Danwichmann

I'll have to go for both as well. Most great entrepreneurs are complete tossers, I think you have to be to an extent.

The Scrub - Fine Time

I think it could be Cashley Cole, the guy is clearly a complete clearing in the woods who thinks he's much better than he really is. I don't think he'll take well to being dropped and there's a good chance he will be.

And kingphil, that's a hell of an avatar!

Laursen for me, because as has been said he is our best player and the only one who is truly world class imo. However, Gabby and Young run him close as they are in their early 20's and Laursen is 30, so I would be distraught if we lost any of those three.

I wonder why Wilf is always the one to make way for a substitute?

He was only just declared fit yesterday after flu so probably wasn't 100% which may be why he went off early yesterday.

Has this been mentioned to the General? Surely if the club were to complain to the FA they would have to explain themselves?

General,

What are your thoughts on the FA Cup draw? Please to have a big high profile tie, albeit against a side we really struggle against or would you have preferred some League 2 side to give us a better chance of progressing?

The Slackers - Close my Eyes

General

Great game today and great performance.

Just have one problem, the music when we score is awful! We have enough fans to make noise, we're not Bolton! Please can this be stopped? Thread here about it showing that others agree. http://tinyurl.com/33jl52

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Should we boycott coke or ignore the threats of massive global organisations squashing people worldwide?

Because all big companies are inherently evil aren't they. Never mind that provide jobs for thousands of people, make massive contributions to the economy where ever they are set up and in many cases spread wealth to poorer areas of the world by outsourcing factories and other parts of the business. They make a big profit so must be evil.

Saying global big corporate capitalism has some very dangerous sides to it is not the same as saying all big companies are inherently evil. I'm personally in favour of globalisation, and accept the necessity of capitalist means of production. At the same time, there is no doubt in my mind that a host of international corporations need to fundamentally reconsider their ethics and accept that they have a social responsability in the middle of all the profit thinking.

I agree, some companies need to be kept in check. (Neslte and other companies selling baby food where it is going to mixed with bad water being the obvious example) But there seems to be a massive chunk of people who have the opinion that all globalisation and big business is bad.

Danwichmann wrote:

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Should we boycott coke or ignore the threats of massive global organisations squashing people worldwide?

Because all big companies are inherently evil aren't they. Never mind that provide jobs for thousands of people, make massive contributions to the economy where ever they are set up and in many cases spread wealth to poorer areas of the world by outsourcing factories and other parts of the business. They make a big profit so must be evil.

Nope. But when they poison rivers and exploit child labour and when it's pointed it out to them and their response is to brush it under the carpet they should be targetted.

And in some few cases they spread some wealth to poorer areas, but in reality most of the (vast majority of the) generated wealth ends up in the pockets of the big buck guys, not in the pockets of the poor people who have the corporate brand imposed upon them.

It's not so long ago that Thailand was full of sweat shops with, compared to the Western would be considered appalling. Now I believe they have a GDP comparable to Spain's. It's a part of industrial revolution and needed to attract FDI, without which any under developed country will struggle to grow. And people in these sweat shops may be subjected to what we would consider unacceptable conditions, but who are we to say that working for 10 cents a day is really worse than a child having to work on farm or their family, or worse young girls being sent out to prostitute themselves for a family that desperately needs money. The majority of profit does end up back whatever global corporation has put the FDI in place, but why should that matter if the country t(and the people of that country) are still getting richer than they previously were from it?

I believe that globalisation and FDI by large multinational companies has done a lot more for bringing people out of poverty than any amount of charity ever will.

Should we boycott coke or ignore the threats of massive global organisations squashing people worldwide?

Because all big companies are inherently evil aren't they. Never mind that provide jobs for thousands of people, make massive contributions to the economy where ever they are set up and in many cases spread wealth to poorer areas of the world by outsourcing factories and other parts of the business. They make a big profit so must be evil.

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!

I don't see why it's seen as such an invasion of privacy / liberties etc. Most countries in Europe have them and no one I know has a problem with that. It's a uniform ID that everyone will have to carry making security much simpler and could well take the place of a passport for at least travel within the EU.

How about this to the tune of "Sunshine"? "We've got Scott Carson, Bouma and Laursen, Zat Knight and Mellberg, Carew and Moore, with Reo Coker and Gareth Barry, Ashley Young and Agbonlahor...........You are my Villa, My only Villa..

Now that I like! Could catch on if you could get it going.

There’s at least one other former Villa player that went through a successful metamorphosis – one Gareth Southgate. An extraordinary move by Brian Little to convert him to central defence from midfield made him Villa’s most capped England player, though he did not play for England as a midfielder.

Didn't he play in midfield (very poorly) for England in the last game at Wembley when England lost to Germany?

Rooney, but had Heskey been fit I would have played him with Owen, with the same logic as Barry gets in ahead of Lampard. I don't feel Crouch brings much to the team (his goals have generally been in friendlies and against sub standard opposition)

Do we need a new chant for Barry now? Barry for England seems a bit out of date now he's an established regular!

Other -Beer. I helps me forget that it's the last of my money.

Although of course its not my money, its the banks and the student loan company's. Spent the last of mine quite some time a go.

3. We have a plan for the future.

That does not excuse making poor substitutions and surrendering a 3 goal lead.

General.

Are there any plans to extend the capacity of the ticket office? It's great that you are bringing the fans back to Villa Park but it's becoming increasingly difficult to get through to the ticket office on the phone. (Although I should say that once through the staff are always friendly and helpful).

Thanks

Yes, still have it, still use it as I have loads of old videos and would take forever / cost a fortune to download all the films or get them on dvd. Obviously anything i get now is either downloaded or on dvd.

general a quick question

any plans to get the browns over to watcha villa game?

or villa players watching the browns?

Or how about the Browns playing some sort of exhibiton game at Villa Park? Allow us to go and see them?

A teacher asks her class, "If there are 5 birds sitting on a fence and you

shoot one of them, how many will be left?" She calls on little Jack.

He replies, "None, they will all fly away with the first gunshot."

The teacher replies, "The correct answer is 4, but I like your thinking."

Then little Jack says, "I have a question for YOU.

There are 3 women sitting on a bench having ice cream:

One is delicately licking the sides of the triple scoop of ice cream.

The second is gobbling down the top and sucking the cone.

The third is biting off the top of the ice cream.

Which one is married?"

Th e teacher, blushing a great deal, replied, "Well, I suppose the one

that's gobbled down the top and sucked the cone."

To which Little Jack replied, "The correct answer is 'the one with the

wedding ring on," but I like your thinking."

The Rolling Stones - Angie.

My clothes won't stink every morning after a night out so great!