The General C. Krulak Thread XVII

[The Situation]

The general won't be answering playing side questions, as we all know.

Can we also not use this thread as an excuse to lash out at him?

Am I allowed to ask why Richard Dunne is looking so unhealthy and overweight? I work out 5 days a week, can bench press 180lbs and do 1 hour of cardio after I finish with the weights... and I'm not getting 50k to be doing that - why isn't Richard Dunne doing that? He's meant to be a professional ATHLETE.

It's a genuine question - no joking around.

I'd have a word with OCD if I were you. That, apparently, is a complete waste of time.

Thanks for the heads up... might see what OCD says. I used to do cardio before the weights but then when it actually came around to lifting I was feeling a bit tired near the end and didn't finish some reps. I was advised to do my cardio after and now I feel better for it.

EDIT: oops meant to say 1/2 hour of cardio in original post... didn't mean 1 hour of cardio lol.

[VillaZogmariner]

General,

I understand if it's impossible to find out but I need to settle a bet.

How many Claret seats are there in Villa Park, and how many Blue ones?

[sfx412]

General simple question I just wondered if it was possible for the club to keep fans updated on the huge list of injuries nothing more. When we have one or two injuries its easy to check usually via the media but with so many and with such different injuries its impossible.
I appreciate under Mon such info would not be forthcoming, but then neither were the injuries, I'd hope Houllier is not so secretive.

[JUAN PABLO]

General simple question I just wondered if it was possible for the club to keep fans updated on the huge list of injuries nothing more. When we have one or two injuries its easy to check usually via the media but with so many and with such different injuries its impossible.
I appreciate under Mon such info would not be forthcoming, but then neither were the injuries, I'd hope Houllier is not so secretive.

General Krulak here:

1.  sfx412:  I must have missed the injury question.  What is it that you would like to know...specific players?  The entire list?  No one is trying to avoid the question.

[PeterWithe]

General,

I made my first visit to St Andrew in over fifteen years last night and I think we may be lagging behind them in just one respect. We provide pre-match and half time entertainment but SHA have grabbed the bull by the horns and also offer post match entertainment for fans staying behind. We all enjoyed a firework display, some dancing chimps on the pitch, an arial display by the WMP helicopter that they had thoughtfully organised and finally a game of charades where unfit middle aged men in the stands make hand gestures and you had to guess whether they wanted to kick your head in or cut your throat.

Have the board got any plans for post match entertainment at VP?

[Risso]

General,

I made my first visit to St Andrew in over fifteen years last night and I think we may be lagging behind them in just one respect. We provide pre-match and half time entertainment but SHA have grabbed the bull by the horns and also offer post match entertainment for fans staying behind. We all enjoyed a firework display, some dancing chimps on the pitch, an arial display by the WMP helicopter that they had thoughtfully organised and finally a game of charades where unfit middle aged men in the stands make hand gestures and you had to guess whether they wanted to kick your head in or cut your throat.

Have the board got any plans for post match entertainment at VP?

Ha ha, that's quite good actually.

[Chris Jameson]

Am I allowed to ask why Richard Dunne is looking so unhealthy and overweight? I work out 5 days a week, can bench press 180lbs and do 1 hour of cardio after I finish with the weights... and I'm not getting 50k to be doing that - why isn't Richard Dunne doing that? He's meant to be a professional ATHLETE.

It's a genuine question - no joking around.

I'd love to know the answer to that question too. How much of the ludicrous amount of wages he is paid for not even looking like a professional footballer does he spend in Iceland, Macdonalds, KFC etc? I'm sure he gives hope to all overweight sunday league footballers the world over.

[pablopicasso_10]

do james collins and richard dunne have ankle and knee knocks respectively at the moment?

could be the only thing to explain how attrocious they are playing...

[KevinGage]

General,

I made my first visit to St Andrew in over fifteen years last night and I think we may be lagging behind them in just one respect. We provide pre-match and half time entertainment but SHA have grabbed the bull by the horns and also offer post match entertainment for fans staying behind. We all enjoyed a firework display, some dancing chimps on the pitch, an arial display by the WMP helicopter that they had thoughtfully organised and finally a game of charades where unfit middle aged men in the stands make hand gestures and you had to guess whether they wanted to kick your head in or cut your throat.

Have the board got any plans for post match entertainment at VP?

Very good. That shall be borrowed.

[peter w]

General, have richard Dunne and James Collins fallen out with each other. Must have as they don't bleeding well communicate on the pitch anymore.

[sfx412]

1.  sfx412:  I must have missed the injury question.  What is it that you would like to know...specific players?  The entire list?  No one is trying to avoid the question.

Be great for the official site to have an injuries update column to give us daily reports on new injuries,causation, expected recovery date, and of course updates as they improve.
As I've said earlier normally it is of little concern but at the moment its most's major concern General, next to Dunne's weight

[Virgil Caine]

General

With the news that Russia will host the 2018 World Cup is the North Stand re-development/re-build now on hold. Will plans be revised and other options considered?
Thank you and best wishes

[ckrulak]

General Krulak here:

1.  There is NOTHING i can say to make the pain in my gut go away!!!!  I am on the site today but still have a terrible taste in my mouth.

2.  Injuries:
     Albrighton...had appendix removed...making excellent progress.
     Hogg...ankle sprain...back in full training
     NRC...knee injury...out for another 2 weeks minimum
     Collins...made excellent progress with muscle strain and is back to playing
     Beye...ankle sprain...back in full training
     Sidwell...achilles tendon...6-8 weeks out
     Heskey...surgery...hope to be back soon
     Cuellar...calf injury...back in training
     Weimann...ankle injury...long time to go
     Delph...knee...won't return to full training for a couple of months...making good progress
     Petrov...knee...again, making good progress but still a long way to go
     
This is quite a list of talented players who have been out and/or will be out.  Each of these lads are working very hard to get back to playing on the Pitch...they know they are needed and are anxious to help the team.  At the same time, we need to be sure that they are ready to come back...we don't want them to come back only to be re-injured.  The key point is that each one of these lads want to get back into action.

3.  Namaste:  Not sure what value there is to your statement re. a new owner. 

[dave.woodhall]

General Krulak here:

1.  There is NOTHING i can say to make the pain in my gut go away!!!!  I am on the site today but still have a terrible taste in my mouth.

That'll be American beer.

[Rip Van We Go Again]

General

Can you please tell Richard Dunne that he should NOT have had that last wafer thin mint.