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exactly. It is not simply a matter of 'who is the better footballer' but also 'who is the better athlete'. It is not the 80's, and now professional sportsmen are machines. Every inch matters. exactly. It is not simply a matter of 'who is the better footballer' but also 'who is the better athlete'. It is not the 80's, and now professional sportsmen are machines. Every inch matters.

I will play the role of a caring mother now, but this question needs to be adressed; 'would you jump off a bridge if all your friends did?' Just because the problem is widespread in all English clubs (one of the reasons for England's underachievements on the international scence) it doesnt mean that we can't fight with the problem in our team. Every little helps. If it would make Andi a little bit quicker and Clark a little bit more focused would you be against it? I'm making the point that it isn't the reason for our poor performances. And while I'm not against anything that makes players better in theory, I'm also fairly realistic about the prospect of abstinence-only rules presented to wealthy young men in their early 20's. It's not all that obvious that the fines, suspensions, resentments and media fallout that would inevitably happen after players broke the rules would be any more beneficial. Paulo Di Canio had lots of niggling little rules, and they certainly didn't help the players respect him. If players are turning up to matches or training in anything other than top condition, they should be fined and made clear that that's not acceptable. I would assume something to this effect is in contracts anyway. But ultimately, they're not prisoners, and their free time is their own. I dont want to go away from Vlaar topic too much (does this issue deserve it's own thread?) but if you could get a coach that will teach those kids who have way too much money and dont know how to waste it so they go out and get pissed all too often (of course, in their own time) than maybe its a good idea to somehow 'fix' their mentality. Why is Ronaldo the best player in the world? Because he spends hours after training practicing, going to the gym and doing laps around the ground. At the same time, our own Andi, Mr. No.10, goes around Michu in Birmingham buing himself 2-4-1 Vodka Red Bulls. Yes, mentality and commintment are the reasons why our players are poorer than they actually are

I will play the role of a caring mother now, but this question needs to be adressed; 'would you jump off a bridge if all your friends did?' Just because the problem is widespread in all English clubs (one of the reasons for England's underachievements on the international scence) it doesnt mean that we can't fight with the problem in our team. Every little helps. If it would make Andi a little bit quicker and Clark a little bit more focused would you be against it?

Like I mentioned a number of times, our young guns like their booze. According to a friend of mine who knows them, Andi and Cieran are to be seen out in brum more or less every saturday night. I can imagine this must spread wider than just these two I think there are rather more obvious reasons why Weimann and Clark were always fairly unlikely to play in the World Cup. yes, true; but what I am suggesting is that the problem might be more widespread

Like I mentioned a number of times, our young guns like their booze. According to a friend of mine who knows them, Andi and Cieran are to be seen out in brum more or less every saturday night. I can imagine this must spread wider than just these two

and at the moment, Lerner is Villa

I said that I'd be a little worried about getting a businessperson from a developing country in but that's based on having lived in a few and seeing the lack of business foresight of many people.I agree that it's a generalisation and certainly not true of all businesspeople from those places but all the same I think it's more of a risk. I don't know... you have successfull people all around the world. Just because there are more American billionaires than lets say Malysian, I think the percentage rate of successfull people must be similar... Like I said, They could be from Peru for all I care

I dont understand why some people on here say 'I would love a Chinese owner', 'I would love an American owner', 'I would be scared of a Middle Eastern owner' etc. You know what? I would love a Dutch owner. As long as they invest and run the club well they could be Bulgarian for all I care

I can't believe what im hearing. Jim carrey is definately up there with the greats like Leslie Nielsen

that's right, just copy Villa and buy and ex arsenal player

As much as I love Benteke, the last thing we can accuse him of is 'football intelligence'. Sure, he does have great ideas every now and then (last season at anfield as example) but the ammount of chances he could have created with a good through ball is incredible, and sometimes painful to watch. Is Benteke great? yes. Is he worth 20mil+? Probably? Is he an intelligent player? I dont think so

come again?

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so would I if it wasnt for the tacky logo

Reading the takeover thread, every now and then somebody says something along the lines of 'i dont want a rich sheik, I want Villa to keep its soul'. Does Ason Villa have 'a soul' for us to lose in case we spend more money then now? Did we lose our soul when Lerner first came in and started spending big? If we spend 30 million do we still remain with our soul, but is 35 just too much?

What happened to this all of a sudden?

so is this what GABBY does part time?

New people.

is anybody else getting a new love for lambert?

joke. Cahill mk2?

latest from yaya

I was about to say this; im gonna put a cheeky 10 for them to go down

Common Sense? I think you came to the wrong thread mate...

how is it that this guy (liverpool away being the prime example) can put a world class a la ronaldo performance, and go silent for the rest of the season?

Everybody together now! SUUUUUUPER, SUPER MARC! ​SUUUUUUPER, SUPER MARC! ​SUUUUUUPER, SUPER MARC!.... .... ....he is off to leicester