HanoiVillan

So a succession of videos of mens-rights trolls, then. Thanks for the heads up, I'll save myself the bother.

Tragically he'd probably be one of the better players at the club.

No chance at all that #DenisforVilla would be worse than Lescott, so would obviously increase the average level of talent while significantly reducing the wage bill. Get in!

To be clear, I do agree with you. It's an unfortunate sentence. And Staines is total bellend, no argument there.

I see your point, and agree (although he does point out some other selective quotation by Staines in the very next sentence). However, I don't think that sentence invalidates the article.

Thanks!

Oh look, somebody has actually bothered to investigate all of this 'Labour's awash with anti-semitism' stuff, and it turns out that it's an awful lot less than made out: https://opendemocracy.net/uk/jamie-stern-weiner/jeremy-corbyn-hasn-t-got-antisemitism-problem-his-opponents-do 'Labour has a ‘Jewish problem’. Or so it has been widely alleged. Headline after headline in recent weeks has claimed that the party, in whose last-but-one leadership election both front-runners were Jewish, has become infested with antisemitism. The outbreak has been blamed on the veteran socialist Jeremy Corbyn and the mass influx of new members who were inspired by his leadership to join. With a long-time Palestine solidarity campaigner at the helm, the party is now said to be attracting ‘antisemites like flies to a cesspit’. Respected commentators warn that the Jewish community is ‘fast reaching the glum conclusion that Labour has become a cold house for Jews’, while within the party, these are reportedly ‘difficult times to be a Jewish member’. With ‘Labour’s merger with the far right proceeding at speed’, pundits have urged public recognition of a sobering truth: ‘antisemitism is now firmly embedded in the Labour party’s DNA. . . Labour is a racist party now’. These are extraordinary claims to level against the UK’s principal party of opposition, and they have generated an extraordinary amount of media coverage, albeit no serious investigation. The common premise underlying this torrent of articles, think-pieces and polemics – that antisemitism is a growing problem within the Labour party – is rapidly congealing into conventional wisdom. Yet this basic claim is devoid of factual basis. The allegations against Corbyn and the Labour party are underpinned by an almost comical paucity of evidence, while what evidence does exist not only fails to justify the claims being made, but has itself been systematically misrepresented. There is no grounds for supposing either that antisemitism is significant within the Labour party, or that its prevalence is increasing.' It's quite a long read, but it goes into great detail. Worth a look before demonising 400,000 people by association.

True and a fair point.

You're right, it's up to each individual supporter. I don't know how much lower anyone can think the price is going to get, supposedly Lerner is asking somewhere between £40m-£75m, don't think it can realistically be much cheaper than that.

We are exactly the opposite. Love cherries, hate cherry-flavoured things. Cherry jam sounds awful.

Would you recommend it? I'm thinking of going to the cinema tonight. Obviously I know it'll be harrowing, depressing etc etc but is it worth putting myself through?

That is sickening.

I'm going to leave this mayoral election campaign thinking an awful lot less of Zac Goldsmith as a person.

He went to ITV to host The Premiership when ITV were paying more, and I think he burned a lot of bridges at BBC Sport as a result.

The tone might have been harsh, but the point is IMO fair. I don't attend games, but I'm aware enough to realise that my doing so in no way inconveniences Lerner per se, it simply means the club get one less lot of £30 with which to buy players, pay staff, reduce debt etc. As PieFacE says, Lerner personally gets nothing from the club at this point. It barely even leaves him romantically nourished.

Fair point.

I despise Sinclair and even I have to admit N'Zogbia has been a worse signing. Almost certainly the worst in the entire history of the club at this point.

'Our level' would be fractionally better though. You can't tell me he wouldn't be an improvement on Scott 'Not A Man But A Worm' Sinclair.

I admire your optimism, I really do, I just don't share it.

This squad has now lost what, a dozen games in a row? You think it's all going to get better because the punishment will stop happening each week, but it's not going to. Our players have a losing mentality beaten into them, they're not suddenly going to turn into world-beaters while they're on the piss in Magaluf in July. I don't for one minute believe that we're going to get bought either. Anyway, taking this back on topic, Newcastle being relegated would be funny no matter what, but they've got a cast-iron three points next weekend.

For Newcastle to be a 'threat', we'd have to be competing at the top of the Championship. I guarantee we won't be anywhere near promotion.

Because Eric Black is an absolute moron.

He's a much better player than everyone in our squad bar none. He'd have improved the overall quality no matter what.

Didn't watch the game, but apparently he played pretty well, so fair play to him (if true).