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How far away from the sack is McLeish?

I don't think I've seen Villa this bad in my 15 years watching Premier League football. No intention whatsoever. If Everton had an actual striker on the pitch this would be a walk in the park. Two excellent saves from Given so far. Warnock and Hutton are turboshit.

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This. Really don't trust Ryder, he's never been on the ball with regards to transfers. Also, no one had any clue about what was going on in the case of Marveaux.

Looked like it was a qualifier for the WC in 1974.

MsiDouglas Mark Douglas Source close to Morrison reckons he needs move 'for his career; for his life'. Crossroads for wonder kid: #nufc convinced they can save him

I'd give it a shot. Probably huge sell-on value which is something MA likes.

Just scored against Sudan. Never has a man been so far away from having enough.

MsiDouglas Mark Douglas #nufc interest in #mufc wonderkid Morrison intriguing. Am optimistic its not over... spoke to source v.close to the deal-more in #thejournal

Agree with this. Krul Simpson Williamson Coloccini Santon Cabaye Guthrie HBA Vuckic Jonas Best I'd like that, keep the ball well and carve them open rather than launch towards Shola.

Benoit Assou Ekotto on his goal yesterday; "I had no options. I shoot. If I kill a fan in the stands – then it's just one fan. If I score, then it's a nice goal"

Going after Ravel Morrison now? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/manchester-united/9008040/Newcastle-United-chasing-wonder-kid-Ravel-Morrison-after-Manchester-United-put-him-up-for-sale.html

Getting a bit worried by the lack of news regarding his contract.

N'Zogbia has been very good the last 3 or 4 games. Hutton is the worst full back I've seen in 37 years of watching Aston Villa regularly, but I don't see how anyone could call him a flop - that label implies people expected him to be good. Anyone who has watched more than a handful of matches (and isn't McLeish) could have told you Hutton is a brainless clogger. Fair play on N'Zogbia, but he was awful for the first 15 games wasn't he? As for Hutton, if you pay money for a player who actually repeatedly attempts to kill people on the pitch, I'd call that a flop.

I think Spurs can win the league. Obviously they have to play well and get results against the big teams this spring, but they're a machine.

But...but...they're playing fantastic pass and move?

Don't think he is, £20-25k tops. Can see him leaving this window though, he said something about wanting to play more a while back.

Canal + report on him available on YouTube, some interviews with him and Cabaye etc. Anyone care to translate if he says anything important?

Is it only me or do we have a horrific record against him? Seems to always beat us, at least when he was at Blackburn..

PhilippeAuclair Philippe Auclair 1/2 The Demba Ba situation. One thing I got wrong: the release clause does exist. But does the player want to move now? Not necessarily.

I think Gervinho is sort of borderline for that price. N'Zogbia, Alan Hutton and Roger Johnson stand out for me.

Kalou is fucking shit. Always scores against us though.

It's the exact same quotes. Also, Luke Edwards now dooming and glooming on Twitter. I don't think Ba will leave us in January, it would make no sense. The worrying part is that we should renegotiate his contract for the summer, as we can probably get a lot more money for him than we are on course to get right now.

Too bad for Faurlin, excellent player who has really impressed this season. Better for us though as their midfield will be very average with him and Barton out.