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Naismith. Although if he's as good as the last Rangers striker we got then I won't be complaining.

What odds for a Djok Murray final?

Eh? Ferrari only came on loan & hardly played but when called on he mostly did well. IIRC he had one bad game on his debut away to Arsenal, played out of position at full back. We've had shitloads of players worse than him since the 90's. Exaggerating for comedy effect, but I don't have good memories of him. Perhaps being harsh on him, he's far too closely linked to the Kroldrup era for my liking.

A valiant 25% approval rating, go on Neil!

nar, May 2009 changed that. Some are probably areet on their own (brummie) but collectively they were a bunch of c***s that day. from what i hear they done nothing we wouldn't , looked forward to that week and enjoyed sending down a largish club. had we been away at stoke or west ham or wherever it would've been exactly the same. had it been the other way round we'd have done exactly the same. We drew nowts-each at Birmingham a few years beforehand and sent them down. Wasn't there but I largely doubt we went to the extent they did to rub it in. when was this ? 2006. http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2006/apr/30/match.birminghamcityfc thought you were meaning villa. birmingham aren't really the biggish club like villa or us. imagine having everton or villa or spurs at SJP on the last day and sending them down.....we'd take the piss in the same way as the villa fans did, anyone would. I agree. Honestly, I don't want to get into an argument with anyone over that, but the gloating would have been the same. The time to worry is if you go down and nobody bats an eyelid, like Wolves, for example. The banners were a bit OTT, but really, you're talking about a handful of people. The fans I don't understand are Everton. There's always been a big respect from Villa to Everton as clubs, as they're pretty much "us" in many ways, the two clubs are so similar, but recently it doesn't seem to get reciprocated. We've probably got more undeserved points against them than any other club in recent years, but really, it's not that big a deal, is it? I know some of them didn't like Young and Laursen running the length of the pitch with cupped ears after that 94th minute Young winner, but that kind of overlooks the fact that Joleon "childhood Villa fan" Lescott had, about 60 seconds prior to that, scored against us and done his over the top celebration right in front of our fans - something he's done pretty much every single time he's scored against us. They also strike me as very whiney and whingey in recent years. Whever we play them at our place, they seem to spend at least 80 of the 90 minutes shouting for penalties. Still, i still like Everton. I remember the double replay of the 77 LC final. What a tussle that was. In fairness, it's pretty damn irritating. We always seem to be the better team yet end up not winning, consistently. Doesn't mean I hate Villa though. They strike me as a club who should be in and around the top 8.

Someone else rightly recognises my abilities.

Fuck's sake, I was going to lock the voting when it was 1-0 to me but someone got in at the last second.

Step right up, step right up. For it is I, your betting saviour, who will lead the entire forum through another turbulent year of thrills, spills, possibly pills, nil-nils and broken wills. And as always... You're welcome.

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Come on Jonny, let me start it. I've plunged enough of my money into this industry, surely I can have the honour of announcing a brand spanking new season of losses.

11:17:53PM - "about" 42 minutes time. Yeah, just a casual, rough estimation. Dunno why that amused me so much.

Was that the version where you could only play England, Spain and for some reason the Dutch league? And Fortuna Sittard and Compostela were both inexplicably good teams?

I think overall, it wasn't the best transfer of all time, no.

The catch being it isn't literally getting your money back, it's a free bet. So you have to get that bet right (maybe you'll have to use your own money alongside that "free" bet?) before enjoying the money. But of course, it's a good offer.

A whopping £4.5m. Him and Mickael Madar, sensational 90s striker purchases.

Fucked up there for 5 or so minutes, "Google Chrome could not load this page" or something like that. All other websites fine.

Yeah I'd be up for that.

It's a hell of a threat, true.

No but we could arrange a paypal account (Dave?) . Official game is much better. Dave doesn't read this thread I don't think, maybe one of the other admins. I'm happy to do it too if you all trust me enough. I'd trust you if I'd received my winnings from this by now.

Him and Nuno Valente bravely battling it out for the left back spot.

I remember watching him in his first game. He had a memorable debut, Boxing Day 2005.

Matteo Ferrari ffs. Goes alongside Alex Nyarko in our Hall of Fame.

Precisely my observation.