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General, Please, can Randy and the board hurry up and sort things out. Another desperate defeat and we are becoming a laughing stock. 26th August and our European involvement over, 6 goals shipped against a mediocre Newcastle side and we have sold our best asset again Keep this up and we will be down by Christmas!!

I don't think he will go to Man City, more chance of Man Utd IMO

Yeah well he isn't Argentian and bought for a ridulous amount of money so he can't be good. I would rather have NRC in my team too. Or maybe he passes, tackles, shoots, runs, retains and all the rest of the attributes necessary to be a footballer better than Reo-Coker? Just a thought. :? Well, he passes. Not massively well, but he certainly passes. Certainly not as well as Petrov. Or most other central midfielders. Tackles, yup - he does. He's not bad at this. Which is pretty useful considering it's his whole raison d'être . Shoots? Really? Two goals in a seven year career certainly suggests it's nothing something to be shouting about. Runs? Certainly not with the ball. Retains? Well, this falls into the passing bit really. His distribution is slightly better than Reo-Coker. But so is most people's. Everything else - there's not really any difference. Spot on. Reo Coker even sat him on the bench when he was at West Ham because he was shite. And he loses the benefit of Alonso and an in form Gerrard and suprise suprise, he looks shite again. World Class, my arse. Totally agree. I think selling NRC would be madness.

General K, Fantastic summing up as to why some fans just don't realise what we have. With this in mind can we take this that the board and Randy are fully committed to keeping MON here next season and backing him again in the transfer market as they have done so every year so far? I trust all of the teams and staff involved in the Youth and Reserves will get to do a lap of honour after the Blackburn game along wiht the first team and MON?

Which tube station is nearest to the Green Man?

Which tube station at Wembley is for the Villa end?

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General Just seen the prices for the Brighton FA Cup game and well done to the club for again listening and keeping prices as low as possible. I hope we get a big crowd on the day to cheer the lads on. One complaint I have - why didn't Randy sort the bloody weather out in Blackburn. Gutted the game was postponed and he has gone down in my estimations! ;-)

An inch of snow has fell in less than hour in Brum!

It is pelting it down in Brum now. If this keeps up I will struggle to get into town to get the coach let alone get anywhere near Blackburn!

No chance this will be on now. If we get what fell in Manchester overnight we won't get out of Brum this afternoon anyway!

Hi General K Not a criticism at all but Randy has not been to a game for some time so I was wondering if he will be at the Liverpool game at all?

General K, I haven't posted on here for some time but had to defend you, Randy and the club here. AVFC is about as far removed from the old club you tookover as I can imagine. We have an owner who is 2nd to none!! Not one other club has what we have in Randy and the way he puts the fans first. I believe if he could we would get into Villa Park free! I am looking forward to Christmas and the New YEar more than I have done in decades as a Villa fan and think we are very close to a very special time in our history. I know you don't do transfers but if MON feels he wants to make a mvoe in January will Randy be able to help again? Have a great Christmas with the family and I hope to see you back at Villa Park in the early New Year.

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Thanks for the reply General and good to hear. Randy has again supported Mon in the window and I am looking forward to our new, improved squad, staying the course this season. Please pass on my thanks to Randy and tell Mon that the silent majority are behind him and the team 100%

General Do you put Randy in this category? Is he getting frustrated with things?

Thank god we still have 'proper' fans. Great post and I agree with it all. Tell Mon and the players we are still behind them

Thanks for clearing it up for me and it is good to her that the great working relationship is still very much in place. It is great to have access to your good self to get to the bottom pf confusions such as this. Cheers

General K Perhaps you can clear something up. Sky Sports are running an interview in which it says we did not buy any other playersdurint the latest transferwindow as Randy blocked the moves. Furthermore it suggests the economic climate is hiiting us badly. Has Randy now put a block on spending on players? Are we being badly effected by the economic situation? Thanks

Petrov for me for the calendar year. Luke Young is pushing him for player of the season so far. You cannot underestimate how important Petrov's contribution is to the team. He is our best CM and the only one who is happy to not treat the ball like a hot potato when surrounded by opponents. Creates space and time for himself and rarely gives the ball away. Unlike Mr Barry.

General Great 3 points today. Can you put our mind at ease that we will tell Real Madrid to get lost if they want to buy Ashley Young?

Did you honestly expect him to say anything else? Is he going to admit to us being bottlers?

I would fight without doubt. I love my country and would be willing to die for it. I think it is part of our culture to be like that.

General K How many tickets have we got for Hamburg? Myself and 8 other mates have booked travel ad hotels already and are spending a fortune to follow the Villa. It would be horrendous if we went all that way and couldn't get in the ground. Can you let us know how many tickets we have got please? Thanks

6 off the first list and 5 off the second list. Obviously my taste in music is a lot different.