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Chelsea are such a mess.

Sawiris and Edens, our owners, sold a minority stake of the holding company to the investment arm of Comcast (who own, amongst other things, Sky, and are specialists in stadium development) before Xmas. In the same week they bought in, Villa said their plans to rebuilt the north stand and increase capacity were on hold. They were going to do demolition at the end of the season. The fact that happens in the very same week makes me think, they're looking at a total rebuild or - and I fucking hope this doesn't happen - a move to a new ground. There is a lot of stuff happening at the moment, the shirt manufacturer if anything is one of the least controversial things.

They said it was something to do with the application of the sponsor logo or some such nonsense. Castore are a weird company. Grown from nothing to having some big clients in no time at all.

One thing I do know, Castore are fucking shit. That sweaty garbage they did for us is an absolute pile of embarassing shit, and they couldn't even fix the problem.

Of course we will (I have no idea what that means, but yeah, deffo).

Not as far back as I can remember, no. A few people (podcaster, Athletic villa correspondent) have seen the new kit, but are sworn to secrecy, but say it’s “a belter” which fans will love and also that - and this is where I suspend belief - they’ll be cheaper than the Castore dross one of our owners is the largest shareholder in Adidas which probably helps.

You are missing one point, Froggy When it's Duran doing it, it's fine, because that's different. He plays for us.

For those of us who grew up in the 70s and 80s, he was an absolute giant of the game, a rolls royce of a player and a colossus off the pitch.

It is 'clever' play when a Man United or Liverpool player does it.

Ha ha, yeah, of course you do. *shakes head*

He does come across as a nice bloke. Post ends.

Spotted! *tips hat*

That's what happens when you don't have a decent striker, just trying to walk the fucking thing in every time.

Treble. *nods*

Ha ha ha, what a finish that was.

Arsenal, all fart and absolutely no shit whatsoever.

It is absolutely ferocious by any sense of the word. Really thoroughly intense. Only same-city derbies can be like that IMO. You don't see this very often, for example:

Alex Moreno and Pau Torres for us are great examples. I saw Rodri last week say he's gained 10kg since moving to the UK because you need more bulk and strength for this league, and he mentioned it's really noticeable in Pau Torres since he moved here, too (they played together at Villareal, I think). It's a league that takes a bit of getting used to for a lot of players.

You know what, I reckon the difference is, most teams just play Ultimate Team matches on FIFA (or whatever it's called these days), sides like Chelsea and Man City also put in hundreds of hours acquiring and selling players. We all need to do that.

That's true, he's only scored against the REALLY SHIT teams this season hasn't he?

4 league goals, 4 assists. Not stratospheric, but struggling a bit of late.

That’s as routine as it gets. Sunderland were utterly dire, imagine putting on a load of shite like that in your big derby match. Also quite funny watching Beale try to get a bunch of league 1 and championship level players to play out from the back against high level PL players. A bit like telling your dog you need it to do the cooking, then giving it two weeks to win Masterchef.

Look at the desolation of the background there. Is this match being played in Kherson?

Course you are. Put your knickers on, make yourself a nice cup of tea, and chill the fuck out.

When I first went to watch Newcastle at SJP when i moved up there as a student, I remember seeing Gascoigne, who was really unknown at that point, swanning around with that chest out and head back poise he had, basically owning the pitch. Would have been start of 86-7 season. I genuinely said to my mate on the day, that guy is going to be absolutely top class. You could see it then.