Relegation Possibility

[taylorsworkrate]

If anyone can tell me why Villa is an attractive proposition to a good employed manager currently then lets have it, and try not to mention the words "big club". step-up", and "bigger resources" because none of them apply anymore.

Christ, Greg, I bet you thought O'Neill was a fucking genius, in that case, given the results he got.





Oh.

LOL (as the kids say)

[Greg N'Ash]

If anyone can tell me why Villa is an attractive proposition to a good employed manager currently then lets have it, and try not to mention the words "big club". step-up", and "bigger resources" because none of them apply anymore.

Christ, Greg, I bet you thought O'Neill was a fucking genius, in that case, given the results he got.





Oh.

In what way is Villa 2012 anything like MON's Villa or even DOL's Villa. He'd be dragging along the bottom as well which is probably why he fucked off

[Greg N'Ash]

So Greg, the only way you are a big club these days is if you spend a shed load of money?

no a big club is one that can afford reserves. We haven't even got the numbers swansea have

[PeterWithesShin]

So Greg, the only way you are a big club these days is if you spend a shed load of money?

no a big club is one that can afford reserves. We haven't even got the numbers swansea have

So yes, you believe it's money.
And yet our reserves are top of the league. Not bad considering we can't actually afford a reserve team.

[villajk]

So Greg, the only way you are a big club these days is if you spend a shed load of money?

no a big club is one that can afford reserves. We haven't even got the numbers swansea have

So yes, you believe it's money.
And yet our reserves are top of the league. Not bad considering we can't actually afford a reserve team.

They will start to struggle soon as more and more are saved for first team action.

[Greg N'Ash]

So Greg, the only way you are a big club these days is if you spend a shed load of money?

no a big club is one that can afford reserves. We haven't even got the numbers swansea have

So yes, you believe it's money.
And yet our reserves are top of the league. Not bad considering we can't actually afford a reserve team.

kids are not reserves,. Most teams have kids and players old enough to drink in pubs

[pauliewalnuts]

So Greg, the only way you are a big club these days is if you spend a shed load of money?

no a big club is one that can afford reserves. We haven't even got the numbers swansea have

So yes, you believe it's money.
And yet our reserves are top of the league. Not bad considering we can't actually afford a reserve team.

kids are not reserves,. Most teams have kids and players old enough to drink in pubs

I don't understand.

We don't have reserves, we have kids. kids can't be considered reserves, we should have reserves who are older?

[dave.woodhall]

I could be wrong, but I think I detect the sound of Greg digging again....

[PeterWithesShin]

So Greg, the only way you are a big club these days is if you spend a shed load of money?

no a big club is one that can afford reserves. We haven't even got the numbers swansea have

So yes, you believe it's money.
And yet our reserves are top of the league. Not bad considering we can't actually afford a reserve team.

kids are not reserves,. Most teams have kids and players old enough to drink in pubs

So there you have it. If we had a mid table reserve side full of players like Beye we'd be a big club. Having a reserve side full of kids that's top of the league means we aren't.

I can't believe i've spent my whole life not understanding what makes a big club.

[Greg N'Ash]

So Greg, the only way you are a big club these days is if you spend a shed load of money?

no a big club is one that can afford reserves. We haven't even got the numbers swansea have

So yes, you believe it's money.
And yet our reserves are top of the league. Not bad considering we can't actually afford a reserve team.

kids are not reserves,. Most teams have kids and players old enough to drink in pubs

I don't understand.

We don't have reserves, we have kids. kids can't be considered reserves, we should have reserves who are older?

You know, players with experience. Players who've actually played league games, proven players who can come in for injuries or illness, not youngsters who are as likely to end up in the conference as they are to make it and seem to be the main hope of the guy who you've just spent the last hour criticising his judgement on all things football and yet you seem to share his view on the youngsters.

[TheSandman]

I think I understand the line of argument of some people on this thread. We might as well give up. I have my noose tied already. We're doomed and doomed forever with no end in sight.

[pauliewalnuts]

So Greg, the only way you are a big club these days is if you spend a shed load of money?

no a big club is one that can afford reserves. We haven't even got the numbers swansea have

So yes, you believe it's money.
And yet our reserves are top of the league. Not bad considering we can't actually afford a reserve team.

kids are not reserves,. Most teams have kids and players old enough to drink in pubs

I don't understand.

We don't have reserves, we have kids. kids can't be considered reserves, we should have reserves who are older?

You know, players with experience. Players who've actually played league games, proven players who can come in for injuries or illness, not youngsters who are as likely to end up in the conference as they are to make it and seem to be the main hope of the guy who you've just spent the last hour criticising his judgement on all things football and yet you seem to share his view on the youngsters.

You've totally lost me.

As I've pointed out we do actually have a reserve team (and a very good one, even if they are young), and we also have experienced players who don't always start, I'm actually a massive McLeish fan?

Why did you used to get as annoyed as I and others did over Habib Beye, in that case, who was a very experienced player, if it's that important? To follow your line of argument, wouldn't the continued availability of his experience over, say, Lichaj (who I notice scored yesterday) leave us in a better position?

Also, there are a few things Swansea do better than us at the moment, but to suggest that one of them is their superior squad strength is utterly hatstand.

[Greg N'Ash]

So Greg, the only way you are a big club these days is if you spend a shed load of money?

no a big club is one that can afford reserves. We haven't even got the numbers swansea have

So yes, you believe it's money.
And yet our reserves are top of the league. Not bad considering we can't actually afford a reserve team.

kids are not reserves,. Most teams have kids and players old enough to drink in pubs

So there you have it. If we had a mid table reserve side full of players like Beye we'd be a big club. Having a reserve side full of kids that's top of the league means we aren't.

I can't believe i've spent my whole life not understanding what makes a big club.

most of them aren't good enough.  a couple may make decent reserves or average premier players. The rest will  be in the lower leagues likes all the other great hopes of our youth teams over the last 20 years.  Gabby and Cahill - thats about it.

[Greg N'Ash]

So Greg, the only way you are a big club these days is if you spend a shed load of money?

no a big club is one that can afford reserves. We haven't even got the numbers swansea have

So yes, you believe it's money.
And yet our reserves are top of the league. Not bad considering we can't actually afford a reserve team.

kids are not reserves,. Most teams have kids and players old enough to drink in pubs

I don't understand.

We don't have reserves, we have kids. kids can't be considered reserves, we should have reserves who are older?

You know, players with experience. Players who've actually played league games, proven players who can come in for injuries or illness, not youngsters who are as likely to end up in the conference as they are to make it and seem to be the main hope of the guy who you've just spent the last hour criticising his judgement on all things football and yet you seem to share his view on the youngsters.

You've totally lost me.

As I've pointed out we do actually have a reserve team (and a very good one, even if they are young), and we also have experienced players who don't always start, I'm actually a massive McLeish fan?

Why did you used to get as annoyed as I and others did over Habib Beye, in that case, who was a very experienced player, if it's that important? To follow your line of argument, wouldn't the continued availability of his experience over, say, Lichaj (who I notice scored yesterday) leave us in a better position?

Also, there are a few things Swansea do better than us at the moment, but to suggest that one of them is their superior squad strength is utterly hatstand.

the reserve league is shit standard always has been. Whether we're doing well in it or not doesn't given any indication whether the players involved can hack it in the premier. Now you may choose to class a load of unproven youngsters as good enough to be our reserves, I prefer players who've managed games in the premier or the championship and seeing our reserves with that experience is probably limited to Brad and Heskey currently i think you're the one who's hatstand or living in a world where someone only has to put on a villa shirt and automatically be better than a swansea player

[PeterWithesShin]

So Greg, the only way you are a big club these days is if you spend a shed load of money?

no a big club is one that can afford reserves. We haven't even got the numbers swansea have

So yes, you believe it's money.
And yet our reserves are top of the league. Not bad considering we can't actually afford a reserve team.

kids are not reserves,. Most teams have kids and players old enough to drink in pubs

So there you have it. If we had a mid table reserve side full of players like Beye we'd be a big club. Having a reserve side full of kids that's top of the league means we aren't.

I can't believe i've spent my whole life not understanding what makes a big club.

most of them aren't good enough.  a couple may make decent reserves or average premier players. The rest will  be in the lower leagues likes all the other great hopes of our youth teams over the last 20 years.  Gabby and Cahill - thats about it.

Keep digging Greg, unless you liked us paying what we did to keep Beye in the reserves?