SSN: "Downing won't commit to Villa"

[timeoutbigbar]

So Downing is staying then?...

[Billy Walker]

Not sure what anybody is getting defensive about.

No one's getting defensive -  just having a nice little stroll through our peerless history. 

[curiousorange]

Not sure what anybody is getting defensive about.

No one's getting defensive -  just having a nice little stroll through our peerless history. 

If you wandered into my house and started laughing at the decor, I would be equally as unimpressed.

[myhaha]

Liverpool F.C. and history?  They didn't even win their first F.A. Cup until the mid-sixties.  They won six trophies in their first eight decades of existence.  They started their "modern" winning streak when they came into money, ironically just at a time when the original giants of English football and its most successful club (us), started to financially implode.

There's a danger here are of confusing "winning trophies" with "history".  When this happens we lose sight of context and what was going on in football at any particular time.  Villa's history is far greater and richer than any other club's because of our influence on the game.  Creating league football saved the sport and turned it into a world-wide phenomenon - making it the number one sport on the planet.  Not only that, but because of Villa's league and the huge surge in the game's popularity, new clubs were formed and created on the back of the old, established clubs - one such club being Liverpool.

One of the many reasons why we will always be a greater club than Liverpool, with a greater history than Liverpool, is because there would be no Liverpool if it were not for Aston Villa.

Bahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

[Rudy Can't Fail]

I wouldn't turn down the last 46 years of Liverpool's 'history'. They may no longer be the club they once were but I realistically can't see them dropping out of the top 6 over the next few years, even with Kenny Dalglish in charge.

[curiousorange]

I wouldn't turn down the last 46 years of Liverpool's 'history'. They may no longer be the club they once were but I realistically can't see them dropping out of the top 6 over the next few years, even with Kenny Dalglish in charge.

Ideally what you want is Villa's history with the Red Scouse's trophies. What you don't want is a Liverpool fan coming on here and laughing at our devotion to what we do have.

[PaulTheVillan]

Liverpool F.C. and history?  They didn't even win their first F.A. Cup until the mid-sixties.  They won six trophies in their first eight decades of existence.  They started their "modern" winning streak when they came into money, ironically just at a time when the original giants of English football and its most successful club (us), started to financially implode.

There's a danger here are of confusing "winning trophies" with "history".  When this happens we lose sight of context and what was going on in football at any particular time.  Villa's history is far greater and richer than any other club's because of our influence on the game.  Creating league football saved the sport and turned it into a world-wide phenomenon - making it the number one sport on the planet.  Not only that, but because of Villa's league and the huge surge in the game's popularity, new clubs were formed and created on the back of the old, established clubs - one such club being Liverpool.

One of the many reasons why we will always be a greater club than Liverpool, with a greater history than Liverpool, is because there would be no Liverpool if it were not for Aston Villa.

Bahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Was your first post as good as this?

[Legion]

That was his first post. He was banned for his second.

[PaulTheVillan]

Oh dear.

[dave shelley]

That was his first post. He was banned for his second.

Kudos.

[Legion]

Fans of other teams are more than welcome to post on this site providing they are constructive and not abusive, sendo whu being a perfect example.

[Redman]

I wouldn't turn down the last 46 years of Liverpool's 'history'. They may no longer be the club they once were but I realistically can't see them dropping out of the top 6 over the next few years, even with Kenny Dalglish in charge.

Ideally what you want is Villa's history with the Red Scouse's trophies. What you don't want is a Liverpool fan coming on here and laughing at our devotion to what we do have.

That's twice you've presumed to know what I was laughing at.

[curiousorange]

Fans of other teams are more than welcome to post on this site providing they are constructive and not abusive, sendo whu being a perfect example.

I have no problem with other fans posting. I don't particularly understand why they come on our forums to post, but each to their own. However, I do take exception to mockery, tongue-in-cheek or not.

[Legion]

I think he was referring to myhaha.

[pauliewalnuts]

The interesting thiing is that, for all Liverpool's history (and let's be totally honest about it, it is outstanding), they haven't won the league for over twenty years now. In fact, the last time they won the league was only nine years after the last time we won it, which puts it into perspective somewhat. The CL win was obviously big, but they really do need to win the league some time soon.

I remember when Man United went 25 (or so) years without winning the league, then Ferguson did it, and look what has happened since. The difference is that Man United were perfectly placed to profit from the Sky football boom, coming to prominence when they did, and built on it accordingly.

Liverpool aren't going to have that luck. In fact, they're going to be trying to regain past glories when it is more difficult than ever, with plenty of teams with as much money as they have and a fading allure.

Interesting times.