OTF

Nicely read Botman.

Fernandez just got bitched by Murphy. Time for him to consider retirement.

They eventually showed it. It was a foul and therefore should have been a penalty.

I don't see how that's not a penalty except that Gillet is a useless fuckwit.

We're not going to die wondering if we could have won this one. Love it.

Fucking Jarred Gillet is the VAR

More fake news. Did look like he twisted his ankle I swear!

A bit sloppy with our passing. Doesn't look good for Schar here.

Saudi strip.

I like to think that he really likes Burn.

Rafa Benitez, Shay Given, and some odious little fuckwit on the studio panel. It will be very interesting to hear what Rafa has to say.

I was really looking forward to his involvement this season, I posted a lengthy article about his pre-season preparation which highlighted how he appreciated how being part of this project was such a great opportunity. No doubt the triggering of a contract extension figured heavily also, but the speed in which he has come back shows how well he is looking after himself currently.

So after all that only change is big Joe in for little Joe.

Yep he was wandering in the stadium with the rest.

Miggy looked fine in the video of the team arriving on the coach at the stadium posted a few minutes ago. Willock also.

Hopefully it's just twitter rubbish and they're available.

And wee man for the mig.

Lucky Wilson is so reliable.

That's probably a fair assessment, though I see there being a distinction between the level of self professed hardman based on the height of the waistline.

I agree. The truth is if we are aiming to compete at the highest level under the constraints of FFP then generating a sizeable passive income through this and other commercial means is necessary. There's a massive difference between bringing in serious dineros and merely masquerading to bring more brand awareness for your own company.

Well we've found Bruno's weakness. Can't fucking clap to save himself.

I'll be honest and say that I thought Gerrard would be a half decent manager. I detested him as a player mostly because of his sanctimonious stance on diving which was wholly contradictory to his on-field behaviour, but I heard from various sources that he trained very well and was very professional about it, demanding the same from his teammates. Therefore I at least expected that as a baseline for him as a manager; expecting high levels of professionalism from the players. This of course is the opposite of Bruce who is a lazy prick full of excuses who lets the players take it easy, or at least teflons off the training aspects to coaches. So if Villa fans are seeing parallels between the teams performances under Bruce and Gerrard then I'd expect that it's not because they're similar managers but that they're both just not very good managers.

We never get much meaningful info on Maxi's injuries, progress or expected return dates to the point where it's becoming odd.