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the grand daddy contest - Franny Lee vs Norman Hunter - now that was a scrap

Ste - come on where's fish and chips, or as stated above sunday dinner?

my chicken pie is still cold 1960 was a great year Mr Shears by the way ....... I'll leave it at that

you mean AFTER :-)

like the others dont get it up't North, but whenever Im down home I just cannot bring myself to read it, rather read the Express and Star

of course it will be Whip......

Its always a tough one about a boycott because we as fans genuinly love the club and the reason we go to the matches is becuase we like to see them play. But as a fan who had a season ticket for me and my kids for a very long time, I chose not to invest in the club any more because of the way that Ellis continues to take money out and run the club in such a way that we find ourselves not able to compete with so many others. Trust me its a painful one especially that first match and probably you will still go to most of the matches, except that you will purchase tickets on the day or be a bit selective. It does that to you after a while, and until he goes or at least shows obvious signs of different business practices to those that will help us to compete, then I will continue my one-man protest. I think that others have done the same and even more will this summer. The fact that as fans as passionate about teh club as ours and we cannot really muster any sort of consistant fan voice on the issue is a disgrace. Just look around on here and H&V and other web sites and once the VFC, or the Trust or whichever of the fans groups are mentioned, ego's and personal agendas arrive quicker and in as big a supply as ferry load of East European refugee's. The club needs a new business direction to sustain growth, at the moment we are treading water while others around us have learnt to swim and are getting away from us (Note: Chelsea have a **** speed boat). Its not about the defeat on Sunday, this has been a sustained downward spiral in teh way the club is run. Expectations from the fans still remain high and the pressure on the management and the players continues to grow from season to season, eventually though it will all burst and then the only people having the "last laugh" will be people who dont give a shit about the club.

It has to be done Rob, I've just warmed them up a bit with the "letter" and it must be full of the usual stuff about not wiining anything, being like the runt child etc etc

I would say yes

Juergen Klinsmann and Juan Pablo Angel

BB Kev Gage owns my local pub now - see him quite often

It was last 30 years Den - but now more and more people have put other excellent candidates I think the max of 10 on a polll wouldn't be sufficient for this p.s. great shout about Sammy Morgan though

Damn you Roberto - I had you down for a Alex Cropley man

The BBC are running a "cult" (Note: obvious answers will be filed under spelling mistakes) hero. Who is your Villa one over the past 30 years?

Maybe Andy Cole should take our next pen?

ED they weren't tame shots. Van Der Sar is a bloody good keeper. For every Blake blast that goes in I can probably quote you one that misses (e.g. Ugo in the semi against Tranmere a few years ago, Waddle in the world cup) Power isnt always the key (e.g. Yorke against Sheff Utd a few years back). The only real sin is if you dont hit the target

There was a job lot of J's going spare

Can I have 2 and 4? but add the dissapointment is not at D2 its the fact that there were no others, when we obviously needed them

Interesting out of all of thise who said yes, how many would have said yes, how many would have said a midfielder and how many would have said djemba(2)

Straight, played, into, hands, my This was all under Ellis. No? Obviously Ellis isn't as bad after all, as we achieved all this under his chairmanship. and relegations while he was chairman and the fact that we won the biggest prizes of all when he wasnt there - not so **** clever now are you. Typical blue nose

1890, 1900 & 1910 weren't it? Get over it, we've never been a footballing giant, just the odd victories here & there. We are the most forgettable european champions in England & we're not considered a big club by the media. I know I should't react to such an obvious wind up but you are now insulting the club I love. 1980's (were you around then?) League winners, european champions. You are now proving that your only reason to come on here is to wind people up, why dont you get back to keeprighton or wherever you usually lurk

I know Ste - not a dig at you - its just that I can remember the times when Villa players were amongst those that people (none Villa fans) would go and watch

what a sad state of affairs when Villa players are no longer thought of as stars :-(

Ellis want you to pick up some groceries again? just make sure you dont get lamb chops for his tea, you dont know which one of his fans it might be? p.s. good to see you agreeing with me now and the apology for the personal abuse was much appreciated .......or it will be when I get it

funny that - how come you never disagree with JPA and 1982, you can tell us dont be sheepish