Other Games - 2010/11 Season

[dave.woodhall]

What's with the 'we'? Is it an internet thing to decide everyone thinks the same?

[cdbearsfan]

Fair play to Spuds, I cant get my head around some on here wanting them to lose to an Italian club

Then, you're frankly mad.

Then you're a small minded wanker if we're going to resort to petty insults

'Small-minded wanker' from the bloke that wants a team to lose... to fucking Spurs!!! ... just because they are foreign.

Out of interest, did you cheer for Blues during their Anglo-Italian glory days?

What's so wrong with fucking spurs?! Are they any more arrogant than us when we're winning? You prefer the Italian equivalent of Man utd do you? Seems to be fashionable to really hate spurs these days for some reason. Petty, small mindedness as I said. By the way If you dont like getting insults back then dont give them out in the first place

You didn't insult me, silly sausage. Read the quotes again, slowly.

Juventus are the Italian version of Man U, not AC Milan.

I have always disliked Spurs, not just 'these days'. The reason for wanting them to lose though wasn't hatred it was because it would obviously be bad for Villa, a point you have failed to respond to.

Small mindedness is hating somebody just because their foreign. I can 'get my head around' why you don't want an Italian team to win... I would assume it is because you are xenophobic. The fact that you are unable to get your head around why anybody wouldn't agree with you suggest limited mental capacity... 'small-minded' indeed.

For the record I don't particularly like AC Milan as they are crooked and their Chairman is a shit politician and a vile human being.

However, I wanted Spurs to lose to them. Just the same as I wanted Arsenal to lose tonight. They are our rivals. AC Milan and Barcelona are not. Do you think that if Pepsi announce record profits the Board of Directors of Coca-Cola will be saying "woo-hoo! An American company is doing well, great news!"?

[hawkeye]

Spurs and Arsenal our Rivals? if only that was true

[WikiVilla]

Fair play to Arsenal, to live with Barca and turn that game around was quite exceptional

[cdbearsfan]

Spurs and Arsenal our Rivals? if only that was true

Well, not THIS season but they've hardly been miles ahead of us in the last few years and I would hope that we will, eventually, get back to being able to compete with them. If they win the European Cup and pocket another £Gazillion while also adding another 500,000 glory-hunting bastards to their cause that won't help our long-term plans to dominate World football once again.

I've already had to get my "Aston Villa, Champions of Europe 2012" tattoo lasered off, I don't want them getting any further ahead of us.

[pauliewalnuts]

Spurs and Arsenal our Rivals? if only that was true

They're in the same league as us, they play in the same competitions.

Either of them winning the CL would be bad for us because:

1. The increased income in doing so would execerbate the financial gaps between us and them.
2. They'd be a new member of a very exclusive club, of which we are a member.

I can't understand why anyone would look last the two above points and go for some spurious "they're an English club!!!" argument. Especially in the case of Arsenal, the least English of all English clubs.

[pauliewalnuts]

Interesting scheduling from ITV.

Live coverage of Arsenal match
then
News at Ten
then
Highlights of Arsenal match.

[hawkeye]

Spurs and Arsenal our Rivals? if only that was true

They're in the same league as us, they play in the same competitions.

Either of them winning the CL would be bad for us because:

1. The increased income in doing so would execerbate the financial gaps between us and them.
2. They'd be a new member of a very exclusive club, of which we are a member.

I can't understand why anyone would look last the two above points and go for some spurious "they're an English club!!!" argument. Especially in the case of Arsenal, the least English of all English clubs.

At some point Chelsea or Spurs or Arse will win the CL, I dont support english Clubs in Europe, I only support The Villa, i suppose that it is difficult coming to terms with the notion that we were so close to being in the position that Arse and now Spurs are.

[pauliewalnuts]

Spurs and Arsenal our Rivals? if only that was true

They're in the same league as us, they play in the same competitions.

Either of them winning the CL would be bad for us because:

1. The increased income in doing so would execerbate the financial gaps between us and them.
2. They'd be a new member of a very exclusive club, of which we are a member.

I can't understand why anyone would look last the two above points and go for some spurious "they're an English club!!!" argument. Especially in the case of Arsenal, the least English of all English clubs.

At some point Chelsea or Spurs or Arse will win the CL, I dont support english Clubs in Europe, I only support The Villa, i suppose that it is difficult coming to terms with the notion that we were so close to being in the position that Arse and now Spurs are.

We were nowhere near that position - knockout stages of the CL, almost in the quarter finals?

Had MON got us there, it would have been short lived and embarassing to watch us toil around amongst teams who know how to pass the ball around.

Who remembers the considerable number of people on here who were telling us all how Arsenal were on the point of implosion two years ago, incidentally?

[cdbearsfan]

If we had qualifed we would have beaten Barcelona in the Group Stage and then got knocked out on goal difference after losing at home to Spartak Luxembourg.

[pauliewalnuts]

If we had qualifed we would have beaten Barcelona in the Group Stage and then got knocked out on goal difference after losing at home to Spartak Luxembourg.

We'd have exited in the first round play off qualifier against FC Bicycle Clip of Romania

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Based on that performance tonight, does anybody else think Arsenal might have too much for the Rags at Wembley?

[cdbearsfan]

If we had qualifed we would have beaten Barcelona in the Group Stage and then got knocked out on goal difference after losing at home to Spartak Luxembourg.

We'd have exited in the first round play off qualifier against FC Bicycle Clip of Romania

True, I'd forgotten about the qualifying round. We'd have lost on away goals. In fairness though, FC Bicycle Clip are formidable at their stadium, The Shed.

[cdbearsfan]

Based on that performance tonight, does anybody else think Arsenal might have too much for the Rags at Wembley?

Yes. But Chelsea and Man U are both miles better than Small Heath and (whisper it) Man City are better than us. They SHOULD lose, preferably heavily. However, they have a chance and I won't feel confident until Arse are at least two up knowing what jammy bastards Blose have been in the last two seasons.

[hawkeye]

Spurs and Arsenal our Rivals? if only that was true

They're in the same league as us, they play in the same competitions.

Either of them winning the CL would be bad for us because:

1. The increased income in doing so would execerbate the financial gaps between us and them.
2. They'd be a new member of a very exclusive club, of which we are a member.

I can't understand why anyone would look last the two above points and go for some spurious "they're an English club!!!" argument. Especially in the case of Arsenal, the least English of all English clubs.

At some point Chelsea or Spurs or Arse will win the CL, I dont support english Clubs in Europe, I only support The Villa, i suppose that it is difficult coming to terms with the notion that we were so close to being in the position that Arse and now Spurs are.

We were nowhere near that position - knockout stages of the CL, almost in the quarter finals?

Had MON got us there, it would have been short lived and embarassing to watch us toil around amongst teams who know how to pass the ball around.

Who remembers the considerable number of people on here who were telling us all how Arsenal were on the point of implosion two years ago, incidentally?

Not guilty, and there you have the nub of it, we didnt progress despite all the cash that MON had to burn, but we were at a point with some astute transfers and a change of approach to achieve CL football, and we both know that he fell short, now we are worried about Wigan Wolves WBA Blackpool Blose