Roy Keane - new assistant manager (CONFIRMED)

[cheltenhamlion]

Villa cash.

[chrisw1]

Apologies if I came across a bit Prince Phillip. Just wouldn't trust them with football ownership. They're good at lots of things but football is new to them and you just have to lido across the city. No thanks .

I hope people are just taking the piss.  Calling someone a racist for an off the cuff comment that they would prefer not to have Chinese owners is a bit heavy handed in my view.  People are very quick to jump on the race card and sometimes it gets a bit hysterical to be frank.

[pauliewalnuts]

Apologies if I came across a bit Prince Phillip. Just wouldn't trust them with football ownership. They're good at lots of things but football is new to them and you just have to lido across the city. No thanks .

I hope people are just taking the piss.  Calling someone a racist for an off the cuff comment that they would prefer not to have Chinese owners is a bit heavy handed in my view.  People are very quick to jump on the race card and sometimes it gets a bit hysterical to be frank.

Racist.




Of course we were taking the piss.

[chrisw1]

TFFT!

[Chris Jameson]

Ignore paulie, he's a racist.

[LeeB]

Apologies if I came across a bit Prince Phillip. Just wouldn't trust them with football ownership. They're good at lots of things but football is new to them and you just have to lido across the city. No thanks .

I hope people are just taking the piss.  Calling someone a racist for an off the cuff comment that they would prefer not to have Chinese owners is a bit heavy handed in my view.  People are very quick to jump on the race card and sometimes it gets a bit hysterical to be frank.

Is off the 'cuff racism' ok,  like 'tired racism'?

[andrew08]

As it happens on a 50/50 split some of my best friends prefer Chinese or Indian food. My wife is a shite cook but holds done a good job. I believe in free education for all on a secular basis but send my own kids to C of E Schools. I love my multi racial city but hate Blose fans but not all them, because some are 'alright'. I believe in recycling but can't be arsed to separate my own domestic waste at home.

Confused? I'm not.

But on the Villa takeover issue I'm absolutely certain that I don't give a flying fish who buys us or how they've accumulated their cash as long as they spend spend spend!

[Monty]

I don't know if it was hysterical. It was just a bit off saying 'them Chinese aren't good as football owners, although they're good at other stuff'. It just sounds a bit mad. I'm with Lambdrew on this - as long as they have money, they could be from Neptune for all I care.

[Legion]

What if they came from Uranus?

[LeeB]

What if they came from Uranus?

Sullivan and Gold can't own two clubs at the same time.

[Monty]

What if they came from Uranus?

Sullivan and Gold can't own two clubs at the same time.

How dare you suggest that Gollivan came out of my...well, you know the rest.

[Legion]

This place might start to get pretty gloomy after the World Cup.

Genuine point here, but isn't it actually a fecking good job we've got the World Cup to focus on and take our minds off this?

It really is. Without it I'd be ignoring the sport entirely right now. Having said that, the World Cup will end and we'll crash into the drudgery of club football angst just as hard. At the moment we're just the cartoon bunny who hasn't realised he's walked off the cliff.

Brilliant.

[Matt Collins]

In my comparatively microscopic dealing with Chinese buyers they examine every aspect of any purchase forensically and will not be given the hurry up.

Agreed been dealing with them for 8 years and sometimes  when they say Yes they mean No and vice versa .  Can't see it going anywhere to be honest

Good.

Racist.

Not at all, love Chinese food for example. Just wouldn't want them owning avfc.

What if someone had said "Yeah. I think blacks are good at athletics. But I wouldn't want them teaching my children."

Anyone doubt that's racist?

I'll give the benefit of the doubt though and say I think I know what you mean! I presume it's about experience of football. But you could level the same thing at middle eastern business men

[Percy McCarthy]

Apologies if I came across a bit Prince Phillip. Just wouldn't trust them with football ownership. They're good at lots of things but football is new to them and you just have to lido across the city. No thanks .

I hope people are just taking the piss.  Calling someone a racist for an off the cuff comment that they would prefer not to have Chinese owners is a bit heavy handed in my view.  People are very quick to jump on the race card and sometimes it gets a bit hysterical to be frank.

Is off the 'cuff racism' ok,  like 'tired racism'?

Energetic racism is the worst. All that running about like what the EDL do.

[LeeB]

Apologies if I came across a bit Prince Phillip. Just wouldn't trust them with football ownership. They're good at lots of things but football is new to them and you just have to lido across the city. No thanks .

I hope people are just taking the piss.  Calling someone a racist for an off the cuff comment that they would prefer not to have Chinese owners is a bit heavy handed in my view.  People are very quick to jump on the race card and sometimes it gets a bit hysterical to be frank.

Is off the 'cuff racism' ok,  like 'tired racism'?

Energetic racism is the worst. All that running about like what the EDL do.

I think that's mostly powered by homoerotic confusion.