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Author Topic: Summer 2013: Villa Transfers, Speculation, Suggestions and Rumours  (Read 1667473 times)

Online eamonn

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Re: Summer 2013: Transfers, Speculation, Suggestions and Rumours
« Reply #5790 on: July 08, 2013, 12:37:28 AM »
I do often wonder what i'd do if someone offered me this at the start of a season: Win the FA Cup and get relegated. I REALLY want to see us win the FA Cup to complete the set.

Well then, put your money where your mouth is...whose season would you have taken, ours or Wigan?

Offline PeterWithesShin

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Re: Summer 2013: Transfers, Speculation, Suggestions and Rumours
« Reply #5791 on: July 08, 2013, 12:38:55 AM »
How can I put my money where my mouth is when I said I wonder what i'd do in that situation?

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Re: Summer 2013: Transfers, Speculation, Suggestions and Rumours
« Reply #5792 on: July 08, 2013, 12:51:31 AM »
Another late night HnV love in argument ?
I really rate Stephen Ireland by the way. Can i join in ? :o

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Re: Summer 2013: Transfers, Speculation, Suggestions and Rumours
« Reply #5793 on: July 08, 2013, 12:58:58 AM »
How much bloody space do you want Walters ? ;D

Ye that was a bit spacy !! I could not get the link right which contains a photo of Benteke driving out of Bodymoor training ground with a man in the back who I am not sure who he is .......

Offline Goldie.7

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Re: Summer 2013: Transfers, Speculation, Suggestions and Rumours
« Reply #5794 on: July 08, 2013, 01:06:48 AM »
Don't know if your joking but it was Sylla

Offline PeterWithesShin

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Re: Summer 2013: Transfers, Speculation, Suggestions and Rumours
« Reply #5795 on: July 08, 2013, 01:08:14 AM »
Tidied it up and added the picture for you WW.

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Re: Summer 2013: Transfers, Speculation, Suggestions and Rumours
« Reply #5796 on: July 08, 2013, 01:45:03 AM »
How much bloody space do you want Walters ? ;D

Ye that was a bit spacy !! I could not get the link right which contains a photo of Benteke driving out of Bodymoor training ground with a man in the back who I am not sure who he is .......
Belhanda ?

Offline eastie

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Re: Summer 2013: Transfers, Speculation, Suggestions and Rumours
« Reply #5797 on: July 08, 2013, 07:40:11 AM »
I do often wonder what i'd do if someone offered me this at the start of a season: Win the FA Cup and get relegated. I REALLY want to see us win the FA Cup to complete the set.

I'd take the fa cup - waited so long to get it that it would just be an incredible day to win it and villa if relegated would soon get back up - from a personal view that is , obviously the club would prefer to stay up .

For me as with a lot of others the fa cup would complete the set and i really hope to see it before i die :(
« Last Edit: July 08, 2013, 07:42:01 AM by eastie »

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Re: Summer 2013: Transfers, Speculation, Suggestions and Rumours
« Reply #5798 on: July 08, 2013, 07:49:41 AM »
I do often wonder what i'd do if someone offered me this at the start of a season: Win the FA Cup and get relegated. I REALLY want to see us win the FA Cup to complete the set.

A no for me. I'd love to see us win the Cup but there's no guarantee we'd come straight back up if we went down.

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Re: Summer 2013: Transfers, Speculation, Suggestions and Rumours
« Reply #5799 on: July 08, 2013, 07:59:17 AM »
No way for me. Perhaps 20 years ago when the FA Cup had a proper lustre to it but it has been devalued so much now that it wouldn't be worth the many disadvantages of being relegated

Offline eastie

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Re: Summer 2013: Transfers, Speculation, Suggestions and Rumours
« Reply #5800 on: July 08, 2013, 08:27:02 AM »
I do often wonder what i'd do if someone offered me this at the start of a season: Win the FA Cup and get relegated. I REALLY want to see us win the FA Cup to complete the set.

A no for me. I'd love to see us win the Cup but there's no guarantee we'd come straight back up if we went down.

I understand that clampy, for me personally seeing villa winning the fa cup is still the holy grail - it would be a day I've dreamt of for 40 years - obviously for the club being in the premiership is more important.

I am on the 1st of my 9 days off now and can dream ;)
« Last Edit: July 08, 2013, 08:28:35 AM by eastie »

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Re: Summer 2013: Transfers, Speculation, Suggestions and Rumours
« Reply #5801 on: July 08, 2013, 08:39:29 AM »
So longas money is so important in the sport staying in feeding frenzy is the be all and end all.  I wish that wasn't the case but there no chance I'd take the FA cup if it meant relegation.  There's a good chance we'd come straight back, but there's also a chance we'd end up like Forest.  On top of that, selfish as it may sound, the big advantage of the premier league is that I can watch pretty much every match on TV from here, if we went down I'd barely see a game.

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Re: Summer 2013: Transfers, Speculation, Suggestions and Rumours
« Reply #5802 on: July 08, 2013, 08:55:13 AM »
I do often wonder what i'd do if someone offered me this at the start of a season: Win the FA Cup and get relegated. I REALLY want to see us win the FA Cup to complete the set.

As much as I want to win the FA Cup, it is vital for the way we're trying to build the club that we don't get relegated. In a few years we'll win several.

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Re: Summer 2013: Transfers, Speculation, Suggestions and Rumours
« Reply #5803 on: July 08, 2013, 09:07:31 AM »
I do often wonder what i'd do if someone offered me this at the start of a season: Win the FA Cup and get relegated. I REALLY want to see us win the FA Cup to complete the set.

Well then, put your money where your mouth is...whose season would you have taken, ours or Wigan?
Win they FA cup regardless of consequences!

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Re: Summer 2013: Transfers, Speculation, Suggestions and Rumours
« Reply #5804 on: July 08, 2013, 09:11:54 AM »
I do often wonder what i'd do if someone offered me this at the start of a season: Win the FA Cup and get relegated. I REALLY want to see us win the FA Cup to complete the set.

Well then, put your money where your mouth is...whose season would you have taken, ours or Wigan?

Win they FA cup regardless of consequences!

So you'd be happy if you were a Portsmouth fan?

 


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