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I dunno, there's always been a large Hispanic complement at the Galaxy games I've been to. I do keep an eye on the Galaxy - particularly after signing JPA - but I can't say I make a concerted effort to watch their games (or any other MLS games for that matter). I had always assumed that Chivas USA were the side who most of the Hispanics in L.A./SoCal chose to support? Oversimplification on my part or do they get the majority? I think the Mexicans in SoCal who support Chivas USA do so because their REAL club is plain old Chivas. It'd be like us supporting the Villa reserve team.

Give "Outfoxed" a watch, it's on Youtube....it shows just how insidiously unethical FOX News is from the very top on down.

The Forest kit is a beauty. Umbro is the best, in my opinion. Would LOVE it if we got them next year. But it'll be Adidas.

ROFLMAO

3 Heinekens and 2 Margaritas, woot

Wow. Of all teams....

Djavan

He doesn't LOOK like a dodgy gangster, lols

"Those Were the Days"

Every club bar 1/2 is a selling club, it's what you do money. If you simply spend less than all of the Downing money if he were to be sold, it'd say to me we are pretty content with not even improving, but spending all the Downing money and money on top, shows we still want to push forward. Again obvious example is Tottenham, lost Berbatov, Keane, Carrick all within 2 years. 2 years after that, they were top 4. No chance of us doing that IMO because of how competitive league has become but I think it's been shown, losing players is part of the game, it's how you then re-invest the money what matters. True, and the next 2 months will tell the tale in terms of Villa's ambition/lack of appeal. But when we are hemorrhaging our best players every season, there is no continuity, no unity, no confidence, fewer players will want to sign with us, and more players will want out. It's a slippery slope, and we're close to free fall. Unfortunately we are a middle man at the moment and it's hard to get out because simply.... 1. We can buy the best players that the top 4 don't want to gamble on from lower teams but no other teams really can afford, maybe apart from Everton (if they sell players) However unfortunately, we are not then successful enough to keep these players happy enough to stay beyond 2-3 years and the top 4 clubs come sniffing because these players will have proven themselves at top 6/7 clubs as class players. Tottenham will be exactly the same IMO within the next 2-3 years. They will be able to afford and bring in the best players that top 4 possibly won't go for but once successful there, they will be off. It's already nearly happening with Modric, luckily for Spurs while they did have their success, they signed him up until 2015/2016 is it? so they hold the cards for now. That is why it's so important to get the right manager in. Houllier was a bumbling birdwatcher who almost got us relegated, and AM is hardly the man to convince the likes of Downing that we match his own ambitions. Had the board went out and got Rijkaard, for example, the tone around VP would be entirely different than it is now. The hiring of AM was a clear waving of the white flag, IMO. They went out and got a man who will be happy to still manage in the Premiership, and be content with the budget he is given. "The Five Year Plan"..... :?

Every club bar 1/2 is a selling club, it's what you do money. If you simply spend less than all of the Downing money if he were to be sold, it'd say to me we are pretty content with not even improving, but spending all the Downing money and money on top, shows we still want to push forward. Again obvious example is Tottenham, lost Berbatov, Keane, Carrick all within 2 years. 2 years after that, they were top 4. No chance of us doing that IMO because of how competitive league has become but I think it's been shown, losing players is part of the game, it's how you then re-invest the money what matters. True, and the next 2 months will tell the tale in terms of Villa's ambition/lack of appeal. But when we are hemorrhaging our best players every season, there is no continuity, no unity, no confidence, fewer players will want to sign with us, and more players will want out. It's a slippery slope, and we're close to free fall.

If Downing is sold, it will mark the the completion of a transformation from an upwardly mobile club, close to breaking into the top 4, to that of a selling club, content with mid-table mediocrity.

Nope, draftees are players who have never signed for an NBA club before, primarily college players, but a few high school graduates, and foreign players.

The ten clubs with the worst records last year enter a ping pong ball type lottery, with the worst team having the most balls , and thus a better shot at landing the 1st pick. The rest of the clubs after the first ten pick exactly according to how they finished in the standings. Dallas will have the last pick, cuz they won the title. Deals can be struck, trades made, etc. to move up in the draft to try to pick the player you want. Usually deals are made.

People who say "ironically" when the correct word should be "coincidentally"....

We paid his salary while nursing him back to health....gave him all the time he needed to make a full recovery, and were patient with him when he wasn't particularly good for the first few months he came back. This defection is worse than Barry, Milner or Young. SD can f*ck right off, I hope he rots on the bench like Milner. With Young and Downing going, the board better move fast and get some quality in. P.S. **** you, Stu

LOL, "Role Models"! loved that movie

Thanks for the 3rd option

I thought the "Bourne" movies were all complete sh*t. Affleck's descent into Hollywood tripe is an obvious black mark....Damon's "I'm smarter than you" political rhetoric is a shame..."Gone Baby Gone" was decent...."The Town" was a "Heat" ripoff set in Boston....Affleck **** Jennifer Lopez is a plus. But also a minus because her public persona is so ridiculous...

Consider it all- their screenwriting, acting, directing, activism, whatever.... And if a mod could add a poll option, it would be interesting to see who the VTers think sucks more