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  1. briny_ear
    When who goes? Are you talking about McLeish or Lerner (or maybe Faulkner)? :winkold:
  2. briny_ear
    I want QPR to lose so I'm happy!
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    Was listening to Gary Lineker saying on MOTD last night that "if the Premier League had started when MON took over Sunderland, Sunderland would be third." That is indeed true - a table of results since 11 December (MON's first game against Blackburn) looks like this It's marginally misleading because not all clubs have played the same number of games but even on a points per game table it's a pretty impressive 5th. And look where Villa are. Right down there in the depths. It doesn't make you feel so good about Villa's season, or our recent history, does it?
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    Really liked the look of this kid - a bit more more hope for the future. If McLeish could buy well in the summer and get a few experienced pros in to help the kids develop and withstand pressure in tough games, we could be looking at some progress next season. :?: :?:
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    That'll be for next season, I fancy.
  6. briny_ear
    I agree we sould remember this The Youth did us proud today. They can be pleased with the result and we should start being positive about how the kids are delivering for us. Sure they will have learnt an awful lot from today and there are plenty of coaching points about how to remain more composed under pressure and play smarter to keep the opposition at bay. But all in all, well done the kids!
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    Phew. Glad we hung on for the point but I'm convinced Liverpool were there for the taking today if we had pressed them a bit harder rather than the usual of sitting back trying to defend a lead. We were often quite low on skill today but high on detemination so I'll give everyone 6/10. Well done lads, and thanks to Fulham, Chelsea and the Baggies for damaging our bottom 6 rivals.
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    Bolton 0-Fulham3. Go Martin Jol!!
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    Well that was inevitable the way we have been playing. We could have won this if we had taken the game to Liverpool more.
  10. briny_ear
    Oh give it a bloody rest can you?
  11. briny_ear
    Doubt very much if we will get anywhere near 12th. I said a few weeks ago I would take 17th as long as we stayed up and got hammered for it. It's not looking so absurd now.
  12. briny_ear
    How about an "Occupy Villa Park" camp?
  13. briny_ear
    You have. No "IF" about it.
  14. briny_ear
    That good hey :cry: give him a chance eh? (suppose you've already forgotten, he scored one and made one in the first leg?) typical over-reaction :!: Why give him a chance? Let's start slagging him off now and continue it when he actually arrives. Then in January he can be sent out on loan and people can start posting about how much the team is missing him.
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    Can you just note down the good things he has done that give you hope for the future?
  16. briny_ear
    Sorry, but that hardly adds up to a player revolt. It's just niggles that are par for the course. Now if we had a player going to sulk in Argentina for months, after the manager has said he'll never play for the club again; one who fights with his team mates on the pitch and who the manager says he can't trust; the manager and captain openly disagreeing in the club website...etc. THEN you would have something worth posting about!
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    Good to be reminded that there are one or two even more crap than we are at present. Can someone please make sure this is placed before Alex McLeish as he mulls over his "realistic" tactics against what he maybe sees as an "elite" team.
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    Our youth set up has been pretty good for quite a while - at least 20 years - and I don't see that it's any better or worse now than it was in Before-Lerner times. I'm not aware of him having done anything specific about the youth set up but no doubt someone will leap to correct me if that's not right.
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    What source are you using for that? Sunderland have taken 8 points from the last 18. Sunderland are 11th in the Last 6 Games league (as you say, 8 points from 6 games) and 10th in the Last 8 Games league (11 from 8 ). They are 4th in the home form league but that's OK, they are playing away against us! Mind you, it doesn't do to look too long at these form tables. Villa - 5 points from the last 6 games (17th) and 6 from the last 8 (18th). 19th in the home form league (5 from 5) and 9th in the away form league (5 from 5) - I suppose that last one is marginally OK news.
  20. briny_ear
    Ahhh...those "What-ifs"... (This one solely for those old enough to remember "Dallas - The Dream Season" )
  21. briny_ear
    ditto. I might consider a move to Sunderland tbf
  22. briny_ear
    I'm losing the plot here. On your second set of figures, that would end up Bolton - 38 points Wigan - 36 points QPR - 34 points Blackburn - 34 points. So why do we need 42 points "minimum"?? (not that I would object to us getting 42 points of course :winkold: ) Don't forget as well that, unless there are some extraordinary scorelines, we effectively have a point over our rivals because our goal difference is so much better. So, if your second set of prognostications is right, we could most likely stay up with just one more point - not that I would encourage the manager and team to test it out...
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    their are three things ive got a problem with 1) people saying he's a good striker when he's basically worse than Julian Joachim 2) Making someone who cant think or talk on the pitch captain 3) Him coming out and been two faced in the press Hmmm. If you're going to come out with arsey and pompous statements about people being able to think or talk, I suggest you sit down with a grammar book and have a good look at your point 3.
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    I think a lot of fans have been thinking that about their own attendance this season - probably more will next season!
  25. briny_ear
    Exactly. To my mind he disqualified himself as a fit manager of the club with thoise remarks - and he had said something similar after the home defeat to Man C. If he communicates that feeling to the players no wonder we are struggling.
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