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On 17/03/2024 at 19:01, Jas10 said:

That’s the 3rd time this has been posted here

See what happens when I try to keep up with the razor-witted denizens of VT?

28 minutes ago, Jas10 said:

I don’t think that’s accurate or up to date:

Gauci on 100k?!  

not sure McGinn is being paid that much and

Ezri did get a new contract and pay rise a while ago (absolutely no way he’s only getting 30k).

Many of these sites don’t have the accurate figures… look on another one and they will be different.

Hause was given a new contract when Dean was here and is definitely being paid more than 8k.

Anyway, you’re forgetting the players out on loan

We HAVE to shift Coutinho and, yes, Digne… club was stupid to hand such big contracts to older players… we need to learn from mistakes of the past and realise how difficult it is to shift them later when they turn out crap or are past it… it’s not a sensible or sustainable approach.

Chambers, Dendoncker and Sanson must and will hopefully all leave… Olsen 

Cash is a debatable one, depends on a decent offer and an upgrade being brought in. He would remain a good member of the squad regardless. Same goes for Carlos too (injury troubles, big contract).

If, somehow, a decent offer came in for Tielemans… personally, I would sell. Great chance to make a profit on a replacable and upgradable player. But happy to have him remain and improve under Unai too…

Lenglet and Zaniolo will return to their clubs…

We’ll probably have to shift Archer again once he returns…

Probably forgetting some off the top of my head…

 

We have to exploit any opportunity to upgrade and improve… might be a case of having to balance the books too… it’s going to be a very busy summer…

 

Oh my, I looked too quickly -- you're right! So inaccurate. 

1 hour ago, villaglint said:

Joe Gauci cannot be on £100k a week. 

Sorry. Bad chart.

1 hour ago, penguin said:

Added one 0 too many I think.

Yup. Sorry.

2 hours ago, Jas10 said:

Remove the high earners who aren’t key players and bring in some savvy free transfers to lift the quality and provide more worthwhile options… I think that would be wise. Easier said than done though

UPDATE: PLEASE DISREGARD -- FOR THE MOST PART -- THIS BAD DATA BELOW. MY APOLOGIES. I looked too quickly. I was wondering about the Joe Gauci one. It shocked me.

But who do you mean? Lenglet? If you look at the low end of our salary table, you see lesser quality, apart from Konsa, who seems ridiculously underpaid. Lenglet seemed overpaid. On some days , Youri also. Diaby is hugely important, IMO. So I don't know where the fat is.

2 hours ago, bickster said:

Nah sorry can’t buy that. You still go, your still part of the church, if your only selecting the bits you agree with, why bother. I presume the church is no difference in the US to here, there’s still a collection plate each service, do you stipulate when that money gets spent?
Anyway, this is for the religion thread

I hear you. Unfortunately, it's for both threads. That's my chilling point. I wish it were only in the religion thread. 

29 minutes ago, bickster said:

You belong to a church that agrees with the Trump / GOP stance on Roe vs Wade

Mostly, yes, but it's a bit more complicated than that, too, Bickster. I think this goes beyond a mere Religion is Bad problem. Lots of Catholics don't agree with church doctrine and don't insert the latest Vatican bull into their brains like some new software operation system code. My larger point is that a prominent cleric in small American town is telling parishioners to see a highly disputed  upcoming election through a prism that suggests the olitical opposition is "evil." This may not be hate speech, but it's kissing cousins to it. Priests here normally keep elections out of their mouths. But my views are quite distorted, too, I'm sure, so I don't know if I can be objective. I don't know. I think it's worrying. 

17 minutes ago, bickster said:

Religion being used for its intended purpose.

I don't know. Any ideology where In-Groups and Out-Groups are set up can be used to foment political violence, theft, sexual assault, ad nauseam, can't it? I can tell you that this particular manifestation of it in my community in this context is aberrant. There are plenty of peace churches (esp. those from English dissenters) in these parts, too. You don't hear this shit in those spaces, or at least, I haven't heard of it.

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In sociology and social psychology, an in-group is a social group to which a person psychologically identifies as being a member. By contrast, an out-group is a social group with which an individual does not identify. People may for example identify with their peer group, family, community, sports team, political party, gender, sexual orientation, religion, or nation. It has been found that the psychological membership of social groups and categories is associated with a wide variety of phenomena.

Priest at my local RC church today said, from the pulpit, that this election year was "a battle of good against evil." He's Republican. No question what he meant. It's absolutely despicable behaviour from him. I know many of you aren't believers and may see this as just more amusing proof that America's crackpots are in charge, but this kind of rhetoric is downright dangerous and it will resonate in my community and cause anxiety among vulnerable people. It's also, for my area, new. It's just not something local mainline clerics say. It's not illegal, but it's unethical, for sure, and I plan to complain. I doubt it will make any difference.  It's really **** up. You see what's on the news, etc., and that tends to be exaggerated, but here you go -- a depressing report from a small town in America that's normally very middle-of-the-road politically. The fascists are afoot.

PHEW!  

We can win this one! 

Just now, juanpablosaliceband said:

This ref is a farce. Luiz yellow for absolutely nothing. 

The ref is attempting to get things back under control. But it’s a reckless way to do it.  

Just now, Jas10 said:

COME ON VILLA!!!!

Louder!!!! So they can hear you. 

10 minutes ago, CVByrne said:

When we face a decent team we lose. I hope 6th place at least gets Europa as going back into Conference League would be a truly shambolic end. 

Season unravelling as we all deep down knew it would 

Dude. Please. 

Can’t watch the game today. How is Rogers doing on the left? Is Duran fast enough for what we need? Should we bring diaby on?

You got the funk going, @VILLAMARV. I bet this one is up your alley ...

1 hour ago, VILLAMARV said:

yeah, exactly my take, the first 2 albums are chocked full of Analogue Synth loveliness

They're awesome. I gotta tell some of my friends about them. Brings back happy memories of ...
 

... and of course ...
 

On 14/03/2024 at 15:22, VILLAMARV said:

Found Chromeo a few years ago when I was surprised myself that I was loving the electro funkyness and blatant nod to the 80s of their first couple of albums Fancy Footwork and She's in Control.

their new album has a few songs that are back on form in that same mould. So that makes a smile form

 

Yes, thanks for passing that on. Love that those phat moogy synths.

On 15/03/2024 at 05:45, Seat68 said:

 

Sounds kind of like Sebadoh to me. Never heard before, but like.

38 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said:

So much can happen from now until the end of the season. Fans need to stop shitting themselves whenever we lose a game. It’s negative energy. We don’t need it. Positive vibes only please.

Oh no, the vibe police are here. I surrender, officer.  Do two positive energy posts count as a negative? Do a - and + cancel themselves?

I love markets! I love that feeling of getting lost in discoveries. The main fish market in Dar Es Salaam in Kivokoni blew me away when I visited 25 years ago. But there are so many great outdoor markets in the world. Which would you recommend?

4 minutes ago, villan95 said:

Beat us in the play off final which led to NSWE taking over.

Got Gerrard sacked.

Have lost to us all 3 times under Unai.

Beat Man Utd and Spurs this season.

Gotta love Fulham.

 

And don't forget, they have Billy the Badger.

8 minutes ago, May-Z said:

Imo it's a way of belittling Villa. "They couldn't offer anything except effort and even then we knew they'd run out of steam"

I remember John Terry saying the same when a Chelsea beat an O'Neill team. 

Cheap shot imo.

 

The problem with trying to be diplomatic in post-matches is that it sometimes comes across as a cheap shot, and yet, a well-disguised cheap shot can also seem like a sort of backhanded compliment. Damned if you do ... That's why I just prefer bluntness.

Come on, guys. How about just a little sympathy for poor Spurs fans?

Oh, shit, this is good.