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dont think he was a massive villa fan but i thought he did have a box at VP? anyway, yes geezer butler is a big fan. i mentioned it earlier in the thread that black sabbath would be appropriate for an anthem - more so than ghost riders. you need something to sing along to and ghost riders is just too wordy for that except for the vippie ay ohhhhh part. war pigs is a good choice IMO

2nd half i found myself looking at that more than the match!! seriously tho, i thought some of the posts on here were a piss take but at a second glance they were actually serious! christ some people here are still living in the 50s where women's place is in the kitchen etc. the comparissons between playing the game and officiating the game couldnt be more wrong. being female doesnt in any way hinder her ability to run the line and from what ive seen of her so far shes done a better job than many of the blokes that do it anyway.

So cameras will be out in force on saturday...first game since the whole skysports saga (i think) Link

to be fair i think the idea of an anthem is that it would get the whole stadium singing, not just the holte/lower north. you wont get the doug ellis and trinity singing the regular songs. not having a go at them, they just choose not to and its their choice. but an anthem would get them joining in too and maybe, just maybe, they would find out they have a singing voice and join in some of the chants during the game too

im not against having an anthem. i just see it as being something that would be very difficult to implement. for most clubs with such anthems, they have been around for years, to the point that i bet very few in the stadium could tell you its origin. they just went to a game as a kid and their dad said 'this is our anthem, sing along'. i just cannot see how you could implement an anthem into an opinionated supporter base. several have been suggested on the thread with many saying 'i prefer this one', 'nah, i prefer this one'...there will just be too many people against whatever song is chosen. in terms of what to use, personally, ghost riders in the sky is too quick and wordy to be used. i love the bells are ringing, but i want that to take off as more of an in-game song than an anthem. IMO it should be something where the artist is connected with birmingham and/or the club. there must be a good ozzy / sabbath tune out there that would be appropriate?! i think one of the members of 5IVE was a villa fan too...

is £18mil too much for darren bent? of course...is it my money? no...is it too much to spend on premiership survival...HELL NO! welcome darren keep us up son and get us back into europe again!

When you phone up on the 19th, say you want 4 and all have attended 3 away games. They tend to check the first accounts history but not the rest so you could get all 4 on the 19th. I've just succesfully got an extra ticket by doing it And im 18, i asked for an u19 ticket to find out the is no such thing, apparently a typo on the OS, and its actually u18 very often this is the case but for my blackpool tickets they checked the history of every ref as i tried to sneak one on a ref that only had 4 aways

he doesnt help his cause much though. if he had bought bannan and albrighton on after 10mins of 2nd half and we had still lost a lot of the blame would have been shifted to the players.

unchanged line up please good to see gyan is a doubt

so close!

admititly an element of sarcasm in the thread title...

i know it is these odds for a very good reason but i honesly have never seen odds that long for outright winner of any premiership game. well i thought it was worth a tenner anyway...probably be saying 'what was i thinking' at 3.30pm tomorrow

this may well get locked but i personally it deserves its own thread, as i've just seen that we are a ridiculous 14/1 just for the win tomorrow. i say that again, FOURTEEN TO ONE! yes i know people are going to say that odds are that long for a reason but personally i think that is a massive piss take against us. the lower league teams wouldnt have odds that long when they play prem teams in the cups. with this in mind as a big 2 fingers up to william hill, i have put down a tenner on it...stranger things have happened. whos with me??

by the way anyone concerned about their away history and not being able to get a ticket, i had the 5 required but my mate didnt. also know others with less aways that managed to get tickets...some of them dont check your history. give it a go, you might get lucky

not surprising...i know several people who vowed never to again after last time

fooking injured again...assume this is same knee he had a prob with?

was on train from bournemouth got as far as brum new st before finding out it was off...went and saw cov lose to norwich instead so wasnt a bad day in the end

we barely broke the 37k mark yesterday for a game that we always used to sell out...id be surprised if even the initial allocation got sold with the way things are at the moment EDIT 13/12 - just got my sheff utd ticket and they only 100 left of initial allocation for wigan

yes please!

has anyone given any thought to what sacking houllier and having a 4th manager for the youngsters in the last 6 months would do to the squad?? we are in a bad spell at the moment but sacking GH at this stage would put the club into turmoil. if he were to be sacked today, i would personally love to give everyone a big fat 'i told you so' when we go down. give the guy a break, give him a transfer window and a fully fit squad then judge him. if by feb 1st where the team are in theory fully fit and hes had a chance to strengthen and we are still playing shite then ill eat humble pie.

could the game be called off due to the weather? i dont believe blues have undersoil heating...seriously

can anyone remember how soon after the draw tv fixtures are announced? id like to think there are more appealing games than ours to be shown but would like to know for sure before booking train

the player links are lazy journalism, yes, but is 30m really that unrealistic? 18m from the milner money means only 12m of RL own money...is that really that hard to believe?

From Sunday People: Houllier getting a (reported) 30m to spend in the summer...so how do you think that should be spent? Think a striker is a must, but not sure about Santa Cruz. Id be surprised if he is on GHs shortlist anyway to be honest think he must have a few good French lads in mind...Benzema maybe?

having the same prob...can buy one player but cant shift any others. the likes of nrc have contracts running out and i cant even afford to renew them. 6th after 15 games so not bad so far...lucas barrios was a good find for me