Good morning and eyes down for a full house.
I quite like the phrase, you couldn’t make it up. But this morning’s Sunday Mirror headline is more proof were it ever needed that in actual fact, you can. According to the Mirror’s Paul Smith discreet enquiries made by the Etihad mob about the boy Bale were greeted with a blunt price tag of £150M.
Let me just say, even running this two bob operation I get people telling me ‘stuff’ on a regular basis. Sometimes it pans out, sometimes it does not. That’s show business. But I do try and at least give each piece of information some degree of analysis. £150m? The Mirror need to make it a sackable offence in 2012 to upload articles from public houses.
Today is incredibly exciting. Of course we play every cad at least twice a season, but never before in living memory has the outcome stood to influence our fight for the title. There, I said it.
What will we get this afternoon? Invisible cards in hues of red and yellow from Bobby Manc? If he pulls this stunt today I sincerely hope he’s told to naff off to the stands for his trouble. It’s not jealously, Bob, you’re just behaving like a tart.
Our lot know what’s required. Or at least I hope to God they do. A terrifying article in the Telegraph where the Welsh wizard reiterates his cunning plan to not play on the wing more and more.
Oh yes. And if TK Maxx sold people, they’d sell Shaun Custis.
BIOYMCC!
also i saw that bob keane scored for the villa,i really think the loan system is out of control and even though it is the same for everyone,i don’t see how bringing in pretty decent players for 2 months to keep you up or in the CL is fair,especially when they already belong to a team on a permanent basis in a completely different league and country,it doesn’t make sense to me,
i don’t even think premier league teams should be allowed to loan to other premier league teams myself,
I can understand your reasoning, but where would we be now without Ade. And would you really prefer to have J**** and Bentley keeping our bench warm.
Then there is the experience that both Kyle’s have and Caulker have gained through the loan system.
I thought Naughton was excellent yesterday against the Chavs.
Playing at LB too. That’ll do nicely next season if he can cover both Walker & A&E.
He can get even better playing with Norwich’s open style and Lambert’s “arm around the shoulder” approach.
The trade off with the short term help is that it takes up a place in the squad for the rest of the season meaning that Villa will only have 24 players to choose from come March.
Kronenbourg sliding down a little too nicely for my liking.
I can predict a bad Monday. Especially if we win.
60/1 VDV & a 0-1 scoreline.
It’s past noon and I’m getting excited.
I feel we might be recompenced for Ade’s three disallowed goals, today. A bit of luck please and no shitty decisions Mr. Webb.
Survive this and we can go on to big things.
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By the way…
Best wishes to Norman Giller following his heart attack.
Watch from behind the settee, Norman!
Two bob’s a bit ambitious isn’t it?
BTW those cards are excellent. Particularly like Peter Andre in the bottom left.
I don’t think the Shaun Custis link is working.