paddy

Yeah when you put it like that leaving my job to go and do that isn't so bad after all But then I should really get a job to fund my way through...

I spoke to Ali on the phone very briefly I remembered, but that doesn't count as meeting I'm sure. Text Eston many a time too, sharing scores on a long night, he's often the bringer of bad news!

Some would say it's only mugs that go to Villa Park... :roll:

Quit your whinging, I live in **** New Zealand! Admittedly 2 were met at VP but 2 have been out here, pull your finger out and make the effort

Today I took my tally to 4 after sharing a few pints of Monteiths with Nick so I was wondering how many most people had met, and who'd met the most. I know for a lot of you it's going to be none, but I reckon some of you must have made double figures, so go on, who's met the most. I've met (in no particular order) Villabufoon Villatoff (where's he gone?) John Cresswell Nick Rogers Ok now it won't let me edit the poll so I can include the "**** heaps (please specify)" option, ah well.

I was somewhere inbetween the top 2, I love my job but wouldn't say I miss it when I'm not working. I'm on holiday now so not missing my job, but it's the best job I'l ever have no doubt about that but my contract only has 4 weeks to run

Its one thing to be linked another to sign them. Spurs were linked with Ronaldo...

Neither are really good value for money I reckon. But Phillips is better value. I didn't want Beattie and am glad we didn't get him, but I didn't want Phillips either. My vote has gone with Kev though

Way to go to kill a thread yesnomaybe, I'll have to try and revive it with my favourite list of jokes ever, not all jokes are funny, some are sad, and some are as bad as the one above, I know there's someone on here who loves them but I can't remember who, they're in this thread already somewhere I think but here they are again... Sad Jokes Not all jokes are funny. Some are tragic. When someone else is run over by a steamroller, it's funny. When it happens to you, it's not so funny. In fact, it normally kills you. Although not always. Sometimes you end up very flat, but survive. That's also sad. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Man: Doctor, I've broken my leg. Doctor: I'm afraid it is a very bad break. You will never walk again. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Policeman: Knock, knock. Woman: Who's there? Policeman: The police. I'm afraid there's been an accident. Your husband has been killed. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- There's an Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman. They are all trapped in a jail cell. Eventually they all starved to death. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Why did the chicken cross the road? To escape the Nazis. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A man walks into a pub. He is an alcoholic whose drink problem is destroying his family. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Did you hear about the blonde who jumped out off a bridge? She was clinically depressed and took her own life because of her terribly low self-esteem. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What do you call a cat with no tail? A manx cat. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Why do undertakers wear ties? Because their profession is very serious, and it is important that their appearance has a degree of gravitas. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- How many electricians does it take to change a lightbulb? One. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Why do women fake orgasms? Because they want to give men the impression that they have climaxed. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Two men are sitting in a pub. One man turns to the other and says: "Last night I saw lots of strange men coming in and out of your wife's house." The other man replies: "Yes, she has become a prostitue to subsidise her drug habit." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Did you hear about the Irishman found under a shop? Yes, he was killed and buried there. It was gang-related. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Man: What a beautiful dog. Does he bite? Dog-owner: No. Man: Can I pet him? Dog-owner: No, he has a form of eczema that makes him skin weep if touched. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- How can you tell when an Essex girl wants sex? She displays signs of arousal, such as enlargement of the clitoris and swelling of the labia. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What's the difference between a rottwieller and a poodle? There are many differences. They are two totally different breeds of dog. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What do you get if you cross a horse and a donkey? A mule. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A priest and a rabbi are sitting next to each other on a plane. However, it is a short flight and they do not talk to each other. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What do you call a man with a spade in his head? You call him an ambulance. He may have fractured his skull.

Sums it up for me. Yep, so much for not signing players while Doug's in hospital.

Was it the guy who did the joke about only being allowed to point at tractors with your feet and that's how he reckons riverdance was invented?

7 for me, someone in the Phillips mould, probably Phillips himself, someone who will add very little really.

And now Corradi, I recognise the name but know very little about him. This from skysports

According to that list Fulham weren't satisfied with releasing Sean Doherty once, so they released him a second time. Missed out Steven Cooke too. Pompey fans must be pretty pissed off losing Yakubu, Berger, Hislop and Stone, they've all done well for pompey over the past few years. I didn't realise Sunderland sold Stewart despite him being top scorer, can't figure that one out. I see Bridges is on the market again, hopefully we don't get linked with him. Oh and Boro are up on players too.

Blur, Oasis were good but Blur were (and still are) "the shit"

Not my favourite version of this joke but I couldnt' be bothered to type it all out, so you can have this version instead, still pretty good. A young lad is totally into tractors. He subscribes to the latest magazines, he know the latest models etc. One day however, he sees a tractor kill a dog and he becomes less and less interested in tractors because every time he thinks of them he is reminded of the poor dog. 10 years pass and the lad (now a young man) walks into a bar with his girlfriend. Girlfriend : God I hate it when its so smoky in these places? The lad takes a deep breath and much to his girlfriends amazement he then proceeds to breathe in all the smoke in the bar. Girlfriend : Wow, how did you do that?? Young Man : Didn't you know that I'm an ex-tractor fan!!

Close call between Forssell and Smith for me, Forssell probably just about takes it though

I doubt you've ever seen Ronaldinho in the flesh but I guess you'd think he's a good signing. I've seen Hughes and never taken much notice but just because of all the comments from toon fans I have to say good signing. Better than Bellamy would be, espeially for 1m, same we paid for Kinsella wasn't it, and half the price of DLC.

Surely Berger too, I know we signed him but we were linked at one point.

Agree with that And that

He had a contract offer for them for christ's sake. That was before he even made a first team appearance for us, it's widely known they've wanted him for ages. We didn't exactly sign Ridge on his first team appearances for West Ham did we? Arsenal's policy is to get as many youth players as they can and then just get rid of the ones they no longer want, they spent millions each year on bringing in youth players. Glad we cleared that up.

I didn't vote because of a mess up trying to sort my postal vote, but I would have gone for Lib Dem (I didn't vote in the poll though)

I would say back to his best next season, I wouldn't say better than ever though. Unfortunately that wasn't an option on the poll. It's ridiculous how at the start of the season anyone saying get rid of Angel or Mellberg would be shot down in flames yet now they're fairly common comments. Next season if they're both still here the opinion could sway completely the other way no doubt. I think Angel's a class act, I don't think we could bring in anyone better with the money available to us (unless we spent 15m (if we really have it) all on the one player which is just stupid)

As LJRM said I'm sure Arsenal would take him, they've been sniffing around for ages, a good few clubs would want a good young striker like that I reckon

What do you say to a woman with 2 black eyes? Nothing, she's already been told twice.