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jonno_2004

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  1. When I first saw the line-up last night, subject to any outgoings (Gana, Veretout), I thought this is probably what RDM sees as his strongest team. Hopefully a few lessons were learned. Will be interesting to see any tweaks made for the next friendly.
  2. I don't have a problem with him talking and feel it to be a rather refreshing change from the previous regime, but it is inevitable he would lose credibility with elements of the fanbase despite his best intentions - you only have to look at this forum to see that. I'm not sure whether pointing a finger and shouting 'but.. they lied!' would absolve him either, many reasonable fans would like to value the word of the owner and the promises they make without being written off as 'haters' - I imagine both parties wouldn't come out of the situation well. Anyhow, let's hope he's right.
  3. He really has hung his hat on those Ayew and Amavi tweets. He's either incredibly confident for a reason we are not privy to or is very naive.
  4. An interesting one this, I have no problem with the guy - strangely enough when he smashed that one in against Leicester I thought we had finally turned the corner - but sadly just isn't consistent enough at the top level. He'd do well enough in the Championship but I'm not sure we have room for two luxury players in the team and I think Jack will be ahead of him in RDM's thoughts. If he wants first team football and has a chance to play at a top level in Spain, then good on him. It's not the end of the world by any means though.
  5. I hope he decides to employ someone to manage the account for him or at least sieve through the rubbish as a first line of defence. Anyone know if Nicky Keye is a dab hand with Twitter?
  6. Have the London JP Morgan Corporate Challenge 5.6km on Thursday evening. First race I've done since the same thing last year. I ran a pretty shoddy time (27.50) and was roundly ridiculed at work for it - trained really hard this year but unfortunately last Monday felt my achilles go about 15 mins in and as I was running a decent pace (by last year's standards anyway), was stupid enough to carry on through to the end and ended up with a 24.40. The tendon has been very, very sore since then - my calf also tightened up to where I couldn't walk properly for a few days before easing off after plenty of alternating hot/cold therapy. Haven't ran since but managed to do an intense 15km on the bike yesterday without much trouble - I know I'm pretty much going to be done for a month or two after Thursday is out of the way, just hope I can put in a good effort and the pain isn't excruciating.
  7. Probably for the best Xia has learnt that lesson early. I always feel a bit confused when you read so much hate of Villa fans on various forms of social media, but then again if I didn't support this club I probably would too. Some absolute idiots following this club and in some ways it's no better than they deserve. I know there's the old "every club has them" adage but I just can't see it with things like this. New owner and a guy with a season ticket exploits him into retweeting a picture of a prolific paedophile. It's just so pathetic at such a fundamental level.
  8. I know what you mean but I still feel it's quite low on the spectrum comparatively with some areas.. Live a couple of minutes away from Battersea Park (admittedly, that probably wont allow you to gauge prices too well given the extremes in the area). It comes with its advantages (5 tube stops/25 minute run to work) but it's still ridiculous when I think about what I was paying prior to this. Buying a property around here without risking negative equity if the prices suddenly tank is the dream, but I just don't see it in the immediate future.
  9. Moving to London for my current job has increased my savings considerably (x4) in just over a year - however with no prospect of being able to afford a viable property in the near term whilst pumping out £1,600 in rent per month is a real killer. Brexit may leave with me without a job, but at least I might be able to afford a 1-bedroom flat
  10. Let's hope he can make an immediate impact with the likely departures of Gana, Veretout and Westwood. Will be interesting to see how the squad develops over the coming weeks.
  11. For all of Amavi's nice words about fighting in the Championship and as much as we would like to ignore it, there is a high likelihood someone will take a punt on him before the end of the transfer window. I think we could be seeing an awful lot more of Joe Bennett next season than one would have envisaged.. for better or worse it remains to be seen.
  12. Cannot believe I've seen criticism of Xia over the past couple of pages for what is effectively posting positive messages about his new football club on a Chinese microblog, which have then been picked up by the British media/public and hastily translated to English. When he starts asset-stripping the club, fails to deliver on the goals he's communicated to the fans and renames us 'Lotus Foods Athletic' then maybe it might be time to get a tad annoyed.. but not for writing a couple of sentences on the bleedin' Chinese version of Facebook
  13. Clocked that he retweeted a bit of a light-hearted dig from a fan yesterday. Acknowledging the 'footballers are people too' viewpoint, but the season hasn't even started yet. Too much baggage IMO, should be moved on ASAP.
  14. “Leaving Bournemouth was difficult but I always wanted to play for a big club. I’m not saying Bournemouth aren’t but it was just really exciting to come here" Really starting to like this fella - the more I think about this transfer in hindsight the more I like it - if he had gone to Newcastle I would genuinely think they've pulled off a bit of a coup, so very happy he'll be one of the first names on the teamsheet in the coming season ahead.
  15. £40k per week seems quite steep (if true). He can do a job for a team in the lower end of the Premier League, so the move to Burnley makes sense. I don't think he'd make the difference for us in the hustle and bustle of the Championship which combined with getting his wages off the books means I wouldn't be disappointed to lose him for that price tag. That said, given the shoddy midfield unit we currently have plus the fact Gana will most likely be gone by the end of the Summer as well, I'd sooner lose quite a few other players in the squad before old Westy.
  16. For all intents and purposes it will be time to update the CV tomorrow should it be 'leave'. Might as well sit back and enjoy a nice (few) glasses of red in the meantime
  17. Of course it reflects poorly for the reasons you have described, but to suggest innocent fans getting charged by hooligan groups is simply a case of being 'deserved by association' is complete nonsense (which is the point I was making).
  18. Who is 'we'? How can you legislate for the minority of idiots causing trouble in bygone tournaments thereby making it okay for anyone from an entire nation to be attacked at will and it to simply be a case of 'oh, they're from England, they must have been causing a bit of trouble and they deserve it'. It's absolute bollox.
  19. So any old chap who goes over there with the intention of following the England team and gets bottled by some nutter is all well and good because 1) he's English and 2) it's karma. Absolutely disgusting.
  20. Would be very happy with Moyes. Despite no recent experience of getting a team promoted I definitely think he knows what it takes. Would be a bit of a coup in reality - I would have thought he was nailed on for Newcastle if the Benitez saga hadn't erupted.
  21. I wasn't even sure if it was due to potential purchases, just the lack of differentiation between ownership of listed and private vehicles. Given the track record of Villa's PR, being a tad sloppy in this regard isn't the slightest bit surprising.
  22. Props to him for giving the access he did, I must admit I was surprised he went as far as showing a bank statement when in reality he could have sat back and let the media/fans stew. Gives an insight into his personality that he's willing to put that out there to show he means business here. I'm cautiously optimistic with this guy.
  23. Sounds like nonsense tbh. Everton did very well under Moyes on a small budget (4th place finish thrown in there) and have just had a majority stake bought out by a billionaire. Doesn't sound like they're recovering from anything but a poor season under Martinez.
  24. Incredibly impressive résumé. How refreshing it may be to have an owner who is for the most part self-made as opposed to having inherited Daddy's wealth.
  25. Yeah - I think in the short term my commute time will increase as it will be too expensive to purchase this close in. Although I only moved to London 9 months ago to what is essentially a dream job at 25, there are still lurking thoughts to eventually get out of the rat race to start a family one day.
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