LoughboroughLion

Bit of a long shot but Danny Batth? Was good on football manager but haven't seen him for a while.

The Sessegnon 3-match ban is being upheld. That could make it tougher for Sunderland as he seemed to be their danger man with Graham not scoring any at the moment. 

 

if we go down were going to need benteke to get us back up first time round otherwise we may be stuck down there for quite some time

 

the past few transfer windows have been nothing to look forward to and been proved right throughout

 

i agree with verb27 that defense has to be priority, the midfield has been too much of a priority every window but even then weve only signed average players

 

I think Lib Dem supporters are more hopeful of a majority next election than we should be of Benteke staying if we go down

 

tbh, he's under contract with us and I would hope we exercise all that we can to keep him at the club. If the worst came to the worst and someone put in a 10m offer for him, I'd like to think we reply with a stern no and tell him we simply need him and can't afford to lose him  

Where abouts is the 94 shirt can't see it?

Fashion > Mens > Retro Shirts

Hooper seems a decent shout, but tbh I can see celtic wanting around 6-9m for him, which is a large figure for someone that could easily flop. Tom Ince would be great, but unrealistic I think. 

We desperately need to sure up the defence, which means we need an experienced and solid CB as i think Dunne will leave, one LB and maybe one utility player that can play across the defence to a decent standard. That's three experienced players, which seems a push on its own given they are all likely to cost 4-8m or more. On top of that, I would say at least one DM/CM and one AM. 6 players coming in is unlikely, so personally I would prioritise the defence.

If we find ourselves in the championship next season my game plan would be to pay Benteke 60k a week and buy a group of defenders that can hoof the ball up to him. Job done  

Not directly relevant but still, 75% off on all things on the Villa store online today. Picked up this seasons home shirt for 8.25£, the 1994 replica shirt for 8£ and a training top for a 5£ (as well as some kids 29" waist shorts for 75p which I hope will fit). Bargain.

There is always the concern that you can 'peak' too early - the Fulham game was an indicator that we are not out of the woods yet. Since then Fulham have been on the end of two defeats showing that our game against them was there for the taking.

Sunderland have turned a corner at the right time, and Stoke picked up the 3 points today leaving it more or less between us and Wigan.

If Wigan had won today we would be well and truly in it. I don't think we'll get anything at Old Trafford on Monday and that 'much win' game v Sunderland looks a lot harder than a few weeks ago.

I'm still 50/50 whether we will be relegated.

I'm nervous, I live in a flat with a sunderland supporter, and a loss in that game could potentially damage our young players' confidence. Having said that, we can do it, we must need two more wins I think.

Good work lmarsha, looks great.

On an unrelated note, I always assumed we get paid by macron to be associated with them? Is this true or do we pay them to make our kits? If we pay THEM it's daylight robbery!

the fact that fukcing gets abbreviated to **** - why four asterisks and not 7?

Try to list things an Apple device can do that much cheaper alternatives can't.

Turn me into a fun loving, classy hipster, apparently?

I understand why people would disagree with Apple because of their business practices and their so-called illusion of superiority, but I can't for one second believe that I have been 'sold a myth'. In my opinion, I have a Mac because it is the best laptop in that price range. It has the simplicity and elegance whilst packing the power as well. The same with my iPad, I genuinely believe it is the best tablet product on the market. 

 

Apple are great at what they do, their products are fantastic. I think people just slate them because they have become 'too successful', dare I say. 10 years ago people preferred Macs as they were a breath of fresh air away from Windows. Now Apple Macs are more popular, they are viewed the same as Windows, and people enjoy slating them.  

 

Apple are more popular than Windows?  You've been sold and absorbed the myth.

 

 

Try to list things an Apple device can do that much cheaper alternatives can't.

I mean now Apple are more popular than they were in the past, not that they are more popular than Windows.

 

 

Can't understand why people boycott Apple, my life would be considerably worse without their products.

 

As for me, soccer sport/ soccer world/ sports direct or whatever it is called now. Used to hate JJB too but now they have closed down I am glad. 

No it wouldn't, you're just another one who's been sold the myth. For every Apple product, there's a superior product in every way.

 

There are many reasons why I despise the snake oil venders but I'll try and list them.

 

1. They boycotted Linux as it was a threat to their Mac OS desktop share. Therefore, they boycotted me.

2. Steve Jobs was a charismatic salesman. Not a genius or anything approaching it. Some things he was right on, some things he was wrong on, like everyone else. For every product he made out to be something special, someone had already done it before, or it was so obvious that only idiots thought it was something new.

3. Their continued reality distortion field. They actually believe that anyone who produces a rectangular phone or tablet is infringing on their design trademarks because they think everyone else is so stupid that they wouldn't think of that. The actual original iPhone design was floating around between company's design departments for a while before Apple brought it out, it was the next evolutionary step and touch screen smartphones were already out there with more functionality. Yet they still have the gall to sue anyone and everyone, hurting the consumer by blocking imports of devices that have nothing to do with them, because someone else also thinks that it's a good idea to have a green icon for making a call and a red icon for hanging up.

4. There's lots and lots of the above going on, they're suing anyone they can for completely frivolous stuff, because some short-sighted people buy into their rubbish. Mostly it's only USA where they win because they still have a majority of opinion there, being the original American new tech company. When they brought the fight over here, a British judge told them where to go and made them put an apology to Samsung on their web site. Even then they thought they were above British law and made the apology into some snide remark about how other people thought they had a case but the British didn't. There's plenty of info into their abuse of the trademarks and patents systems if you search for it.

5. Finally, more a reason why I would never have anything Apple is because it's akin to Burberry now. The only people still using them are doing so without realising that many other people are laughing at them for being so out of touch, while they think they're cool. If you use or have Apple devices in the tech community, then it's automatically a big sign over your head that you don't really know what you're talking about and no-one should take you seriously because you prefer aluminium over function.

 

They're a nasty deluded company who embody everything that's wrong with capitalism and corporate America, and everything that's wrong with human ignorance with cognitive dissonance.

It's a bit disingenuous to suggest everyone that has an iPad is some form of retard incapable of thought , there may be an element of hype around the iPad etc but they are still decent products ...I would openly laugh at those people that queue up overnight in the street to get the "first" I-whatever but other than that I can't agree with you

Perhaps so. I know lots of friends with iPads and I wouldn't class them a retards incapable of thought, but I would class a lot of the ignorant 'iPad this, iPad that' people less capable of independent thought.

 

Apologies if I've offended anyone.

I understand why people would disagree with Apple because of their business practices and their so-called illusion of superiority, but I can't for one second believe that I have been 'sold a myth'. In my opinion, I have a Mac because it is the best laptop in that price range. It has the simplicity and elegance whilst packing the power as well. The same with my iPad, I genuinely believe it is the best tablet product on the market. 

Apple are great at what they do, their products are fantastic. I think people just slate them because they have become 'too successful', dare I say. 10 years ago people preferred Macs as they were a breath of fresh air away from Windows. Now Apple Macs are more popular, they are viewed the same as Windows, and people enjoy slating them.  

Can't understand why people boycott Apple, my life would be considerably worse without their products.

As for me, soccer sport/ soccer world/ sports direct or whatever it is called now. Used to hate JJB too but now they have closed down I am glad. 

At uni, and only really tend to cook three dishes on rotation, which are pepperoni pasta, chillie con carne and various currys. I've recently found a recipe for sesame chicken so I think I will be trying that out.

Has anyone got some one pot, easy to make with affordable ingredients dishes that are irresistible?

I don't think we will get relegated because

a) Lerner would have no choice but to pump money in at January regardless if we were in with a chance of relegation. He's not stupid, relegation would not be in his plan, whatever it is.

Lamberts too good

c) Wehave Given, Vlaar and Bent, none of the teams in the relegation battle have anywhere near this quality in any of their individuals

Oh how naive I was at the start of the season.

Nonetheless, we can do it, come on boys

Friend of mine is trying out a concept on Facebook and asked if I could let people know about it to try and get it some exposure. 

I gather it is a Debate of the Day type thing, well that's the name of it anyway, but have a look for yourselves as it seems quite interesting. 

Debate of the Day

It would be interesting to see a rough estimate of how much some players cost us per appearance. I suspect the majority on that list would easily be costing us 700k per game they played.

If we stay in the Permiership, I would be very worried if we sold him in the summer. This simply being because of the fee involved. I dont think any club would offer us a figure that will match the importance he holds in our team. Given his importance to our team, his age and potential, I would value him somewhere between 14-16m. Some may look at that and say it is laughable, but in my opinion, that's because he is crucial to us. I wonder whether another team would pay that?

I can see a situation where a club bigger than ours offers 10m and the world expects us to accept, we don't and then we get branded as stubborn and trying to hold onto a player which consequently makes him unhappy and its lose lose.

Need a film tonight, comedy, name your favourite...

I usually drink cider by choice, both pear and apple, and have recently debated whether it would be more effective to buy a keg of cider or one of those larger bag in box things. Has anyone done this before, if so does it work out cheaper than buying crates from supermarkets or can deals etc.

Bet Matthew Upson could have done a good job

I don't understand why we have signed Dawkins

You're all on a roll with these bread puns

Well Bennett bannan Clark Lowton and Westwood probably aren't old enough to read yet so their out

how ironic