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Interesting selection of facts there. Are the257 who want him to stay worth a mention?

I know you didn't mean this but the equation you give here actually works out as +4, not 0. Have a closer look at it. Maybe you were trying to be a bit too clever?

Citeh fair one, but have Spurs improved greatly? The level of hot air coming from their manager has increased by 30% on last season.

If you believe all that, you should have voted for 11th - do the math Actually it is you that maybe should do the English! I said "we could even struggle to stay ahead of........" "Could" does not mean "will". At no point did I say that they will definitely finish above us. More pedantry on villatalk...no surprise there! Right, so we've flushed that one out. You don't really believe all that. You are perhaps just mentioning it to add to the general air of gloom and panic that some people seem to enjoy promulgating on the site.

If you believe all that, you should have voted for 11th - do the math

You say this every season.

Are you mad, sir???!!! No, a thousand times no!!

Ha, ha - thought this was one of those polls that had been dredged up from 2-3 years ago. This is seriously bonkers.

For me, it has to be "Go if you feel like that!". If such short term issues could make you question your long term loyalty to the club, when it is finally on the up after 10 years of mediocrity, I don't think there's a place for you at Villa Park. Just my opinion, mind...

Sorry to have missed this - I forgot it was on, but I wouldn't have given up my Friday night for it anyway. The main things that come across are (a) we are getting into our stride & getting a bit of momentum. Let's hope this carries over into the first few games of the season; ( this is an ill-named competition. MON banned from the touchline for shoving the ball into an Atlante player's chest, Heskey sent off for thumping a Porto player during a general melee..."Peace Cup"?? Ha!! © It took a good 30 minutes on this thread for the negative comments to start flowing again after the shock of a win. Come on guys, you need to get in training for the new season. I thought was a good recovery. Well done. 8)

Only caught the last 30 mins. Massive step forward compared with the Malaga game. Albrighton looked great and the defence looked composed as they defended the lead. I iked Cuellar a lot, and NRC. Those people saying we are nowhere near ready to play a Premiership match seem to be overooking thed fact that, in terms of our preparation, we ARE a long way off playing our first match. We haven't even got our full existing squad together yet, we are looking to buy new players, and there area a few more warm up matches to go. People should get off the team's back.

Great minds 'n' all that...

Hi General. I'm usually a Villa optimist but I found this newspaper quote from MON a bit depressing. He was talking about Manchester City and tipping them as contenders to win the league: Some people are saying this is just mind games but I think it sends quite a negative message to the players and the fans. It sounds a bit as if he's thrown in the towel. Is that how the Villa Board see this generally? "A bit punctured"?

The main interest in these old threads is to see how many posters now have red cards - 4 on this thread! Also the amazing insight of some posts: :nod:

9 is now a realistic vote (well, not Saha ) so I guess that reflects progress.

Only caught the last 10 of this but it looked pretty dire. Harewood. Why?

C'mon Gingerlad, defend your kind!

That's actually a pretty good side, given that we are missing the Gabbys, Milners, etc., and MON still...errr...has a little extra buying to do this summer. Maybe L Young won't make it? I just hope to heaven no injuries!

Actually not a bad figure all things considered but I still find it funny they feel the need to make a statement about this on their site. They will always get a lot of bums on seats. Their catchment area is well documented and is the reason why they get so much exposure in the media. Its just that somehow Newcastle fans thought that being a one club city (well, one club for two cities* and any number of surrounding towns really) meant that they had a divine right to be at the top end of the Premier League. Their results on the pitch hadnt reflected their profile in the media in a decade. *Yes, I know Gateshead is a town, but its population is almost 200k, so I chose to word my sentence so it was easier on the eye. Newcastle would get large crowds even if they dressed up 11 donkeys in the barcodes strip and sent them out to play. Next season that may actually be what happens!

Good looking stadium!

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This.

I voted, although really I wanted there to be a "You must be **** joking, if there was one thing that could stop me supporting Villa, this would be it" button to capture my true feelings.

Maybe MON is happier to let him go now that Petrov has had such a good season.

Not in this thread, you're not. Just that he can move quickly when he needs to in order to set up an attack/exploit a defensive gap. I'd be interested to see your argument against that point rather than against some invented position that no-one holds.