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    which striker would you choose in January?

    in Villa Talk

    Posted

    No chance of MON going for him

    He went for him before didn't he?

    Or was he already at Celtic when he arrived?

    If he goes for him I'd trust his judgement as he's worked with him before.

    I think he was talking about Adriano after the question I asked. I assume by the Celtic reference you were talking about Bellamy?

    General Krulak (No Transfer Questions allowed)

    in Hall of Fame

    Posted

    General, RE: Ticket office

    Phoned up yesterday and booked some tickets, very pleased with the service. Just one quick suggestion, when on hold a message comes on saying something along the lines of "your call is in a queue". Would it be possible to have the message say what position you are in the queue? I figure it'd be a good way of letting people know roughly how long they'll be waiting.

    Sorry to hear about your dad, I've been through it myself and it's rotten. All the best mate, couldn't be happier with the way things are going at the Villa at the moment.

    Top Gear

    in Off Topic

    Posted

    Motoring show Top Gear has been criticised by the BBC Trust after viewers complained about "highly irresponsible" footage.

    The Polar Special featured hosts Jeremy Clarkson and James May drinking while driving as they tried to reach the Magnetic North Pole last year.

    What were they going to crash into? The Abominable Snowman?

    I think you'll find that at the time they were driving across a frozen lake, so technically they were drinking and sailing, which is not illegal.

    General Krulak (No Transfer Questions allowed)

    in Hall of Fame

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    General, RE: Reducing waiting time for beverages

    May seem like a very simple idea, so i apologise if it's been discussed already but have you considered implementing vending machines?

    I don't know the logistics of having these in areas where thousands of people will be milling about but i'm sure they'd go some way to reducing waiting times. A lot of bars in brum have implemented beer bottle (would obviously have to be plastic) vending machines to great success. I'm sure they'd be useful as they can be positioned anywhere in the ground, thus diverting the massive crowds at the bar etc.

    Anyway, just my two cents. Keep up the good work general, I've never been so proud to be a Villa fan as I have in the last two years, and that's not just down to on the pitch performance!

    The Beach Boys or The Beatles?

    in Off Topic

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    I like the Beach Boys, and I like that there was a bit of creative rivalry between them and the Beatles as it kept both bands on their toes and made for some awesome music.

    BUT!!

    The Beatles are without doubt the greatest group of musical artists in recorded history. No matter which category or perspective you judge from, the Beatles always come out as the best.

    If you want to talk about who had the best singles, the Beatles come out on top (27, 28 if you include 'Free as a bird').

    If you want to talk greatest albums, the Beatles come out on top. I dare you to find a band that has put out five albums more brilliant and influential than Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sergeant Peppers, White Album and Abbey Road.

    If you want to talk about greatest pop bands, the Beatles come out on top. Listen to the early material (Please, please me up to Help!) for absolute pop perfection. To this day guitar-pop bands are trying to equal or better those records, all have failed.

    If you want to talk about musical experimentation, the Beatles come out on top. Listen to 'A day in the life', 'Tomorrow never knows', 'Norwegian wood' and 'Strawberry fields' for absolutely perfect examples of how to experiment with sound and structure, while still making enjoyable songs. Radiohead eat your heart out.

    Simply put, The Beatles are (imo) miles ahead of all their competition. Their musical sweep and grandeur is so immense it's almost impossible to cover it all. There is no debate as to who is the greatest band of all time, the Beatles have an iron grip on that position. Everyone else is fighting for second place.

    The complete and utter chants thread

    in Villa Talk

    Posted

    To the tune of Hard Days Night:

    We've got Ashley Young!

    And he's gonna score a goal

    Watch him go on runs

    You won't stop him, no you won't

    And when he gets on the ball

    You know he'll score three or four

    And we'll feel OK

    Ashley Young, everything seems to be right

    Ashley Young, could score every day and night

    Repeat.

    The complete and utter chants thread

    in Villa Talk

    Posted

    It's a bit long, more of a song than a chant but i'll put it up anyway.

    I call it 'Holte Oddysey'

    (To the tune of Space Oddity)

    This is Ashley Young

    to Agbonlahor

    And he's looking bound to score

    And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear

    Now it's time to love the Villa

    And the Hare!

    This is John Carew to Ashley Young

    The Holte End's roaring still

    And we're scoring

    in a most spectacular way

    And O'Neills boys will win again today!

    For here

    Are we singing in the Holte End

    Far above the world

    The city scum is blue

    And there's nothing they can do

    Aston Villa

    will score one hundred goals

    and then score a hundred more

    And then we'll bring the silverware home

    Villa, we love you very much

    you know

    Villa boys to Birmingham

    Your season's dead,

    there's something wrong

    Can you hear us, Birmingham?

    Can you hear us, Birmingham?

    Can you hear us, Birmingham?

    Can you....

    For here

    Are we singing in the Holte End

    Far above the world

    The city scum is blue

    And there's nothing they can do

    General Krulak (No Transfer Questions allowed)

    in Hall of Fame

    Posted

    General, the best way to solve the 'Persistent standing' issue would probably be to put an article about it in the next match program or copy of heroes and villains. That way you could explain properly that the problem is persistent standing, not just standing during exciting moments. This is the only way i can see it working, because the majority of fans will not find out from sources such as Villa Talk and H&V, because they might not use the messageboards and trust me when i say they won't take kindly to being told to sit by the stewards.

    Anyway, that's just my two cents. Best of luck regarding this difficult issue.

    P.S. Please pass on a well deserved hug to Petrov, I knew the guy was bound to score one of those screamers eventually!

    What's cooking / VT cookbook merge

    in Off Topic

    Posted

    Actually, this thread came at a perfect time for me. I'm looking to lose weight so have changed up my diet, it's working but i'm starting to get bored of the same old rabbit food. Can anyone recommend a good healthy cookbook? I cook for one (student) and am on a budget (student). Any ideas?

    General Krulak (No Transfer Questions allowed)

    in Hall of Fame

    Posted

    Hello General, once again a massive congratulations at the job being done at Villa Park, chuffed to bits on saturday by the positive atmosphere even in the face of defeat. Two quick moans though...

    1. Not sure if this is outside your remit but the new Villa store on New Street is absolute chaos, went in on saturday (granted it was the start of the season so was very busy) - took me over half an hour to get to the till, one of them crashed so there were several queues with people jumping between each, total chaos. Also no dressing rooms?!

    2. Hopefully this isn't an inappropriate post but pass on a message to Gareth Barry on behalf of the villa faithful - cut out the diving. I have too much respect for Barry to see him take a dive, no matter how much we might need a decision to go our way, unfortunately it's part of todays game but one thing i love about being a Villan is the lack of cheating tactics we seem to employ as a team. I have seen better players than Barry lose fan respect for diving, Henry for instance. Barry is too good to cheat, Villa are too good to cheat, leave that up to the Italians.

    Rant over, other than that i am loving being a villain, let's get a couple more signings in and show the world what we can do! UTV!! MITM!!

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