womblemaster

we dont need to win this for survival. would be nice to draw at least. a point would be bonus result, but its not vital if we lose. Ofcourse a good game is possible with chances for both sides liikely. Hope they dont get an early goal tho....

http://frenchoven.webs.com/ apparently sent the new lads some welcome packs, so they can graduate their comming addiction to pasties.

I've never been to Wales, but isn't it supposed to be beautiful? yes it is, if you like mountains. Ive been up snowdon 3 times.

`hit teams on the break when they are throwing the kitchen sink at us is beyond me. ` i recall us using ben arfa like that, so in 2 weeks time this could be possible.

some of the whiney bitches in this thread( do you spend all of mondays whining ur handbags arent pink enough?

erm well i cant see him praising the city in that article, probbaly still thinks its naff. He probbaly does highly rate the football culture here tho. 2 seperate things isnt it?

Steve Claridge, BBC Sport "You had to be here to believe how bad Villa were tonight. You can't quite grasp it until you see them live. This isn't a classic Millwall side and this was a game that Villa were capable of winning." sounds good )

someone twitter this to S taylor....get it printed into a poster for the changing room https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/424543_4943896670748_1404646159_n.jpg

So in the ideal scenario....the new lads slice villa apart and rack up a goal haul. Early goals and they might wilt?

wow these french footballers must be desperate for le pound....cant even afford new jeans uncle mike solving world poverty

looks a bit worn down there...

`I think big sets of supporters will struggle to identify themselves with the club when there are suddenly next to no English/British players in there?` as long as the football is good, its not an issue for me. AM a Northumbrian white man with a family line back to at least 1700 of locals, yet one my fav alltime players was a black cockney(les ferdinand). tbh if you look at the history of tyneside, most of the population is breed from immigrants, who arrived between 1870 and 1910ish Mostly british or irish, but they came from all over the uk. talent & effort is all i wanna see.

tht a scene from new Harold Pinter movie: Death of a Ball Boy ?

`Eden Hazard shown a red card for violent conduct. ` lucky for us?

my assessment on the run in: villa 31 soth 31 toon 28 qpr 28 read 28 wigan 26 based on a draw vs villa, and no wins after that. I used 1pt on all relegation vs relegation teams. goal diff will make differnce to this run in! tightening up the defense could be our route to survival.....(maybe pardew has done the maths?) southampton and villa, imploding could help our chances massively!

`Villa were once again damaged by their inability to defend corners as Hanson scored Bradford's crucial goal. ` aint gonna be to worried playing us then....

So at what point do villa change manager?

Ivory Coast leave out Newcastle's Cheick Tiote and Lille's Salomon Kalou for today's Africa Cup of Nations game against Togo. There is live commentary on the BBC website. Ivory Coast: Barry, Eboue, Kolo Toure, Bamba, Tiene, Zokora, Yaya Toure, Gradel, Konan ,Gervinho, Drogba. Togo: Agassa, Nibombe, Akakpo, Bossou, Djene, Gaffar, Amewou, Romao, Gakpe, Adebayor, Ayite.

good discussion on nufc relegation: http://www.skysports.com/video/inline/0,,16497_8417215,00.html

bbc quote: `However, the Royals have the worst away record in the top four divisions in England with just two points on their travels." ` sounding ominous....we seem to have no ability to rollover the lesser teams easily.

just seen this.....little montage from the past: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21082815

wor derek take out a QPR registered chopper this morning?

only £8m ? surely the germans will try and snatch him at the last min?

whys gareth southgate there?

http:// any ideas??