Terry Henry.

[Steve67]

Why's this not in the other football thread?  Feck all to do with Villa, thank God!  Henry can disappear up his own arse or up the exhaust of one of those poncey cars he drives on the telly.

[Damo70]

Why's this not in the other football thread?  Feck all to do with Villa, thank God!  Henry can disappear up his own arse or up the exhaust of one of those poncey cars he drives on the telly.

It looks like you will get your wish. He seems well on his way to disappearing up his own arse the way things are going.

[KevinGage]

It's concerning that the owner (well one of them, at least) seemed so sold on him.

Like a love sick puppy.

Might work out best for us in the long run, but still concerning that they offered the job to two blokes who didn't even want it before eventually offering to someone who'd never say no in a million years.

If TH or the other lad were their first choice, do the groundwork to make sure that when the offer officially goes in the answer is a formality.

[Toronto Villa]

It's concerning that the owner (well one of them, at least) seemed so sold on him.

Like a love sick puppy.

Might work out best for us in the long run, but still concerning that they offered the job to two blokes who didn't even want it before eventually offering to someone who'd never say no in a million years.

If TH and the other lad were their first choice, do the groundwork to make sure that when the offer officially goes in the answer is a formality.

Thing is we don't know that to be absolutely true though. A lot of it was the media putting 2 and 2 together that he likes Arsenal which must mean he wanted Henry. And I'm sure if we really did want Henry we could have done it all pretty quickly in the summer or now and we didn't. Dean Smith could have been first choice all along but we interviewed the others. Once Henry was told he wasn't getting it he went for Monaco and the media took it as Henry snubbing us which might not have been the case at all.

[Bad English]

Maybe Bad English can answer, but why is his name pronounced "Tee-air-ee On-ree"? I thought the last letter in French words was usually silent so it should be pronounced "Tee-air On-rrr"?

This has been troubling me for much of the afternoon.

Because 'y' in French can be a vowel, and you do pronounce certain vowels at the end of words (fini, Henri, Henry...).

[Ads]

Y can be a vowel in English too. That's why we pronounce his name in English "fuck off Henry and you too Halsey you pair of cheating twats".

[Risso]

Maybe Bad English can answer, but why is his name pronounced "Tee-air-ee On-ree"? I thought the last letter in French words was usually silent so it should be pronounced "Tee-air On-rrr"?

This has been troubling me for much of the afternoon.

Because 'y' in French can be a vowel, and you do pronounce certain vowels at the end of words (fini, Henri, Henry...).

And why can't French people pronounce words beginning with 'h'?  Is it just lack of practice?

[Drummond]

Maybe Bad English can answer, but why is his name pronounced "Tee-air-ee On-ree"? I thought the last letter in French words was usually silent so it should be pronounced "Tee-air On-rrr"?

This has been troubling me for much of the afternoon.

Because 'y' in French can be a vowel, and you do pronounce certain vowels at the end of words (fini, Henri, Henry...).

And why can't French people pronounce words beginning with 'h'?  Is it just lack of practice?

Are you pronouncing that 'aitch' or 'Haitch'?

[LeeB]

Y can be a vowel in English too. That's why we pronounce his name in English "fuck off Henry and you too Halsey you pair of cheating twats".

I was livid over that, and to be honest was struggling to let it go when considering him as our manager.

[johnc]

I realise it is not Villa news but as a final point the owner of Monaco  a Russian gentleman named Rybolovlev has been arrested for corruption in Monaco. Which in fairness is an achievement in itself. I would have thought that being corrupt would have been pretty much a pre-requisite of living in Monaco and being Russian could only have helped. Poor old Tez

[Neil Hawkes]

Are you pronouncing that 'aitch' or 'Haitch'?

Are you calling me Catholic or Protestant? (persons of a certain age from NI should get that reference!)

[hilts_coolerking]

5 games.

[Dave P]

Currently losing 4-0 at home. Not sure he’s a manager this Henry fella!

[Hookeysmith]

I always wanted Dean smith ever since I first saw us play Brentford but I must admit I did allow myself to be seduced by the Henry  option for a while.

Thank the Lord we chose the right one

He may work out in the end as his current team were shit before he got there but it is really tough for him at present.

[Dave P]

He may work out in the end as his current team were shit before he got there

As was ours (wink)