Ryan Pitcher

Christmas Day Parkrun in Rickmansworth. 🏃‍♂️

But he chose being a bit-part player in successive trophy successes elsewhere, over unadulterated adoration and folklore. Either way, I don't understand the need for continuous commentary by casual observers such as Henry Winter about it all, supporters pay their money and can do as they please.

Personally, I don't boo Grealish, but I won't fawn over him either. I think for a lot of the supporters, the booing comes from sheer frustration. The lad was living our dream, well on his way to a statue being built outside VP & his name would've been sung on the terraces for generations to come.

Moses Itauma is some talent. 🔥 #Usyk2Fury

How has Johnny Fisher been awarded that?! 😮😳 #Usyk2Fury

UTV!

I would like to take a moment to apologise to my body in advance for the copious amounts of alcohol being consumed this week - Leipzig away, get back straight into a free bar at the works Christmas party on Friday, before a late kick-off at Forest away on Saturday. 🍻 UTV!

Went back to the dark side for 2 seconds and see a Sky News headline: Syrian refugees in Manchester say they 'can't wait to get flights back home'. Predictably, you just know what utter bile you're going to see among the replies. Hatred just seems such common-place nowadays. 🥺

Had a fantastic time seeing my Grandad this weekend. Born in July 1923 he's seen an awful lot, and he's still going super strong. Dressed as if he's going to play in the snooker World Championships, like the legend that he is. He's my inspiration & I so cherish the moments that we have together. ❤️

Indeed! Whilst I accept that there isn't the same fluidity as there was last season, perspective is important. We've had an exceptional level of growth in such a short period under Emery, and yet some supporters suddenly wish to hold us to the same standards as these elite title-winning clubs. 😳

Football is a funny ol' game. Prior to this week we hadn't won in 8 outings & now having won two-from-two in these last few days we sit sixth in the league just two points off the top four & on the periphery of qualifying automatically for the last-16 of the Champions League. Crisis averted. #AVFC

I know these sentiments are being felt by a lot of those that have been beside this club through thick and thin, you know the ones that will still be there come rain or shine, European football or relegation battles, throughout the Championship years. Something needs to change pronto. (4/4)

Over the years, I've always considered church as a couldren of atmosphere for the large part but this overdoing of corporate bollocks (running before we can walk in that respect), and inevitable large waves of empty seats tonight, means we'll just have more of the same this evening. (3/4)

Or should I say, the lack of. Bar the Bayern Munich game, the atmosphere at Villa Park has been shoddy, dare I say non-existent, all season. So much so that it's actually interfering with my enjoyment/match day experience, to the point that it's just not worth doing given the aforementioned. (2/4)

Despite having a bit of the sniffles, the absurdly late kick-off time, being out of form etc, nothing would ever stop me from doing the 5+ hour round trip to Villa Park, but tonight I've chosen to move my season ticket along to someone else. The balance has been swung by the atmosphere. #AVFC (1/4)

Tramlines tickets for the Saturday sorted around an hour ago. A completely pain-free in-and-out process unlike Oasis and Glastonbury.

Decent line-up; although I have already booked to see Franz Ferdinand in Cologne in late February as well. 🙌

Literally, open up 'X' for the first time in a while & see Musk, among other provocateurs, citing that there should be another General Election - less than five months after the last one - for reasons unbeknownst to me. Does this mean we can overturn Brexit too, perhaps, or?

Around one in four people across the globe don't have access to safe drinking water. Meanwhile, Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan has just seen this 'piece of art' 👇 - a banana affixed to a wall by duct tape - sell for a staggering $6.2 million. 😮

It's a crazy world.

for my mental health. In fact, when it's the international break or the off-season I just wilt away a little bit, plucking to get stuck back into it. Anyway, I think they certainly under-cook just what it means to us all if they think we wouldn't go just because it was on the box. 🤷‍♂️

Match going fans will tell you that as sad as it may seem to some, going to the football is pretty much what their lives revolve around. I do a 220-mile round journey just for home games and wouldn't have it any other way. Going to the football and connecting with like-minded others does wonders >

Typically I've got a lot of time for 'The Rest Is Football' podcast but this take by Lineker & Shearer is wild when it comes to the 3pm blackout - unsure if fans would continue attending Premier League matches. Whether Villa are on TV or not, I can't think of anything worse than not being there.

There was only one punch. Tony Blair rang me and he said 'Are you OK?' and I said 'Yes', and he said 'Well, what happened?' and I said 'I was just carrying out your orders. You told us to connect with the electorate, so I did.

John Prescott

RIP 🌹

Introduce yourself with four footballers. #AVFC

1. God
2. Heartbreaker
3. Hitman
4. Joker

Exactly the same! When we're going well I'll consume every bit of content throughout the week and shout about it myself too. However, when we're on a bit of a poor streak, as we have been over the past few games, I just wilt away and ignore. I'll always be there though through the ups & downs! UTV!

Prizren is one of the most wonderfully quaint places I've been fortunate enough to visit. In fact, I'm always telling people how they should travel around Kosovo. The people are the friendliest and most welcoming I've ever came across & some of the scenery is just breathtaking.

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With Chairman "Deadly" Doug Ellis being real tight with the purse strings as per, I thought I'd provide our gaffer a scouting report of players that we might be able to poach on the cheap and, although I can't remember any of the other names, Jefferson Louis was my "one to watch".