S-Clarke

And that is exactly why we don't announce things before it's 100%.

Tommorow is a bonus to me. Kind of treating it like a Friendly warm-up for Saturday! We could do with a win on Sat, but even a draw would be decent IMO. Nothing wrong with a point away in the PL.

Only if Norwich and Fulham both lose.

I think they'll struggle whoever they have as manager. Their squad is just not good enough Players like Bannan, Baker, Westwood, Lowton, Bennett - shouldn't be playing PL football. But they seem to equate to Villa's spine, which is why they're so screwed.

Wasn't a bad set of results all told. Bonus game for us tomorrow.

Villa lose, they're in a bad place right now - although that 2nd half was decent.

Weird choice for the live game, it has to be said.

well done stoke. useless side.

Happy for Villa to lose.

Wigan get one back

On a side note, Emmerson Boyce - who I think is one of their better players, was subbed after he pulled his hamstring. I'd say he's out for Saturday in that case..

Stoke 2-0

Now you've done it

Could make a bit of sense re: the Riquelme rumours we had on here last week. Press get wires crossed, get confused, put 2+2 together....and completely miss the point. Watch us pull this one out of left field.

The 20-year-old, who carries a Spanish passport,

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh

I honestly think the best thing for them in the long-run is for them to admit defeat. Wind up, and start again in some obscure lower league. If they carry on flogging this dead fish, it's going to be the same every year. It's fun for us watching it, but the club is so damaged that the only way I can see is for them to start from scratch.

Very nice, kind of my dream job...! I guess it's demanding, but a fun demanding. Good luck on deadline day...that looks manic when you watch in from home!

Anyway, sod getting into an attendance debate in a player thread. That'll be boring. Personally, I think we'll see Forren on the bench on Wednesday night...

What is it you actually do out of interest? Are you a reporter or an editor for the site?

Well, we're not at the moment and we will need to go some way to be that big team and overtake the likes of Man Utd/Arsenal, if that's what you're implying! That will take decades....

I want your job mate. Listening to all the breaking sports news during the day, and seeing the female newsreaders in real life...! How can I apply?

To be honest, I think we need to be selling out every week to even be considering a 50k stadium. Sod the average attendance. I wouldn't even entertain the idea until I saw 32k sell outs most weeks.

If I'm honest, our attendances this year haven't really strengthened the argument for us needing a mega stadium. Against the top sides we'll always sell out, as quite often neutrals come along to see the ''big players''. It's how it works in the top league. Our attendances against the likes of Wigan , our first game back in the PL in 7 years, wasn't a sell out. At this moment in time a 50k stadium would be embarrassing for us. Would look like MK Don's ground with all the top tiers empty!

What's he said wrong in that? I'm reading it but can't see anything I disagree with! He's been pretty reasonable...? I think it's fair to say that if Man Utd click, they will score a fair few against us.