N’zonzi was from the French second tier.

Villa suspend Chief Execitive over missed tax payments - week to pay or winding up order. https://news.sky.com/story/aston-villa-suspends-ceo-as-club-races-to-meet-hmrc-tax-bill-11395857

Not sure why I’m bothering, but might as well. Why have Scotland been so poor for 20 years, no qualifications, when - Croatia (4 million) repeatedly qualify Ditto Denmark (5.5) Other smaller nations than Scotland like Slovenia, Bosnia, Slovakia, Albania, Northern Ireland, Wales, Republic of Ireland and Iceland all have? Genuine question to what’s gone wrong in Scotland?

Can I just ask, why has this fella suddenly turned up and proceeded to spend a lot of his time and energy banging on and on about topics - Scottish players and Scottish football generally, that most non-Scots couldn’t give two hoots about? I’m all for new blood on the board, but comparing populations of Croatia and Scotland and their head to head records, bigging up third rate players no bugger has ever heard of outside the central belt etc etc is just quite bizarre...

I would say the English Championship is a pretty good standard for a second tier - the PL on the other hand is abysmal considering the vast amounts of money flowing through it.

Then shoehorning in 5 Tests against India August to mid September.

Bloody hell, How many folk are on his list? Never understand putting people on ignore, surely this is a place to debate with people you disagree with? All a little ‘fud’ esque for me.

They’ve had 20 managers since winning the title 26 years ago.

Interesting that we can only think of managers who all played in the 1960s and before, nothing from the modern era...

I'm saying he is the only ex England star to make it as a top manager

Bobby Robson?

Pilkington is from Darwen, as is arbito. I imagine it was fairly easy for him to find that out, especially considering he reffed for a long time. Come on chaddy lad!

He'd need a better Norway team first!

He's a potential good 'un, no doubt. But assuming the top 6 cartel stays as is, you think he'll be one of Man Utd/Man City/Lpool/Arsenal/Tottenham/Chelsea's keeper by 2021? Quite a prediction!

Leeds, Villa, Lampard’s Derby. At least we’ll have plenty of 3pm KOs...

Leutwiler was obviously only brought in to ensure we didn’t play on international weekends. Fielding is an established Championship keeper and it keeps a talented, yet still a little raw keeper on his toes - a Blackburner too! Would be a canny signing.

Times of austerity at Villa Park incoming... https://www.avfc.co.uk/News/2018/05/30/club-statement-dr-tony-xia-on-future-plans

I was looking through the sponsors of Championship clubs the other day (the life I lead!) and well over half were gambling firms...

It's the name of the game, I'm afraid. Club's have a ceiling and there is always another one up the foodchain. Hughes to Man City springs to mind...

Seaman was probably past his best by 2002. However, in the 90s he was one of the best around.

"Everyone in my kids school support (enter non descript southern town here) a BIG SIX club but I told mine to support the plucky underdog!' (Instead of our local League 2 team - ya know an actual underdog!)

I remember this ‘stand where you like’ debate at the time. I doubt it will be much of an issue now we are out of League 1. I.e. you won’t have stewards actively telling fans ignore their seat number as they entered the ground.

Burnley have an equal if not better catchment area than us considering they draw support from Hyndburn in the west over to parts of Yorkshire.

This overboard segregation thing is a new phenomenon, we didn’t seem to feel the need in the PL when we had 30,000 crowds that included a Darwen End full of Liverpool/Man Utd fans.

It’s just the LT trying to wring out every last utterance of TM into around twenty consecutive days of copy.