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maqroll

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  1. Another brilliant game winning assist. He is starting to find a bit of form and we need him.
  2. Does this mean we'd be losing to Fulham 6-0 if we played them today?
  3. These are 150 year old English institutions with deep ties to their local communities and have in recent years have become magnets for international tourism. These clubs need more protection from criminals and parasites and basic business malpractice and incompetence.
  4. We really danced with the devil with Tony Xia.
  5. Their owner is a total disaster. Really sad to see what's happening there.
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    Jhon Durán

    Showed what he's capable of tonight and if I had to choose between him and Rogers to be on the team next season it would be Durán.
  7. Cool, my feed cut out for the 5 seconds it took to score that goal.
  8. If we're talking about the general impact of alcoholism vs gambling addiction on society, I completely agree. There are more alcoholics than problem gamblers, and the collateral damage caused by alcoholism is far greater. But in terms of a shirt sponsor for a sports team, I think a sports gambling website is just much more irresponsible.
  9. Also, most people who regularly drink beer don't have a drinking problem. They drink beer because they enjoy it and usually do so with friends. Should a football club not have a beer sponsor because 5% of regular drinkers are clinically alcoholic? BTW, congrats on the teatotaling. I'm 3 years and 3 months myself.
  10. In a sporting environment, the promotion of gambling on sports themselves seems more problematic than chronic drinking because a football club or any other sporting club should not want to have any association with an industry that seeks to completely drain bank accounts and has links to a criminal underworld which has been known to fix results and spot fix in-game scenarios. I'm not suggesting this currently happens in Britain, or any specific country, but it wouldn't surprise me if it has happened, does happen, and will happen in leagues all around the world, including in Britain. That said, I respect the opinion of anyone who has misgivings about alcohol sponsorships. But where do you draw the line? Is an automobile sponsor acceptable? That industry is one of the primary contributors to global warming, climate collapse and the horrible suffering of human beings and wildlife. A travel company? Same environmental degradation issue, but with airplanes and cruise ships the culprits. An online day trading company? Not too dissimilar to gambling. An insurance company? Extortionists. Coca-Cola? Rots your teeth and contributes to obesity, diabetes and early death. I reckon we could find something terrible about most sponsors. At the end of the day, having no shirt sponsor at all would be the most ethically foolproof approach. As for my Asahi beer suggestion, it's really got more to do with the logo's cool typography than the product they produce. It could be Asahi yogurt company, it doesn't matter.
  11. It would be mighty disappointing to have a swanky Adidas shirt with a new badge but still have that crap sponsor on it. Man City have a nice sleeve sponsor in Asahi beer. I like the typography, I like that it's a beer company and it would look great on a Villa shirt-
  12. Any chance they get out of the BK8 deal early and get a better shirt sponsor for next season?
  13. Odegaard's assist He made 4 players look realty silly. Brilliant player.
  14. He was chasing the game and f*cked up. But at least it was in the run of play unlike Kamara's stupid red. We could use a real athlete or two in midfield. When Carney came on for Chelsea tonight I gritted my teeth. He'd come in handy at the moment. As would JPB... We are vulnerable right now to keep dropping points. If we take 3 points from Wolves and Spam, we'll have done well under the circumstances. I don't think we hold off Spurs. It'll be Villa and Man Utd battling for 5th place. Squeaky Sphincter Time
  15. The club is appealing the red, right? For me, it's borderline. He's not going for the ball, but it's not not violent or malicious or something that would cause injury. But it is very aggressive and possibly cynical. They might consider that he's not a dirty player and that he's captain of the side. Dunno. I'd understand the ultimate decision as valid.
  16. On early returns, Monchi gets about a B-. Pretty sure Tielemans wasn't his idea, but Tielemans is about a B- anyway. So that leaves Diaby, Torres and Zaniolo.
  17. I totally understand your anxiety, but it's important to keep things in perspective. We made it out of the Championship by the skin of our teeth just three years ago. As long as the club stays smart financially, we will be fine. We might not win the league anytime soon, but we'll be top 6 and in cups, every year.
  18. Everything changed for Diaby after his injury, so that's how I make sense of his spiral into the void. All we can do is hope some post season rest and recovery and a pre season reset get him back on track. Or maybe Emery decides to cut his losses and makes Diaby the one big name sale we make to comply with FFP.
  19. They have a game in hand and we also have to play City, Pool and Arse. The blown opportunity today is really problematic and maybe even pathological.
  20. I had a bad feeling about this game, like a premonition. Really bad vibes. When opportunity knocks, Villa can't find a way to answer the door.
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