Paddywhack

I can get really good at this if I play it for an hour or two, kill/death ratio roughly 4:1, then if I don't play it for a couple of days and come back to it, I get absolutely destroyed, get annoyed and sulk in the corner with my girlfriend laughing at me

To be fair, he admitted he made mistakes today. Especially at Spurzz in regard of tactics and team selection.

To put his mistakes into context it's about the same as if someone asks you to do us a favour and set the table ready for dinner, you say OK and then proceed to paint yourself purple and fill the washing machine with 2 old car battery's and a dead Gerbil (in a very small cowboy outfit, with hat, no gun) and shout in a excited voice "FINISHED, is dinner ready"?

Looking forward to this. My first ever league game away match (in the Villa Crowd).

I hope you have a great time.

Personally, I am a bit torn with this game. As a Villa fan I am desperate for a win BUT I do feel that would be used as a rationale to keep Eck and, in the long run, I think we have a much brighter future without him at the helm.

I don't understand this thinking. If he wins, whats to moan about? Isn't that the point, to win games?

Personally, I'd never sacrifice a Villa win for the slight glimmer of hope that the manager, 'who I didn't quite like', might lose his job and a better manager MIGHT replace him

One thing we know for sure about Lerner is he'll stick by his decisions and back his manager until the end, anyway. I suspect we'll see McLeish's inevitable early exit from this club coming a mile off and I suspect it's some way away yet. A loss or draw away at Bolton won't make a blind bit of difference in Lerners thinking IMO

3 points please Villa

Why the F***g hell would I not renew??? I support (and have supported) Aston Villa FC for 50 years and have done so REGARDLESS of Manager,Chairman,shit form, good form, indifferent form. It is in my blood - I'd support them even in the lower echelons as I did before and will do again (if god forbid) that should ever happen! It's your choice (but I suspect this next bit will have you all getting your guns out to shoot me) BUT I always thought Villa Fans weren't the kind who would desert the club all because of a dislike for the manager and the brand of football!

Me - I'd never desert the club - never did before never will now - regardless!

This!

It's at time's like this the club needs supporters. If I somehow knew we'd lose every game next season, I'd still renew and I'd still love listening to the early game on the radio, waiting for the team line up announcement, walking up the Holte steps, reading through the programme, putting a bet on, getting a pint and some grub, getting angry at the ref, singing at the top of my voice, my heart in my throat when we come close to scoring. You know? The matchday experience. Some numpty in charge for a probably a few seasons max isn't gonna take that away from me.

I've been a Villa fan for 18 years, season ticket holder for 4. A very short time compared to some, but one thing I've learnt for sure is that staff will come and go, the fans are there for life (well...should be). That goes from chairmen to managers, training staff to players. If there's one thing that any football club is, it's it's fans.

In short, with finances and living situations pending, I'm hoping to be a season ticket for life. Villa till I die, these feckers aren't

Love the Bristol Rovers match report.

Been talking to a number of other fans this week, most asking what has happened at Villa as we look like relegation candidates.

I keep get asked the same question and would love to know how to answer it. It's very easy to point the finger at McLeish, but I think we've been on a downwards slope since the start of 09. I'm just hoping we're close to the trough

That whenever I stand up to go to lunch, about 3 people ask me where I'm going and want me to pick them something up.

Or if manage to sneak out, when I come back I get comments like, 'You went to subway and didn't tell anyone? You could have offered'

**** OFF! Why should I spend MY lunchtime standing in a queue for you, you've never picked up anything for me. Get off your fat arse and get something yourself.

Ahh, I love venting on VT

Had a lump on my bollock once, really scared, didnt go to the doctors, after about 3 weeks it went away PHEW

I've got a small lump above my bollocks. It's my penis

I shagged a 50 year old when i was 39 and the realisation that she was using lube was not nice :evil:

At what point did you notice?

Strange smell of fixodent?

I'm 24, late 30s for me

So she'd be in her mid 70s if she was born in the late 30s

As I said in the ONS thread, the half your age plus 7 rule is a pretty good guide.

It's personal perception regarding what's acceptable but the half plus 7 rule does fit my perception of maximum acceptability in to the late 50's.

20->17, 30->22, 40->27 and 50->32 all seem reasonable to me.

60->37, 70->42 and 80->47 are a bit weird though.

Each to their own, I suppose. :|

Also, if you're 10 the youngest you go date is 12. But the youngest the 12 year old can date is 13! So kids can't date! Silly rule..

Yup I think that one is uncomfortable.

I think she should stick to over 18!

As an aside, I find the older woman/younger man combo to be worse than older man/younger woman. Mainly due to the fact that men are far more immature than women at that age.

I know what you mean, but I still think the old man/young woman is worse. Mainly because I'd be proud of my son shagging that, but broken hearted and raving mad if it was my 17 year old daughter with someone twice her age. Maybe that's wrong, I don't know

It's a bit of a grey area this. I don't think it's close to pedophilia and it's legally acceptable. Morally, there's something not right about it though IMO.

But if they're both happy, who cares?

Not YouTube and not hilarious, but couldn't think where else to post it:

A drive around central Birmingham, early 1950s

I'm a bit late here, but lapal fan told me about this. I've spent a lot of time looking up and researching old Birmingham and getting depressed about the beautiful buildings we lost in the name of progress like Mason College, Snow Hill Station and going further back, King Eds on New Street

I've been hoping a video of pre-60s Brum would emerge from somewhere, thank you mjmooney, you've made my night

"Unfotunately, we are unable to proseed until we receive you completed personel details form"

That is absolutely shocking.

But what is even more shocking is the fact that your bosses don't seem to think it matters.

Anybody want to employ me as a proofreader?

I don't know if they care or not really. I think they would like them to be correct, but they'd rather get all the work out and receive, I don't know, 1 complaint every 20 letters or so. Probably explains the 251,563 complaints we got the first half of the year (little clue there).

Made me laugh. Would anybody really be offended by that?

I work in a well known bank (I'm not sure why I can't name them, I've just seen other people say that) and one of my jobs is to print off letters that are for customers, written by my colleagues. The grammar and spelling on some of them is terrible. For example, this is copied and pasted from one letter; -

"Unfotunately, we are unable to proseed until we receive you completed personel details form"

I'm not a grammar nazi, I'm sure this post has many mistakes in, but this is to customers. I find it embarrassing. They're also written in Times New Roman, they can have two or three different fonts etc etc.

My problem is, do I just print them off and let the customer see how stupid and incapable we are or do I correct them and not reach my targets? I've tried telling team leaders and people higher up, but they basically just shrug their shoulders

I'm terrified of sp...erm...

I don't know how I didn't notice that. That would really put you off your stroke wouldn't it?

I have absolutley no interest in boxing and didn't know about this incident at all, so I'm most likely speaking out my arse here.

How is boxing still allowed? I'm not saying it should be banned or anything, I'm just surprised it isn't. Why do people enjoy watching two people smash each others faces in? Why do people want to smash each others faces in, especially after incidents such as this?

I'm not taking the piss by the way, genuine questions. I just don't 'get' boxing or any other fighting sports really

Is Football '22 blokes trying to kick the ball in the opposite goal?', not quite.

Not if you're watching the Villa. Ba dum tish

I see your point though. My family love boxing, I just find it boring, personally.

Just like watching the Villa. Ba dum tish

I have absolutley no interest in boxing and didn't know about this incident at all, so I'm most likely speaking out my arse here.

How is boxing still allowed? I'm not saying it should be banned or anything, I'm just surprised it isn't. Why do people enjoy watching two people smash each others faces in? Why do people want to smash each others faces in, especially after incidents such as this?

I'm not taking the piss by the way, genuine questions. I just don't 'get' boxing or any other fighting sports really

Let us know if they work. I'm terrified of spi...erm...spending time with my girlfriend when she's see one aswell

Ha, I'll let you know mate. I don't like the **** either, but I can turn my panic into affirmative action as opposed to crying and a refusal to go to bed until 2am.

I'm more the latter, unfortunately. Actually, here's something thats pissed me off. We've bought a massive, pretty much perfect christmas tree for our flat. Got it home and realised it's covered in the little bastards. They've taken over the living room. The missus has to catch them and let them out because she won't let me throw my shoe at them :oops:

Having to spend £30 on an "all-house sonic & electromagnetic spider repellant plug-in". I don't even know if the damn things actually work, but I suppose I can look at it as £30 spent on never having to see the missus get in the state she was in last night; it was as if she'd seen the devil.

Let us know if they work. I'm terrified of spi...erm...spending time with my girlfriend when she's see one aswell

There's nothing to say about this that hasn't been said already, really. This game's vital. I'm hoping for a similar line up as against Man U and maybe just a little bit of fight and spirit please. Lose this and things are going to start getting pretty ugly come the new year.

Despite that, with the upcoming fixtures in mind, perhaps we shouldn't write off December's fixtures just yet. I know that sounds laughable right now, but I recall similar doom and gloom last year when Arsenal and Plop were up next and we pulled two wins out the bag!

Same again please, lads

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:|

I'll get my coat

I have a feeling we're going to get an easy run and get to Wembley, giving a good excuse to sweep our problems under the carpet by those who need to.

Out of interest and purely hypothetical, would anybody take 17th for an F.A Cup win? Relegation for an F.A Cup win?

Boring football and I expect us to be in the relegation zone in January, but I voted unsure for a few reasons.

1. I can't think of a realistic, better replacement

2. I wouldn't trust Lerner to think or find one either

3. I firmly believe managers need time. I think it's only fair to give him a chance in the transfer window now he's had time to assess the squad if Lerner backs him

4. Apart from the boring, defensive football, I don't think McLeish is doing an absolute awful lot wrong (*reaches for the tin hat*). I think our decline is largely to do with the players we've lost more than anything McLeish has or hasn't done. Personally, I think Houllier was doing a much worse job, in every aspect of being a manager and I'd have McLeish over Houllier any day

Saying all that, if we are near the bottom in January, I'm sure I'll definitely want to see the back of him

Everybody seems to get anal apart from me. Such is life

I have the feeling we're going to feel the backlash of their loss to Palace last night

I think they are going to feel our backlash after our draw with Swansea!

You just made me laugh and I dribbled coke down my white shirt