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Yeah, I never had him down as a nutter but the way he speaks can only come from an insane mind Seriously? The things that I've heard from it just suggest that he's funny and slightly pretentious, whereas others probably think he's a bit mental. I can relate. Gave on Pirlo's book about 3/4 of the way through, he's insufferable. Shame as I love him as a player. I read it, thought it was quite interesting. However, it is so short, it is barely more than a magazine's length.

I once saw something very, very unusual happen in a match featuring Leicester in the mid 1970s. Can anyone guess what it was? I don't think it has ever happened since. It fact, I am pretty sure it hasn't.

It surprises me to say, having watched most of the Spurs - Ollbeeyun game, they looked good value for the three points. Played very well.

Balotelli replacing Suarez is almost as bad as Riviere replacing Remy. It's a bit like Major replacing Thatcher.

http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10265~4159105,00.html I thought something was up today. First 30 mins, we were the better side, conceded a flurry of goals, and spent the rest of the match looking like we'd been on the piss last night. It was all very odd.

Hutton has been brilliant this season. N'Zogbia was injured all last season, so wasn't a member of the "bomb squad" (as they christened themselves). Honestly, I don't f***ing know any more. I have zero idea. Bomb squad? The players we refused to let train with the first team squad for two entire years, mostly because we were paying them too much money and would do anything to get them off the books (Hutton, Given, Bent, Ireland). They christened themselves "the bomb squad" (as in bombed out), and it stuck as a term of reference for Villa fans. Truly dreadful management.

Four games into the season. Four. ANd i say that not in reference to where you are, but to highlight the STUPIDITY of giving a manager who has produced two years of relegation dodging with a new four year contract when he manages a decent run of FOUR games. Insanity.

Hutton has been brilliant this season. N'Zogbia was injured all last season, so wasn't a member of the "bomb squad" (as they christened themselves). Honestly, I don't fucking know any more. I have zero idea.

Paul Lambert signs new four year deal. And you thought your sights were set low.

Alan Hutton has signed a new contract with us. That's the same Alan Hutton we refused to let train with the first team for two entire seasons, because we were tired of paying him so much money and wanted him off the books. What a gigantic circus our club is. To be fair to the bloke, i thought he was awful in the McLeish work, but that's not necessarily only due to himself, but this season he has been excellent for us.

To be fair, he's made the step up from Man United seamlessly.

I thought the first 20 minutes when we were well on top, it was utterly silent.

I've been impressed with Senderos and Richardson, too, they struck me as extremely meh signings, but one thing we were saying the last two years was that we needed some experience. It has clearly started to improve us. Mind you, the last few years, we've done very well at grounds we're not supposed to get anything. Especially Anfield.

No point in thinking about anything he says. Also NB without Ron Vlaar. Our record with and without Vlaar last season was remarkable. It seems like we have learned how to defend properly and not act like frightened children when someone has a go at us.

That's a good point. How far is that, 300 each way? If you're going to lose your rag with fans, it makes it much worse if you're doing it to those who have put in an extraordinary journey like that to watch their team.

I think, when stuff like that starts to happen, you really know the end is not far off. It was the same with McLeish and us, once it tipped over into Peter Grant (his assistant) swearing at fans at home matches, it was only going to end one way. I think that's pretty much a given at all clubs, really. Once staff start acting like that to fans, the end has to be near. That clip looked particularly bad because there was a kid stood right at the front, in the middle.

We're playing pretty well at the moment.

Did his ACL twice!

Watch this boy, he is the real deal: http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/sep/12/jack-grealish-real-deal-aston-villa

When I turned up in Newcastle as a student in 1986, I'd never been there before - other than for an open day at the Poly - and had no idea where the ground was. One thing that struck me was that back then, it was a horrible, dated mess. I'd never been to a ground open at both ends in the first division before, and the main stand looked like it had been built 100 years previously and never cleaned. It had the feel of an athletics stadium. If you look at what it became over a couple of decades, you would never, ever have predicted that at the time. I know you have become known for poor leadership in recent years, but at some point, someone got things consistently right to transition the ground from what it was then to what it is now in such a short period of time. I went to quite a few matches in my time there, and the thing that always struck me as unique was the location in the city centre. I remember walking around doing a bit of shopping on a Saturday afternoon and hearing a roar when you'd scored, and it struck me as surreal - I was used to a city where all three grounds were a few miles out of the city centre. I also liked the fact you'd see people converging on the city centre for a game. Carrying fanzines, or programs, the pubs we'd drink in as students full of people going to the game. I think that city centre location and the fact it is in a one-club city add so much. This was the late 1980s. In Birmingham, you'd probably not wear any colours if you were going to the city centre for drinks before a match, as there would be too much chance of aggro, so it was strange for me to experience living in a place where this didn't happen.

I love that stadium, so classy with the brick. If they knocked Villa Park down and built it again, I'd love them to do it in that style. Brilliant, easily my favourite on this thread.

Only a loan. That bit pleases me. In fact, it's nice to see we've finally realised you can TAKE loans rather than just give them. Sounds like his agent is an absolute bell end, though, judging bt the story in the Torygraph today.

There's been a few done in Newcastle-Gateshead (Westgate road building and Get-Carter car park both knocked down) but money is tight nowadays. The rules are stupid, the old odeon is a listed building and in a prime spot for a massive redevelopment and it's been sitting derelict for 10 years now. Is that the main Odeon in the centre of Newcastle? Used to go there a lot in the late 1980s. There and the Tyneside Cinema (which I hope is still operating).

I always loved Craven Cottage. For ages, that has been my favourite English away trip. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/Fulham_Football_Club,_Craven_Cottage_-_geograph.org.uk_-_577769.jpg Nice old ground in a great settings, near to enough really good pubs you can avoid the plastic glass, beer throwing, singing pre-match venues if you want.

You're probably talking about the gas st basin -> brindley place section. Currently they're doing up the NIA (arena), making it bigger and giving it a glass frontage over the canals: http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv10/guilbert53/ES109Eastside148_zpsfc71d79c.jpg