Fans Worried Over Villa Future

[Matt Collins]

I hope you're right - if hourihane really is £10m quality that's great

Really haven't seen that so far though. Was he linked with premier league clubs? That's normally a pretty reliable sign (not always though)

On formation, I too have wondered if Bruce is contemplating that sort of 1980s style 442, with one winger and one tucked in more to help the midfield. I can some sense in that. The main problem for me is that the contenders for the tucked In role would seem to be Bacuna or Thor.

[peter w]

Page 399...this is where Dave Woodhall usually makes an appearance...

[Drummond]

The bookies have us as favourites to win the league. They have us as joint favourites for promotion.

We have two players in the top 5 odds for being top scorer (Kodija and Hogan).

They are rarely wrong so the doom and gloom we may feel isn't necessarily what others are thinking of our situation.

[oswald funkletrumpet]

The bookies have us as favourites to win the league. They have us as joint favourites for promotion.

We have two players in the top 5 odds for being top scorer (Kodija and Hogan).

They are rarely wrong so the doom and gloom we may feel isn't necessarily what others are thinking of our situation.

Except when we were second favourites last season

[passitsideways]

I hope you're right - if hourihane really is £10m quality that's great

Really haven't seen that so far though. Was he linked with premier league clubs? That's normally a pretty reliable sign (not always though)

On formation, I too have wondered if Bruce is contemplating that sort of 1980s style 442, with one winger and one tucked in more to help the midfield. I can some sense in that. The main problem for me is that the contenders for the tucked In role would seem to be Bacuna or Thor.

Who knows how true it is, given the nature of paper talk, but I seem to remember Palace being linked with a late hijack of the move.

And I confess I'm probably pushing it a little with that sort of valuation, but I don't think we'd be too far away from that now - strikers are obviously still top of the pile, but if a top Championship striker is worth 15 million or so, one of the best midfielders in the Championship surely couldn't be worth that much less.

[kippaxvilla2]

Mr Wyness has come out with words to the effect of 'we are close to breaking FFP, next season will be tougher if we don't go up.' 

This is obvious to most. I remain officially worried. 

If it doesn't happen this season we will;

1. Sell Kodija.
2. Have very little parachute money.
3. Have an owner that may lose interest especially as he won't be able to invest.
4. Have a lot of old players on the books we cannot shift.
5. Still have Richards for another year on £60k per week.

[PeterWithesShin]

Richards isn't on 60K a week, it's around £35-40K, still obscene mind for someone so sodding useless.

[gpbarr]

Mr Wyness has come out with words to the effect of 'we are close to breaking FFP, next season will be tougher if we don't go up.' 

This is obvious to most. I remain officially worried. 

If it doesn't happen this season we will;

1. Sell Kodija.
2. Have very little parachute money.
3. Have an owner that may lose interest especially as he won't be able to invest.
4. Have a lot of old players on the books we cannot shift.
5. Still have Richards for another year on £60k per week.

Agreed. We are and will continue to decline because the 'system' we are using remains incorrect. For some years now, we keep spending insane amounts of money on players and managers in a 'race to get back up' without realizing the gamble that places on the club's long term future. If we don't think we could become a Coventry or a Portsmouth and end up even lower, it's time to wake up.

We need to stop hammering away in the vain hope that if you try enough times, you'll get it right eventually. The change of manager conversation has been static for years now - its no surprise it has not produced better results.   

[russon]

I'm now in this awful state of purgatory where I've come through the 'I couldn't care less anymore ' stage and staggered blinking into the 'it really matters to me again' light. Just when I thought the torment and pain was all behind me it's back. I would say it's the hope that kills you but in Villa's case it's the hopeless (e.g. Hutton, Gabby, I could go on)

[adrenachrome]

You have to laugh, really.

[JD]

I'm now in this awful state of purgatory where I've come through the 'I couldn't care less anymore ' stage and staggered blinking into the 'it really matters to me again' light. Just when I thought the torment and pain was all behind me it's back. I would say it's the hope that kills you but in Villa's case it's the hopeless (e.g. Hutton, Gabby, I could go on)

Totally agree, exactly how I feel already this season. I just feel very sad about Villa at the moment. It's like a continuous dark tunnel with no light at the end.   

[cdbearsfan]

Did nobody tell Nietzsche about hyenas?

[pauliewalnuts]

Why is it that it is only possible to buy tickets for the next game on the OS? What about following games?

I am sure it wasn't this shit last season.

BTW I am worried about Villa's future, hence choosing this thread.

[adrenachrome]

Why is it that it is only possible to buy tickets for the next game on the OS? What about following games?

I am sure it wasn't this shit last season.

BTW I am worried about Villa's future, hence choosing this thread.

Seatwave is in essence a ticket exchange operation for season ticket holders who cannot or do not want to go, and would like some return for their seat. It has been alleged that the club use this mechanism for dumping seats as well.

For a reduced price cup game where ST holders have to claim their "free" seat, the operation is redundant.

By the way, there were good single  tickets in the Holte at s tenner on Friday for the Norwich game, £15 after booking fee and ticket collection charge.

[PeterWithesShin]

The club do sell on there unless there's a couple of dozen people with 10 season tickets in the Upper Witton who put sell them up for sale nearly every game.

Point is though we have 1 home game on sale on the official site which is a bit crap.