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Staying in Manchester, he actually said. Maybe he's being clever with that, not saying "City" *remembers which player he is talking about* As you were

No way is that a real name.

I don't really have to say anything, do I? You can probably guess what I'd say.

That almost trumps MON's "Harewood and Knight" double whammy.

Is he!? Get in Said to be. Please, please God (who I don't believe in, with me being an atheist, but just in case) make it happen.

Gutted that Luke Young is going to Liverpool. WTF are you on, Martin? Overjoyed that Heskey is going so Sunderland. Just away. Away away away.

I've a horrible feeling we're going to sign Robbie Keane and Aiden McGeady. Then we'll snap up Jenas, and I'm going to jump of a fucking bridge. No rivers in Brum. It'd have to be into a canal or onto a motorway.

Excuse my ignorance but it's not much different to the old one isn't it? Those horrid checks down the side (which you cant really see in that pic).

Hmmm. New away shirt, which I do like (modelled by Cuellar and second and third choice right backs): http://www.avfc.co.uk/javaImages/9d/ce/0,,10265~8900253,00.jpg New home shirt (which I don't like at all) http://www.avfc.co.uk/javaImages/9f/ce/0,,10265~8900255,00.jpg

Man City are vile, arriviste scratters.

Not kit, but nice new training kit. http://www.astonvilladirect.com/product_images/maxzoom/prd_maxzoom_villa-71108.jpg

1.30 KO for our match at you, first train gets in at 1.22. Brilliant stuff. time for a quick couple of pints then. Ha ha, good stuff. first away game now on a sunday. i can see some of your lot making a weekend out of it. not tempted ? I shall see how I'm sorted for shekels closer to the date, but yes, it is quite tempting.

1.30 KO for our match at you, first train gets in at 1.22. Brilliant stuff. time for a quick couple of pints then. Ha ha, good stuff.

1.30 KO for our match at you, first train gets in at 1.22. Brilliant stuff.

I thought Dave and Gideon told us "we're all in this together"? Well, anyone who can spaff 20 large on a fucking watch isn't. So he had it nicked? Good. Come the revolution, he will be against the wall with all the other horrible, arriviste shysters we have to put up with in our faces. Hell, yeah.

There's something very, very fishy about this signing.

I'm going off football quite a lot of late. For so many reasons. I fear this may be my last as a season ticket holder for a while. Oh well. Welcome back, anyway.

If Rooney has an issue with huge expectations, one thing he might want to consider is doing fewer Nike (and similar) tv ads which make him out to be the nation's saviour. I'm picturing rows of babies having 'WAYNE' wristbands stapled on them whilst I write this.

The Heskey thing is beyond comprehension. I appreciate he did OK against the USA, but, even if you get beyond the concept today of bringing him on when you're chasing a goal, you have to look at the very notion of picking a player who has not had a regular game in an unexceptional side this season. Every time he comes on for us, you can hear the groans of depression go around the ground. He's patently not good enough to be playing in the upper echelons of the Premier League, a blind man on a galloping horse could spot that. So why does he persist in the national team? He's fucking indestructable ... managers change, but he's always there. We then hear that Rooney loves playing alongside him. Michael Owen did, too, apparently (which ignores the fact that Michael Owen is history), but then we hear Rooney telling the media he likes to play alone up front. So how is it that Heskey persists?

Me too. Some of those players have never done it for England with any consistency - Lampard, for example. All i associate him with in an England shirt is endless pointless fucking shots ballooning over the bar from 30 yards. Gerrard is another. Not as bad as Lampard, but even so, he's been at best mediocre for England. Then there's John Terry, who as well as being not as good as he thinks he is, has the added bonus of being a moral reptile. Throw in some of the extras who get predictably chucked on (SWP) and faces who shouldn't even be on the same continent as the national side, let alone in it, (Heskey, Upson), and it is all depressing. Get rid of the fucking lot, start again. That was Capello's biggest mistake, he said he wouldnt pick players who weren't on form, and he wouldn't pick players who were injured, then he went and did precisely that, and picked another player who doesnt even get a game at club level (Heskey).

Nothing will be done to help the England team without the approval of the Premier League and the big clubs, and they rate "what is good for the England team" down there with "what's the optimal temperature of a half time pie" in terms of burning issues.

Wait 'til you see us next season. In fairness, you won't be one paced whatsoever. You'll have a fair bit of variation, with Smith being slow, and Nolan even slower. Ha ha ha, that's made me laugh like a drain. Apols to our hosts, no malice intended.

His main issue is that he's so very one paced. De Jong is a good player, but him alongside Barry is one of the most one-paced central midfields I've ever seen.

Is Redknapp's baggage his tax nastiness, because that's exactly the same baggage Capello was carrying. I for one hope MON gets the job. Then the rest of the country can take their turn of having "you dont know how lucky you are to have him" nonsense rammed down their throats whilst being forced to watch tactically inept, turgidly predictable football.

I've read a few things on various forums today, since the game ended, talking about why the national side is so fucked up, but this is the most pointed and spot on post I've seen on the subject.