mattster

Not a bad first post Mr Philosopher!

Hoorah for the moral majority! Let's hide the problem, it'll go awayyyyy!! Using a legal solution to try and cure a medical problem is the way of the future..

he could always buy a helicopter and commute!

How about a lifetime membership scheme which gives discounts - Villa 'Til I Die?

Interesting "It was rumoured in the Scottish media on the 23rd December 2006 that Rangers F.C. have agreed a fee of £2.5million with Steaua for Dica. However it looks likely he will join Aston Villa along with Mirel Rădoi."

If ever there is a collection of articles from this site this would be in it; quality.

Hmmm seems this mis-understood joke is a common excuse at Villa these days!

a good compilation of all the rumours on here with some interesting interpretations (Isn't it the Telegraph though ): -'five bidders include a Middle Eastern businessman ' - who is this other bidder Malcolm also has mentioned? 'The Neville consortium have different backgrounds and interests. His backers include some members of hedge funds, individuals similar to those who provided £267 million to help the Glazer family buy Manchester United.' Hmmm, doesn't sound promising, does it? -'They were attracted by the land around Villa Park, which is used for car parking on match days but could be sold for redevelopment. Since then a parcel of the land has been sold for £7 million, and a dispute lingers as to what it is now worth' - Dispute? What dispute? -'He told Ellis that, while he was keen to buy Villa, he had not decided how he would run the club from the United States. Ellis joked that if Lerner wanted someone to run Villa after he had bought it, Ellis would be happy to help him and maybe Lerner could work for him.' The Ellis comment to Lerner was a mis-understood joke? -'Petchey is prepared to sell but one of the consortium approached him with a proposal to lend them the money to buy Ellis out' - Hmmm, which one could that possibly be?..Neville? Someone needs to be making notes to write the book afterwards - might even make it to the big screen! Anyone know how reliable this journo Mihir Bose is?

And what would drive you to such a sweat that you'd phone a member of the media up and talk utter boolx?!

And grandfathers too; mine used to tell me about the Villa teams of the 20s-40s, how the war broke up the best Villa team he'd seen, how his father watched the Villa in at the turn of the century and Villa was the family team. I was too young to absorb the meaning of it all but he used to always say he'd never watch the Villa while Ellis was in control, he hated him with a passion, being against everything the club stood for in him mind. The day might soon come when the shadow is lifted but until he has left, Villa will not prosper.