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Author Topic: Villa What-If Moments  (Read 29011 times)

Offline Neil Hawkes

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Re: Villa What-If Moments
« Reply #165 on: October 08, 2024, 11:23:22 AM »
You're right.

Unai's not really up to date with this modern management intimidation lark, is he?

I should have said I prefer his style of "it is what it is", rather than cry to everyone how unfair it all is - he leaves that up to the self important dickheads.

Offline Mortimer's Bear

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Re: Villa What-If Moments
« Reply #166 on: October 09, 2024, 11:48:50 AM »
The one for me is if we'd have kept our bottle and won the inaugural PL season in 92/93, would we have gone on to dominate the 90's instead of Utd? At a time when only the champions got into the newly branded Champions League, could this have been a genuine possibility?

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Re: Villa What-If Moments
« Reply #167 on: October 09, 2024, 02:21:53 PM »
The one for me is if we'd have kept our bottle and won the inaugural PL season in 92/93, would we have gone on to dominate the 90's instead of Utd? At a time when only the champions got into the newly branded Champions League, could this have been a genuine possibility?

With Ellis as Chairman that’s a categoric no from me.

Offline VillaTim

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Re: Villa What-If Moments
« Reply #168 on: October 09, 2024, 10:13:02 PM »
What if we'd just kept playing cricket

Offline Beard82

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Re: Villa What-If Moments
« Reply #169 on: October 09, 2024, 10:17:02 PM »
The one for me is if we'd have kept our bottle and won the inaugural PL season in 92/93, would we have gone on to dominate the 90's instead of Utd? At a time when only the champions got into the newly branded Champions League, could this have been a genuine possibility?

With Ellis as Chairman that’s a categoric no from me.
I think it would be more like when Blackburn or Leicester won it - amazing - but within 5 years back to where we were anyway

Offline Tayls_7

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Re: Villa What-If Moments
« Reply #170 on: October 10, 2024, 09:43:19 AM »
What if we'd just kept playing cricket

It would all be over.

Offline Mortimer's Bear

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Re: Villa What-If Moments
« Reply #171 on: November 25, 2024, 01:05:41 PM »
What if we'd actually got promoted under Dr Tony, would we still have a club?

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Re: Villa What-If Moments
« Reply #172 on: November 26, 2024, 12:11:15 AM »
How much of the promotion Prem cash would have gone on clearing the debt under Xia?

Offline Dave P

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Re: Villa What-If Moments
« Reply #173 on: November 26, 2024, 04:14:31 PM »
We'd have basically been Fulham in the same period.  Gone straight back down, possibly come back up but mid table at absolute best.

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Re: Villa What-If Moments
« Reply #174 on: November 27, 2024, 06:47:07 PM »
while watching a lot of football of the buttock-clenching variety.

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Re: Villa What-If Moments
« Reply #175 on: December 10, 2024, 07:36:38 PM »
How much of the promotion Prem cash would have gone on clearing the debt under Xia?

All of it. I think it would have been the same squad minus 30m for Grealish who we would have exchanged for 3 Spuds cast offs.

 


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