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There isn't a fee - he is out of contract. Strange one, Carlos. He was reallly popular with the fans (hence the shenanigans at his last game for us), but over five years, no Villa manager played him consistently at centre half. MON stuck him at RB for massive periods of time. He's decent defensively, but terrible coming forward. He's also the only Spanish person on the planet with no ball control. His first touch is like watching a puppy try to pick up a balloon. Top bloke, though, always gives 100 percent.

They'll be lucky to see out the season.

Who the fuck is Karim El Ahmadi? We've signed him, apparently.

It's actually the Star Chamber of the ITKs. It is in the clubs constitution that, should The Club be managerless, power of market acquisition transfers to the ITK committee.

It does if young English players can't get near PL club youth schemes because they're full of foreign kids. Don't get me wrong, I'm no Little Englander, I understand why it is like this, I'm just saying you can't expect waves of talented English kids to come through if the best places for them to earn their trade are too busy poaching 15 year old French kids.

One thing, though, there's no point whatsoever playing Milner if you're going to play him out wide. He's crap there.

The Premier League is far closer to being the reason why England are shit, not a reason why we shouldn't be so. Look at some of the players who got into the England squad this time. Downing. What kind of a season has he had? Was it zero goals and zero assists? Henderson? A kid who had one half decent season at Sunderland, then an utter stinker for Liverpool. England's third choice goalkeeper is Jack Butland. Honestly, I wouldn't recognise him if he turned up to empty my bins (and given Birmingham City's financial situation, that's not out of the question pretty soon). The Premier League is not the best league in the world. it is the best marketed league in the world. Once you get past that, you have to look at the fact that there really aren't that many very good English players in it, so stuffed full is it of foreign players. You can then look at the fact that the money grabbing clubs, with the equally avaricious agents and players ensure that nothing like enough money trickles down to grass roots football education for kids. Just like none of it trickles down to create affordable tickets for fans, absolutely everything about the English game is short termist, and centred on greed, and that is why we'll never achieve anything at international level.

Wasn't it he who dropped a ricket against Croatia?

:lol: Why is it so many of these fucking simpletons are unable to leave the protection of a bus or a hotel without taking their headphones with them?

So can I.

Might be missing something, but how did we sell players left right and centre last year? Young went because Man United wanted him. Downing went because he's a weaselesque rat-faced cunt. Beyond that?

McGeady is the player who triggered the argument between MON and Lerner and lead to his departure. Conversation went like this (after MON had failed to shift anyone at all of the wage bill, despite having promised to do so first) MON: "I want McGeady" RL: "How much are you going to need?" (meaning $$$) MON: "As much as it takes."

Always saw Agbonlahor as the type of player/person who will never be comfortable being away from their home town. I just can't seeing him being anywhere else other than the West Midlands. He's not really looked that comfortable in our team in recent years. I lot of Villa fans wouldn't be at all bothered to see him go. Career is stagnated to a holt, maybe a move would be best for both parties in this instance Disappointing, as for the first few matches of last season, I thought he'd come on as a player. To be fair to the bloke, he's far from the only player to not have done themselves justice last season, but he's been off the ball for a couple of seasons now. and I think you're right, a move would probably do him good. I suspect - and I don't like saying this - that he's got into his "zone" in the sense of comfort zone, and is a bit too comfy. MON fucking loves him, though, so he'll probably go there.

Always saw Agbonlahor as the type of player/person who will never be comfortable being away from their home town. I just can't seeing him being anywhere else other than the West Midlands. He's not really looked that comfortable in our team in recent years. I lot of Villa fans wouldn't be at all bothered to see him go.

Who is the manufacturer of that Spurs top?

Pathetic really. Also entirely fictitious, I reckon

It seems that Lambert has told Alan Hutton to find another club, and there are a number of Championship clubs in for him, and we're bringing in Kyle Naughton to replace him. I hope this is true. Not the Naughton bit, I don't really know enough about him to form an opinion, the bit about Hutton, without a doubt one of the four or five worst players I've seen in a Villa shirt since my first match in 1973.

In fairness, though, that's pretty witty stuff from them.

Oh, and well done to Hodgson for decisively changing the match with that substitution. The bloke deserves huge amount of credit so far.

Young was crap. Milner was crap - don't play him wide, he's RUBBISH there. FFS Roy. How can you not know this? Really, we reverted to England at their worse for such a long spell. Lawro looked a right cunt going on about Walcott. Mellberg is a fucking God. I still love that man. I really do. Especially for this when subbed off at 5-0 up against Birmingham City. http://img831.imageshack.us/img831/7743/mellberg.gif I genuinely love him.

Its Brett Holman Is correct I'm too old for this replica shirt nonsense, and don't really care that much beyond the colours being right, but from what I have heard, the years with Nike have been a disaster. Last year, for example, our home kit went on sale in December. There was some fuck up in quality control that screwed us and Celtic, and got our shirts hugely delayed. Never since we went with them have the kits been available for sale by the start of the season, by all accounts, not once. Now, I'm not that bothered, but I would like to think the club would have some replica shirt revenue when they'd expect it, and the fans be able to buy them. Not only that, but the Nike shirts were always thrown together with not a lot of thought, and were of appalling quality. I recall a local journo saying that when last year's came out, he'd seen better made knock-offs in Hong Kong. Nike really don't care much beyond Man United and Arsenal in this country. When Villa were looking for a new manufacturer, Macron were quite clear we'd be their flagship brand in this country, and they'd get the shit in the shop well on time. Of ten manufacturers we discussed the contract with, they also offered more money than anyone else, including Nike and Adidas - and not just a bit more, a shit load more. I can see why it makes sense, really. I actually quite like the new home one, it has a touch of 1980-81 about it. Only bit i don't care for is the blue in the v of the neck. Beyond that, so long as the colours are right (something Nike struggled with), it looks OK, and the kids can buy it when they want to, I'm happy.

seconded I'd have to agree. Redknapp is a good manager, but he's at least 50 percent reptile. Roy, by comparison, is a decent man.

That is the truly stomach churning thing about this. With this kind of income, the clubs could immediately put into place a Bundesliga style pricing model, and really increase inclusivity in the game, and guarantee their future audience. Will they, though? Will they fucking bollocks. It'll all go into the pockets of fucking shyster agents, who do nothing, and players, many of whom do barely more.

Apparently, Redknapp's compensation is £3,000,000 - £3,000,000 after tax.

Glory Glory is down, all those home counties Tarquins tugging on their Gauloises and slamming F5, desperate to know whether all the ITKs are agreed.