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one of the best articles i have read on villatalk. The kid was as good as lampard and gerrard at 21. He never utilised his talent. When he is 50 he will look back and think what could have been. still tho, legend.

No he wasn't

General,

Just wondering if theres going to be a member scheme intoduced?

Yeah good call.

edited. Where someone has just asked a question, could people please refrain from just asking again, or simply agreeing - we're trying to keep limit the length of the thread to make it easier to find whether a query has already been asked, and to help the General keep track of questions. thanks. blandy

That striker Ajax have got though Huntelaar(or somthing like that) is the new Andy Cole, ive never seen anyone miss so many goals.

No links in the papers, i dont know weather this is a good thing or not(come on we all like reading transfer gossip). The first major signing will see were we think we will be going in the summer. I am pretty nervous to be honest. You hear about West Ham and Sunderland spouting off who they are going to sign. I dont know im just nervous this summer for different and better reasons.

Boggies then the "Mighty Wolves"(copyright of every wolves fan i met always calls them). The Scum, Vermin Feltchers then Walsall.

Hi Genaral.

Is there any chance of having the Villan available on sky again? I dont know what the plans are in terms of multimedia, but i did miss this, this season.

Its going to be a busy summer at Villa Park whoever we buy. I hope top quality players can see where the club want to be. There is a buzz about this club from the new board to the new training ground. Im sure we will offer the money, the facilities and maybe (fingers crossed) European football(we deserve it from missing out 3 years ago).

Anyway here's hoping.

is there anyone decent in the Sheff Utd team?

Only really Jagielka.

I wonder how many fan sites would generate a 221-page (and showing no signs of slowing down) discussion like this with someone in General Krulak's position at the club.

I can't imagine anyone else has a team run in this way, with the same amount of passion and genuine interest that these guys have. Boys and girls, we must've collectively done something very right in our previous lives...

Thats the thing though Iain, i think many would, but how many club board members can be arsed to sit down daily and answer questions from supporters. Its such a 180 degree from last season.

It depends on how well they spend. At the moment almost a third of there first team is on Loan. So they are even worse off than you think. They will spend £8 to 10 million and bring in 2 loan players.

By the way, Premiership-Premiership loans should banned.

To be honest i wouldn't get too pissed off in signing Barton. I think his a very good player, and would improve our midfield no end. But to compare him to Bellamy is unfair. Bellamy it a rocket polisher, yes, but Bartons record is allot worse.

Has anyone mentioned Lucas Neill if the Hammers go down? Might be a reasonable bet at right back if Bardsley went back to Manure.

Sorry if someone has mentioned him before.

I was thinking that the other day, but he would have to take a dramatic pay cut.

Can I just add my weekly.......................

Sign Defoe please MON.......

Thanks.

Please dont.

Lose every point when Tevez or Mascrano played.

General Krulak here:

1. Scarves. We anticipate having approximately 2500 scarves after we give them out at the Sheff Utd game. We are currently thinking through the best way to distribute those scarves...the most fair and impartial manner. Competition is an interesting thought but who has the time to read all the essays??? Nicky Keye will be asked to "brainstorm" some ideas.

Local schools, and children's hospitals is the only way i think.

None im too shy. And you might take the piss out of my hair cut.

whooo nelly.

I have an idea to improve the atmosphere at Villa park, but it may involve upsetting some people. Our away fans are so good i was thinking of having an area of the top of the Holte End, which can be arranged for the said aways fans and other fans who want to sing and add to the atmosphere. It could be known as the singing area(i know it sounds a bit gay, but its the only name i could think of), so fans who want to join in and help generate an atmosphere.

Of course some people have had seats for years, who might not want to move, but is a clear out of seats every few years a bad thing if it improves the Villa Park roar? Of course its just a suggestion, i know people will disagree, but its worth a discussion, in my opinion.

Somewhere in between for me. The 2 seasons at his best he was wonderful to watch, but never lived up to the massive price tag. I like him alot, but would never class him as a Villa Hero.

Bouma by a mile, but Ridge should have been an option.

Me on the left. Taken last week. A bit worse for wear.

10 years ago Paul McGrath got about 15,000 for his testimonial, if 5,000 turned up for Lee i would be very surprised.

Die Another Day and Tomorrow Never Dies each have some of the best portrayal of the film Bond character until about 40-50% of the way through (Iceland for DAD and leaving Hamburg for TND) when the script moves into Die Hard/Speed clone territory with machine guns etc. My complaints about those two lower-end-of-the-table outings have naught to do with Brosnan's portrayal.

TWINE is in the running with From Russia With Love, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, For Your Eyes Only, The Living Daylights, and Casino Royale for best of the series; the only complaint I have is the lackluster ending fight with Renard. Again, that has not a thing to do with Brosnan's portrayal, more to do with Purvis & Wade's inability to write an ending that lives up to the earlier parts of the film.

hitting a team-mate with a golf club saying he wants to end his career is a little bit different.

allegedly by a tabloid

if that was true then the whole squad wouldn't have made a deal that who ever scored first would have to do the golfswing celebration,

if i recall correctly from the horses mouth, bellamy tried to get riise up on stage to sing kareoke, then riise confronted him and was pissed off, then when going to the rooms bellamy said someting on the lines of don't do that infront of the lads again.

i believe that over something a tabloid spouted.

as we're on the riise subject maybe we should campaign for carew to be sold, due to him being a troublemaker in the past when he knocked riise out on national team duty eh?.

It must be Riise then, he must be a right word removed.

Its the type of players we need though OF. I dont like being top of the fair play league and being shit.