Southampton vs. Villa Post Match Thread

[Villa in Denmark]

I personally think Westwood is a very average midfielder rather than 'a stain on our club'.

Yeah you're probably right. It's not his fault he's so damn shite and you don't look a gift horse in the mouth when the Villa come knocking on the door looking to sign a player from the lower league. I take it back.
Lerner on the other hand...

After much thought, I can see where you're coming from. When Paul Lambert wanted to sign Ashley Westwood from Crewe, Randy  should have said 'Sorry Paul, he's too cheap, choose somebody a bit more expensive'. What wonderful logic. Why doesn't every chairman think like that?

If we had a chairman a tad more ambitious than ours then perhaps Lambert wouldn't have had to scrape the bottom of the barrel and sign such shite in the first place.

Alternatively he could have the spent the funds provided a little differently and maybe actually signed 3 or 4 decentish players instead of 8 or however many punts it was across those first 2 seasons.

[Clampy]

I personally think Westwood is a very average midfielder rather than 'a stain on our club'.

Yeah you're probably right. It's not his fault he's so damn shite and you don't look a gift horse in the mouth when the Villa come knocking on the door looking to sign a player from the lower league. I take it back.
Lerner on the other hand...

After much thought, I can see where you're coming from. When Paul Lambert wanted to sign Ashley Westwood from Crewe, Randy  should have said 'Sorry Paul, he's too cheap, choose somebody a bit more expensive'. What wonderful logic. Why doesn't every chairman think like that?

If we had a chairman a tad more ambitious than ours then perhaps Lambert wouldn't have had to scrape the bottom of the barrel and sign such shite in the first place.

You totally missed the point in spectacular fashion, but your default button is your default button.

[saunders_heroes]

I personally think Westwood is a very average midfielder rather than 'a stain on our club'.

Yeah you're probably right. It's not his fault he's so damn shite and you don't look a gift horse in the mouth when the Villa come knocking on the door looking to sign a player from the lower league. I take it back.
Lerner on the other hand...

After much thought, I can see where you're coming from. When Paul Lambert wanted to sign Ashley Westwood from Crewe, Randy  should have said 'Sorry Paul, he's too cheap, choose somebody a bit more expensive'. What wonderful logic. Why doesn't every chairman think like that?

If we had a chairman a tad more ambitious than ours then perhaps Lambert wouldn't have had to scrape the bottom of the barrel and sign such shite in the first place.

You totally missed the point in spectacular fashion, but your default button is your default button.

And your default button is to defend Lerner till the bitter end so I'm also not surprised you've pressed it yet again.

[dave.woodhall]

Where was this money going to come from ?

[Dante Lavelli]

I'm on the train with Pompey fans, who are relieved that they've just beaten Accrington 1-0. Will this be us in a few seasons?

Would it be that bad if it was?  This is the bit that gives me hope.  Take away the ego of wanting to 'dine at the top table' and you're left with exactly the same thing.  They're still travelling by train to watch some hopeless cause, they're still posting on some random fanzine's website.  That is the fun bit, the camaraderie of sharing time with mates.

Going down doesn't bother me that much, I actually think it could be more fun in the championship, less glamour but much better away trips and more victories.  More hope.

[saunders_heroes]

Where was this money going to come from ?

From the chairman's pocket. He knew the deal when he took over, and if I remember rightly no one held a gun to his head and forced him to buy us. He talked of being a custodian, yet he's plunged us into a decline we haven't seen in decades.

[dave.woodhall]

I'm on the train with Pompey fans, who are relieved that they've just beaten Accrington 1-0. Will this be us in a few seasons?

Would it be that bad if it was?  This is the bit that gives me hope.  Take away the ego of wanting to 'dine at the top table' and you're left with exactly the same thing.  They're still travelling by train to watch some hopeless cause, they're still posting on some random fanzine's website.  That is the fun bit, the camaraderie of sharing time with mates.

Going down doesn't bother me that much, I actually think it could be more fun in the championship, less glamour but much better away trips and more victories.  More hope.

Something Tom Ross said once struck a chord with me; "When you take everything else away, you've still got the football". Get rid of the hype, the glitz, the tinsel and all the thinsg we hate about modern football and you'd still be watching the Villa, with the same peope you'e weatched the Villa with for years.

[saunders_heroes]

I'm on the train with Pompey fans, who are relieved that they've just beaten Accrington 1-0. Will this be us in a few seasons?

Would it be that bad if it was?  This is the bit that gives me hope.  Take away the ego of wanting to 'dine at the top table' and you're left with exactly the same thing.  They're still travelling by train to watch some hopeless cause, they're still posting on some random fanzine's website.  That is the fun bit, the camaraderie of sharing time with mates.

Going down doesn't bother me that much, I actually think it could be more fun in the championship, less glamour but much better away trips and more victories.  More hope.

"More fun in the Championship"?
That's the type of deluded shite Small Heath fans spout whenever they try and put a brave face on yet another humiliating relegation.

[aj2k77]

Just how many good transfers have we pulled off during the last 4 seasons? Benteke and that's probably it, there are a few borderline ones and a few that may come good with more time but for the outlay we've had, £110m+ gross, it's appalling and for that the blame lies at the managers and scouts door.

[Villa in Denmark]

Where was this money going to come from ?

From the chairman's pocket. He knew the deal when he took over, and if I remember rightly no one held a gun to his head and forced him to buy us. He talked of being a custodian, yet he's plunged us into a decline we haven't seen in decades.

You can answer here or on the Lerner thread.

[dave.woodhall]

Where was this money going to come from ?

From the chairman's pocket. He knew the deal when he took over, and if I remember rightly no one held a gun to his head and forced him to buy us. He talked of being a custodian, yet he's plunged us into a decline we haven't seen in decades.

Ah, from the chairman's pocket, again. This chairman, who you hate, whose name you curse, whose very existence you rue, should yet again stump up - how much? £10 million? £50 million? £100 Million? Just to make you happy. And in doing so the club will owe even more, be even harder to sell and gets closer to becoming another Leeds.

That's not defending him, by the way. It's realism.

[saunders_heroes]

Are we in debt to banks like Leeds were?

[dave.woodhall]

Are we in debt to banks like Leeds were?

We could well be, should our current owner not be our owner anymore.

[saunders_heroes]

Are we in debt to banks like Leeds were?

We could well be, should our current owner not be our owner anymore.

So you're saying that we should be thankful we still have a club irrespective of what league we're in and whatever humiliations he's inflicted onto us?

[dave.woodhall]

Are we in debt to banks like Leeds were?

We could well be, should our current owner not be our owner anymore.

So you're saying that we should be thankful we still have a club irrespective of what league we're in and whatever humiliations he's inflicted onto us?

Did I say that?