Frederick

Guys, please vote over at my new thread

Oh God, I love it!

Or how about we bask in my 3 out of 3? Eh? How 'bout dat?

Thank you.

I don't like this.

Baron, its hard to believe your amiable, rib tickling posts haven't enticed blackrain to your fun filled profile page. Oh the enigma of it all! I must say, I've been meaning to make this thread for a while. I was reminded of its absolute necessity a few nights ago when I heard grunge heroes Soundgarden's comeback single. The name of the song? Black Rain. What could this all mean?

Surely I'm not alone in wanting to know much, much more about this potentially compelling character. Regular BZ profile hawks may have seen this mysterious member silently observing them and I for one can't take the intrigue any longer! I must know more about you, blackrain! A few questions that immediately spring to mind... 1) Are you named after the 1988 Michael Douglas/Andy Garcia/Ridley Scott motion picture Black Rain? If so, we have much to discuss! 2) Who are your favourite models and actresses? Well, that's it for now. Yours faithfully, Frederick

You're in for a treat. Gimme Fiction is possibly their crowning glory but a case can be made for virtually all of their releases. Whatever your entry point, it just works.

I'm pleased to hear that, this album seemed to disappear from conversation in a hurry, I think in part because their consistency is sort of taken for granted.

So this is from Saturday? God he's such a classless imbecile, so perfectly suited to the whiny brigade of salivating bores that frequent the Lane.

I saw her Calvin Klein Beauty commercial on TV this morning. It seems the fragrance came out here (Britain) last week. Couldn't find an upload of it anywhere, sadly.

I'd like to genuinely thank everyone involved for not nominating Van bloody Morrison's version of Comfortably Numb or anything from the I Am Sam soundtrack.

I'm a fan.

I know all that.

awwwwwwwwwwwww well arent you a debbie downer I may know nothing about GIF files but on this matter, I speak the truth!

Its an awful commercial.

The attitude of our players today was absolutely atrocious, a complete embarrassment. If you'll excuse me...

To be honest, and remember this is just my silly little opinion, I don't want anyone we've been linked with. Now this isn't to say that Martin's boots are too big to fill per se but looking around, I feel its slim pickings out there. And to show my self-awareness, yes I realise we're "just" Villa but I think its more a case of unfortunate timing. Good managers are usually unavailable in August (shock horror!) and with us belt tightening, I can see the job being a wee bit off putting to some. Frankly, the idea of an almost wholly unknown quantity like Bob Bradley terrifies me. At the World Cup he looked a complete tactical lightweight and seemed to insist certain rubbish players always played. Now Martin refused to play a recognised right-back for two years but still, he was mostly astute on the big matters. So in summary: Kevin MacDonald. Why not?

Welcome aboard, (Mad) Stephen Ireland!

SS and Ed are the doddery old married couple of this esteemed thread. The rest of us are just making up the numbers!

Cole's hapless substitute appearance against Germany game was like watching Doink the Clown come out during the Royal Rumble, lots of pointless running around before quickly becoming knackered, then getting eliminated.

Anyone know if City have made a bid for Marc Albrighton yet? Speaking of fat chance of winning the league, OUTPLAYED BY SPURS ON THE FIRST DAY OH DEAR OH DEAR OH DEAR. Speaking of fat chance of running faster than a tortoise, Gareth Barry. And finally, good to see Little Joey Cole make such a strong impression so early on in the season. Nice lad and all but you just know he's a spent force*. *stupid first day of the season hysterical condemnation ** or astute thinking by learned prophet