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He's far to interested in his Capri Sun to sing.

Not sure I'd call it arrogance but common sense it is not. Common sense would be that players surplus to your 25 man squad were free to ply their trade at any other club.

Would add Tame Impala to the upper quartile of your list - and Tokyo Police Club should make the good section. Seems a bit harsh on Best Coast - is this not just a reaction to the not inconsiderable hype? And Band of Horses is definitely a let down compared to previous. Sleigh Bells I like (insert your own joke about early for Christmas) - sounds like something that shouldn't work but does.

California Dreamin' - Momas and Papas

Good opening salvo. What about those Kernow stickers on cars. Almost exclusively no further west than Chiswick.

Spurs 2 Man City 2 V*le 1 West Ham 0 Blacburn 1 Everton 3 Bolton 2 Fulham 0 Sunderland 1 Blues 2 Wigan 3 Blackpool 0 Wolves 1 Stoke 1 Chelsea 4 West Brom 0 Liverpool 1 Arsenal 2 Man Utd 3 Newcastle 1

Annasfield Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > > (Floral gums however are bloody lovely. I > currently have a 1/4 soaking in to a bottle of > absloute.(tu) I was introduced to this combination by a Scottish lass at an Open University summer school!

Always liked Munchies. Not sure why, maybe the challenge of trying to just let one melt in your mouth without biting into it.

Was that the bit from the mad General? Wages up 40%, season ticket sales down 40%.

Somewhere In America There's A Street Named After My Dad - Was (Not Was)

Jah Lush Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hmmm... well it has come from the Evening Standard > ratty. Last year they were saying exactly same > thing at this time of year about Harry buying Sol > Campbell. Monsieur Gallas is obviously touting himself around since it's only three days since this bombshell... McLeish Rules Out Gallas Raid

You've Lost That Loving Feeling - Human League

I would see developing the current Villa squad as a challenge and don't think it would damage his CV, unless he was unable to show progress with the team. As for opportunities to take another club into the top 4, I cannot see this happening this season as all possible candidates have managers in situ and are not likely to replace them. Hopefully he'll take some time out of the game for himself and then decide on his future. As for Randy Lerner, he's invested just short of ?250m in four years and has seen little return on his investment. Villa have consistently been one of the biggest spenders on the transfer market during this time (up to now) and he has seen little return to date.

Telegraph 3 March 2010 An article from earlier this year on Villa's finances - so how much more money do you expect Randy Lerner to put in? And Martin O'Neill's spell at Leicester left the club with a massive wage bill and player that they took losses on in transfers, partially contributory to the club entering administration not long after he left. For the record, I like Martin O'Neill and his passionate approach to the game - he was excellent at Wycombe, Leicester and Celtic but has come unstuck at Villa. Given the financial state both of the club and football in general, his leaving is over a very big hissy fit (granted he has not hung around waiting for the pay-off). Surely the moral high ground here would have been to stay on, work with the existing players and the talented players merging through Villa's youth team.

And buy Curtis Davies ?8-10m, Steve Sidwell ?5m, Luke Young ?6m, Nicky Shorey (now off-loaded), Emile Heskey, Stewart Downing ?11m when injured (and not thought highly of by the fans), Habib Beye, Nigel Reo-Coker....Carlos Cuellar ?7.8m!! Ashley Young ?8-9m - very over-rated. Not somebody that you would necessarily trust the judgement of. And on high salaries. Luke Young's transfer to Liverpool fell through because he would have had to take a pay cut and there were similar problems over Shorey's ?40-50k per week in his move to West Brom. He did well on deals for Friedel, Carew (in exchange for the useless Baros), Dunne, Collins and Milber, who he paid ?12m for, but overall his buying record is not good, recognised by board and fans. His style of football at Villa is also not universally liked, a tendency to play it long to a big strong centre forward (Agbonlahor/Carew/Heskey), especially since the departure of Barry. That and bizarre decisions to field a youth team (in effect) in a UEFA Cup tie in Moscow when you're only 1-0 down from the first leg.

Mick Mac Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Suspect he was made some promises the last time > which were not honoured later and he walked. He was told some money would be available but only through the sale of players and not all funds would go back into purchases.

No real surprise except for timimg. MON has been moaning about lack of money to spend for the past two seasons. However Randy Lerner needs to claw money back on other investments and some of MON's purchases have not been particularly successful.

Er, one from the top and any other five please W**f. Or failing that, 1875.

???? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Blackpool, Spuds and Birmingham for me ;-) Big relegation party at WHL on the last day of the season it is then!

Anyway, ahem, getting back to the game: Don't You Want Me - Human League

Or going back to St Andrews in my case. Missing the season opener at Sunderland - been a while since I missed the first game - but looking forward to a season where nobody has tipped us to go down. Except for a delusional Wigan fan in the Observer.

Here Comes Your Man - Pixies

Here Comes The Summer - The Undertones

Summer In The City - Lovin' Spoonful

Hit The City - Mark Lanegan Band