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TBH, i'd say the market for hosue buying is not too bad at the moment. Certainly, right now, it is a buyer's market, in that sellers may be prepared to accept lower offers on their property than would have been the case 6 months ago. The gamble is whther the market will continue to dip for the next few months/years, or whether the market is finding a new level and will level off soon and remain constant for some time. Also, if you have decent credit rating, getting a half decent mortgage with a different lender right now should be no problem. Interst rates have dropped a little recently, and i doubt they will go up significantly for the next 6 months or so, so getting a tracker mortgage could be a god option. rates may even come down slightly over the next 12 months. It's not all doom & gloom IMO mate. Me and my girlfriend are moving into our first house in 10 weeks, we're on a tracker as this was recommended by the mortgage advisor (a friend of the family). Hopefully all will be ok.

Well im not going to moan to the General about that am i?

General, Ive got a little moan to have about one of the catering staff in the holte upper today. Firstly it took a while for him to recognise i was there after he constantly served people around me. However when i did get served i ordered chips and curry sauce and a bottle of coke. The menu in 'meal deal 2' says £4, so i gave him a £5 note. He then started counting out silver coins and gave me 90p change. So I then said 'is it not £4?' To which he replied 'WHAT?' along with a discusting look. So i pointed out it says £4 on the board and i gave you a £5 note. He then started huffing for some unknown reason and frantically pressing buttons on the till and after failing to open the till, he called the supervisor over and i got my pound coin which was slammed on the counter. Now im not a tight arse and it wasnt the 10p that i was fussed about, im amazed that the staff dont know the menu and more importantly how i was spoken to. Now i work wih customers all day and if i spoke to one like that i would be out of the door. Im not saying sack the lad, but get them trained on the menu and how to speak to customers and how to use the tills. Thank you.

Drowning Pool - Bodies

Id definitely buy one of those scarfs, much better than the ones in the shop at the moment and remind me of my first which is now a bit thin!

To the tune of du du du du Patrick Berger du du du du "Du du du du Martin Laursen du du du du" and also to a lesser extent "Martin, Martin Laursen, Martin Laursen in the aiiiiiiir" For me, this is the one we should be using! It sounded great when we sang it to Dion so lets bring it back, plus its not so orignal! Lets get it going at Liverpool. If he's still here :roll:

Abolutely General, one thing fans ask is for the team to play their hearts outand every game they seem to do this! Today we looked very tired which meant it wasnt pretty but as you say its irrelavent as we know we can play a lot better. I love watching us at the moment!

Just thought i'd let you know that when we did have the free shirt printing i bought both the home and the away shirts from the club shop and took advantage of this. However this year i have bought them elsewhere and paid over 10 quid less. Therefore it would suggest that the free shirt printing did its job in getting me to buy from the shop even though i was paying more.

Its in my sig but about Maloney

General, while driving past the ground last night, i noticed the lettering on the side of the witton lane stand which looks great. I then looked the holte end and saw nothing. This is our main stand and is famous, therefore i was wondering if the club had any plans to put a badge on the holte and 'holte end' lettering like the ones on the witton lane stand. Many thanks.

Further proof of how sad blues fans are

He plays on the lefffft He plays on the righttt That boy Maloney Makes city looks shite! Same tune as man u's Ronaldo

Aoeey if this has been answered but whats the latest on getting Villa World free for season ticket holders?

General, will there still be free shirt printing for season ticket holders? Also when will all the nike gear go on sale, the training tops etc. P.S managed to drive past the holte hotel today, and it looks amazing. Cant wait to see it on the first game of the season.

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!

Bit strange that its been announced when when ham have stated they are looking for 8 mil. Hopefully we'll see this bid accpeted and get him signed up though. Not sure if any other clubs are in for him, or whether west ham are trying to generate interest by announcing it.

In-demand Barton sold on O'Neill experience

General, you may or may not of read the flags and banners thread. It seems the majority of us would love for a couple of flags to be bought to help create the atmosphere that was at the Sheff Utd game. Would the club be interested in putting forward some money to help? Also would the club look into doing a season subscription to match day programmes?

General, is there any news on us being able to say thanks to JPA properly?

Almost certainly wrong on the first count, and probably (not definitely) wrong on the second I'm afraid. Bent is signing for Spurs - will likely all be finalised within next 7 days. I said a while ago in this thread that I had 90+% confidence of this happening - that's now increased to 95+%. Fee agreed with Charlton and terms agreed with Bent - all subject to medical and (in my opinion) no last minute arrival of a bid from a top 4 club. Without checking I'm not sure if Giles Barnes (Derby) has featured in this transfer thread previously, but if so you can very likely scrub him off the list of Villa 'possibles' because the word is he's a done deal for Spurs unless Derby get promotion via the play-offs. All hail the mighty Spurs eh?! :roll:

Then again why would Mrs Logan know? She might just be going on rumours.

Scott Parker all over again. A promising player is going to go and waste his career away at Chelsea.

The one that took a deflection and looped over the goalie :winkold:

General, firstly id like to say it was a pleasure to meet you at the training ground, thanks for taking the time out. Secondly, saturday was perfect, thank you for all your efforts to arrange everything ran smoothly. Finally, a bit of a moan, a lot of scarves have appeared on ebay and i was digusted by this and emailed one of the sellers. Their reply was 'i work at the club and i am a girl and dont follow football therefore im selling it'. As you are aware many posters on here would of loved to get a scarf, is there any chance that the left over scarves can be either given or sold to these people. Even selling the last few in the club shop would be better than having staff sell them on ebay. Many thanks.

Spot on. Especially as Bendtner will be back at Arsenal and apparently they cant afford Cole's wages. They must have one of the worst defences around. Just a bit worried they might fluke the season!