Bad Wolf

Fair point, well made.

Moi may have improved since his original spell but he's simply gone from being total cack to being bang average.

I agree though personally, I prefer him on the left! I think he's far more dangerous attacking wise.

I wonder if both our imminent new midfielders will be announced together. When was the last time we announced two signings at the same time? Toby and Mane?

Not sold on Williams, haven't seen anything from him that suggests he's anything special. I'd prefer a loan.

Though I don't want to sell JWP, every player has their price and there's certain amounts that we'd be silly to turn down however I am much more confident that any fees from his sale will be reinvested sensibly.

Almost like the club know what they're doing. I've just commented on a post on Facebook sarcastically calling for Ralph out, board out because they're afraid to spend etc. You know the type of satire. Had at least 4 people take me seriously lol. At first I thought that were silly for not spotting the sarcasm but now I'm thinking maybe that's just the norm for our fans to be like!

Is he an attacking midfielder then? I had thought he was a box to box type.

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I seem to remember my mum mentioning it one time when I was a child. Photographic memory.

'Dads and Sons' sounds like a play

Nope, you're wrong. We should be winning the quadruple every season and it's Ralph's fault that we're not.

With their situation, that would have been an incredible achievement.

Sonny Davis at Kelvin's as well.

So as we've spent a fair bit (not splashing the cash as such but we've clearly got a little bit more money than before) and are signing 18 year olds for £14 Million, just wondering, are people still insistent that we "can't afford to sack Ralph"? Because I always found that notion totally ridiculous and even more so now.

Not sure Pulis jr ever actually played for Stoke did he?

The Fergie's

Jamie Redknapp was playing for us when Harry was managing us...That's about the closest I can think of

When did that ever go away?

Doesn't even have a wiki page...Ralph out...

I've kinda grown up sitting down at football other than at non league clubs (and even then I didn't really like it) so I'm gonna stick to sitting.

Is there actually any rule that says an outfield player can't have #1?

I was woeful but like I said, for all Danny's cockiness etc as a person, it disappeared as soon as he was on a football pitch. Always shouted "UNLUCKY!" in a sincere manor when shocking players like me miskicked or hit the bar from two yards out with an open goal. Even though, it clearly wasn't unlucky, I was just awful.

I was at school with Ings, so I can verify all of this. He was a bit cocky at times but not a total dick however he was absolutely not a dick on the football field. He was someone who just loved playing football and would at lunch times and before and after school, he would encourage everyone to come and play no matter what their ability. He was super encouraging to everyone when it came to football and "dumbed himself down" a lot so that he could play at our level because he just loved it. I also went to school with someone who was polar opposite. A super talented footballer who could do all the tricks and flicks and dribble past anybody. We all thought he was going to be a superstar but he ended up having a bit part in Sweden with the team Graham Potter managed and a spell in the Scottish 3rd tier making about 15 appearances over 2 years. He was so cocky on the pitch however off it, he was a nice, quiet, pleasant lad who'd chat with anybody about anything. It certainly goes to show that attitude and mental attributes are every bit as important as physical ones. I did post about this a few weeks ago on here but from what I can remember, Ings' departure from the academy was done by some kind of templated letter or email to his parents or something and followed up with no aftercare what so ever.

Because people can't accept that players don't have the same attachment to clubs as they do. Ings wasn't shown any loyalty when he was a boy, why should he show us any? I don't really like Villa but I never really wished him any personal ill will. He had a job, got offered a better, higher paid job and took it. Like most of us. The career of a footballer is a very short one and yes he's made enough money to live off for the rest of his life but if he can get enough to set his kids up and then set his grandchildren all up to live comfortably for all their lives, why not do that?