa kit and I will wear it proudly.

**** it, I've decided to get the new shirt. Anyone know if we can still get free name/number printing?

Given the importance of NRC with Stan's injury, I think we should give him a break. We will need him to be 100% for the weekend. Put Sidders in the middle with Ireland and go with a 4-4-1-1, with wee Barry in the hole behind the Fonz (pretty much as AVFC POB has them set above).

we will defend defend defend and maybe pinch one from a corner or something (Zat Knight style) and win 1-0, with Friedal MOM.....probably.

looking forward to it here! Season 1 just finished, hopefully they don't make us wait too long for season 2.