Marka Ragnos

39 minutes ago, Tom13 said:

Googled it, I do love this quote from him, sums up his humility, apparently he went to all four stands and apologised for his pen miss:

Jeez. Kind of heartbreaking. I still feel bad for him. I can't imagine what that kind of pressure feels like.

I don't want to see Villa play by the skin of their teeth to the very end this season. It will stink if we still need to win and even achieve a certain goal difference on May 19 to get Champions League. Please, no. But no amount of stress would alter my positive perspective about Villa this year or about our future. It seems like the least I can do as a supporter is to back the players right now as our club faces our most momentous weeks in decades. My ill-informed bs opinions about this or that just aren't worth much in these times (if they're ever ), but I will offer this one: this is a really special and fun time to be a Villa fan. I've already been paid back in spades for my investment of supporting. I don't have much to complain about, no matter what happens. I just won't. Meanwhile, up the Villa.

7 minutes ago, Nor-Cal Villan said:

Are you in the U.S. also?

Yes. I'm non-specifically "East Coast."

Does every country have travelers who want to be the only person from their country who travels? I remember when living abroad that I sometimes met Americans who seemed really bothered to encounter other Americans. (Of course, maybe they just found me really irritating. ) They wanted to be the only American in the room, and here I was, messing things up. I actually worked with an American in London who seemed like this too, at least for a while. But do people from other countries also do this? I always felt like people from other countries would actually be kind of glad to see their fellow country men and women. When you travel to, say, Japan, do you feel irritated when you run into another person from Britain?

18 hours ago, T-Dog said:

A girl I was seeing a couple of years back argued that even if you lived the perfect life, it couldn't not be selfish. Even if you gave everything you had, time, energy, love, money, effort to everyone else, you're still doing it as an act of self interest. It's a hard thing to not argue.

Yup. It does my head in to contemplate.

On 25/04/2024 at 16:46, T-Dog said:

Seinfeld - In the bin. 

2 hours ago, BOF said:

I guess puppets are out, too?

Smiling Friends.

On 25/04/2024 at 16:23, Rds1983 said:

Have I missed anything major?

I suspect, but mostly from the 20th century:

Everybody Hates Chris: A very rare sitcom that absolutely works for the whole family, from tweens to gramps.

Only Fools and Horses: Somehow, an 80s English show that reminds me of a 1970s American show, Sanford and Son, that's based on another English 1960s show (Steptoe and Son)

Andy Griffith: One of the best-written and sweetest sitcoms of all time with influential performances by West Virginian Don Knotts that were copied by countless comedians for years to come.

All In The Family (unusually, improved a British sitcom, Till Death ...): Fearless, still relevant, offensive, at times heartbreaking, hilarious.

Curb Your Enthusiasm: Seasons 1-5, after that it fades, but smartly written and improvised.

Good Times: Not sure if this ever reached the UK. Mid-1970s family sitcom about a working class black family in the Chicago projects.

SpongeBob Squarepants: Incredible and sometimes surreal, another show that plays to completely different age groups at once. A perfect show for younger parents to watch with their kids.

Flight of the Conchords: So funny.

Barney Miller: Probably the most realistic comedic TV depiction of 1970s police work. Totally captures 70s New York.

Still, love your list.

The recency bias is off the charts here. Dougie is fine. Having a run of bad form is all. He'll be hard on himself, and Unai won't exactly pull punches either. Need to be patient.

Here's the insightful VT "assessment" of Leon Bailey, not too long ago ... All I'm saying is look at the bigger picture. He's a huge part of our success this year, and he will be again.

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He wouldn’t be the best player on the pitch if he was playing in the back yard with his infant children.

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I really don’t see the evidence to suggest [he] is going to be a success here. 

Hopefully I’m wrong. 

 

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I've seen glaciers move quicker.

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Let's face it, he was a total panic signing after losing our best player.

Lack of planning from Villa.

 

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Just because he scored in the Bundesliga doesn't mean he'd do well in the PL, Sancho also looks pretty average.

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No idea why he's occupying a spot on the field, let alone starts.

I've voted 1-4 consistently for Where do you think we will finish this season? almost the entire season.

One of the very few who did, tbh. I guess I'm pretty optimistic --- or a bit thick.

1 minute ago, Made In Aston said:

Hopefully with Pau, tielemans and Emi back for the second leg we might just have a chance. Still very difficult though.

Would we be Villa if it weren't just this?

2 minutes ago, Davkaus said:

The Luiz handball properly **** me off. His hand is above his head. It's stupid, it's needless. It's a blatant penalty, and another example of Luiz being a bit of a liability at times, as brilliant as he generally is.

It killed us. It went from us having the momentum, the crowd being well up for it, to the opposite. It absolutely changed the game.

That was the Death Pivot. No doubt. The wheels off moment.

Just now, Zero7 said:

Luiz has been brilliant before his sending off so chill the **** out guys, if anything likes of Digne, Lenglet and mcGinn were as bad if not worse 

Everyone has a groaner of a game. Wish it hadn't happened tonight.

We must as supporters try to keep some perspective and keep our eyes on the prize -- CL football.

If we could just pull one back, we'd have a chance in Athens.

With the way things have been going for Dougie tonight.

All of Villa World seems to have given up. Villa Park has giving up. Our players have given up. This thread has given up. Come on! We have at least ten more minutes.

Watkins and Luiz both seem to be lacking confidence.

Just not clinical or aggressive enough. Too easily muscled out of duels and too imprecise with too many passes.

How much did Arsenal say they'd pay for Dougie?

1 minute ago, Genie said:

Cardiac arrest in the Holte End apparently

Oh no.