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re celebrations, this is the absolute best I've ever seen at our place. Carew after scoring against Birmingham, hoists a ball boy up to celebrate with the Holte End. Ace. That kid will never forget that. http://i.imgur.com/sCiZGBg.jpg http://www4.pictures.gi.zimbio.com/Aston+Villa+v+Birmingham+Premier+League+KVl-uRux7DGl.jpg

They do seem to be absolutely obsessed with attendances on there. I poke around in a few forums of teams other than Villa, and that is the only place I ever really see that happening.

So, farewell, then, Charles N'Zogbia, and good luck with your dream move of playing in the UAE at the ripe age of 29. You weren't as useless as Tonev, I'll give you that, but you did cost 10 times as much as he did, which isn't too clever.

Jesus Christ. Imagine being PornDwarf's son.

That's what I don't get. Prior to Bent - ie when you got relegated at our place - all half and half badges nonsense on there, cringemaking stuff. Then we buy Bent and they absolutely hate us. The fact of the matter is, they didn't have to sell Bent. It's not like it was a John Stones situation with mega money being offered. We offered the money, they took it. Also, while the Bent thing was going through, the internet was awash with Sunderland fans saying "OMG! But we are in the top six and Villa are in a relegation fight! How can he leave!" as if being in the top six in January means you're a top six club. Only for us to go on to finish above them. Despite them having what was probably their best top flight finish in years. Their crowds are quite impressive, but then again, they're one club I've heard mentioned numerous times as giving an absolute shit load of tickets away every game.

Worth noting, too, we've just had the worst five years of most of our lives. Including the worst and second worst home league record since 1874.

So, farewell, then, Aleksander Tonev. You were really, really awful.

Nice touch from Jack Grealish today, after playing against the club he was on loan at last season https://twitter.com/Keithw65/status/636295078680637441

*looks at draw for next round* FUCKING HELL

Fuck me, Traore is a beast.

To be fair, Milan has two airports. One is Malpensa, which tends to handle inter continental flights and is a long way outside the city, but Linate, which handles European flights, is very close to the city centre.

There is pretty much no better place in the world to live if you are a twenty something multi millionaire with a lot of spare time on your hands. There is imo. I've got you covered with "pretty much"

There is pretty much no better place in the world to live if you are a twenty something multi millionaire with a lot of spare time on your hands.

We have quite clearly copied his modus operandi this summer

That's the thing. Defoe will score goals, yes, but not as many as he used to, and investing that much money (think of the salary cost over the contract length) in a player who will be so old at the end of it was absolutely nuts. It reminded me of a MON style transfer. Ill-researched, over expensive and desperate.

That is the worst celebration the football world has ever seen.

Selling Defoe would actually be a wise move. That contract he is on is fucking absurd at his age. If they can get someone to drag them out of that particular fire by buying him, they should snap their hands off.

I wonder if what Sunderland are going through money-wise with Ellis Short mirrors what we went through when Randy Lerner lost interest. Say what you like about Abrahmovich - and there are lots of unpleasant things to be said on that score, on issues way more important than football - but he has at least remained committed both mentally and financially. Lerner found something more interesting to do and just totally dropped interest. I wonder if Short is doing the same?

Called himself "Tinkerman" yesterday. Much nicer bloke than Pearson. Let's be honest, though, Pearson was an absolute fucking psychopath.

That is more or less what I was talking to a friend about last night. It used to be us, you, Everton, that type of club, had enough extra cash plus a tradition of bothering the correct end of the table to make moves like that a no-brainer. What has happened now is that *everyone* in the top flight has got the cash, which sort of nullifies that side of things, plus the likes of us and you, being badly run, find ourselves at the wrong end of the table too often, making the likes of Southampton as (or more) appealing.

I think a centre half. Especially now Senderos is apparently off to some Turkish side. I can't see Fonte leaving Southampton, to be honest.

Although, then again, Cleverley did revert to being dog shit for the last few games of the season. I am starting to wonder whether we've actually agreed a takeover, which they're going to report at the end of the season or something, with the money we've spent. I know we got good wedge for Benteke and Delph, but even so ...

Not too sure about that. We've signed 10 players, and they all look more than promising, but they're going to take a fair while to gel, I think. Really enjoyed this window, though. This time last year it was Joe Cole, Senderos and Kieran Fucking Richardson.

From the wikipedia page, re former students:

That's the one! Summerhill. The documentary was 1980s, I think. There was a more recent one, too, I think, but the one I saw was the original one.