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When athletes at the olympics (or world championships) use the word medal as a verb, i.e. " Well I medalled at Beijing and London so I hope to medal in Rio too" Words removed

Pretty much this, really. I've always thought of him as a sprinter who "plays" football. I don't accept this local lad/he scores against sha legendary status. Not for 60k a week. It's all been said on this thread about him really. He won't be on the after dinner speakers' circuit and he won't be a TV pundit after he retires. Perhaps the money will run out and he'll regret being a lazy bastard; perhaps not. I just want him gone.

Me too and you're right. Without going into too much detail, a lot of our dedicated IT support staff were made redundant last year and their jobs took over by two big 3rd party suppliers. I, along with a few others, remained in situ but the 3rd parties simply see us as another account and have no or little appreciation of impact on our business if our systems crash. It's all about money of course and the bloke I'm trying to explain for the fifth time about the urgency of a problem reported to them is probably 3 times as technically qualified as me but is on a quarter of my salary. Scary times indeed.

With ref to possible man ure castoffs...not totally on topic but that particular subject p1sses me off when all the glory hunting brummie reds tell me in particularly patronising tone that they will graciously allow us to have their castoffs.......like they've ever even been to manchestuh.....or would even recognise paddy mcnair even if he punched them in the face. Anyway.......back on topic please

Indian call centres. In my case it's BT. I have had a landline fault since 10th July. Openreach engineer came monday & fixed it for 10 mins now it's gone again. I switched to sky wef last Tue morning but of course, until the landline is repaired then I'm without broadband and the ability to make/receive calls. My point is that the staff at these call centres don't think for themselves and stick to a script pretty much. Any question I raise that's even slightly off topic but still related to the original fault they just repeat themselves or say "hello"/"ok" or ask if there's anything else that they can help me with As a result, my blood pressure is now through the roof. The angrier I was the more robotic he was and just didn't listen to my point. I simply dread calling these call centres now. You just know it's gonna be hassle.

Just to simplify matters for a moment....m&s do chilli "sausage rolls"....pack of 4 and are amazing Then there's their pineapple iced fondants....again, pack of 4. Simple but almost addictive !

Not been there but it's definitely on my list now

Looks like that "fan" has turned his twitter account off now.

On a similar theme, what are VTers' experiences of desi pubs ? Ive been to a few - (Grove, Handsworth, Desi 2 & Shireland, smethwick and red lion west brom) - definitely not the place to impress the ladies as most of these pubs are grim in decor and it's all about the food, which is top notch mainly.

Sorry but I can't help feeling that the blue sleeves on the home shirt and training gear looks too pale or washed out. My peak years of watching villa was in the umbro period from late 70's where the blue was such a deeper, richer colour. It won't bother me if we piss the league wearing the UA kit but these days football fashion is big and I think it just looks like it's already faded in the wash before you even wear it. Meh

Remember small heath had X-TEP when Yeung was in charge......I hope this wont be the case now for us

I didnt think i was being snobbish; I just thought i'd get it in early about being accused of it. Indeed, not all football fans (or players) are aresholes. Is it about respect then ? Meh - I'm not gonna lose any sleep about it.

At the risk of being called an egg chasing snob, I spent 3 weeks in France for the rugby world cup, in Bordeaux and Paris following Ireland. There were thousands of fans from many other countries and i saw NO aggro whatsoever....and yes, there were many, many england supporters and they were impeccably behaved apart from the odd, immature or arrogant/patronising "oh well done, Paddy....you really hammered Namibia there !" comment. It was all taken in good spirit and respect was shown to the local authorities. If a bordeaux copper told me to move on, I moved on. If the bar was closing, we moved on or went back to the hotel.....and so on. My question here is : why didnt the england rugby fans fight or get singled out by the local gangs for trouble ? I mean, it's still England we're talking here....or is football fan mentality a central part of the whole matter ? Just sayin'....

That has to be the post of the day !! It made I larf out loud on a night shift !

I once sh@gged a woman from sheffield who had, herself sh@gged Lee Chapman whilst in spain on a pre season jolly (him, not her !) a few years previously. She was a massive blades fan and he was playing for sheff weds at the time. She did it for a bet and that she thought he was a rocket polisher; said he was crap (in the sack) and told him as much during the post coital cigarette...(she also didnt like Lesley Ash for some reason, which added to the bet somehow). I met her online and went up to stay at her's. The next morning, she got tickets to the infamous blades v west brom game that was abandoned cos of all the united players being sent off/injured.......I think they were down to 6 outfielders on the pitch and were losing 3-0 anyway. Needless to say, I didnt get any action that night as she "werent int' mood for us jump !" as she so bluntly put it. Shame, she were a reet fit lass 'n all.

Posting a card to family in Cork. bloke at PO counter says "where's it going to ?" ...I say "Cork.....(he looks confused)......Ireland"......he says "southern Ireland ?" which, ok in this case, it actually IS in the south but just because it's not within the so called boundary in the North doesn't mean it's "southern" (Donegal for example.....like that's "southern" !). I replied "republic" or if he's being a jobsworth (or is crap at general geography) I say "the free republic". Blank looks were received; completely goes over his head. It's the second biggest city in the country FFS !! I could understand if I was on about a mad little place on the west coast with one bus a day & only 8 pubs in the town square !

Hope I'm wrong but he may come back thinking he's an ever greater Bertie Big B*ll*cks than before......

Cheers John. He is one of the good guys and loves the club but thanks to our inept team he and many like him will be pushed out the door. The G4S thing is a guess really; he worked at edgbaston cricket ground too for many years as did a few other footy stewards and G4S got the contract there - a shockingly disorganised company at times, but that's another story.... He said they'll be looking for voluntary redundancy candidates (more for the permanent staff than matchday, I guess).........I dont know....getting rid of good experienced staff, less police presence for so called low risk games (the club already cut back where they can on the police bill) it all seems a bit risky but what do i know ?

He's just replied. Seems like it was just a general meeting to announce there will be cuts to matchday staff numbers with those remaining to have their contracts "adjusted" to reflect where the club will be next season...........meaning pay cuts no doubt. Although there will be 4 extra home games than in the prem, i have a feeling that there will be a hell of a lot less in matchday staff numbers and even if we draw a big team in the cups then they will probably outsource to G4S to make up the numbers. He sounded quite down about it.

My mate is/was attending a meeting at the holte suite tonight (6pm start). He is a 20yr + steward in upper witton stand. I did text him for an update but no reply so far.... I would love to introduce PRP (performance related pay) in to the players' contracts but I'm sure that PFA apologist Gordon Taylor would freak at the thought. Shame though....I think it would be a great idea !

I know, you're right but isn't it often the case that you only think of a smart arsed comeback line when its too late. I think he realised he was being a tool as he couldnt look me in the eye as i reversed out and my neighbour has since told me that his missus left him last month for his best friend......called Louise ! So I would imagine his TT is most definitely a penis extension....which has so obviously failed !!

someone parks across my drive, visiting my next door neighbour. I need to get to a night shift so I knock their door & politely ask if their guest can move said car, allowing me to get out. Guest comes to the door, rolls eyes, tuts loudly & audibly huffs his way past me "to do me a massive favour" of re arranging his ignorant parking. ...and yes, it was an Audi.

Whenever I've watched Leicestuh on TV they really havent entertained me (apart from the citeh away game); they've just done the job & got the points. They dont have players who send a buzz of dread amongst opposition fans when they get on the ball ( I remember the anxious murmurings at VP when stuart pearce was lining up a free kick for forest - that sort of thing) Credit where it's due but the thought of Robert Huth thugging his way to a title medal doesn't sit easy.

That black and white pic of the team celebrating promotion on p2 of this thread......sobering thought is that 2 of them are now deceased (ok, you can only see paul birch's head on extreme left, but I am pretty sure it's him) and Bernie Gallagher second top left :o(

Spuds, now out of europe or as good as, will be going all out for this to strengthen their title bid. They usually blow up in march but dont look like this is going to happen this time. We're gonna get bummed :o(