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2 hours ago, KMitch said:

I think this has been one of the most toxic transfer windows ever on VT that I can remember.  For a club with a universally backed manager and board and a very deep squad that is playing good football, I've never seen so many people losing their minds over speculation or jump down the throats of other posters for having a differing opinion.  I've personally stepped back from being as active as I usually am because the vibe is too angry in the Transfer Threads most days. 

The internet itself has become much more toxic in the last couple of years, there are some people who just love for online conflict now.

11 minutes ago, villaglint said:

Saw a line on BBC text updates in Charity shield saying Rice had been neat and tidy and not much else. I burst out laughing because what else were they expecting him to do, people think because they paid so much he must be Messi. 

I'm still not convinced that he is a better footballer than Xhaka, Rice has a slightly better engine and is a better character sure but he doesn't move the ball as well as him. Xhaka being left footed helped their balance too with Zinchenko and Martinelli tucking in from the wings.

Becoming clear how there is such a racism problem in Tesla factories now.

I like it, even if he flops he will still be a fun player to watch. He is a very classy footballer.

45 minutes ago, duke313 said:

I'd take him on loan.  Imagine him under Emery.

I'd hate him here, great footballer but most annoying looking head in football. My sense is that he is not a good character either, based mostly on his annoying head.

5 minutes ago, Jas10 said:

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Zouma is a bigger threat (both from set pieces and from an animal cruelty point of view).

Although Hibs would be the best occasion I wouldn't like to see them knocked out so any of the others for me.

They could really do with a Keinan Davis.

Great to see, has been a worrying spell in his career but one good season in the Championship and he will be ready to be a quality player for us for many years.

Not a loan but good to see Tyreik Wright making a championship appearance too as it shows we can help develop players enough to make good careers for themselves even if they don't make the cut at Villa.

Relevant for the rise of fascism everywhere but good article here on how an out and out white supremacist now has serious influence.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/richard-hanania-white-supremacist-pseudonym-richard-hoste_n_64c93928e4b021e2f295e817

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A prominent conservative writer, lionized by Silicon Valley billionaires and a U.S. senator, used a pen name for years to write for white supremacist publications and was a formative voice during the rise of the racist “alt-right,” according to a new HuffPost investigation.

 

Richard Hanania, a visiting scholar at the University of Texas, used the pen name “Richard Hoste” in the early 2010s to write articles where he identified himself as a “race realist.” He expressed support for eugenics and the forced sterilization of “low IQ” people, who he argued were most often Black. He opposed “miscegenation” and “race-mixing.” And once, while arguing that Black people cannot govern themselves, he cited the neo-Nazi author of “The Turner Diaries,” the infamous novel that celebrates a future race war.

 

A decade later, writing under his real name, Hanania has ensconced himself in the national mainstream media, writing op-eds in the country’s biggest papers, bending the ears of some of the world’s wealthiest men and lecturing at prestigious universities, all while keeping his past white supremacist writings under wraps.

Should be a good signing for league 2 but he surely can't play for Ireland again when playing at that level.

https://twitter.com/notthertenews/status/1687506234608427025?s=20

I can't believe they have signed no right backs either especially considering their only senior now is a midfielder due to defensive flaws.

Game starts in 10 minutes on BBC2 if anyone is looking for something good to watch.

I see Nick Powell has ended up back in league 2 with Stockport before he turned 30, would I be right in saying he was linked here a couple of times?

Given Maguire's wages there is no way anyone can warrant a high transfer fee on top of it

4 minutes ago, mottaloo said:

Problem is, those two counties have a monopoly on winning "Sam" most years....be nice if a county from the north like Derry or Tyrone won it....it just gets boring otherwise. 

I follow the hurling more as a son of Cork immigrants and they used to be prolific back in the day but kilkenny and now Limerick seem to rule the roost 

As a Kildare man we are waiting 95 years and counting for our last one. Tyrone last won it in 2021. It does add something when counties make their breakthroughs though, the 90s and early 00's were brilliant with multiple all Ireland winners.

I could not find a designated GAA thread here but just a heads up that the All Ireland football final tomorrow between Dublin and Kerry will be on BBC2 across the UK at 15:30. I see Dion Dublin is doing promo stuff for it strangely enough.

Should be an interesting enough final.

We can see now that if apartheid South Africa had the same amount of oil that Saudi has then there would have been no successful boycotts. A depressing thought.

Jack Grealish, left to join some sports washing project for a middle eastern authoritarian regime.

You'd wonder if Luton or Sheffield United would take a punt on him, would be a good signing for either.

3 hours ago, Villatillidie95 said:

McGeady gone to Ayr United from Hibernian. Surprised he's still playing

I like to see players staying on playing at lower levels, seems like it doesn't happen as often as it did back in the day probably as a result of the higher wages at higher levels these days.

McGeady never fulfilled his potential though, should have gone to somewhere he could develop more in his early career, Russia wasn't the right move for his peak years.

Just browsing other teams forums about the Diaby thing and came across what one thinks is Villa's best 11

Amusing.

On 12/07/2023 at 15:50, YLN said:

I've seen very little of him, but I think he's rubbish based on one match i saw him in. He is not within a million miles of Villa's first team. He was 4th keeper. Steer second and injured, Olsen 3rd and terrible, then Sinisalo. On the bench with Olsen just so he could be there as a third keeper in the pre match warm up to get the strikers' confidence up. Never going to play. 

I've staked my entire reputation on him not making it. Do Exeter need a new keeper? 

People might have said the same of a young Emi Martinez