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Not a fan, you know a clean sheet is out the window when he's starting.

Twas a fairly typical Lowton performance. He's generally got nice technique, although his crossing has been better, radar was a little off. Didn't really get tested defensively and that is his major weakness.

Yes I thought he was comfortably our best player except for the big rick which effectively ended the game! As you say came in a little run of mistakes so it's possible he started to tire. Def encouraging signs though

OK another finger in the eye for Wikipedia who I used to get his height. Still sounds heavy to me even giving him an allowance for extra muscle. Though as you say the 3 stone comment was Harry being his usual self.

I hate Harry as much as the next man and Taraabt doesn't exactly look fat in that picture. However Taraabt himself said in this "stinging attack" that he is currently 85kg. Does that not seem pretty heavy for someone who is 5ft 8?

Ha yes I remember watching Barry "sprint" down the left wing when sat in the Holte. You've never seen arms and legs move faster but Gareth Bale he wasn't !!.

Foam roller or a trigger ball? I read a really thorough academic type article a few years back which basically said that none of the old wives tales remedies had any influence on DOMS at all and in fact nothing does. Point is though DOMS are only an issue for the first couple of times/weeks when you get back into it. As long as you stick at it then any DOMS you have in future will be very manageable. It's only people who constantly stop and start who have big issues with DOMS in my experience.

Yes - he and Grealish were very much talked about in the same breath. For a while the two of them were tearing it up in the youth games. Also the dribble he did against Ajax in NextGen (available on google) is still one of the best I've seen from a player in Villa colours. Had a really bad injury and it hasnt been good for him on his return, not even getting a game for reserves recently which I would think is a major worry.

I did an AMRAP thing last week which consisted of as many reps as I could do in 4 mins at appox 75% max on all the different exercises I do throughout the week. That was fun. This week I have so far been trying to sweat as much as possible doing cardio to rid myself of the litres of poison I consumed on a stag do in Cardiff. Less fun.

This is correct in my view...part of me hopes that Sky is the physical manifestation of Murdochs soul and when he dies they will just cease to exist and nobody will remember what it was.

Doesn't sound good at all, even when he's fit this is going to take a lot of coming back from mentally as much as physically. Damn shame

It was Tonevesque as far as full debuts go. Long way to go, no big worries etc etc. Just an opinion on today's game

I wish I could put my finger on the game but I know I've seen an identical piece of defending from him before. He seemingly thinks that the LB should be picking up that man and that he can move to the middle of the goal occupying the space but that is the wrong call in my view. The reason you can't think of the specific moment is because he has done the exact same thing in a number of games. As you said previously not learning from his mistakes. Also as someone else said I don't think it a coincidence that in all our recent collapses he has been playing CB

Just watched the catch up on Sky, all I'll say is I hate Trevor Francis. You know your never going to enjoy the game when you hear he's on the commentary team

Absolutely yes it is worth going. I've been three times and it was as much fun a Ive ever had. Crazy crazy place

You don't need stats to tell you what your eyes can see. That is that we are much much better organised this year and tougher to break down. That means as long as you create something in a game you'll always have a chance of getting a decent result. Moyes did very well for about a decade at Everton with this formula.

I think its different strokes for different folks. I use the gym to make me better at the other sports I do outside of the gym so I like to have a balance between building strength and building endurance. Mixing it up keeps it interesting (for me) and gives me the all round workout I'm looking for. I am not worried about getting massive by constantly pushing max's more want to be in good all round shape. Though saying that I do reset my max's about every 4 weeks which then feeds into the % I do for everything else.

Warnock - My approach is to keep my body guessing so it never gets used to doing the same type of thing. So each week I have a different theme for the weight and reps I'm doing. One week it may do a 5 or 3 rep max similar to what Stevo suggested, next week I might do a bodyweight week so high rep but much lower weight, next week superslow reps at 70%, next week Tabata sets. etc No pattern to it just decide at start of week what your going to do, so many variations out there. It keeps going to the gym interesting as well because your not getting bored doing the same stuff.

I'd agree with SGC that Robinson is a good finisher but also with Rob in that I'm not sure he has the major weapon to make him a premier league striker. His biggest asset is his work rate and pestering of defenders. He is a born again Paul Dickov really so if he does make it and that's a big if then he will have carved his career out of stone through sheer hard work. However most premier league strikers have a bit more to their game than that these days, however his body/game is still developing so who knows.

Arsenal were absolutely terrible last night, people are blaming the defence but it was Wilshere and Arteta who were the weak links. It was just wave after wave of attacks coming from midfield. Dortmund were a joy to watch though, really pleased Klopp has been able to rebuild his squad effectively. In terms of Villa though I don't think it will have passed Keane and Lambert by that Dortmund pressed the hell out of Arsenal in midfield and attack, got stuck into their lightweight midfielders and then broke at pace. Its almost enough to make you feel confident but that's not a feeling which comes easy to a Villa fan. Also its difficult to imagine that Arsenal can play that bad again.

Yep 100% true when I started using MyFitnessPal I realised what I thought was a normal meal was actually a serving for two, sometimes even three. When I stuck to recommended servings it looked really small on the plate but when you eat it its fine, not left hungry or anything. I'm at the point now where I don't want to lose any more weight and I enjoy all the different types of exercise I do so I can start to build up the calories to find a balance.

If you remember Stevo you gave some good advice a few months back when I was trying to get chiselled for my honeymoon. Worked a treat, I used MyFitnessPal and got to around 10% body fat in 3 weeks. Never realised how big a part diet plays which sounds stupid when you write it down. Anyway I found it a piece of piss to knock the weight off no idea what all the fuss is about. As predicted I put it all back on in 7 days of all inclusive bliss while I was away but using the small and easy changes I made to diet I lost it all again quickly on return.

Big day on Sat for Fabian - head to head with Wilshere - you know Woy will be in the crowd. He needs to boss him and show him who should be starting in midfield for the next few years.

I thought he was excellent in their 0-0 with us at their place last year

Been a while since I've seen a game like that. The strategy for QPR seemed to be to get every man behind the ball and then stand about 5 yards away from each player, no press, no challenge nothing. Man Utd were almost walking and passing it around them ending up at the box and then shooting. I'd assume QPR would play with more confidence against other sides but they were so bad it was untrue yesterday. So hoping they get relegated.