collapse collapse

Please donate to help towards the costs of keeping this site going. Thank You.

Recent Topics

UEFA Europa Conference League-Knockout stages (Lille) by Holte L2
[Today at 06:16:35 AM]


West Ham v Aston Villa post match by astonvilla82
[Today at 05:57:04 AM]


Unai Emery - our manager by ROBBO
[Today at 04:59:13 AM]


FFP by Percy McCarthy
[Today at 04:08:44 AM]


International Rugby by dcdavecollett
[Today at 01:12:03 AM]


Games Moved for TV by Percy McCarthy
[March 18, 2024, 11:00:20 PM]


Press-ing on by Archbishop Herbert Cockthrottle
[March 18, 2024, 10:48:26 PM]


Luton A by purpletrousers
[March 18, 2024, 10:24:29 PM]

Recent Posts

Follow us on...

Author Topic: Alternative view from Lawrenson? - no, not really!  (Read 13354 times)

Offline Mister E

  • Member
  • *
  • Posts: 16570
  • Location: Mostly the Republic of Yorkshire (N)
  • GM : 16.02.2025
Alternative view from Lawrenson? - no, not really!
« on: November 26, 2011, 08:40:51 AM »
Lawrenson repeats many of the old arguments about Villa's place in the world.

Offline Phil from the upper holte

  • Member
  • Posts: 10142
  • Location: B62
Re: Alternative view from Lawrenson? - no, not really!
« Reply #1 on: November 26, 2011, 08:57:19 AM »
He's still a cock

Offline Shrek

  • Member
  • Posts: 3980
  • Location: Holte Upper K4
  • It goes Football, Formula 1, Cricket in that order
  • GM : 04.06.2015
Re: Alternative view from Lawrenson? - no, not really!
« Reply #2 on: November 26, 2011, 09:05:37 AM »
Unfortunately he is spot on on nearly everything he said.

Offline Rigadon

  • Member
  • Posts: 7199
  • GM : Aug, 2014
Re: Alternative view from Lawrenson? - no, not really!
« Reply #3 on: November 26, 2011, 09:24:42 AM »
Pushing for a top half spot eh?  Ooh the giddy heights :)



Online olaftab

  • Member
  • *
  • Posts: 39603
  • Location: Castle Bromwich
  • GM : 12.06.2024
Re: Alternative view from Lawrenson? - no, not really!
« Reply #4 on: November 26, 2011, 09:30:13 AM »
He has said what Faulkner should say and that would leave no one under any illusions.

Offline AV82EC

  • Member
  • Posts: 10200
  • Location: Macclesfield
  • GM : 22.02.2024
Re: Alternative view from Lawrenson? - no, not really!
« Reply #5 on: November 26, 2011, 09:36:14 AM »
The truth sometimes hurts.

Offline Iago

  • Member
  • Posts: 365
  • Location: Venice
Re: Alternative view from Lawrenson? - no, not really!
« Reply #6 on: November 26, 2011, 10:24:57 AM »
This is a stupid article, and I could careless what this guy has to say on Villa matters.

AM knew the circumstances before he came to the club, and he still has players on the bench who are attacking minded. No sympathy from me.

Offline Monty

  • Member
  • *
  • Posts: 25358
  • Location: pizzaland
  • GM : 25.05.2024
Re: Alternative view from Lawrenson? - no, not really!
« Reply #7 on: November 26, 2011, 10:25:32 AM »
Well he spouts a few cliches and misunderstands the problem. It's a piss-poor excuse for an article really.

Offline andyh

  • Member
  • Posts: 15570
  • Age: 58
  • Location: Solihull
  • GM : May, 2012
Re: Alternative view from Lawrenson? - no, not really!
« Reply #8 on: November 26, 2011, 10:27:28 AM »
It is very depressing to see in print.
When we were being called a selling club 2 or 3 years ago, most of us were up in arms, but quite comfortable in the knowledge that the so-called experts were all wrong and that we knew our club better than them.

Now ? yes, the truth does hurt.

Offline CJ

  • Member
  • Posts: 7888
  • Age: 70
  • Location: Downtown Cookley
  • GM : 12.07.2017
Re: Alternative view from Lawrenson? - no, not really!
« Reply #9 on: November 26, 2011, 10:29:10 AM »
And he's completely missed our main ambition to be in the Deloitte top 20

Offline Iago

  • Member
  • Posts: 365
  • Location: Venice
Re: Alternative view from Lawrenson? - no, not really!
« Reply #10 on: November 26, 2011, 10:29:43 AM »
It is very depressing to see in print.
When we were being called a selling club 2 or 3 years ago, most of us were up in arms, but quite comfortable in the knowledge that the so-called experts were all wrong and that we knew our club better than them.

Now ? yes, the truth does hurt.

We were competitive three years ago that is the major difference.

Offline andyh

  • Member
  • Posts: 15570
  • Age: 58
  • Location: Solihull
  • GM : May, 2012
Re: Alternative view from Lawrenson? - no, not really!
« Reply #11 on: November 26, 2011, 10:35:49 AM »
It is very depressing to see in print.
When we were being called a selling club 2 or 3 years ago, most of us were up in arms, but quite comfortable in the knowledge that the so-called experts were all wrong and that we knew our club better than them.

Now ? yes, the truth does hurt.

We were competitive three years ago that is the major difference.
Precisely.
Our fall from grace is nothing less than spectacular.

Offline Iago

  • Member
  • Posts: 365
  • Location: Venice
Re: Alternative view from Lawrenson? - no, not really!
« Reply #12 on: November 26, 2011, 10:50:02 AM »
It is very depressing to see in print.
When we were being called a selling club 2 or 3 years ago, most of us were up in arms, but quite comfortable in the knowledge that the so-called experts were all wrong and that we knew our club better than them.

Now ? yes, the truth does hurt.

We were competitive three years ago that is the major difference.
Precisely.
Our fall from grace is nothing less than spectacular.
What fall? We finished 6th then 9th, no huge difference in league positioning.

Offline andyh

  • Member
  • Posts: 15570
  • Age: 58
  • Location: Solihull
  • GM : May, 2012
Re: Alternative view from Lawrenson? - no, not really!
« Reply #13 on: November 26, 2011, 10:58:12 AM »
just read the piece again, then look at the first 9 lines...seems about right to me.

Offline TimTheVillain

  • Member
  • Posts: 4447
  • Location: Location
Re: Alternative view from Lawrenson? - no, not really!
« Reply #14 on: November 26, 2011, 11:07:26 AM »
Summed up well.

We are where we are, and where we are is as Lawro describes.

 


SimplePortal 2.3.6 © 2008-2014, SimplePortal