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Just now, Davkaus said:

Noticed Zaniolo looking soaked through about 15 minutes in.

 

Probably worried about his acca not coming in

55 minutes ago, Genie said:

All the big guns saying their bit

 

Always preferred Gareth Gates

27 minutes ago, sheepyvillian said:

Primary school. I actually thought it was a senior school. I would imagine with the pupils being so young it's a lot easier for the teachers to create a certain amount of harmony. 

80.per cent, I  think that's a reflection of how small the Birmingham Jewish community is.

Moazzem Begg, one of the British Muslims that was held in Guantanamo went to the King David school

13 hours ago, The Moustache of Teale said:

Who or what is Bebe Rexha? Sounds like a random collection of Scrabble tiles.

Proper shite Scrabble hand, that

4 minutes ago, FrenchVillaLova said:

Just had one of those Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs advertisements on YouTube.

WTF is that ?!?! 

It's an advert for the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs 

I feel like the BBC's reporting on Israel/Palestine improved after the 2014 Gaza war (Operation Protective Edge), largely IMO due to on the ground reporting on social media which had not really existed before.

Seem to remember a few examples of pretty egregious pro-Israel bias in their early reporting of that conflict, which was subsequently criticised. Things do seem more balanced now on the whole, whether my hypothesis holds any merit is debatable, but that's the way it has seemed to me

The rule change I wanted to post, but couldn't remember when this thread was started has just popped into my head (slow work day), and it doesn't look as though anyone else has suggested it so I'll revive the thread.

A penalty kick should be just that - one direct shot on goal from the penalty spot. If the keeper saves it, the ball is automatically out of play and the game restarts with a goal kick. The odds are already massively stacked against the keeper and IMO its unfair that a keeper can save a penalty and then concede if the ball rebounds to an attacking player

27 minutes ago, Demitri_C said:

Is there any data anywhere on how much of the population owns more than one property?

If i was a betting man id say its a large number

I'd imagine there is, I remember seeing that statistic about the proportion of the baby boomer generation who own more than one home, was something ridiculous like 25% of them.

This is partly the issue though, we sold off our social housing and now rely heavily on those people who own several homes to provide housing through the private rental market. The more that housing supply is constricted, the more that housing wealth is concentrated in the hands of a small number of the population. Hence why we need to build more housing units to address the affordability issue. 

Restricted supply = house price inflation

4 hours ago, Demitri_C said:

There goes our greenbelt

Do we really need more houses?? Just make houses more affordable 

I bet there are alot of new builds that are either empty or bought by stupid rich people who buy them and rent them out

Under every single government since the late 1970s we have built significantly fewer houses than have been needed to keep up with demand. We need to build a lot more houses to even begin to make a dent in the current need for affordable housing units

4 hours ago, LondonLax said:

The Premier League has not been a ‘fair competition’ for the 20+ years I have been following it. If you want fair competition then you’d be better off looking at one of the salary cap franchise sports like NFL in the US or Rugby League in Australia.

 

Nah, you're alright

1 hour ago, Villatillidie95 said:

9th october 1976, he would have been 5 so maybe! 47 year anniversary next week. I was thinking of the history of William McGregor, a Scottish Draper who was a Rangers fan and his wife who was a Hearts fan and then he merged the 2 colours to create the claret and blue of villa. Thats why we apparently have the lion rampant, similar to the scottish royal banner and rangers badge. Someone on VT posted it in one of the threads, was quite interesting as i didnt know that about villa but always thought there was a lot of similarities to rangers

Some of the post in this thread are just utterly bizarre. Let it go lads 

52 minutes ago, Hev said:

WM on about our thin squad depth. Does anyone else think it was a mistake to let PC go? Surely , if fit, he could have played a part from the bench in cup and Euro games at least.

Spotted the fatal flaw in your hypothesis 

FWIW I agree in principle, but all the evidence from his time here suggests that he's physically finished at the top level 

5 minutes ago, Sid4ever said:

Can’t wait to see the episode that reflects todays result, oh how I will laugh at the sheepsh4ggers.

Classy

1 hour ago, Davkaus said:

I've come to terms with the fact that I won't be going to matches anymore, honestly. I wouldn't give these guys the steam off my piss seeing how they treat fans that don't buy hospitality packages.

Couldn't agree more

1 hour ago, The Fun Factory said:

Unless you are Mr Crescote this isn't value for money.

Taking away another current benefit and monetising it with laughably bad communication.

Was any of this mentioned at season ticket renewal time?  Did any of the literature mention access to the Holte Suite?

Why did they say the Holte Suite was temporarily closed at the start of the season, and now suddenly it is now opened at £60 a pop?

Will any of the free to use existing facilities in the stand be improved? I doubt it.

I know that I am an inconvenience to them as I just turn up and watch the football and go away again. Eventually, I suspect that I will not be able to afford to go and stop attending one day, probably in the not-too-distant future if this type of shit keeps happening. I know my place.

Feel utterly cold towards the club on this.

Absolutely spot on

I can no longer afford to attend games with any regularity, I would've usually attended 7 - 10 home games a season

The officiating of Premier League football matches is subject to widespread corruption

3 hours ago, KentVillan said:

Try searching for “Russell brand” and then looking at top results. For me it’s about 90% Alt right conspiracy takes on the story 

Tbh for me it's 75% people talking about what a prick Brand is, 20% people complaining about the right wing nut jobs and maximum 5% actual alt right conspiracy stuff

9 hours ago, KentVillan said:

It's scary actually how much the Twitter algorithm is promoting the alt-right conspiracy theory take on the Brand story. Elon Musk is a piece of shit

Elon Musk is undoubtedly a word removed, but I have to be honest, I haven't seen this take on my Twitter feed at all

1 hour ago, villa89 said:

Already the bottom six is taking shape. Forest the only other team that might get relegated. 

Got a sneaky feeling another team will be relegated as well