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Don't think Martinez would necessarily be a bad choice as Villa boss, but from what I've heard from his camp Villa will need to be VERY persuasive.

We shouldn't need to persuafde him at all.

Hi Bobby, would you like to manage a real club with a proper history, fanbase, record in the top flite, big name players, a chance to win things or would you like to stay in a shithole like wigan playing football infront of one man and his dog and resigned to the fact that the best you can ever ever hope to achieve is to avoid relegation with one game to spare.

If he does get offered the villa job he should be sectioned if he turns it down.

Don't post on here often, but I read VT boards all

day.

I work at a bookies in Cannock and we have had two bets placed on Martinez in the past half hour. One cash bet of £5k from the owner of a sports bar and a telephone bet of £25k from a client who has connections with Mr Ellis.

I never post rumours and don't claim to be ITK, but those are large sums of money!!!

At what price?, a £30k bet would surely have got the market suspended?

I think martinez is worth a go. Its seems we can't attract a top manager and Moyes doesn't want to leave everton. Of the rest hughes would be my pick but martinez seems like a nice man and his teams play decent football which is something everyone on here is crying out for. We are not going to break the top 4 without taking risks on players and perhaps on a manager too. We are too good to go down so we might aswell gamble and see where it takes us.

Really scared that it might be FSW now. Hoping for Moyes.

You won't regret it, the first game is excellent. I am really looking forward to Arkham city.

is this thing that mcclaren is a bad manager because of how he did with england? coz, you know, his club record is pretty good

Is it? mediocre with 'Boro, good with Twente and shite with Wolfsburg. Apart from what he did at twente he shows no sign of being anywhere near good enough for us.

The best English midfielder of his generation by a distance. The likes of Diving Gerrard and Fat Frank aren't fit to lace this guys boots. If he ever managed to learn how to tackle he would have been one of the true greats, sadly he never managed to.

Stewart Downing, April 2: "Obviously there is speculation about players going to clubs all the time but I am happy here. Since the first day I came I have enjoyed it. The pleasing thing for me this season is to play well and to stay fit and be in the team. I have not thought about leaving at any time."

Stewart Downing, May 12: "I've already spoken to the manager who has said he'd like to keep me. I'm enjoying my stay here. It's great. I've still got two years left and they've come to me with an offer. For a player that is brilliant because it gives you confidence that they have faith in you and that they reward people if they do well. I've enjoyed it since the first day I came. It's a terrific football club. It's fantastic they want me. The important thing in football is, if you're happy, then why change it? I know it's been a disappointing season, but I can see the bigger picture."

Stewart Downing, May 25: "I know the club are keen for me to extend my contract as I only have two years left on my deal and that my agent had a recent meeting with our chief executive. However, I am 26 and at a major crossroads in my career so I won't be committing to a new deal at the moment."

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How about Darren Bent?

For every darren bent there is a Gareth Barry, James Milner, Ashley Young, Stewart Downing, (Darren Bent*) that's either left or going to leave.

*Might aswell add that in as a prediction for next summer.

why come out and specifically say i will not be signing a contract at this point? just stay silent on the subject....

So all clubs who are interested in him know he is available and that with only two years left on his contract Villa will have to sell.

Might aswell sell him this summer so. Another player using us as a stepping stone. We need players who are committed to the club not just here to get an england cap and then f%^k off somewhere else.

Football, im afraid to say, is a load of bollocks.

This.

I think spurs are 'Triffic. 7-0 next week with Crouch getting a double hattrick.

Fact of the matter is Ireland won't default and will just take the debt and pay it back eventually.

That's about as far from a fact as you can get. Estimates predict a national debt of somewhere in the order of €250 billion euro. The interest on that level of debt would be such a high percentage of the overall Tax take for a small country like ireland that we couldn't even afford to pay the interest, nevermind the principle.

A quick look at Ireland's external debt to GDP ratio Here shows how bad things are, yes it is 1,120% and its only going to get worse not better.

We can't pay our debts back, ever. The sooner the irish government,ECB and other Euro countires face up to that the better for everyone. Fortunately for us it looks like Greece is going to go tits up before we do.

McClaren? Billy Davies??? Jesus wept. Do people actually believe they would be good candidates or are you just on a wind up?

Guillem Balague said on twitter that depending on what happens with Houllier, Benitez and Sanchez Flores are both on the "list". He says Quique Sanchez Flores doesn't know anything about Aston Villa but suspects he would like to manage in the Premier League at some point. Benitez has received numerous offers but is "waiting for the right one".

Guillem Balague knows **** all about anything. He's barely, if ever, accurate when he's talking about the spanish league nevermind the prem. Can't imagine he has any contacts inside Villa.

I'm not convinced that Moyes doesn't have the same glass ceiling that MON had.

Me either but I think he has earned the right to be given a chance with a club that has a bigger budget. He's shown he's good in the transfer market and with a bigger squad he might just be able to get us competing for top 4. Which is presumably the aim for us.

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Crazy how much thought goes into a Valve game.

I think I stick by saying it's really, really, really good, but it's not quite got the charm of the first. Or perhaps the novelty might be a better word.

I'd agree with this. I found it quite easy to be honest. I took my time and had it done in 7 hours. only got stuck on 16/19 and even then it wasn't for very long. Also the last boss fight was super easy did it first time without any hassle. I could have done with some added difficulty or making the game longer. It's also a shame that there's 4 hours of co-op content that I can't play cos I have no friends.

On the positive side, the one thing that valve do better than anyone else was still there, atmosphere. Just like in half life, your not some guy with a mouse playing a game, you ARE Chell. The game sucks you in and makes you not want to stop. "Just one more chamber and then I'll get something to eat" he said, 14 chambers ago. The story was decent and the voice acting was solid. The new features, different gels, tractor beams and light bridges where brilliant additions. Looking forward to the presumably free DLC (PC version).

2. There will be some friendlies this summer...working on schedule now...will announce when nailed down.

Hi general,

Just one quick vote for another friendly in Ireland if possible. Last year's one versus Bohemians was great and I hope Randy and the players had a good time.

Regards

Villa89

We should win this if we play well but I can't remember the last time we actually played well TBH. Score Draw.

I still don't get it.

Me either. . Nice to see an indie developer make it big though.

Agreed, apart from saying the league is poor this season.

I think he meant the standard of the league is poor, which it is. Looking for proof, answer this: How many games did one of the worst united teams in years go unbeaten?

I think Randy will sack him.

I think Randy won't sack him unless the unthinkable happens and we go down.

I've been saying this since gabby came back. It's mindless and even stevie wonder can see that its not working. Get gabby upfront and young on the wing and give it a chance, it surely can't be any worse than the current setup.

Another thing I do agree with is that the short-term setback of the '10/'11 season for, perhaps, the longer term improvement is acceptable. The problem is that Houllier isn't the man to deliver that long term improvement, he's not up to it.

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