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Indeed. Its quite frankly astonishing. There's no other way to put it, its fraud.

Still can't believe these idiots have been in charge for so long. If Platini somehow becomes head of FIFA it will only get worse. I fear his corruption goes as far as match fixing. Remember the Man u v Chelsea CL final in Russia, he was bemoaning the Premier leagues dominance, free market etc. What happened next year? Man u were waiting in the final again, Chelsea were fixed out of the semi final against Barcelona with the 4/5 blatant non penalties etc. There's no way that match wasn't fixed in some way.That was Mark Clattenburg'esque refereeing. I personally don't think the corruption just stops at taking bribes, fixing world cup venues etc.......

Around 12-15th for me. We have enough "firepower" but that defence really worries me. I hope its just match fitness but Richards has been a huge liability at center back all pre season. Now he's captiain he guaranteed to start every game. Perhaps Sherwood will grow a pair and move him to RB.

TJ's helping Faber coach the TUF against Conor McGregor, and he's already been shouting off about him. If/when Aldo pulls out of another fight, i'd love to see TJ jump up 10 pounds and take on the fight!

All started with MoN for me. He blew too much mony. That started the ball rolling. People moan at Lerner but he's spent 100s of millions on our club.

All depends on the next 2 games really. 4 points and I will be convinced we are staying up. 2 points or less and we've had it.

Out of Chelsea, Spurs, Wigan, Swansea, Southampton, West Brom, Newcastle, West Ham. 10 points is VERY realistic, however requiring 14 points out the last 13 games is not guaranteed..These next 8 games are REALLY important for our season. If we cant pick up a few wins we could be in massive trouble. Thinking positively, if we could pick up 4 wins and a grab a draw or 2 we would be in a fantastic position,

He works his absolute tits off Yesterday. Definitely deserves a start. If we are going to play that 451/433 formation with Benteke up front we need quick and hard working players to do the job out wide defensively, yet make sure they are up top when needed. fantastic performance and I think this role will really suit him!

I completely agree with the OP thoughts about some of our "fans". I was a Holte End upper season ticket holder for 9 seasons, whilst going to at least 10 away games a season (whatever I could afford or justify to the family). Even under Graham Taylor, DoL etc I loved it. Yes there were downs, but most games turned out to be an enjoyable experience with my Villa family. Its easy to support a poor footballing team when your actually having a good time with your fellow understanding fans. Those who realise the reality of the footballing situation we are in. After the failed dawn of MoN, things changed. The overall atmosphere of our some of our "die hard" supporters changed. Literally EVERY time Gabby gets tackled I'd hear someone shout "Gabby your SH**", Ireland misplaced pass "Ireland your a C*** and so on and so on. It almost like some go to VP or away games just so they could have a moan and let out some stress. New season, new optimism, new manager. Brilliant. I blackmailed the Mrs into going to her first ever football game. Bought the new kit. That feeling of optimism building on the train. Pre game the Holte was ROCKING!, brilliant, the atmosphere, the positivity I used to love. We are playing with a squad of such youth, young players who needed to be encouraged, we gave it.... for 30 mins, then back to the Same old SH**. "Get that F***ing piece of sh** off" (after making 2 bad passes) and so on and so on. The only thing the Mrs did after that was make me promise i'd never take our son to sit anywhere near the Holte End. I agreed.

Sorry to be blunt but this a stupid thread. All kids have to be "blooded" the correct way. As someone else pointed out, take Spurs. Livermore, Caulker, Walker, Naughton, Rose and Townsend. Most agree those will become fine Premier League players. If spurs week in and week out had a back 4 consisting of Caulker, Naughton and Walker they wouldn't do much better than ours. Would we bury those players as having no future. Most PL teams will have 1 or 2 young players with 9 or 10 experienced. We are the other way round.

It depends on how shrewd Martinez is on spending the money from the Moses sale to Chelsea. They need goals more than anything, and Di Santo isn't going to score more than 10. He only got 7 last season in 31apps.

Out of interest, Which Gyms do some of you go too? Some of us Brummy natives might be training in the same gym without knowing!

If PL thought we needed him we would of tied him up ages ago. We have the money, if the budget was that small he wouldn't of spent 3 mill on a youngster who wont develop for a year or 2. Either PL has tried to buy time, assess current defenders on this tour, and its backfired. or a better CB has become available.

can't see spurs selling modric to man u when they refused to sell to Chelsea. he will go abroad.or nowhere.

I'd be happy to see the back of Collins. even last night he has a complete inability to play the ball to a midfielder.. just lumps it up into space, he earns high wages. also rumoured to be disruptive. We have a potentially really good CB in Clark who will be promoted to third in line providing we sign vlaar. I don't want to make the same mistake we made with Gary cahill.

I'm not so sure. I think Man U might have something up their sleeve with regards to a new CM. As stupid as the Glazers might seem, they are business men.. and Man U doing a Liverpool (finishing obscure 5 or below every season) is not good for business. There's only so long Fergie can pull off these miracles as well!

However many reps you do its important to aim to fail on the last rep, or at least be struggling. If you don't, then bump up the weight slightly. If you dont fail or struggle on the last rep, then to be frank your not working hard enough imo. For those saying 5 reps... only with dead lifts will i go as low as 5 (5x5). The blokes train with go for 3 sets of 7-8 reps for each exercise (failing on the 7th or 8th)... I listen to them because they are STACKED, one being a personal trainer / natural bodybuilder (does natural comps). Also obviously the MOST important thing about Toning, or building muscle mass is your Diet... without a doubt. For those interested in break downs I do: Mon: chest Tues: Back/lats Weds: legs Thurs: Shoulder + traps Friday: arms

Yup.. IF Blackpool get beaten by west ham, surely he'd be in with a shout

Being more realistic.... Ian Holloway, Zola or Di Canio

I've met him a couple of times. Lovely bloke, but not a premier league player, and 60k a week is just a joke. Championship or Stoke for you Emile im afraid.

He walked out on Colchester for Norwich after beating them 7-1 didnt he?? Im convinced with a decent offer he'd come to us, depending on investment etc.

Donated, lovely donation and message from Paulina Petrova who I assume is his mrs

This season I've been nothing but left fed up and disappointed after pretty much every home game. I now find going to Villa Park a chore than an enjoyable experience. I've made a deal with the Mrs.. If AM is still in charge by late July, I will not buy my season ticket and use the £1000 ive saved for the season (petrol, parking, food etc) on an extra holiday in the Autumn. The 3 other people I go with have all agreed that if AM is in charge they will not renew either.

I must be the only one ... Im a Minnesota Viking. Started following the NFL in 09/10 when we reached the NFC championship game, only to lose in overtime.

Racism works both ways. If a white labour/cons/lib MP made similar comments, they'd be lynched by the media and forced to resign. Also, really how stupid and idiotic can she be?!? To make comments of a sensitive nature on a week like this after all the horrendous Lawrence Murders.