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5 hours ago, HKP90 said:

Trump: 'America is going to hell'.

Yes mate, it all started in 2016.

Started a long time before that if were being honest. Trump is more symptom than cause IMO 

I for one would find myself romantically nourished if we were to qualify for Europe

48 minutes ago, chrisp65 said:

For the record:

never liked the Smiths

have read War and Peace

Have read Crime and Punishment

Quite like the Stone Roses, got both albums and some singles 

I've never liked The Smiths, have read Crime and Punishment, not read War and Peace. Never pretended to like The Smiths or to have read War and Peace 

The Smiths are one of those bands that I'm convinced a good chunk of people who follow them are just pretending to like them for clout. A bit like when people claim to have read books like War and Peace or Crime and Punishment.

Never particularly got into the Stone Roses either tbh

On 28/03/2023 at 19:46, pete101 said:

Represents the club so we'll, even just watching him lead England u21s out and talking to mascot who is young blind girl, just gives you the impression that he is pure class on and off the pitch 

Friend of mine (who happens to be a nose) knows his dad through boxing and said to me ages ago that JJ and his brothers have been brought up properly. If he can keep developing and maintains a first team place with us then I can see him captaining the team at some point 

Aye, not a good look for Stevie G 

23 hours ago, Pinebro said:

Good player and clear upgrade on Digne. 

Just wish he was 5 years younger 

Cradle snatcher 

44 minutes ago, Villan_of_oz said:

Sherwood and Gerrard have at least one thing in common, they are both shit managers.... Rangers won a league when Celtic were at their lowest, big deal. Beale probably won it on his own, Gerrard took the press conferences.

Credit to Sherwood for never applying for another job after the Swindon debacle.

 

St Johnstone won more trophies than Rangers during Gerrard's time in Scotland 

1 hour ago, Keyblade said:

He's honestly my favourite pundit, and you have to commend his humility of realizing that he's good at this and not management and sticking to it. It'll take the likes of Gerrard and Lampard probably a decade to come to a similar realization. 

You've actually got a point here in fairness

Not sure if I've shared this on here before, but worth mentioning again either way. You will all no doubt remember the infamous 3-2 loss against Leicester in our relegation season which seems in hindsight to have been highly pivotal to both club's eventual fortunes that year.

You may also recall that Sherwood gave an interview straight after the game where he did all that he could to appear completely dejected and close to tears. I'm sure it will be available for people to watch back on YouTube if they so wish.

My dad had been doing some work for company in Leicester and so watched that game from a box at the KP Stadium and was amazed when he saw that interview. He'd seen Sherwood just after it would've been filmed laughing and having the craic with everyone.

Complete **** chancer and a narcissist to boot. It's incredible to think he was ever our manager given how far we've come since then.

2 hours ago, rjw63 said:

Ah, easy mistake to make.

This is the boring small team thread.

You're thinking of the "extreme fanboiism about a player from another club" thread

 

Still really struggling understanding the distinction on this one tbh

On 22/03/2023 at 22:13, rjw63 said:

Who?

Jack Grealish

5 minutes ago, El Zen said:

No, I know, I just mentioned it in some other context really. I sort of wish I hadn’t now, but hey. 

It's been tried a few times by different people/groups and always been massively unpopular, just ain't gonna happen mate

11 hours ago, El Zen said:

I tried bringing up the idea of a drum in the Holte on twitter. The replies were, ehm, less than constructive. New ideas and innovation isn’t welcome because «it’s not how we do it, so it’s automatically shit» (I’ve paraphrased, but only slightly.) 

On the plus side, someone told me to have a day off, so I’m currently lounging around doing f*** all. That was kind of them. 

A drum in the Holte is hardly a new idea tbf

2 minutes ago, MWARLEY2 said:

They might have been but he has been with us since 6 . So will be total Villa now. 

Maybe, unlikely to be a factor in making him want to come back to us if we decide the sell him with a buy back clause IMO

11 minutes ago, villa4europe said:

The villa fan angle might make it interesting but I would imagine there would have to be at least some resentment which would stop him coming back 

Pretty sure Cam and his family are Wolves fans originally tbh

Kane will play every minute of any game that counts anyway, so Southgate only needs to pick one other ST so he can give the illusion of a plan B. Disappointed for Ollie in fairness, deserved a call up on recent form

2 minutes ago, Don_Simon said:

If a person is a detriment to their family, making their life harder, worse, etc etc, then perhaps that person shouldn't be around that family. I don't know if that is the case here, but the general point remains. 

Anyway, let's not go down this rabbit hole. 

 

Yeah, best not to.

19 hours ago, Don_Simon said:

I read today that when he was sentenced to 12 weeks in prison for breaching his release conditions from the first time he was imprisoned, he blew a kiss to his Mum in the court and shouted "it'll be six weeks".

"Shame for his family" is debatable.

It really isn't 

1 hour ago, TRO said:

When you have conceded as many goals as we have recently, is it any wonder fans say, "Lump it Forward"...they just want to clear the lines, and avoid gifts.

We are in transition, and when the confidence returns to playing out from the back, backed up by wins......you will notice the calls to Lump it, subside.

To be fair, some of the goals conceded have been a bit amateurish, so the fans can be forgiven, for me.....its a learning process, but there are no "L" plates on the goal posts.

@TRO @nick76 honestly lads I thought the inclusion of "bring back Pongo Waring" would make it obvious I was making a joke. Atmosphere really isn't as bad as some people love to make it out to be, thought the upper Holte was pretty lively last weekend personally

Just now, Mic09 said:

I'm sure it would look much better with a filled claret and blue stand 

Perhaps. But like I said, I'm all for doing something extra, just think what's been proposed here looks shite 

Agree with the point about doing something future-facing or at least celebrating our current squad as well, would do much more for the atmosphere than pining for things that happened decades ago IMO

Just now, Mic09 said:

If you ask me, this is rather cool. 

Yeah, looks class.

The Project B6 offerings above look like they've been designed on MS Paint

1 minute ago, nick76 said:

Almost as if Man City and Liverpool fans haven’t been moaning this season at their grounds and in various forums at their level sounds like fans get unhappy sometimes…shock! horror!

You sound unhappy mate. Don't worry, we all get unhappy sometimes 

Just now, Mic09 said:

I know. 

And these claret and blue shirts everywhere. What's the point. Just wear a winter coat, no need to do anything more to get the sense that something special is happening here.

On a serious note, if it was up to me, Villa Park would look like a massive claret and blue smoke filled drum beating flag waving army.

I don't understand the opposition to doing something extra within one stand. If you don't like it, just sit in the upper trinity, have your pie and sit down. 

 

No opposition to do something extra, they just look shite