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Has to be England or "the auld enemy" as they're affectionately known over here

*lol* Good one.

Funny, I have a soft-spot for world-class superstars performing at their peak. That'll be JPA for me then.

Well put it this way. Mellberg is on my fantasy bench for the next round, and a Palace defender has taken his place :shock: I've gone for a 3 goal beating.

I don't know about him going 'missing' from training either. I know he was given special dispensation by BFR because of his knees. He couldn't physically train all week then turn out for a game at the weekend. BFR and the team knew McGrath was the best defender at the club. He was allowed to turn up at the weekend perfectly refreshed and give sterling performances week after week. The fact he won the player of the year award as a defender is proof enough of the impact he had. Also, it should show that he was that much better, if he could do what he did for the club WITHOUT training at all !!!

I've gone for McGrath. But the very fact that this poll has been created is a tribute to our present man-mountain. That he is even being considered in the same league as McGrath says that Mellberg is world class and if I could pair the 2 of them in the 1 Villa team I think we would waltz into the Champions League with several 1-0 wins

As Oaks said, your best player isn't necessarily always your most important. But in our case I think he does happen to be both. Olof Mellberg is our best player and by far and away our most important. Without him we are porous at the back and have shown whenever he has been missing, that we are decidedly dodgy. Maine Road last year anyone ? Even if you were to rate Angel as a better footballer than Olly, you can't deny that we have coped relatively well without him. My point being that even if these 2 were the same standard of footballer (and I think they probably are), we are a lot better at coping without 1 than we are without the other.

To put Savage above Ellis boggles my fu**ing mind it really does.

To me, Hitz is still our most creative influence in midfield, and the most likely assists man we have. Without him the attack would get even less done !!

There are various arguments for and against both. For 1 - The midfield has been seen as the weakest link in the team so far. Somewhat lazy and over-run. Hendrie, for all his shortcomings, is not one to be over-run easily. He might inject some much needed venom and passion to proceedings if he starts in front of his beloved Villa fans. Secondly - We don't know how Nobby will play against Newcastle. Being up against his old team might spur him on or make him all melancholy. Is it time to give the mis-firing Nobby a rest, or do we persevere and hope that he finally finds his feet in time to sink his old employers ?

To be honest, I actually think he will sign, even though I'm not sure we need him. In fact I'd spend the £6m on a £1m cover player for Samuel and a £5m attacking centre midfielder, but what do I know ? If the deal hinges on a transfer request being put in then I'd be amazed if he didn't do it. He'd lose his 10% of the transfer which equates to £600k, but this to a man earning at least £1.5m a year. I wouldn't be surprised if Southampton were holding out until he handed in a request, thereby entitling them to another £600k (which would otherwise go to him). In fact I think I've hit on something there !!!

By virtue of the fact that we haven't seen this Berson person (©Simon Terry) play yet, it simply has to be McCann and Hitzlsperger. Ask again in December and it might be different. But you've asked now, so we have to go on present knowledge.

Think about it Kalim, they got 4th this season playing absolute sh1te. If they even nearly become a team next season they'll stick 10pts on this season's tally no problem.

I'll say 5th. Liverpool will no doubt improve beyond all recognition and regain their place in the elite. Newcastle will stagnate under mad Bobby's rule. A few shrewd signings should put us in a solid 5th. We wont have the bedding in period we had last season where we lost a load of points either. It is the manner in which we take 5th place I'll be looking for too. I dont want to scrape in because someone else failed (although I'll take that ). I would prefer that we were up there fighting all the way, but I would ideally want Europe by the end of the season.

These are as old as the hills but I'll put them up in case someone's been living in a cave for the last 6 years The Al Gore Virus - Causes your computer to just keep counting and re-counting. The Clinton Virus - Gives you a 7-inch Hard Drive with NO memory. The Bob Dole (aka Viagra) Virus - Makes a new hard drive out of an old floppy. The Lewinsky Virus - Sucks all the memory out of your computer, then e-mails everyone about what it did. The Ronald Reagan Virus - Saves your data, but forgets where it is stored. The Mike Tyson Virus - Quits after two bytes. The Oprah Winfrey Virus - Your 300 Mb hard drive shrinks to 100 Mb, then slowly expands to re-stabilize around 200 Mb. The Jack Kevorkian Virus - Deletes all old files. The Ellen Degeneres Virus - Disks can no longer be inserted. The Prozac Virus - Totally screws up your RAM, but your processor doesn't care. The Joey Buttafuoco Virus - Only attacks minor files. The Arnold Schwarzenegger Virus - Terminates some files, leaves, but will be back. The Lorena Bobbitt Virus - Reformats your hard drive into a 3.5 inch floppy.

To be read with a Scottish accent A Glesga Burd goes tae the social tae register fur child benefit. "How many children?" asks the civil servant "10" replies the girl. "10???" says the civil servant.. "What are their names?" "Alec, Alec, Alec, Alec, Alec, Alec, Alec, Alec, Alec and.....eh...Alec "Doesn't that get confusing?" "Naw..." says the girl "its great because if thur oot playin in the street, ah jist huv tae shout ALEC, YER DINNER'S READY or ALEC, GO TO BED NOW 'n' they aw dae it..." "What if you want to speak to one individually?" says the perturbed civil servant. "'At's easy," says the girl... "Ah just use thur surnames" A Glesga burd walks into the local dry cleaners. She places a garment on the counter. "Ah'll be back ra morra efternin tae pick up ma dress." she says. "Come again?" says the clerk, cupping his ear. "Naw" she replies. "This time it's mayonnaise." Glesga burd enters a sex shop & asks for a vibrator. The man says "Choose from our range on the wall." She says "Gies that rid yin" The man replies "That's a fire extinguisher." A Glesga burd is involved in a nasty car crash and is trapped and bleeding. The paramedics soon arrive on site. Medic: "It's OK I'm a paramedic and I'm going to ask you some questions?" Girl: "OK" Medic: "What's your name?" Girl: "Morag." Medic: "OK Morag, is this your car?" Morag: "Yes." Medic: "Where are you bleeding from?" Morag: "Springburn." A Glesga burd was driving down the M8 when her car phone rang. It was her boyfriend, urgently warning her, "Listen Doll, I just heard on the news that thur's a motor gawn the wrang wie oan the M8. Better watch yersel'!" "It's no' jist wan motor!" said the girl, "There's f¬¬¬¬n' hunners argh! ..............thump!" Another Gelsga burd was involved in a serious crash; there's blood everywhere. The paramedics arrive and drag the girl out of the car till she's lying flat out on the floor. Medic: "OK, I'm going to check if you're concussed." Danielle: "Ok." Medic: "Ok then how many fingers am I putting up?" Danielle: "Oh my god I'm paralysed from the waist down!" A Glesga burd and a Weegie guy are in a bar when the girl notices something strange about the Nikes the guy is wearing. She says, "Here mate, ah no' tryin tae take the pi>s ur any'hin lik' that, but how come you've goat an L oan wan ae yur gutties 'n' an R oan the other wan?" So the guy smiles, puts down his bottle of cider and replies,"Coz I'm a bit thick so Ah huv tae huv an L oan ma left fit 'n' R oan ma ma right wan." "F¬¬¬ sake" exclaims the girl "So thats how ma thongs've goat C&A oan thum!"

Good one Billy

That's bloody awful :shock:

I think that gets the message across

oh man that's good.

USV *lol* brilliant.

I've gone for 1-4. Would have been 5-9 but we've already used 1.5 of it so I dont include that as summer money.

Once it stays true to what it should be, I dont mind them fine-tuning it to keep it modern looking. It's bad enough our chairman being an anachronism without our crest being one too. I like the current one for what it's worth.

Hitz is yes, but Vassell already did a while back, then stopped for ages. He's now re-discovering it but I voted wait and see.

Spurs away. The 2-1 loss where Allback was instrumental for both teams !!