Good crosses in 2018/19.David Beckham - 2.Minutes played - 4.Ashley Young - 1.Games played - about 50.— Matthew McFadyen (@_maffoo) May 26, 2019
― groovypanda, Sunday, 26 May 2019 19:47 (four years ago) link
Aston Villa being promoted to the Premier League = I'll be joining y'all's discussions next season. :D
― The Colour of Spring (deethelurker), Tuesday, 28 May 2019 21:20 (four years ago) link
villa fans are ime good sorts
― daenerys baker (darraghmac), Tuesday, 28 May 2019 22:00 (four years ago) link
Swansea City winger Daniel James is expected to complete his transfer to Manchester United today.The deal is thought to be worth around £18m. pic.twitter.com/k8MvUAQg2D— BBC Sport Wales (@BBCSportWales) June 6, 2019
Someone start a transfer thread so I can celebrate this momentous signing
― Number None, Thursday, 6 June 2019 08:52 (four years ago) link
we need an idiotic managerial quote to get it going
― FernandoHierro, Thursday, 6 June 2019 09:03 (four years ago) link
My folks moved to the west midlands three years ago, and my mum swears that they get more tv news about aston villa than about brexit
― Bash Street Kids: Endgame (Bananaman Begins), Thursday, 6 June 2019 09:29 (four years ago) link
hazard fee agreed
― godfellaz (darraghmac), Thursday, 6 June 2019 09:59 (four years ago) link
That's a key reason why I support them! :D
Oh man, to live anywhere where terrible news is outweighed by not-terrible news....
BTW, just got a look at the 2019 - 2020 league table and it was lovely seeing Villa listed after Arsenal. If Villa can manage to stay in the Premier League after next season that would make me very happy.
― Dee the (Summer-Hating) Lurker (deethelurker), Friday, 7 June 2019 19:10 (four years ago) link
https://secure.i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/03550/david_cameron_3550615b.jpg
"villa fans are ime good sorts"
― calzino, Friday, 7 June 2019 19:12 (four years ago) link
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― calzino, Friday, 7 June 2019 19:17 (four years ago) link
https://cdn.vitalfootball.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/173/2008/01/318_b.jpg
villa fans are ime good sorts^^^completely fucking debunked in 3 posts
― calzino, Friday, 7 June 2019 19:19 (four years ago) link
IDK about David Cameron's fandom being legitimate, but c'mon, Prince William and Tom Hanks are totally the textbook definition of "good sorts"! Are you a bitter WBA supporter or what?
― Dee the (Summer-Hating) Lurker (deethelurker), Friday, 7 June 2019 19:22 (four years ago) link
Calzino renowned for having a soft spot for royals
― oscar bravo, Friday, 7 June 2019 19:25 (four years ago) link
Cameron is a west ham fan iirc
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 7 June 2019 19:26 (four years ago) link
Cameron isn't too sure.
"good sorts" ??? i don't want your fucking textbooks :p I've been called a few things in my time - but West brom fan is a new low!
― calzino, Friday, 7 June 2019 19:26 (four years ago) link
lolz 2020 season delivers already
― godfellaz (darraghmac), Friday, 7 June 2019 20:50 (four years ago) link
I've got a friend who works at ASDA and used to be a smack-head who has this very complex theory that celebs + royals gravitate towards Aston Villa because their name evokes some kind of grandeur and splendour that is probably very missing from the area.
― calzino, Friday, 7 June 2019 21:03 (four years ago) link
If this were true surely they would all just be palace fans
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 7 June 2019 21:45 (four years ago) link
very fair counter that
― godfellaz (darraghmac), Friday, 7 June 2019 21:53 (four years ago) link
queen's park rangers
― FernandoHierro, Friday, 7 June 2019 21:54 (four years ago) link
there is something a bit more "continental" + "progressive" and reaching outwards with your brand about "Aston Villa" whilst also sounding conservative at the same time, but without admitting you love mountains of dead disabled/poor ppl's corpses and tax avoidance schemes, cos you are so nice and love drinking Columbian coffee. QPR sounds like death squads!
― calzino, Friday, 7 June 2019 22:04 (four years ago) link
sgt biscuits and windsor davies are both good sorts and ought to post more now villa are back up
― imago, Friday, 7 June 2019 22:04 (four years ago) link
Villa have a lot of ultra-posh fans because of a historic association with eton college iirc, which they continue to cultivate to this day. Wd explain Cameron + Prince William at least.
― Bash Street Kids: Endgame (Bananaman Begins), Friday, 7 June 2019 22:09 (four years ago) link
I thought there was a bit more to it!
― calzino, Friday, 7 June 2019 22:11 (four years ago) link
why not reading, they're way closer
― imago, Friday, 7 June 2019 22:13 (four years ago) link
A quick google isn't turning up much, so maybe it's bollocks. But I think i've heard it from a couple of sources.
― Bash Street Kids: Endgame (Bananaman Begins), Friday, 7 June 2019 22:15 (four years ago) link
that's more than enough definitive evidence for me. fuck em'!
― calzino, Friday, 7 June 2019 22:17 (four years ago) link
― imago, Friday, 7 June 2019 22:13 (five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
you get daddy to pay to avoid reading obv
― godfellaz (darraghmac), Friday, 7 June 2019 22:19 (four years ago) link
xxp cause it's fucking reading lol
― Bash Street Kids: Endgame (Bananaman Begins), Friday, 7 June 2019 22:20 (four years ago) link
LMAOOOOOOOO, you've just won me over!
This sounds like crap insofar as Prince William's generation goes; one of the reasons why he decided to support Villa was because so few of his peers supported them.
― Dee the (Summer-Hating) Lurker (deethelurker), Friday, 7 June 2019 22:30 (four years ago) link
peers
― godfellaz (darraghmac), Friday, 7 June 2019 22:45 (four years ago) link
Piers?
― . (Michael B), Friday, 7 June 2019 22:53 (four years ago) link
This is indeed fascinating because, as I'm certain I've mentioned here before, one notable scene in Henry Green's "Living" is when two of the characters go to watch an Aston Villa game.
― John Harris is a Guardian columnist (Tom D.), Saturday, 8 June 2019 01:03 (four years ago) link
"... the Villa team comes out, then everyone is shouting. On face of the two mounds great swaying, like corn before wind, is made down towards the ground, frantic excitement. Gates wailed and sobbed for now his voice had left him. The Villa, the Villa, come on the Villa."
― John Harris is a Guardian columnist (Tom D.), Saturday, 8 June 2019 01:15 (four years ago) link
can't believe calz missed Nigel Fucking Kennedy tbh
― wake me up for "I Should Coco" (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 8 June 2019 09:05 (four years ago) link
The is exhibition in the British Library which is just box filled with all Henry Green's missing articles.
― Good cop, Babcock (Chinaski), Saturday, 8 June 2019 09:30 (four years ago) link
*there, ffs.
you just had to put an article back in
― imago, Saturday, 8 June 2019 10:01 (four years ago) link
Hoist. Petard.
― Good cop, Babcock (Chinaski), Saturday, 8 June 2019 10:03 (four years ago) link
fucking hell, missed a totally gift-wrapped sitter there last night. self fp'ed and feeling genuine shame.
― calzino, Saturday, 8 June 2019 10:05 (four years ago) link
absolute classic of the "he wont be happy with himself when he sees it tomorra" shearer analysis, trevor
textbook
― godfellaz (darraghmac), Saturday, 8 June 2019 12:03 (four years ago) link
Thanks for making me feel at home, y'all. The 2019 - 2020 season will be a delight!
― Dee the (Summer-Hating) Lurker (deethelurker), Sunday, 9 June 2019 02:31 (four years ago) link
Ligue 1 will be renamed "Ligue 1 Uber Eats" for the 2020/21 & 2021/22 seasons following the conclusion of a naming rights deal.— Get French Football News (@GFFN) June 12, 2019
― Number None, Wednesday, 12 June 2019 17:22 (four years ago) link
Aston Villa smashes club transfer record to sign a Brazilian striker for £22m from Club Brugge! Adjusted for inflation I guess cause I'm pretty sure Darren Bent was always reported as having cost us £24m or thereabouts back when? Or was that 18m with add-ons? Memories :)
I think possibly I have noticed Wesley as a name while clicking through other teams' CL results on my FM19 career but then again possibly not, who can say. youd better believe i'm loading that shit up right now though to find out how good he's gonna be for us in 2023. anyway ive got no intention of letting my own ignorance sully this glorious moment, we're back baby and we're spending irresponsible sums of money on unproven quantities same as the rest of you. A REAL PREMIER LEAGUE TEAM, JUST DOESN'T FEEL RIGHT WITHOUT THEM :) :) :) :)
― Windsor Davies, Thursday, 13 June 2019 18:13 (four years ago) link
and to anyone who suggests that 14m on Ross McCormack was an irresponsible sum of money i say *blows raspberry*
welcome back lads
― godfellaz (darraghmac), Thursday, 13 June 2019 18:22 (four years ago) link
Hmm, it seems there have been about 40 consecutive posts about Aston Villa on this, the Premier league thread. I'm openly weeping over this discovery, although also it is off-topic because this thread is for the 2018—19 season
Imago is correct that I am an extremely good guy. I 100% knew who Wesley was before we signed him and all. Huht
― Dadjokke (Sgt. Biscuits), Thursday, 13 June 2019 18:49 (four years ago) link
xxp
that £14m on Ross McCormack might seem like wise and careful speculation next to FC ILX splurging £20m on Jack Clarke. I know different leagues and all that but he's looked like a bang average L1 player every time I've seen him and I think it is fair to be judgmental - even towards such a young one - he looks like the consummate flatter to deceive overrated young dud and a complete arsehole to boot!
― calzino, Friday, 21 June 2019 14:44 (four years ago) link
LOL FC ILX. Like it.
― Orpheus Knutt (Tom D.), Friday, 21 June 2019 14:47 (four years ago) link
McCormack didn’t look cut out for the Australian A-League last time I saw him play.
― ShariVari, Friday, 21 June 2019 15:01 (four years ago) link