HanoiVillan

Only spoke more than a few words to one fan today, but he was really sound, sympathised with us a lot. In general they seemed beery as always but I didn't think there was any edginess to it.

Legend! So happy for him, great that he gave us a shout-out, what a hero. I'm still trying to find a picture of him with the trophy.

arfur chimp Getting to know the place Posts: 419 Re: Aston Villa V Newcastle Post Match Thread « Reply #22 on: Today at 05:18:11 PM » effectively relegated at villa to sunderland. the most comical way of all to get relegated I'll give them some credit though, there's some good avatars on that thread.

Obsessed.

Already blocked, they don't waste much time do they.

Lock about 23 other players in a cellar and throw away the key.

No, he seems to be allergic to joy.

You a] vastly overestimate the intelligence of Premier League chairmen and b] vastly underestimate the dynamics at play that lead to offering large contracts.

I'm happy to expand on my idea, but I suspect it would be extremely boring for everyone else so maybe one for the boring thread!

I'm a known whinger about proverbs. Don't get me started on 'it's always darkest before the dawn', and I don't agree that 'a stopped clock is right twice a day' either.

Yoda would be awful. That syntax is amusing for a few minutes, imagine two hours of listening to it.

How many people regularly slip more than once while performing the admittedly delicate task of drinking from a cup? Nonsense.

This is why people are worrying about the wrong thing when they panic about us missing the new TV deal. Premier League managers and chairmen will find reasons to spunk it all on a new generation of N'Zogbia's inflating the wage bill while offering nothing in return, somebody always does.

I could not disagree more with every word of this. This is correct, except for the words 'with Corbyn'. Whatever you think of Corbyn, he has very little to do with Labour's struggles in Scotland. They were wiped out there in the general election with 'soft left' Miliband as national leader and ultra-Blairite Jim Murphy as Scottish leader. Between Blairite Murphy, middling Miliband and actually-left Corbyn every wing of the Labour party has failed in Scotland in the last twelve months. However, the 'they'll never win a general election' part is true (with a value for 'never' that equals 'in 2020'). No, the Tory vote has increased. What's happened is that left-wing Labour voters more concerned with opposing Tory cuts have poured into the SNP, while voters more concerned with keeping the union have increasingly moved towards the Tories. Labour are trapped in the middle, and in all honesty, it's more or less time for a counsel of despair. They can't win a General Election without Scotland, and they can't win Scotland. Looks bleak to be honest.

Sadly, yes. Devastating news.

Fine London cuisine. I loved it! EDIT: In haste I read 'chilli' as 'curry'. Nevertheless, follow my dining recommendations.

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To me, yes, there's a difference between what somebody did a decade ago while employed by another club, and what somebody did a few weeks ago while employed by mine. That's my perspective and I'm sticking to it, rational or otherwise.

Barely. Totally went missing at the weekend in that 3-1 loss at Southampton.

The difference is whatever Barton did, he did on somebody else's dime, whereas Lescott did it on mine. EDIT: . . . and the second difference is that Barton's not totally **** incompetent as well.

He's played one game.

What, than us winning? Were they seen by reliable witnesses?

He hasn't enjoyed it? And the rest of us have?

I guess we disagree about both the numerator and the denominator. I think Leicester winning is better news than you do, and I don't think football is as **** as you do (or maybe I do, and I just care much less).

http://www.football365.com/news/limited-kompany-another-headache-for-pep 'City’s squad is littered with those who can be loosely filed under either not good enough, no longer good often enough or won’t be good enough for much longer. Those three groups welcome Fernandinho (31), Pablo Zabaleta (31), Martin Demichelis (35), Bacary Sagna (33), Yaya Toure (32), Fernando, Eliaquim Mangala, Gael Clichy, Fabian Delph, Aleksandar Kolarov, Jesus Navas and Wilfried Bony. Half a squad, in other words.' Hmmm, I wonder which group D*lph fits into . . .