Heroes & Villains, the Aston Villa fanzine
Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: kippaxvilla2 on January 07, 2012, 11:49:13 PM
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This is worth a look. Especially from about 3 mins in. This is all too friendly for my liking. It might explain some of our lack of desire, just seems to be a day out.
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I don't know to be honest, these players know eachother well. I didn't think that day there was a lack of desire, I just thought they were a much better team.
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Christ, that's a bit paranoid, isn't it?
All i see is a number of young, multi millionaires, who work in an industry where they all know each other, saying hello.
The most disturbing thing about that clip is the array of incredibly fucking tasteless tattoos on display.
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Mind you, it's a bit rich for someone known as "kippaxvilla" to be moaning about overfriendliness with Manchester City.
*wink*
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They said hello to their mates. Whoopie-Do. Was all that security to keep Dunne away from the buffet?
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Mind you, it's a bit rich for someone known as "kippaxvilla" to be moaning about overfriendliness with Manchester City.
*wink*
To do with the vicinity of Leeds I used to live in.
Anyway, I can't imagine the crazy gang doing this in the day.
And I remember the old Manure Arse tunnels being a bit feisty.
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How fekin big is that Kompany. Awesome athlete.
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Mind you, it's a bit rich for someone known as "kippaxvilla" to be moaning about overfriendliness with Manchester City.
*wink*
And I remember the old Manure Arse tunnels being a bit feisty.
Something to do with the two competing for the same things i'd imagine.
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Mind you, it's a bit rich for someone known as "kippaxvilla" to be moaning about overfriendliness with Manchester City.
*wink*
And I remember the old Manure Arse tunnels being a bit feisty.
Something to do with the two competing for the same things i'd imagine.
You mean we aren't in the same league as Citeh.
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I play football against people who I'm friends with, doesn't stop me wanting to break them in half when I'm playing
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I agree with the OP. When I turn into work on a Monday morning, I never bother to say hello to anybody or engage in small talk over a cup of coffee. I simply stand in the corridor outside my office for a few minutes, staring straight ahead Roy Keane style to collect my thoughts, before entering the room and going to war.
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Mind you, it's a bit rich for someone known as "kippaxvilla" to be moaning about overfriendliness with Manchester City.
*wink*
And I remember the old Manure Arse tunnels being a bit feisty.
Something to do with the two competing for the same things i'd imagine.
You mean we aren't in the same league as Citeh.
Effectively
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I agree with the OP. When I turn into work on a Monday morning, I never bother to say hello to anybody or engage in small talk over a cup of coffee. I simply stand in the corridor outside my office for a few minutes, staring straight ahead Roy Keane style to collect my thoughts, before entering the room and going to war.
Seriously not joking, but my business partner is genuinely EXACTLY like that.
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I agree with the OP. When I turn into work on a Monday morning, I never bother to say hello to anybody or engage in small talk over a cup of coffee. I simply stand in the corridor outside my office for a few minutes, staring straight ahead Roy Keane style to collect my thoughts, before entering the room and going to war.
Seriously not joking, but my business partner is genuinely EXACTLY like that.
Same here. I feckin hate everyone.
I just think we are a soft touch, I think it's slightly different to office work, you need to 'get in the zone' in sport. I know rugby players who headbutt lockers before they enter the field.
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I don't think we're a soft touch particularly.
I think our problems are created by these factors combining:
- owner who has totally lost interest
- top management of the club is clueless
- team manager is not good enough
- lots of the players are not good enough.
- squad isn't good or deep enough
Other than the above, everthing's spot on.
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I agree with the OP. When I turn into work on a Monday morning, I never bother to say hello to anybody or engage in small talk over a cup of coffee. I simply stand in the corridor outside my office for a few minutes, staring straight ahead Roy Keane style to collect my thoughts, before entering the room and going to war.
So presumably you play a competitive sport for a living rather than pen push in the corner thus avoiding the need for any confrontation. I can imagine you throwing a bottle of quink at someone if they looked at you the wrong way.
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How fekin big is that Kompany. Awesome athlete.
No bigger than Dunny however an athlete rather than a lump of meat!
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I would like to see how easy going it is tomorrow in the tunnel before the match.
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Mind you, it's a bit rich for someone known as "kippaxvilla" to be moaning about overfriendliness with Manchester City.
*wink*
To do with the vicinity of Leeds I used to live in.
Anyway, I can't imagine the crazy gang doing this in the day.
And I remember the old Manure Arse tunnels being a bit feisty.
Just thought the bit I've highlighted was worth, erm, highlighting.
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Mind you, it's a bit rich for someone known as "kippaxvilla" to be moaning about overfriendliness with Manchester City.
*wink*
To do with the vicinity of Leeds I used to live in.
Anyway, I can't imagine the crazy gang doing this in the day.
And I remember the old Manure Arse tunnels being a bit feisty.
Just thought the bit I've highlighted was worth, erm, highlighting.
You spotted it!
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I agree with the OP. When I turn into work on a Monday morning, I never bother to say hello to anybody or engage in small talk over a cup of coffee. I simply stand in the corridor outside my office for a few minutes, staring straight ahead Roy Keane style to collect my thoughts, before entering the room and going to war.
A team player then.
So presumably you play a competitive sport for a living rather than pen push in the corner thus avoiding the need for any confrontation. I can imagine you throwing a bottle of quink at someone if they looked at you the wrong way.
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They all know each other. A lot of them from International duty. So many will have gone through the national ranks together, effectively growing up together. That's before we even consider we have a few of their former players and they have some of ours.
Non-issue.
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We ought to realise that it's only supporters who don't get on in football. Footballers, managers, directors, are all mates. Strangely enough, we're the ones who get the shitty end of the stick. Ain't that funny?
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We ought to realise that it's only supporters who don't get on in football. Footballers, managers, directors, are all mates. Strangely enough, we're the ones who get the shitty end of the stick. Ain't that funny?
They must be as according to Karen Brady, they all call her up to talk about the extra marital affairs and everything else they are doing in private.
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I agree with the OP. When I turn into work on a Monday morning, I never bother to say hello to anybody or engage in small talk over a cup of coffee. I simply stand in the corridor outside my office for a few minutes, staring straight ahead Roy Keane style to collect my thoughts, before entering the room and going to war.
So presumably you play a competitive sport for a living rather than pen push in the corner thus avoiding the need for any confrontation. I can imagine you throwing a bottle of quink at someone if they looked at you the wrong way.
Ever heard of the term 'reading between the lines'? I was commenting on the daftness of this thread.
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Also, the bonhomie didn't seem to have an adverse affect on the Man City performance.
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My mate works for a professional sports team and is by all accounts a top bloke. Completely grounded in every way. He thinks the people that turn up to watch him and his team play are absolutely nuts. They - the players - despise the fans. They actually scare them.
With my psychiatrist's hat on, I'd guess it is because they're mostly normal human beings and feel that just because they can kick a ball well does not mean that they should be idolised/demonised in the manner that they are.
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Thing that struck me was how stand offish Gareth Barry was in the tunnel before the warm up. you'd think against his old club he'd be at the centre of it all.
The ultimate pro or Billy no-mates??
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If that video gets your goat I'd never want to sit by you match days :-)
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I agree with the OP. When I turn into work on a Monday morning, I never bother to say hello to anybody or engage in small talk over a cup of coffee. I simply stand in the corridor outside my office for a few minutes, staring straight ahead Roy Keane style to collect my thoughts, before entering the room and going to war.
So presumably you play a competitive sport for a living rather than pen push in the corner thus avoiding the need for any confrontation. I can imagine you throwing a bottle of quink at someone if they looked at you the wrong way.
Ever heard of the term 'reading between the lines'? I was commenting on the daftness of this thread.
Yes and I was replying in an equally dismissive and mocking manner. Ever heard of that?
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And I remember the old Manure Arse tunnels
Oh really?
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And I remember the old Manure Arse tunnels
Oh really?
I know, I know.
Anyway, I seem to remember you being quite competitive in your day, especially when there was a set of stairs in close proximity.
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My mate works for a professional sports team and is by all accounts a top bloke. Completely grounded in every way. He thinks the people that turn up to watch him and his team play are absolutely nuts. They - the players - despise the fans. They actually scare them.
With my psychiatrist's hat on, I'd guess it is because they're mostly normal human beings and feel that just because they can kick a ball well does not mean that they should be idolised/demonised in the manner that they are.
They, players, need to remember where their money comes from. All income for football clubs and players is funded directly or indirectly by ordinairy fans and other people who do so without knowing that is what they are doing.
I have no doubt the players despise fans but you know what I can't kick a ball properly and therefore I pay my money to watch some arsehole do it and I reserve the right to be critical when they don't do it properly.
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Quality feature, wouldn't mind seeing a Villa version. There's far too much distance between the players and the fans these days, seems like Man City are trying to bridge that gap with some of their web features, which is a nice touch.
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Thanks for posting, that was enjoyable!
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I think that video was posted on the citeh post match thread.
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Remember they got James Milner, Stuart Taylor (if he still there) and Gareth Barry from us and we have Stephen Ireland, Richard Dunne, Shay Given from them plus internationals duties.
It is part of their social circuit.