JulieB

maybe 31 August! Surely sooner rather than later to boost ST sales? Eureka! Carew and Young are getting divorced. Young to marry Reo-Coker instead! CYNIC!!! :shock:

its not bad! looks like we can customise the anthem to suit us.. however, i'm not sure whether its 'right' to be changing and singing our countries anthem good try tho! I think their would be alot more objections to a version of the National Anthem than ever there would for VIVA or PAOK TBH.. as said though good try!

But surely the comment above it "anybody at Celtic Football Club" is a bit of a clue that he's not after Boruc? That's exactly what I was saying. Isn't JG manager at QPR if we're being linked with a winger from there? Could be just press making 5 out of 2 + 2 again!

yep was about to post the very same thing, the no Celtic players quote was very illuminating Funny I didn't read MON's comments as saying he wouldn't be after any Celtic players, he doesn't say that. To be fair though it does seem to indicate he's not interested in anyone at Celtic... If Boruc was on his list I don't think he would have come out so strongly against being linked with Celtic players.

Agreed...That's why I thought it would sound better if I altered it slighty

yes.the world knows about the massive tv money. That's the key to why maybe Villa won't irk too much if we have to pay a bit more than maybe they'd like...the £s from the increased TV revenue if we get success and shown more often on the Tele will far outweigh any capital outlays!

Just a tweek here and there but maybe to fit better with the tune how about:- He puts his left foot in, his left foot out In Out,In Out He puts himself about His name is Reo Coker and he'll turn you all around That's what he's all about Oh Nigel Reo Coker Oh Nigel Reo Coker Oh Nigel Reo Coker Makes goals, scores goals turns em inside out!

Tops well done......this HASto be adopted!! think 4th line down should read "You do the Reo Cocker....... though??

Is he on a role or something this morning??!!

Like Nugent??!!.. He missed a boat load last night... There's more to Alan Smith's game than scoring goals - he's a decent player but you're right we need to get someone who can bag goals a Van Nistleroy

Surely we need to agree a fee before talking to him, or it is deemed 'tapping up' Dont think anyones said we've actually talked to him. A player can instantly decide if he'd like to play for a club which would then mean personal terms arent much of a problem. And on that note, I hear Barton will be on 70,000 a week, if true then that is shocking and sums Newcaslte up perfectly! Really?!!... :shock: Apparently he drove away for St James Park like a spoilt brat probably as his demands hadn't been met in full... until Fat Freddie rang him on his mobile and no doubt caved in to his every whim - so he did a U turn and headed back...aren't we glad he's not coming here!

has bin posted before but tx for perking us all up specially as he scored for U21s tonight and played well...Can I be the first to say what a Cocky or rather Cokee so and so he seems to be! which is probably a good thing and why he's been Spam's captain for a while Definitely seems to be pals with our five star Ash!!

well said . he did have good positional play though. did you notice the man of the match? how good was he Young MOTM was just awesome!...specially 2nd half wide left!

oops should have posted that on NRC thread! Sorry Mods :oops:

As NRC is captain of the U21s he'll probably be interviewed after the game as the commentators have mentioned will be interesting to hear his comments when asked about speculation personally I think MON is a very shrewd man and we wouldn't be putting in a bid for a lost cause nor on the day a player is playing for his country as U21 captain unless it was sorted.... he's got his man IMO as his agent seems to have confirmed to WM earlier!

How times have changed....this time last year everyone was wondering whether we could keep Bakke?...this year we've launched a £7M raid for Spam & U21's captain and everyone's arguing over whether we should sign Scotland's player of the year!!

No he's a very creative midfielder/wide player by all accounts. Everytime I've watched Celtic and OK that's not that much I have always thought he was good in open play. But he does specialise in dead ball situations like Beckham.

Exactly cos TBH we've been shite at set pieces for a long time...in fact at Man City I said outloud,,,don't worry....this is Villa we never score off free kicks but No...nice one Maloney right in the bottom corner!!

Nakamura's awesome at set pieces! Particularly like this one at Old Trafford!

Everyone stands if allowed at away games and Villa fans are brilliant... sing all the time! But whether we sit or stand IMHO we still need a song to call our own and one which hopefully gets the other parts of the ground joining in! Even the Sky commentators mentioned the level of noise created after Berger's goal V Sheff Utd cos the whole ground resounded to "and its Aston Villa, Aston Villa FC...." Just a shame if we can't come up with something unique that most are happy with singing? Do most want to contact the General about Land of Hope???!!!

My first thoughts were that this was a satirical attack on the kind of transfer post we had in January. My revised thoughts are that you are very naive if you expect anyone to treat such a tenuous link with any degree of credibility. im not asking people to believe it am i?or treat it as the worlds most credible source, i was just saying what this guy told me as he was adamant. im treating it as lightly as the next person, and with by asking for peoples opinions i was referring to the likelyhood of us signing defoe and if people would take him. seriously people have gone WAAAAAAAY to touchy about DEFOE, sorry if any defoeists were offended in the making of my original post. Defoeists. I like it We could also have Reo - Coker-heads, Schneiderosophists and er...no Defoeists was good... Ha that's funny!.. . Lighten up everyone! Its only beginning of June

Well it might help!! FWIW, I think a version "land of hope and glory" could make a decent anthem for us. I think it may work too...Like I said if that's what everyone wants then let the General know!! But as we've said before nowt is gonna happen unless the club get involved and no doubt some will object to Land of Hope being adopted cos they don't like it..... so round and round we go.. What I suggested that could be an answer is if the club actually commission a professional to write a new song or adapt an existing song. But again I don't think the club want to impose something on the fans. It's difficult like the General said they're caught in the middle.

Well at least that's a suggestion - what annoys me is the people who critisise what others come up with and fail to come up with a reasonable alternative. Come on did any fancy the idea of singing a rendition of New York, New York for Dwight....Yet it soon caught on and sounded OK!!

The debate about which song is chosen is like a never ending circle!.. No song is going to please everyone but for goodness sake why not try something else?!!! Someone called VIVA a bit Chas and Dave anyhow (can't get more english than that!!) Unless everybody would rather NOT try anything new and then nothing will happen it will be same lack of songs....same old S*** on the City for another season? If you look at link on You Tube then sorry I can't see or hear anything else but everyone singing and clapping to a football song, maybe it does come from a naff German pop song which certainly isn't my cup of tea but that's not the point it made a song in Cologne that was sang at the last world cup and it sounded awesome when the crowd got it going!

Sorry to seem thick but as I lived during my early teens about 2miles down the road from the Baggies ground..... so I make it a rule NOT to watch them, which position exactly does Koumas play...I thought he was midlfield?