brummie

Where are you sitting mate? Please don;t tell me it is the Upper Holte.

"NO STREAM LINK REQUESTS!"

WHERE IS DR SPECTRUM? We have a winner!

Sky have apparently paid the club to book block a massive chunk of the car park behind the North Stand for "after match reaction". I don't think it is to catch the opinions of our lot if we fail to clinch fifth, either.

HELLO BRUMMIE!

Our away kits are usually white, so not much of a tribute there, tbh. I actually grew to like this year's blue one, controversially.

They didn't, they were at home. They beat us at our place

Our new away kit unveiled this Sunday and is apparently designed 'to celebrate the fact Villa have had more players play for England than anyone else'. The posters advertising it in the club shop list the 67 players. I reckon it will be that hideous kit Nike did for Inter away this year. Teaser: http://www.whenthenationcalls.com/

OMG...what a midfield compared to ours! Creativity and pace in the same package which are exactly what we're lacking so badly! None of our midfielders would be even close to breaking into that mid4. Sad but true When you play two wingers, the two in the middle need to be sensible, one goes forward when needed, one sits back, both need to do their defensive duties. Barry and Petrov don't, as they're pretty much the same player.

Hopefully by the corner. I'm in Q3. Q1 is the far end of the Lower Witton stand. Actually, I think it is the lower, anyway, but you'll be in the corner in any case. If it is lower, you'll get plenty of "banter" with our lot in the cheap seats in the lower North. If youre upper, you'll get a better view. Yeh it is lower, can always move if I don't like the seat, is it also true that no beer is served in the ground to away fans? Yes, it is true. You are denied the chance to buy lukewarm pints of flat Carlsberg in plastic glasses, served at the speed of the shrinkage of the polar ice caps by temporary staff so stupid they can barely speak, at 3.30 a pop.

Hopefully by the corner. I'm in Q3. Thats right next to the home fans.

Hopefully by the corner. I'm in Q3. Q1 is the far end of the Lower Witton stand. Actually, I think it is the lower, anyway, but you'll be in the corner in any case. If it is lower, you'll get plenty of "banter" with our lot in the cheap seats in the lower North. If youre upper, you'll get a better view.

I'm desperate to go to the game. Tempted to go in the Villa end too but I know I won't be able to contain my emotions if we score. Should I risk it or not? Unless you've already got a ticket, on account of your long booking history at Villa, you won't be, as the game is sold out. Incidentally, anyone who is going in our end, advice is to be very cautious. The stewards are pretty eagle eyed for that sort of thing, and there's no debate, straight out.

The other side of the ground from your lot, top tier, more or less centre, three rows from the front.

I'd have thought a match like this is beyond tactical fiddling, and almost entirely about motivation. Decide what you want to do, make sure it is simple, inspire the players, and get them to absolutely sweat blood to make it happen. Shearer's pre match and half time talk are going to be absolutely fucking essential. Watching your lot of late, the one thing that struck me was that your players don't look particularly bothered. We played Hull recently, and despiute them being wank, they at least looked like they cared. Stoke City have survived this season almost entirely based on that. Shearer absolutely has to fire them up and instill the right spirit in them. If he doesn't do that, then the task at hand gets twice as hard as soon as they get on the pitch.

I just think the "Premiership Era" distinction is significant because clubs that were "too big to be relegated" simply didn't exist before it. I see what you mean, but disagree. You're right in that nowadays, the financial aspect has cushioned big clubs against relegation far more than they ever were before, but even back then the "too big to go down" thing still existed. In my life time I remember Man United in the second division. When we went down to the third, it was unthinkable. My great grandad used to tell me that when we first went down to the second, it was unthinkable. You'd know better than I do I suppose. I remember the war and everything. Well, I don't. Well, i do remember the Falklands. And Vietnam being on the news. ;-)

I just think the "Premiership Era" distinction is significant because clubs that were "too big to be relegated" simply didn't exist before it. I see what you mean, but disagree. You're right in that nowadays, the financial aspect has cushioned big clubs against relegation far more than they ever were before, but even back then the "too big to go down" thing still existed. In my life time I remember Man United in the second division. When we went down to the third, it was unthinkable. My great grandad used to tell me that when we first went down to the second, it was unthinkable.

I would. I can't handle suspenseful situations. 1990 WC semi penalties, 1996 EC semis pens, turned telly off, went outside, smoked a lot, came back in 30 minutes later. I managed the 82 European Cup final, but looking back, i really don't know how. It must have been youth.

I don't know if Young will be back, I find it hard to believe we'll repeat the insanity of Milner at right back. Hopefully Luke Young will be back, and I expect we'll line up Friedel Luke Young - Davies - Cuellar - Shorey Milner - Barry - Petrov - Ashley Young Carew - Agbonlahor Personally I'd like to see Agbonlahor dropped for Delfouneso, but it won't happen.

I'm not worried about Milner, it's the likes of Carew and Young we won't be able to handle physically. Milner has been far more effective than Ashley Young for several months now, he's doing really well. Hopefully we won't see the utter fucking madness of him being played at RB again (that'll be Gardener if Luke Young isn't fit). Know what I'd do if i were one of your ilk without a ticket this weekend? Turn the radio and telly off. Go for a walk or something. Smoke furiously. If you don't smoke, start. Just do something else for 90 minutes, come back in, turn on the telly and get it over and done with.

A propos of nothing in this thread, other than the use of the term (and not even referring to you, oldtype) but I love the way the term Premiership Era gets bandied about. Its like Sky telling us "we got the rights then, it didn't exist before we got the rights then, it didn't exist before we got the rights then, it didn't exist before we got the rights then, it didn't exist before " over and over, and eventually, we've all started perpetuating it. Of course, the irony being that, if football before then counted for nothing, then Sky's second choice darlings Liverpool have never won the league.

Fair play to Ricky Sbragia, he seems a relatively honourable bloke and doesn't reach out for the nearest blame deflection option (ie the ref) like that stupid orange, microphoned penis Phil Brown.

What you don't realise is our reserves would probably do a better job than the first team at the moment.

All those Villa badge avatars and sigs, really, has there ever been something which looks more bound to blow up in people's faces?

OK, mate. Oh