BringbakMON
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we could trump the others by snapping up
Older Wind
deadly in confined spaces
Older Wind
deadly in confined spaces
After watching that I have now spent a happy hour or more watching the Villa games that followed on afterwards.In one of my Dublin dad's locals in Aston (The Guild on Witton Rd) most Friday nights there were big fights between different regions from Ireland but mainly the Dubs V the Culchies and it was unreal to see loads of local Murphy builders lorries racing to the scene to join in with planks of 4 by 2 to beat the shit out of each other!
My dad said you can always tell a culchie because he walks strangely like he is walking behind a plough in a field and he wasn't joking
Sorry to go off-topic but it brought back such fun memories!
we could trump the others by snapping up
Older Wind
deadly in confined spaces
Dry as ever,Sir Dennis.Or United players !!!
Dad's local was in West Cork and when the Beamish and Murphy's flowed,we needed an interpreter. Tiny village,between Kilmichael and Macroom. One shop,two pubs. Irishmen know their priorities. Pubs were Hickeys and Walshes. Dad was a Hickeys man. I converted a couple of cousins to the Villans. Best share the miseryThey once did a TV programme on how English is spoken around these islands and for the scene from a Cork pub they used sub titles.
My other half is from Cork city and one of seven. All brothers and sisters naturally funny but one brother, city man all his life, inexplicably talks like a culchie. When I first met him I was laughing at the thing he'd said two sentences ago as I was having to reverse engineer what he'd said from the words I actually recognised.Dad's local was in West Cork and when the Beamish and Murphy's flowed,we needed an interpreter. Tiny village,between Kilmichael and Macroom. One shop,two pubs. Irishmen know their priorities. Pubs were Hickeys and Walshes. Dad was a Hickeys man. I converted a couple of cousins to the Villans. Best share the misery
Unbelievable Jeff - a number of the recruitment people actually agreed that Danny Drinkwater fit the profile of player we were after. Dean Smith is being very loyal, which I respect, but last winter's transfer window was a bit of a shambles - maybe none of the players we actually wanted were "actionable".Smith on recruitment in a Guardian interview today:
“Whatever was speculated before, I was in full agreement with the players brought in with Suso and I will be with Johan as well,” he says. “I felt for Suso last season because it was such a big turnover and I thought we did a fantastic job doing what we did. You’ll never hear a bad word about Suso from me. I really enjoyed working with him. The club decided to go in a different direction and Johan has come in.
“My role [in recruitment] is pretty much the same. As soon as Johan came into the club we sat down and profiled the positions we needed and then it’s a case of me adding some names I liked in those positions. Then it’s down to the recruitment department, headed by Rob and with Johan’s input, to come up with players that (a) fit the profile, (b) fit the personality profile and (c) are actionable. They come up with a list and I sit down with the coaches and decide the best ones.”
https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...ing-in-europe-has-to-be-the-aim-jack-grealish
Can we give the St Dean shit a rest? Meaningless drivel that is used to promote a lynch mob.Hooh no, I think you'll find all the cack and failures were nothing to do with St Dean
Unbelievable Jeff - a number of the recruitment people actually agreed that Danny Drinkwater fit the profile of player we were after. Dean Smith is being very loyal, which I respect, but last winter's transfer window was a bit of a shambles - maybe none of the players we actually wanted were "actionable".
Can we give the St Dean shit a rest? Meaningless drivel that is used to promote a lynch mob.
Like him or loathe him, if he does a good job, Aston Villa do well. If he's poor, he's gone, but it means Villa are in trouble.
I'm not sure it is - I might be wrong.
Ollie and Matt are probably Dean picks, Martinez we just dropped on and we have JT to thank for the other 2. The Danish lad is Lange but it's gone quiet.
Can someone please tell me what this guy does to earn his money.