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To be fair, I've never been massively comfortable with the idea of you and Neesy representing the rest of us in real life, like.

About as meh as it gets.

No offence to Brummie but lets hope their opening 2 games are a sign of what's to come at Villa.

Is that a direct quote from Rafa or are they just being silly cunts as per?

Carver's Wikipedia picture is pretty Brent-like.

Yeah, second half when Smith and Shola were fucked off/injured and Routledge was signed was much better on the eye. We had our TV moments early on, though. The Reading and Ipswich games come to mind.

We were never off the TV last time we were down there. I don't think we'll be as good to watch this time, in fairness.

tbf he rarely done that when here. Apart from the odd occasion he was a complete waste. Please fuck off and die. No need for this stuff, tbh. You're doing it more and more. CG's obviously wrong and trying to get a reaction but fucking rise above it, man.

Pretty much this. If he was foreign with tats he'd have a cult following by now, but he's just another local lad getting dogs abuse from the shoes off, 3-in-1 haircut, Soccer AM bred mongs we have following the club nowadays. What a load of rubbish,the fact that Dummett is a geordie lad is the reason people for a long time have defended him He's a poor bottom half possibly, midtable championship defender. No player gets the benefit of that on here, like. Rightfully so. At the match players from the area definitely get afforded a bit more patience.

You ain't thinking too hard then, because we played Jack Colback and Anita out in LB and were torn to shreds on that side. Yep, exactly. We all know he's a poor footballer but the defensive unit clearly improved when he returned for the last 6 games.

If Mitrovic wants the shirt he'll get it, eventually. Rafa's played a blinder in basically preventing him from having it without it coming across like his decision. It'll serve as an excellent motivational tool instead of a weight on his back. He didn't respond well to pressure last season and it's obviously something for him to grow into.

Marveaux was horribly used by Pardew, like. Never a winger in a million years for a start.

Aye. Just the 22 out of 25 PL seasons and 8th on the all-time table.

He's 22 and would already walk into most PL sides. He's only going to get better and is likely close to a decade away from his best. I think it's a good deal for all involved.

I think the fact Ritchie looks most comfortable at RW means we'd keep him central my mate. Unlikely to stay, obviously. I'd hope if we sold him we'd reinvest in a midfielder.

Yep. Very solid CB.

Yeah. He's an absolutely smashing lad apparently but has a really laid-back attitude to his football career. Time to go.

Means playing with 1 striker, though. I'm starting to think that's probably unwise. Shelvey - Diame CM if Moussa leaves and we fail to buy another.

Quite clearly his grandson or someone typing filtered musings out, like.

Was this something along the lines of giving Robert a 2 out of 10 rating in the Chronicle which Robert got angry about? I've heard the story before but can't remember the details It was Oliver's ratings and an article from Gibson just before Xmas which got him mad. When he grabbed Oliver by his collar he had a copy of the paper in his other hand.

Probably explains why Rafa stopped playing him.

Same. Was spotted necking pints with Carroll in town not long after he signed IIRC The Diamond in Ponteland. More than once he's been smashed in there, actually.

The best thing John Gibson ever did was write a preposterous article that was ultimately responsible for Alan Oliver getting attacked by Robert after that Spurs game in late 2002.

We'd have had to score for that to happen.