fruitvilla

6 hours ago, Demitri_C said:

Its not like grealksh hasnt done worse is it.

Gets drunk thrown out a bar who cares?

Its like he drove drunk and crashed his car

Yes, Grealish has done worse, and for some unknown reason this particular fan cares.

The average prem league player gets paid 3 million pounds a year. If I got paid a small fraction of that I would avoid (and have managed) getting my name in the tabloids. It affects, or potentially can affect, Villa's financial statement, the line item called good will. I would be very surprised there is not a clause in player contracts that deals with such behaviour.

Having said that, there seems to be something self destructive about Barkley's behaviour. It would be interesting to have a sense of the underlying causes. I wish Barkley all the best in his future endeavours, and trust he stops digging a hole for himself.

11 minutes ago, Jareth said:

chat with that massive antisemite Corbyn. 

I suggest that you watch this video ... nice lady describing Corbyn's position on  anti Semiticism

1 minute ago, Jareth said:

Why are there a myriad of ways to be antisemitic but not Islamaphobic?

Do you see a difference between the two? One is a group of people and the other is a religion. One is being against a group of people and the other a fear of a religion.

And technically Arabs are semites too.

Reading through comments on Villa Talk, I get an appreciation of what variables Dean Smith has to take into account, weigh, balance, implement and take responsibility for. I suppose this is true for most elite managers.

Dean Smith has my respect.

2 minutes ago, Indigo said:

Thought the opposite myself personally, outside of the odd exception. He had the highest passing accuracy out of the entire team tonight (outside of Jack who only made a brief cameo) at over 92%, considering he played next to Barkley and McGinn playing how they did he was made to look even better in possession if anything.

Only watched the last twenty .... Luiz would have got the MOTM based on that for me. Excellent passing.

29 minutes ago, villakram said:

Perhaps, but they'll have some going to do when compared to the warmongering Cheney's. It was only last year that she was shoving amendments into budget bills to defund any potential withdrawal from Afghan or Syria.

While I would likely disagree with Cheney ... does not stop her being wrong about Trump and where the Republican party are heading.

2 hours ago, nick76 said:

I’m also not in favour of people free to express themselves as a fundamental right if it is intentionally done in a hate speech manner designed to cause harm to others

If someone were to say "I hate Man United fans" would that count as hate speech? Or "I wish they would eff themselves"? You can see where I am going with this ... slowly escalating the rhetoric. It might not be a call for violence but it could certainly fuel the violence. There's going to be censor but who? For example if someone advocating for women's reproductive rights a call for violence?

1 hour ago, paul514 said:

I want that right taken away from them so it is treated as a public space and ergo free speech is allowed short of direct incitement to violence.

You did not answer my question  Paul ... should you be forced to lend me your soap box? Hyde Park is a public space? It would seem that your answer might be yes.

5 hours ago, paul514 said:

I also don’t want some arbitrary company policing what can and can’t be said. If someone can’t deal with other peoples opinions then it is sensible to remove themselves from that situation.

Perhaps some company wants to police what what is said? Perhaps they feel expression of some thoughts will be bad for business?

Say you own a soap box and I want to talk in favour of limiting free speech at Hyde Park Corner. Do you think you should be forced to lend me your soap box?

13 minutes ago, villa4europe said:

There's a world of difference between posting he's shit

4 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said:

I mean talk about performances

I get it ... 

Footballer makes mistake! ... extra, extra read all about it. It isn't exactly news. It goes without saying as supporters we will continually want to upgrade the team until the point the whole thing become untenable/unfordable. 

If we think "giving shit" to Luiz (or anyone else) on Villa talk somehow benefits our self esteem, Luiz or the Club, let me know how this works.

22 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said:

I give him shit on here

Is it OK to give "shit" to people who are not on this forum? I understand forum rules probably allow it, but ????

Nice to see the home side at St Andrew's can put six past the opposition.

3 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said:

I take your point, but I think this is one of those situations where the old saying about only having one chance to make a first impression is very relevant.

And that would say more about you than her?

2 minutes ago, Genie said:

She needs to dare her friend to share her nudes to even it up

But I hope you got my point?

2 minutes ago, Genie said:

What @HanoiVillan said. That act would say a lot about the person without actually speaking a word.

She was drunk and a girlfriend dared her to do it? 

7 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said:

It's not 'intelligent' for a woman (or for a man) to send a naked photo of themselves to a complete stranger, as a first approach.

Doing that suggests you're either lacking a] intelligence, b] impulse control or maturity, or c] self-respect.

Talk a bit first, find out they're interested, get the impression they'd actually welcome a chance to see you naked, then send your naked photo. It's not a first move.

I get what you mean ... OK ... if someone makes a "mistake" does that make them unintelligent?. I've done some unintelligent stuff over my sixty odd years ... I don't think that in of itself makes me unintelligent. But based on experience I would be suspicious. If my marital status did not preclude it, and I was interested in that sort of thing, surely the intelligent thing would be to investigate.

3 minutes ago, Genie said:

Yeah, I should have elaborated on it a bit more. As a guy if I got a random nude from a female I’d be quite pleased, but would rule that person out as a potential partner.

OK? If this woman was intelligent, outgoing, attractive, liberated, had a sense of humour and sane, you would rule her out; because?

On 01/05/2021 at 06:13, Enda said:

Hi Rob, good question, and I know you’re not trying to stir up anything. I’m a big man for bullet points/lists so here’s my response:

I generally agree with your post here.

As someone who could do a reasonable impression of a English Brit, I always thought the British Isles should have been one political unit. That way the habit drinking beer at cellar temperatures could be more easily protected.

1 minute ago, blandy said:

Well there's the stuff about not coveting next-door's Ox, which is a start.

I've always read it as coveting next door's wife's ass. But what do I know?

Regarding your shower ponderings ... "inert" is the wrong word. Perhaps inanimate? 

3 hours ago, Sam-AVFC said:

I have no reason to believe they're a dodgy company.

cf

4 hours ago, Sam-AVFC said:

for me to dislike it as I think hiring a scumbag company

3 hours ago, Sam-AVFC said:

"a very quick search" is far from definitive anyway.

Agreed ... But it is marginally better than an off the cuff opinion.

12 minutes ago, Sam-AVFC said:

I appreciate there isn't much information, I'm just saying from my point of view it's enough information for me to dislike it as I think hiring a scumbag company and ignoring how they treat your tenants is just as bad. 

I just did a quick search regarding the property managers. I could not find a definitive answer, but as the picket was around SmartHomes, for the moment I will presume they are the property managers. Now a very quick preliminary search has not identified any obvious "scumbag" activity. 

If it turns out this is not as bad as it looks, will we be sending a note of apology to the folks at SmartHomes, being big on responsibility 'n all?

1 minute ago, Sam-AVFC said:

Apologies to @fruitvilla for being righteous! I have opinions on the matter because it's something I understand and I've done pro bono work on similar cases.

There's nothing to apologize for ... but thanks anyway. I suspect we all do at times. But end of the day we are expressing opinions about Bruce with minimal information. I could be wrong here of course, but I would be interested in what Bruce did or did not know.

ps keep up the pro bono work. 

I am removed a little bit from British politics these days ... but in my lifetime the Labour Party have had only two electable leaders: Wilson and Blair. What's going on? 

Has the country moved that much to the authoritarian-right?

9 minutes ago, Rds1983 said:

 ... and can only assume that he should have acted better. ...

I agree with what you wrote.  

But not knowing the facts does not spoil the fun of being righteous. 

8 hours ago, KenjiOgiwara said:

He got it like clock work every weekend (or was it every other weekend). I just remember him lying on the bed in fetal position vomiting like mad,

Strange ... I had something similar in my teenage years and young/middle adulthood. I always called them my Sunday headaches. I always associate with dark Sunday late afternoons in Kings Heath.  Mine were not like clockwork, maybe three times a year. And not as bad as your Dad's. I sometimes could walk them off by going into the daylight. Painful but it worked. 

Luckily ... not had too many in the last twenty or so years. 1999 ... visiting the Del Prado (Madrid) first and only on a Saturday. God, the Goya exhibit was depressing. This was the first time it was sufficiently bad where the headache induced vomitting. Then another in 2007 or thereabouts. Nothing since.

51 minutes ago, Amsterdam_Neil_D said:

It was entertaing in the 70's 80's.

I must have missed those two episodes.