Quote from: Billy Walker on April 08, 2012, 06:41:42 PMQuote from: moetvillain on April 08, 2012, 04:29:57 PMHow many of the top 6, even the league, have played as many home grown players as we have this season? That makes me more proud than anything else written on these pages, and something I dont think any of the other teams can boast. Brilliant work by the coaches and early talent spotters. Thats entertainment to me. Zogman, have you watched Wigan play? In terms of "football entertainment" I would suggest that they rank well above a lot of teams higher in the league.I agree. Blooding all these Academy lads is making this season for me. If they form the nucleus of future Villa sides then all the frustration will be worthwhile. I know the point you're making but I fear that if they are the nucleus of the team then we'll be in a division below the one we're in now. For me the team has a slight Paul Kerr, David Norton, Darren Bradley etc feeling to it at the moment and look what happened to that team.
Quote from: moetvillain on April 08, 2012, 04:29:57 PMHow many of the top 6, even the league, have played as many home grown players as we have this season? That makes me more proud than anything else written on these pages, and something I dont think any of the other teams can boast. Brilliant work by the coaches and early talent spotters. Thats entertainment to me. Zogman, have you watched Wigan play? In terms of "football entertainment" I would suggest that they rank well above a lot of teams higher in the league.I agree. Blooding all these Academy lads is making this season for me. If they form the nucleus of future Villa sides then all the frustration will be worthwhile.
How many of the top 6, even the league, have played as many home grown players as we have this season? That makes me more proud than anything else written on these pages, and something I dont think any of the other teams can boast. Brilliant work by the coaches and early talent spotters. Thats entertainment to me. Zogman, have you watched Wigan play? In terms of "football entertainment" I would suggest that they rank well above a lot of teams higher in the league.
Here's a stat. Only 14 clubs have more points than us.
I'd guess we're right near the bottom of the table for hitting the post, so it's not as if we can say we deserved more.
Does hitting the post/crossbar count as a shot on- or off-target?