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Tony Benn would be my favourite. A man of great principle, with a belief in empowering ordinary people to have influence over their society. My least favourite would be Thatcher. A person who believed there was "no such thing as society " We still suffer to this day the consequences of her divisive tenure.

Capitalism. If the capitalist money men think they can exploit workers in a different part of the world in order to make even more money,then any sense of patriotism or decency is simply thrown aside. Capitalism ultimately makes some people very rich indeed, the rest of us are expendable.

The old saying "two wrongs don't make a right" springs to mind. And what the Tories are doing to the NHS is very wrong indeed.

The guys found his level. Get what we can for him and move on.

Has to be the most ridiculous post I've ever read on this site. Lerner has invested more of his own money on transfer fees than any other chairman in our history. He simply doesn't deserve such factually ignorant comments as this.

Statistics can be very misleading. I prefer the evidence of my own eyes, and frankly Agbonlahor is a very average player. Little or no guile about him, more an athlete than a footballer. If we really are looking to improve as a team, he needs to be shipped out asap. If at the same time we can actually find some mugs to give us some money for the overated mediocrity all the better.

Would sell Gabby asap 10 Mill for Warnock and Collins, in your dreams. Lambert will need a sight more than that methinks.

He was gven a lot of money at Huddersfield, and failed. He will be given nowt at the sty, and will fail again.

Thank **** thats over. Looking forward to the Bank Holiday when the old parasite kicks the bucket. Street Party anyone ?

Jordan Rhodes is 22 and scored 40 goals this season. Would prefer him over Grant any day.

Brilliant. Have to say the economists point about the Tories and their venture capitalist friends using the situation to implement their private sector versus public sector dogma is spot on. They both came over as pretty ignorant of facts.

Vastly overated player. Worst finisher when one on one I have ever seen anywhere. Sell as quickly as possible.

Baker I think has looked pretty solid. Cuellar was poor against Bolton. I'd go for Baker and Dunne at the Baggies. Clark and Baker will probably be our future pairing.

Funny how the number of people who can't be bothered increases so rapidly whenever the Tories get in.

It's all getting a bit silly now. I'm going to watch a match, I wish Mr Muamba a long and prosperous life. I will not be indulging in an oversentimentalized round of clapping.

Oh FFS, behave yourself I've watched the game for 50 years. I've seen some truly great strikers at VP. Gabby aint one of them. He's more of an athlete than a footballer. Quick on the run but painfully slow to react on the pitch. Not a clever player, and lacking a good first touch. One on one he is probably the worst I have ever seen, his latest howler against Stoke, where he not only missed the goal but the Holte End ! being but the latest example. He may well love the Villa, but if thats the criteria for playing for our club I'll get me boots. He constantly throughout his career goes on huge non scoring runs, even under MON. I say again if we can mug someone for 12 million quid I'd snatch their hands off.

Please God let this overated waste of space leave. If we can mug someone for 12 million I'll be over the moon. Robbie Keane should have opened some fans eyes to what a real top class striker is all about.

Most of these so called kids ie Herd, Bannan, Clarke, Albrighton etc. are 22 or 23 years old. They are not kids. What you see now is probably what you are always gonna see. Some may improve, but at those ages most have more or less already reached the kind of level they will be performing at.

IMO thats exactly what we need. We couldn't clear out most of the shite in a cost-effective manner without triggering a few "relegation release clauses" No one is going to be daft enough to buy Dunne or Collins off us are they? Collins is pretty near the final year of his contract, and I think Dunne is as well. So both will probably be shipped out cheaply. Sooner the better.

He's a very poor striker, and has been for a long time. No brain, no finishing ability, little or no guts. Please let this waste of space leave my club.

I will renew. After 50 years watching them, what else would I do. I've been through darker days than these. It's funny though, even the Third division days were more fun than this. Oh well, keep the faith.

Can't believe how many people still defend this mediocrity. The guy isn't good enough. When Bent is fit again he will be dropped, and hopefully offloaded in the Summer.

And me.

On his form yesterday, nowt.

Well, well, well we agree that the Iraq War was indeed an illegal invasion in 2003. I am glad we agree on something. Firstly I would like to point out that I don’t believe in war – its brutal there are no winners only causalities. If History teaches us anything its that men and nations behave appropriately once they have exhausted all other alternatives. Do I believe in the right wing extremism that Argentina imposed? Absolutely not what happened was ridiculous. I think there could have been other ways to have resolved the situation – who knows. People are quick to take the moral high ground and point out and criticize Argentina for invading the Falklands aggressively but seem to forget that we invade countries illegally, apparently for oil. The argument I have is that there are often two sides to the story that are not always evenly put across. To suggest that I believe the Island should be ethnically cleansed is laughable. If the Islanders want to remain British I truly believe they should absolutely have the right to remain British that does not mean the land has to belong 100% British. I find it difficult to accept that in 2012, Territory 12 000 miles away deserves to be British for eternity. 30 years on, not only is Argentina a democracy but Argentina and South America are extremely vital economic trading nations. Brazil is one of the fastest developing BRIC nations in the World. We the UK are in times of economic hardship. This changes the dynamics in a lot of aspects. It’s in our interests to keep positive relations with as many countries as possible. Thats just my opinion..! So its wrong to invade Iraq for money, ie oil. But its okay to allow two thousand people to have their land taken from them because its in our financial interests to do so. Interesting double standards there.