brommy

Halsey said on BT Sport that the keeper is entitled to make one forward movement, so no problem. Interesting; I really didn't know that. I assume 'one forward movement' effectively means one step forward of the line is permitted?

I've NEVER seen a penalty save where the keeper wasn't off his line, even if just slightly. By the letter of the law, the penalty should be retaken, but as they very, very rarely are, there's little room for complaint. I'd fully expect for the save to have stood had Ruddy done the same.

Ditto the above.

Looks great but for £110 I'd want 7 barrels.

Gooood...

Everyone seems great to begin with, then it all fades away. You've done well for 8 years but isn't there a bit inside of you that wishes you could still get upto all the things you want to? It doesn't have to fade away. My wife is effectively my best mate with regular benefits. There has never been a week without great company, plenty of laughs, long chats about everything (including our joint passion for Villa) and a great session or five. After 21 years it's better than ever and whilst I take nothing in our relationship for granted (a good tip I think), it's far from fading away. Nothing wrong having fun looking for the right one though!

Blimey, I'm glad I stayed with Alvechurch practice, even after moving to Lickey End! Pretty good at getting a same day appointment if needed, although I've yet to test them out with lung cancer.

Pretty much. Poor aiming aside it was very, very good.

Someone please gif me! Would be brilliant! A GIF of Walt and Holly could be used on some of the on-topic threads; similar to Grampa Simpson's turnaround from the strip-club entrance.

At which point does the OP consider his question answered?

Too broad! Get her doing pelvic floor exercises.

I suspect the top sarcasm GIF needs sound; looks like a young Nicholas Cage but I don't know the scene. Second GIF does sarcasm well though. Anyone got pure hatred?

So AVFCforever1991 has done smugness well. Anyone got GIFs for sarcasm?

Smugness?

I'm in angst without a suitable GIF.

The recent on-topic thread 'Are we turning into the new Stoke' has impressed me for one thing - the number of different GIFs expressing a poster's emotion, thought or action toward the original question. It made me think - are there any emotions, thoughts or actions that aren't captured by a GIF? Hopefully VTers will post GIFs to prove others wrong but extra kudos should be given to those who can explain why their feeling is not truly GIF captured. I'll start you off with - angst.

He needs to be on the end of long throws.

Dear supernova26, if you're being serious, I'll apologise for my second response and give you a totally honest answer - no, not even close. If you're not being serious - stop wasting my time and get a life.

You read that Bannan has gone then?

they do supposedly Do you mean new contracts to Lowton, Westwood, Weimann etc? Wasn't it said that Benteke's contract doesn't have sell on clause. No, do Genk have a sell on clause is what was asked, i.e. they get £3m if we sell for £30m if it's at 10%. It wouldn't be in Benteke's contract, it would've been part of the "fee" we paid to Genk. Correct. Belgian guy posted an article from his home land that confirmed it existence using a funny looking word I remember the post believing there was a sell-on cause, although it wasn't officially confirmed. Also the sell-on percentage or figure wasn't stated which is kind of important! 5% or a maximum of £2m? Pah, peanuts! 25% without a maximum? That's a lot to give up! Even when CB is sold, there's a chance the exact figures won't be confirmed, so there's probably little point in guessing anyway. I just hope a club doesn't meet his value to Villa next summer. I can't see it but it happened this summer and another season would be great for us.

Morpheus?

Any truth in that? Highly unlikely, imo. I don't know how they would expect to begin and complete such a massive deal and contract negotiations within a few hours. For example, the Fellaini deal was completed last night but the bid and personal terms took days to agree. I think it much more likely that the paper had a couple of centimetres to fill and chose a throw away line involving a favourite club of theirs and one of this season's hottest players; a line they knew neither club would bother to sue about. I'd love the local press to write that we'd rejected a late £50m bid or that a £45m bid had been accepted but Benteke refused to leave our mighty club - I suspect there would be as much truth in it. After he had signed a new contract, concern about Benteke leaving this summer was always going to be unnecessary. Like worrying about a car journey or perhaps taking a flight - the worst can happen but the chances are so low as to render concern pointless.

You might be right, but for PR it wasn't great for Birmingham was it? The greatest show on earth and we couldn't be arsed in playing a part? At least they have VP down for the Rugby World Cup, which is a much bigger event than Olympic footy I guess. Please don't use 'the greatest show on earth' tag for Olympic football; it really isn't! Also, do you honestly believe there was PR damage for Villa/the city or any PR gain for the likes of Coventry?

You may be right but this sort of comment has been posted in every transfer window over the last few years. Well the deadwood still hasn't been cleared. It never will be - with a first team of 11 - and a squad of 25 - theres always going to be some players that will be referred to as deadwood - sure the names will change - but there will always be some excuse as to why the manager has limited funds I think every club has its deadwood. I also think PL would have more funds available if Villa's deadwood were 4 or 5 players on £20k/week rather than 2 or 3 on £20k/week plus 2 or 3 on £50k+/week.

Firm speculation (if that's not a contradiction!), believed to be permanent and believed to be a pale imitation of Benteke.