Along with the 2000 FA Cup Final, missing out on the league that year remain my biggest disappointments as a Villa fan. To have won the first Premier League title and the last FA Cup Final to be played at the old Wembley would have been good footnotes in the club's long history.
Quote from: tomd2103 on November 22, 2015, 11:42:04 PMI often have thought back as to why we were never able to really kick on from that second place finish. I suppose the younger members of the squad at the time (Yorke, Ugo, Bosnich) were not quite the players they would later become at that point, so the strength in depth wasn't really there. Big Ron's biggest weakness was his inability to sign younger players. In hindsight that summer he should have signed Collymore from Southend instead of Guy Wittingham.And a younger centre midfielder instead of re-signing Cowans to play alongside Townsend and Richardson.
I often have thought back as to why we were never able to really kick on from that second place finish. I suppose the younger members of the squad at the time (Yorke, Ugo, Bosnich) were not quite the players they would later become at that point, so the strength in depth wasn't really there.
Quote from: Holte L2 on November 23, 2015, 10:08:53 AMQuote from: tomd2103 on November 22, 2015, 11:42:04 PMI often have thought back as to why we were never able to really kick on from that second place finish. I suppose the younger members of the squad at the time (Yorke, Ugo, Bosnich) were not quite the players they would later become at that point, so the strength in depth wasn't really there. Big Ron's biggest weakness was his inability to sign younger players. In hindsight that summer he should have signed Collymore from Southend instead of Guy Wittingham.And a younger centre midfielder instead of re-signing Cowans to play alongside Townsend and Richardson. can you imagine Collymore up front with Dalian? Mouthwatering on paper but a complete disaster if it had happened I reckon.
Quote from: tomd2103 on November 24, 2015, 11:30:56 PMAlong with the 2000 FA Cup Final, missing out on the league that year remain my biggest disappointments as a Villa fan. To have won the first Premier League title and the last FA Cup Final to be played at the old Wembley would have been good footnotes in the club's long history.Agreed. Along with loosing the semi final to Bradford in 2013. Bastards.
