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Offline Toronto Villa

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Re: Where will we finish?
« Reply #225 on: May 16, 2012, 01:15:12 PM »
Our saving grace this season is that there are so many other shite teams that will be worse than us.

Going for a miserable 14th.

you say so many, yet by suggesting 14th you're also there's only 6 teams worse. Doesn't make sense.
Only 2 places off my prediction...AM managed to get the team playing even lower than my expectations and 7pts off 14th place! What a muppet!

fuck I voted 7th. How wrong was I? What a disaster last season was.

Offline PeterWithesShin

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Re: Where will we finish?
« Reply #226 on: May 16, 2012, 01:22:43 PM »
Can somebody resurrect last year's manager thread, where the Scottish manager arrives - I want to relive that 9/11 moment of disbelief and despair in preparation for this year's bombshell.   

Thread from the beginning
http://www.heroesandvillains.info/forumv3/index.php?topic=43650.0 

And I believe this is the stage where AM started to surface.
http://www.heroesandvillains.info/forumv3/index.php?topic=43650.5415

Quite amusing reading some of it now, some great posts including
"Its not bad news, its just a bookie's odds.
McLeish isnt going to be Villa manager any more than Barbara Streissand."

Offline Risso

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Re: Where will we finish?
« Reply #227 on: May 16, 2012, 01:39:26 PM »
Can somebody resurrect last year's manager thread, where the Scottish manager arrives - I want to relive that 9/11 moment of disbelief and despair in preparation for this year's bombshell.   

Thread from the beginning
http://www.heroesandvillains.info/forumv3/index.php?topic=43650.0 

And I believe this is the stage where AM started to surface.
http://www.heroesandvillains.info/forumv3/index.php?topic=43650.5415

Quite amusing reading some of it now, some great posts including
"Its not bad news, its just a bookie's odds.
McLeish isnt going to be Villa manager any more than Barbara Streissand."

Reading that thread just sent a shiver down my spine.  It's like watching a car crash in slow motion.

"If you think Randy would offer the job to McLeish then you are retarded.

Sorry, but it's true."

What a waste of a year.

Offline PeterWithesShin

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Re: Where will we finish?
« Reply #228 on: May 16, 2012, 03:16:54 PM »
Although it is quite amusing looking back at it now, especially with some of the posts, I have to say I still start feeling a bit sick when I get to the stage where I realised it was going to be AM.

Offline The Left Side

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Re: Where will we finish?
« Reply #229 on: May 16, 2012, 04:31:36 PM »
I was being generous thinking we would finish 12th, note to self - ok stop looking back now... keep looking forward!

Offline Mister E

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Re: Where will we finish?
« Reply #230 on: May 16, 2012, 05:01:33 PM »
Can somebody resurrect last year's manager thread, where the Scottish manager arrives - I want to relive that 9/11 moment of disbelief and despair in preparation for this year's bombshell.   

Thread from the beginning
http://www.heroesandvillains.info/forumv3/index.php?topic=43650.0 

And I believe this is the stage where AM started to surface.
http://www.heroesandvillains.info/forumv3/index.php?topic=43650.5415

Quite amusing reading some of it now, some great posts including
"Its not bad news, its just a bookie's odds.
McLeish isnt going to be Villa manager any more than Barbara Streissand."
So, How's Paulie's Shingles, anyone?

And did Maz ever meet Barbara Streisand?

Offline Irish villain

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Re: Where will we finish?
« Reply #231 on: May 16, 2012, 05:03:16 PM »
I voted 12th.

Offline ASHTONVILLA

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Re: Where will we finish?
« Reply #232 on: May 22, 2012, 12:01:02 PM »
Voted 16th.

The defence is rank bad, and minus the best performer last season (Walker), and possibly minus our best central defender (Cuellar). I have no faith in Eck performing miracles and getting them to play well, indeed Dunne is another year older and will possibly decline still further.

The midfield is far and away weaker than last year, having been shorn of its two best players. We have a good signing in N'Zogbia, but that is a very poor trade for Young AND Downing. Petrov is not going to miraculously become a 90 minute player, and beyond him we have no one that can tackle in he squad. EWe will miss Coker this year. Delph seems very injury prone. Makoun may do better, but needs to as he was not great last season. I fully expect Ireland to comtinue to be poor, based on his pre season form being no better than last season. Albrighton looks jaded, though I would hope he will improve.

Up front we have Bent, best hope he does not get injured as without him we could be in the relegation mix again.


Can't see past a bloody awful season tbh.

And the Nostradamus Award for 2011-2012 goes to...

I voted 12th for the record.

Would rather I had been wrong.

I think whoever comes in will get at least four places higher this year though, none of the candidates being mooted are likely to do as badly as Eck.

 


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