Club Statement - What Do You Think?

[brian green]

Brian Little is that rarity of rarities in football management, a good, honest and thoroughly decent man.   Call me fickle and a childish six year old but I happen to believe those qualities should be taken into the balance when judging both the appointment of a manager and the assessment of his record.

[garyfouroaks]

Brian Little is that rarity of rarities in football management, a good, honest and thoroughly decent man.   Call me fickle and a childish six year old but I happen to believe those qualities should be taken into the balance when judging both the appointment of a manager and the assessment of his record.

Little was one of the most boring interviewees on football known to man, lovely guy, but as tedious and negative as they come.

[holtepaul]

holtepaul - were you banned from Villasquawk?

no - to be honest (and I have heard it mentioned here recently) a few "other" fans come on, and were getting abuse, from what I presumed were  a load of 13 yr olds. So started to look at other sites, this was the easiest to use !! (although for the mods on here, I honestly think having the General's stuff all in the one thread as per Villatalk is much better - you should look into that)

However, started to question this site now as well, as , last night, when you want a debate - it seems if people lose an arguament they just resort to taking the pee out of spelling mistakes , or pulling up on years (sorry Dave W - point proven about) - I may be a sad Villa fan, but I'm not sad enough to remember exactly when we pulled out the Juninho deal - I said 2000 - it turned out to be 1999 - so what  - it was 12 yrs ago - the point is what counts !.)

Also Dave, I find it hard to believe Saunders had an approval rating of 3% - where ? - no internet, radio WM didn't even exist yet - it wasn't even Radio Birmingham ! , the only outlet for sport in 1975 was the Argos (once a week) the Evening mail (but not many people had phones in 1975 so that rules out a phone vote) and BRMB - who had Tony Butler doing a show when the matches on with updates from the games from people like Bob Mills)

Have I missed something - what happened in 1983 (apart from the Super Cup which is about as much thought about than the Peace Cup) - I may be wrong but I can't remember us pulling up any trees in 1983 - ...... in fact I've just looked us up, coz I honestly thought I had missed something - we finished 6th - 14 points behind the winners (but 2 points for a win so thats more like 20-25 depending on how many of them were wins). Why would I put 1983 and 1996 - we finished 19 points behind the winners that year  - it was a great season - but we never come anywhere near challenging for the league

[Stu]

holtepaul - were you banned from Villasquawk?

no - to be honest (and I have heard it mentioned here recently) a few "other" fans come on, and were getting abuse, from what I presumed were  a load of 13 yr olds. So started to look at other sites, this was the easiest to use !! (although for the mods on here, I honestly think having the General's stuff all in the one thread as per Villatalk is much better - you should look into that)

However, started to question this site now as well, as , last night, when you want a debate - it seems if people lose an arguament they just resort to taking the pee out of spelling mistakes , or pulling up on years (sorry Dave W - point proven about) - I may be a sad Villa fan, but I'm not sad enough to remember exactly when we pulled out the Juninho deal - I said 2000 - it turned out to be 1999 - so what  - it was 12 yrs ago - the point is what counts !.)

Also Dave, I find it hard to believe Saunders had an approval rating of 3% - where ? - no internet, radio WM didn't even exist yet - it wasn't even Radio Birmingham ! , the only outlet for sport in 1975 was the Argos (once a week) the Evening mail (but not many people had phones in 1975 so that rules out a phone vote) and BRMB - who had Tony Butler doing a show when the matches on with updates from the games from people like Bob Mills)

But your debating style is pretty poor. You make a point but get all of the facts wrong. You're complaining above about being picked up on getting years wrong, yet you also like to spout that you only deal in facts. Well the thing is that if you want to deal in facts, then you probably want to make yourself bulletproof in that area. You complain about people being childish, yet you call your fellow supporters fickle. You use exclamation marks like you've had a job lot delivered and are trying to get through them. You disregard others' opinions with ill-conceived rants and often sign off with a stupid rhetorical question.

And after all that you make an allusion that VT is a better forum. Well if you think that, you know where to go, don't you?

[dave.woodhall]

Also Dave, I find it hard to believe Saunders had an approval rating of 3% - where ? - no internet, radio WM didn't even exist yet - it wasn't even Radio Birmingham ! , the only outlet for sport in 1975 was the Argos (once a week) the Evening mail (but not many people had phones in 1975 so that rules out a phone vote) and BRMB - who had Tony Butler doing a show when the matches on with updates from the games from people like Bob Mills)

The Evening Mail had a poll, back in the days when its circulation was much bigger than now. Clough got 93%, Alf Ramsey was second with 4% and believe it or not, poor people did have phones back then. But of course, anyone in possession of the facts to prove you're wrong is 'sad'.   

[holtepaul]

Did I say VT was a better site ?

What I said was the generals thread is easier to use as it is in one single place. And I could be wrong, but in the very early days of me being on here, I think the general even asked himself for one thread. It must be hard for him to look at about 12 different threads to see if anyone has asked a question - much easier to go on one, look at his last port, then read the posts from that point.

Both sites are much of a muchness - as it seems there are a lot of people (like myself, and I've also seen Mazrim as well as others) who use both. What I find annoying on sites, is the same I find it annoying in my work.

Bosses who actually are insecure about how good they are at the job, pick on silly things. They won't have a go at a worker for doing the job badly, as they do it badly themselves - so instead they have a go for not having shiney shoes, or not having your shirt tucked in - trivial stuff to make them look good.

Similar on websites - if you feel you have lost a debate, or someone has an opinion, that on the face of it, is correct - then instead of saying "never thought of it that way" much easier to say " oooo look at the !!! " or pull up on a spelling mistake. When most don't use correct grammar themselves - and if you don't believe me - have a think about the name of this site ? - do I care though - not really

[dave.woodhall]

What the fuck has the name of this site got to do with anything? You spent the whole of last night calling everyone else and when you were proved to be wrong you reckon it was because of your spelling. It wasn't.You were wrong because you were wrong, and not for the first time.

[Archbishop Herbert Cockthrottle]

Argos.

*snigger*

[holtepaul]

Also Dave, I find it hard to believe Saunders had an approval rating of 3% - where ? - no internet, radio WM didn't even exist yet - it wasn't even Radio Birmingham ! , the only outlet for sport in 1975 was the Argos (once a week) the Evening mail (but not many people had phones in 1975 so that rules out a phone vote) and BRMB - who had Tony Butler doing a show when the matches on with updates from the games from people like Bob Mills)

The Evening Mail had a poll, back in the days when its circulation was much bigger than now. Clough got 93%, Alf Ramsey was second with 4% and believe it or not, poor people did have phones back then. But of course, anyone in possession of the facts to prove you're wrong is 'sad'.

Dave  - I am as old as you, not many people had phones in 1975. In my class (which must have been about 25 kids) I as the 2nd person to get a phone and that was in 1976 - I can vividly remember as it was the day Brotherhood of Man won the Euro Song contest - all my mates thought my mom and dad were cool for having a phone.

People had phones then , but probably as many who have electric cars now - very rare indeed

[Stu]

Also Dave, I find it hard to believe Saunders had an approval rating of 3% - where ? - no internet, radio WM didn't even exist yet - it wasn't even Radio Birmingham ! , the only outlet for sport in 1975 was the Argos (once a week) the Evening mail (but not many people had phones in 1975 so that rules out a phone vote) and BRMB - who had Tony Butler doing a show when the matches on with updates from the games from people like Bob Mills)

The Evening Mail had a poll, back in the days when its circulation was much bigger than now. Clough got 93%, Alf Ramsey was second with 4% and believe it or not, poor people did have phones back then. But of course, anyone in possession of the facts to prove you're wrong is 'sad'.

Dave  - I am as old as you, not many people had phones in 1975. In my class (which must have been about 25 kids) I as the 2nd person to get a phone and that was in 1976 - I can vividly remember as it was the day Brotherhood of Man won the Euro Song contest - all my mates thought my mom and dad were cool for having a phone.

People had phones then , but probably as many who have electric cars now - very rare indeed

I think this is getting off-topic somewhat.

[holtepaul]

Correct and going back to the thread - as far as I am concerned and I am one of the first to have a go as you all know - I cant see what the Villa have done wrong in any of this.

The expression ITSOTP is used widely on here - well it seems this is what the Villa are doing - dont say or believe anything until ITSOTP

and for that I totally agree

[Stu]

Correct and going back to the thread - as far as I am concerned and I am one of the first to have a go as you all know - I cant see what the Villa have done wrong in any of this.

The expression ITSOTP is used widely on here - well it seems this is what the Villa are doing - dont say or believe anything until ITSOTP

and for that I totally agree

It was invented on here.

You're right though, Villa have always been like this. Even my old Dad said they've been the same since he can remember.

[Legion]

The General's questions and answers are already in one dedicated thread.

[Dave Cooper please]

People had phones then , but probably as many who have electric cars now - very rare indeed

I didn't exactly live in a rich area when I was a kid in 1975, but everyone I knew had a phone in their house.
We also has that tennis game you plugged into your telly.

[Stu]

People had phones then , but probably as many who have electric cars now - very rare indeed

I didn't exactly live in a rich area when I was a kid in 1975, but everyone I knew had a phone in their house.
We also has that tennis game you plugged into your telly.

Fucking show off. In my day we had to wear barrels with braces because we had no clothes. And Mars Bars were bigger.