Heroes & Villains, the Aston Villa fanzine
Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: Legion on February 03, 2012, 08:53:51 PM
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The word on the tweet (http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10265~2599649,00.html)
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I like what they've done there.
Twitter isn't for everyone, but I really like it and I've never liked any other social network like Facebook etc.
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As much as I welcome the idea of breaking down the barrier between players and fans, I'm always concerned that one of them's gonna say something stupid and embarrass the club.
But since Super Marc got twitter I reckon my respect for him as a person's gone up, he seems to genuinely enjoy playing for the Villa, and also comes across as quiet humble, and grateful for the luck he has to be working in such a trade.
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As much as I welcome the idea of breaking down the barrier between players and fans, I'm always concerned that one of them's gonna say something stupid and embarrass the club.
Agreed. I.E. Joey bleedin' Barton. Leaving his other baggage aside, if I was a QPR fan I'd cringe almost every time he tweets.
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Most people are dull. 99% of footballers are dull. I really don't understand twitter or facebook for that matter because you're just finding out about how dull people spend their lives. Do people find celebrities that interesting? A Mate of mine was rushed into hospital with pneumonia the other day and he locked down his facebook and twitter sites and i thought well nearly dying is a bit more interesting than pictures of his bird and the dog and his views on john terry losing the england captaincy. Perhaps if he'd have kept on-line during the doctor's diagnosis via his phone he would have doubled his followers and have a few more celebrity friends ( though i heard Kate Lawler was concerned). Obviously this will appeal to some dullards who find other slightly more famous dullards interesting, but for the rest of us.
meh.
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Tedious and pointless.
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I would have no idea how to actually use twitter. It is interesting to see how ordinary our players appear to be in comparison to quotes from the Barton's and other simpleton footballers on the twitter site. I'd rather they won a game though-our players that is!!
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God forbid that anyone should say something stupid on Twitter and make a ****** of themselves.
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I think if our players are going to spend time tapping away at a computer to give fans a tour through the thoughts processes of their brain, they should be doing it through the medium of an internet fanzine site. Perhaps a fanzine site with a reputation for having an intellectual, erudite, educated and well informed group of supporters.
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Without wishing to come across as a Damon Green groupie, you should check out his tweets if you haven’t already, they’re very funny.
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The word on the tweet (http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10265~2599649,00.html)
@AVFCOfficial You're not good enough to get me to buy a mug. #VTID
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Without wishing to come across as a Damon Green groupie, you should check out his tweets if you haven’t already, they’re very funny.
They are indeed, I was pmsl at his competitive dad tweet this morning.....
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Is it just me that finds Twitter incredibly difficult to follow? All these hash tags, retweets and the general layout I find it really difficult to see who's actually written the message.
Facebook isn't perfect with its data protection issues and the hideous timeline they're bringing in but I find it much more easier to read and navigate.
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Is it just me that finds Twitter incredibly difficult to follow? All these hash tags, retweets and the general layout I find it really difficult to see who's actually written the message.
Facebook isn't perfect with its data protection issues and the hideous timeline they're bringing in but I find it much more easier to read and navigate.
Same here. I don't 'get' Twitter at all, but I can cope with FB.
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Could folk on.here put there twitter names on ?
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@HVLegion
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Never seen the point of Twitter. Can just about tolerate Facebook.
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@pavilla73
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@HVLegion
cheers , already following you leeg
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Is it just me that finds Twitter incredibly difficult to follow? All these hash tags, retweets and the general layout I find it really difficult to see who's actually written the message.
No, it's me as well.
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Phil Collins has a lot to answer for.
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@DaddyIsland
Twitter is very good. It's a great medium.
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@DaddyIsland
Twitter is very good. It's a great medium.
ill follow @pavilla73
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The thing I don't understand about twitter ( as I don't do it) is you can go on there and see people making contact with there favorite celeb or chart busting pop star, and the star answers back, for example look at Lady Gaga on twitter and you can actually see her engaged in banter with the public, I just can't believe that, stars of this magnitude and wealth must have an army of people in this pseudo role answering these punters and making them feel part of the whole machine.
Or is it really the celeb, somebody tell me because if it is then I'm of to twitter to tell Kelly Clarkson if she's ever over this way I know where there's a seriously good length going.
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It differs.. Some famous people use their own twitter. Others are like "The Official Twitter of.." and often manned by some one else.
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It differs.. Some famous people use their own twitter. Others are like "The Official Twitter of.." and often manned by some one else.
So how would you know who is real and who isn't?
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You can usually tell. The ones manned by someone always seem very formal. Obviously you never know, but all real accounts end up with a verified tick normally.
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The fake Fat Sam account alone makes Twitter worthwhile.
@ade_dalziel
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Literally Jamie is funny as well, winding Joey Barton up.
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@fergalkeating
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Literally Jamie is funny as well, winding Joey Barton up.
who?
I agree that Twitter is not always user friendly and can be confusing but it's a great medium for getting information on topics that you're interested in. I'm researching starting a business and through twitter I am able to discover information that I would never find normally.
I guess that I'm stating the obvious, but if you're only use it to feel closer to celebrities and footballers then the chances are you're not going to get that much back from it.
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@alexvilla1
Just discovered the big sam twitter, hilarious!
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I would rather die than have a twitter account.
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It appears to me that if you want to get yourself into trouble with your employer then Facebook and twitter are a decent medium to make this happen.
Having said that, some of the comedy that the Fat Sam character has tweeted as seen posted on here is very funny. But I still couldn't be bothered to be one of his followers or follow anybody else for that matter.
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@TheRtHonSirAlgernonCockbiscuitIII
RIP
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@TheRtHonSirAlgernonCockbiscuitIII
RIP
Too many characters!
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@TRHSACIII
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@TheRtHonSirAlgernonCockbiscuitIII
RIP
Too many characters!
#schizophrenia
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@lowendbehold
Thing about Twitter is it can occasionally be very funny and sometimes reveal what a personality lets slip about how they really feel.
So someone has just registered @anfieldcat and said "in my 3 minute cameo I ran past more players than Downing has all season"
While we all know what N'Zogbia thought about being subbed. Silly sod, will regret that for a long time.
After the Newcastle game, Ken McNaught commented on AM's remark about not cutting out crosses, that neither of our full backs are PL players, they haven't cut out a cross all season. I think Ken was a bit off script there. But its interesting to know that from someone who knows what hes talking about.
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@lowendbehold
Thing about Twitter is it can occasionally be very funny and sometimes reveal what a personality lets slip about how they really feel.
So someone has just registered @anfieldcat and said "in my 3 minute cameo I ran past more players than Downing has all season"
While we all know what N'Zogbia thought about being subbed. Silly sod, will regret that for a long time.
After the Newcastle game, Ken McNaught commented on AM's remark about not cutting out crosses, that neither of our full backs are PL players, they haven't cut
out a cross all season. I think Ken was a bit off script there. But its interesting to know that from someone who knows what hes talking about.
Hutton is particularly poor in this regard. Against Wolves repeatedly in the second half crosses came in from his side. second goal at Newcastle he had to block that ball coming in and was in a good position to do so.
Warnock is so inept at every facet of defending that I don't particularly notice it from his side but have no doubt McNaught is correct there too.
Shaun Teale really doesn't rate the Villa full backs either.
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I would rather die than have a twitter account.
hahaha. I dropped my body to the floor in laughter.
What a ridiculously amusing user name you have
3 points for you sir!
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@jaunty_angle
If you wish to skip past my 140 character posts too...
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Mr Collymore, praising us.!
“@StanCollymore: http://t.co/udCvIr9
The best fanzine in the country by far.It's caned me a few times though..;))
Heroes & Villains
#avfc #UTV”
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@robh_78
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I would rather die than have a twitter account.
Bit extreme?
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Literally Jamie is funny as well, winding Joey Barton up.
who?
https://twitter.com/#!/LiterallyJamie (https://twitter.com/#!/LiterallyJamie)
a couple of recent ones
Dad's acting coy at the FA's attempts to poach him, but in fairness they had him at "he's a triffic lad, but he's someone else's gaffer".
Tevez - "Mancini treated me like a dog". He's got a point, to be fair. Dad gives his dogs £250k for doing nothing too.
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Tweets from the first team today since the final whistle:
None.
Strange...
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Tweets from the first team today since the final whistle:
None.
Strange...
Yeah, few people on twitter have mentioned that, especially considering Albrighton is usually straight on to thank the fans.
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Albrighton on Twitter after the match? (http://t.co/IL40adZZ)
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Albrighton on Twitter after the match? (http://t.co/IL40adZZ)
I don't think that's Albrighton's real account. The bloke who retweeted it though (pritpal) is a foul mouthed idiot does nothing but post abuse towards Villa players though. He's best ignored.
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I'm told Tom Ross has tweeted Villa have called a press conference for tomorrow morning..
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Any confirmation of that? I am getting pathetically hopeful now.
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Any confirmation of that? I am getting pathetically hopeful now.
I'm not on Twitter myself. A season ticket holder texted me with that information.
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Any confirmation of that? I am getting pathetically hopeful now.
The only thing he has tweeted is that there isn't one.
As could have been verified with a quick look at twitter. Why people just repeat this stuff is beyond me.
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Oh well brief hope(albeit extremely doubtful) extinguished quickly.
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I'm told Tom Ross has tweeted Villa have called a press conference for tomorrow morning..
Nope, he's tweeted that as far as he knows there isn't one.
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Sorry, as Pulie says above.
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On teh subject of Twitter, Shaune Teale would fit right in here, he doesn't hold back at all.
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I'm told Tom Ross has tweeted Villa have called a press conference for tomorrow morning..
Nope, he's tweeted that as far as he knows there isn't one.
Apologies for duff information if that is so. I'll have words with the source tomorrow at work.
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On teh subject of Twitter, Shaune Teale would fit right in here, he doesn't hold back at all.
He's pretty forthright isn't he?
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I'm told Tom Ross has tweeted Villa have called a press conference for tomorrow morning..
Nope, he's tweeted that as far as he knows there isn't one.
Apologies for duff information if that is so. I'll have words with the source tomorrow at work.
Don't put a horses head in his bed or owt like that, Tom Ross is hardly at the sharp end of anything brewing.
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On teh subject of Twitter, Shaune Teale would fit right in here, he doesn't hold back at all.
He's pretty forthright isn't he?
He's been scathing of our defensive unit, and particularly the full backs all season. He's right of course but people like McLeish will always have the comeback of him never managing at anywhere near his level, more by luck in my opinion.
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If we were going to sack mcshit we'd have done it by now, we wouldn't call a press conference. If anything PF would be calling it to praise him if something like that
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They don't seem to feature many of my tweets....
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So where has the press conference rumour come from?
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So where has the press conference rumour come from?
Twitter. Where else?
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So where has the press conference rumour come from?
Twitter. Where else?
So Tom Ross posted that Villa will be having a press conference today?
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So where has the press conference rumour come from?
Twitter. Where else?
So Tom Ross posted that Villa will be having a press conference today?
No.
He posted the opposite.
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I believe it was first made up by TEAMtalk, spotted by Ian R then spiralled from there.
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Bump for this...so, me and another H&V user have been taken on by a new website called Pickourteam.com. We post opinion and match reports, but we also have a Twitter feed. It's @pickastonvilla, and not to get ultra competitive or anything, but we have 50 followers and spurs have 400 odd...
I guess a lot of you don't really use it but it's a useful way of getting redirects to the site and y'know, it's a laugh when you're taunting deluded Newcastle fans. So if you have an account, do me and a fellow Villain a favour and retweet us so we get loads more followers.
If that's not your thing, you can check out our stuff on the site itself. It's pickourteam.com/premierleague/aston-villa . The usp is that you can pick and rate everything to do with villa (including the ref) and we put all the villa news and gossip in one place. The guy who set it up writes for the guardian and stuff, so it has some weight behind it too. If you have a minute, see what you think.