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Has anyone got a Lawro league update? i enjoy seeing that, and laughing at it. Cheers.

According to the Guardian today, Everton are about to make a bid for Reo-Coker. Guardian speculates this could be up to £10mill. http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,1971672,00.html If Everton can get him, then surely we would also be in the frame (assuming we actually want him).

I was refering to India as a market, untapped other than a small amount of followers in a way similar to the USA I would suppose. The best way to get Asians into the stadium is through further integration in the game as whole. People need their heroes and maybe Michael Chopra will be the man who can change things on that score. I remember an Indian referee who never got promoted to the Premier League a few years ago despite his performance ratings but Paul Durkin who had a lower rating was promoted. Things like that stick in the mind I would suggest. That is definitely something to look into - How to market Villa to the local ethnic community. Being an indian Brummie, i know that a lot of asian Brummies love football, but they would never go to watch a match live. I'm not sure why. (Maybe a hangover from stories of violence/racism in football during the 70's/80's?!)