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The Bellamy rumour is not going away then... http://www.lmhr.org.uk/events/archives/611005_10_B.jpg

All this talk of Bellamy signing takes me back to 2005, when we almost got him.

It has been said about Earl from Dinosaurs though.

No, Harewood is a goomba from the super mario brothers movie. It's true:

Defoe is probably still at Hoar Cross Hall, enjoying his extensive buffet breakfast or maybe taking in Unlimited use of: swimming pools, water grottos, whirlpool spas, saunas, and steamrooms, saunarium, aromatherapy room, relaxation zones, activity and relaxation classes, gymnasium, tennis, boules, croquet, golf academy, jogging track, trim trail, archery class and bicycles. Or maybe he is visiting the Hair Salon to provide that perfect "gangster look" finish to his stay or enjoying browsing through the exciting range of leisure and designer wear in the Boutique.

That's frustrating if it happens. It should be Villa signing Bent, not West Ham! However, I actually think Marlon "neck wider than head" Harewood could do a job for us - not the long term answer, but a powerful young striker who could get us 15 goals a season with the right management and service from the wings.

Might have been posted already, but MON was at the Barnsley v West Brom game yesterday - I was listening to the commentary on the radio. They reckon he was there to get a look at Curtis Davies.

Brilliant! I have a question for you General. Have you been drinking this evening? (no disrespect intended Sir!) Cheers!

Time to bump the joke thread with this: A guy decides to have a party where his guests are asked to come as different emotions such as fear, happiness etc. On the night of the party the first guest arrives and the host opens the door to see a guy covered in green paint with the letters N and V painted on his chest. He says to this guy, "Wow, great outfit, what emotion have you come as?" And the guy says, "I'm green with NV". The host replies, "Brilliant, come on in and have a drink". A few minutes later the next guest arrives and the host opens the door to see a woman covered in a pink body stocking with a feather boa wrapped around her most intimate parts. He says to this woman "Wow, great outfit, what emotion have you come as?" She replies, "I'm tickled pink". The host says, "I love it, come on in and join the party". A couple of minutes later the doorbell goes for the third time, and the host opens the door to see two Irish blokes, Paddy and Mick, standing stark naked one with his knob in a bowl of custard, and the other with his knob stuck in a pear. The host is really shocked and says, "Well, what the hell are you both doing? You could get arrested standing like that out there in the street! Anyhow what emotion is this supposed to be? Paddy replies, "Well, Oim fokn discustard, and Mick here has just come in despair".

Unbelievable scenes! I've just been reading back over the takeover thread (Sticky) and Randy Lerner first seemed to get mentioned around 20th July (page 160-170 of that thread). Everyone's rightful scepticism on here about the Neville bid and the whole saga makes for amusing reading now. Only 3 months later and Ellis has gone, we have MON as manager, we're playing decent football and there's not an ounce of negativity. I'll echo everyone's thanks to Randy and Chuck and the team for re-igniting my Villa pride. Here's to the future of Aston Villa FC! Dicky Plums.

329 pages going back to Decemeber 2005. This thread - especially the last 30 pages - makes for fantastic reading. Ok, I've had a few glasses of wine tonight, but there's humour, passion, hope, pride, politics, economics, conspiracy, baiting and irony in here. Cheers to those "in the know", those who can hold an argument and those who add wit and fun in frustrating and exciting times. When the big change comes I want this thread to be mounted. Like some kind of crazy football horse...