Aston Villa sign Charles N'Zogbia (Reply#1151)

[pauliewalnuts]

Faulkner's probably in one of those karaoke bars they love in that Japan (same thing innit), swigging a £9 bottle of lager, off his face while he belts out My Way while all this goes on.

Beyond belief.

[VillaAlways]

Bruce has played this beautifully

[LeeB]

ridiculous-who is running the club ?

Lord Digby Jones, and he's based himself in the Corner Flag restaurant.

If only!

Be afraid, he's eating his way through the transfer budget, and it's actually this that is putting the deal in jeopardy.

[Villan For Life]

Time for another protest. We'll be a laughing stock over this. I'm so disappointed at the ineptitude displayed by the club.

[Mister E]

Ok. I just got a text. This is the facts as I have them. Wigan accepted a bid late last night from Sunderland. N'Zogbia and agent still wanted to complete the medical with Villa which was done today. However they didn't want to sign anything until they spoke to Sunderland. Faulkner is massively upset and apparently told them. My mate wasn't sure if or when N'Zogbia is going to travel up but he likely will. He still wants to join us but he needs to hear Sunderland's offer. The money may be better which is a big factor - apparently. Anyway, Villa being away isn't helping matters.

See, it's that bolded bit that irritates me the most, TV. What kind of half-arsed, tin-pot club goes away for pre-season games before the start of the season?

Ridiculous.

I can't believe they've flown all the way to Hong Kong to play FIFA 12. Have they never heard of online gaming?

FFS, Faulkner must go, first we hear that he never puts the milk back in the fridge when he makes a cuppa, now this.

It's beyond a joke.

Are you suggesting Faulkner is basically incompetent?

[eastie]

"faulkner is massively upset and has told them so"- as far as im concerned he can blame nobody but  himself for the way he goes about things.

[bertlambshank]

Fuck. I've just had a missed call from an 0191 number. I think it's that TV company I did the interview with after we signed Bent.

Bloody hell Dave,if that means the Fear is on telly again it will boil my piss.Get a work experience to answer your phone you tight arse!

[PaulWinch again]

If we do miss out on N'Zogbia it'll be a disaster on a number of levels.

[pauliewalnuts]

"faulkner is massively upset and has told them so"- as far as im concerned he can blame nobody but  himself for the way he goes about things.

Have SSN said anytning, eastie?

[LeeB]

Ok. I just got a text. This is the facts as I have them. Wigan accepted a bid late last night from Sunderland. N'Zogbia and agent still wanted to complete the medical with Villa which was done today. However they didn't want to sign anything until they spoke to Sunderland. Faulkner is massively upset and apparently told them. My mate wasn't sure if or when N'Zogbia is going to travel up but he likely will. He still wants to join us but he needs to hear Sunderland's offer. The money may be better which is a big factor - apparently. Anyway, Villa being away isn't helping matters.

See, it's that bolded bit that irritates me the most, TV. What kind of half-arsed, tin-pot club goes away for pre-season games before the start of the season?

Ridiculous.

I can't believe they've flown all the way to Hong Kong to play FIFA 12. Have they never heard of online gaming?

FFS, Faulkner must go, first we hear that he never puts the milk back in the fridge when he makes a cuppa, now this.

It's beyond a joke.

Are you suggesting Faulkner is basically incompetent?

It's no laughing matter when someone loses control of their bladder, but all the same, if you can't control your bladder how can you run a football club?

[eastie]

"faulkner is massively upset and has told them so"- as far as im concerned he can blame nobody but  himself for the way he goes about things.

Have SSN said anytning, eastie?

now now paulie, you know the test match comes before ssn !

[Rigadon]

There does appear to be conflicting info but if you're defending Faulkner in the event of the deal going south and ridiculing others as bed-wetting moaners, you are in my opinion, being a bit disingenuous to your fellow posters.  Unfortunate things keep happening and IF this is true it would trump the other PR blunders that have blighted the past few months.

[pauliewalnuts]

I can't believe they've flown all the way to Hong Kong to play FIFA 12. Have they never heard of online gaming?

It's beyond a joke.

What's more, if you look at that pic, you'll see they're using the PS3 with WIRED CONTROLLERS for fuck's sake.

Does anything demonstrate the harsh new fiscal regime better than the fact that our brave boys are being forced to use a console without wireless controllers?

Depressing.

[VillaAlways]

Look what you've gone and done now
http://www.readytogo.net/smb/showthread.php?t=612605&page=7

[Percy McCarthy]

Faulkner's probably in one of those karaoke bars they love in that Japan (same thing innit), swigging a £9 bottle of lager, off his face while he belts out My Way while all this goes on.

Beyond belief.

I've just seen Faulkner playing snooker in the Chelmsley Wood Conservative club. Halfway through his first game, with a fiver at stake, James Milner rang his mobile and said he's sick of not playing and wants to come back. PF said he'd phone him back at the end of the frame, hung up, cleared the table with an 80 break and held out his hand for his money. His opponent said 'best of three?', and PF agreed, forgetting all about Jimmy.

You couldn't make it up!