AGM - Protest

[saunders_heroes]

Yeah let's not spend just in case we sign another flop like N'Zogbia. Brilliant!

[tomd2103]

I can't say that I agree with some of the doom and gloom about the AGM, at least from the transcript I've read. It actually sounded as if Fox gave a half decent account of where we've been going wrong, and that slowly we're putting things right (though too late to save our place on the gravy train). I'm slightly more confident now that we've got a chance at restructuring the club for the Championship and coming straight back up than I was before. So hopefully we won't do a Leeds, Forest, Sheff Wed, etc.

A more fulsome apology for appointing Sherwood in the first place would've been nice though.

I think the only doom and gloom would come from those expecting to hear that we were going to be spending millions in the window in a bid to stay up.  I was going to attend last night, but after the appointment of Hollis, I saw little point as it was pretty clear how the club is going to be run going forward. 

Having read the transcript, I still get the impression that Fox seems to believe that what is going on behind the scenes is more important than what is happening on the pitch.  Surely what is happening on the pitch is the number one priority at any football club, especially in the Premier League with they type of income involved. 

[saunders_heroes]

Fox said something about why he thought our new players hadn't had much of an impact (understatement of the year), and blamed it on them not being integrated well enough at Bodymoor. Nothing to do with them not being good enough then, Tom?
Honestly this lot must think we were all born yesterday.

[boboonthecorner]

Yeah let's not spend just in case we sign another flop like N'Zogbia. Brilliant!

Having to throw money to persuade a player to join Villa makes a lot of sense doesn't it? Not sure why I asked that, clearly it does to you. Any decent player would be daft to join Villa in the position they're in unless they have intentions of being here for the long term. This season is shot, we're down and 99% of fans, potential targets know that. Plan for the future.

[boboonthecorner]

Yeah let's not spend just in case we sign another flop like N'Zogbia. Brilliant!

In recent years we've had more Nzogbias than Bentekes, flawed thinking Saunders_heroes, I totally agree with the board.

[GarTomas]

Money is not the answer entirely; if it was Wolves, WBA and Blues would all spend their way back into the Premiership.

[saunders_heroes]

Yeah let's not spend just in case we sign another flop like N'Zogbia. Brilliant!

In recent years we've had more Nzogbias than Bentekes, flawed thinking Saunders_heroes, I totally agree with the board.

I'm sure they'll be delighted to hear it.

[Villa in Denmark]

Fox said something about why he thought our new players hadn't had much of an impact (understatement of the year), and blamed it on them not being integrated well enough at Bodymoor. Nothing to do with them not being good enough then, Tom?
Honestly this lot must think we were all born yesterday.

So who have been the brighter spots this season?

[saunders_heroes]

Yeah let's not spend just in case we sign another flop like N'Zogbia. Brilliant!

Having to throw money to persuade a player to join Villa makes a lot of sense doesn't it? Not sure why I asked that, clearly it does to you. Any decent player would be daft to join Villa in the position they're in unless they have intentions of being here for the long term. This season is shot, we're down and 99% of fans, potential targets know that. Plan for the future.

We're not down. It's January not March or even April. What a defeatist attitude you have. Play your cards right and you may get a place on the board.

[saunders_heroes]

Fox said something about why he thought our new players hadn't had much of an impact (understatement of the year), and blamed it on them not being integrated well enough at Bodymoor. Nothing to do with them not being good enough then, Tom?
Honestly this lot must think we were all born yesterday.

So who have been the brighter spots this season?

There's been no bright spots this season. Absolutely none.
You sure you've been watching Aston Villa this season?

[boboonthecorner]

Yeah let's not spend just in case we sign another flop like N'Zogbia. Brilliant!

Having to throw money to persuade a player to join Villa makes a lot of sense doesn't it? Not sure why I asked that, clearly it does to you. Any decent player would be daft to join Villa in the position they're in unless they have intentions of being here for the long term. This season is shot, we're down and 99% of fans, potential targets know that. Plan for the future.

We're not down. It's January not March or even April. What a defeatist attitude you have. Play your cards right and you may get a place on the board.

Not defeatist purely realistic. As Roy Keane said Villa is a tired brand, players and fans are starting to realise that. We can't rely on the fact that we once won the European Cup as some fans seem to. Thankfully though the majority have woken up , although you always have a blinkered few. Potential incoming players are certainly only interested in current league position and the realistic scenario where we will be playing in The Championship next season.

[saunders_heroes]

Yeah let's not spend just in case we sign another flop like N'Zogbia. Brilliant!

Having to throw money to persuade a player to join Villa makes a lot of sense doesn't it? Not sure why I asked that, clearly it does to you. Any decent player would be daft to join Villa in the position they're in unless they have intentions of being here for the long term. This season is shot, we're down and 99% of fans, potential targets know that. Plan for the future.

We're not down. It's January not March or even April. What a defeatist attitude you have. Play your cards right and you may get a place on the board.

Not defeatist purely realistic. As Roy Keane said Villa is a tired brand, players and fans are starting to realise that. We can't rely on the fact that we once won the European Cup as some fans seem to. Thankfully though the majority have woken up , you always have a blinkered few.

I don't give 2 shits what Keane says. We're not a tired brand, we've had the life kicked out of us by the owner and the fans have forgotten that we're a big club. Some of us though haven't given up, but there's always the few that have.

[boboonthecorner]

Yeah let's not spend just in case we sign another flop like N'Zogbia. Brilliant!

Having to throw money to persuade a player to join Villa makes a lot of sense doesn't it? Not sure why I asked that, clearly it does to you. Any decent player would be daft to join Villa in the position they're in unless they have intentions of being here for the long term. This season is shot, we're down and 99% of fans, potential targets know that. Plan for the future.

We're not down. It's January not March or even April. What a defeatist attitude you have. Play your cards right and you may get a place on the board.

Not defeatist purely realistic. As Roy Keane said Villa is a tired brand, players and fans are starting to realise that. We can't rely on the fact that we once won the European Cup as some fans seem to. Thankfully though the majority have woken up , you always have a blinkered few.

I don't give 2 shits what Keane says. We're not a tired brand, we've had the life kicked out of us by the owner and the fans have forgotten that we're a big club. Some of us though haven't given up, but there's always the few that have.

Thank God you're nowhere near the board

[aj2k77]

Who exactly thinks that because we won the European cup once, 30 years ago we expect something right now?

We are the biggest club in the second city, we average and have averaged amongst the top 10 in attendance for the past god knows how long, we have a turnover amongst the 25 biggest in the world. That's the hear and nows of it, no history involved. Somehow it's become acceptable to be buying from Crewe, Chesterfield, French second division players and replacing our stars with no bodies and championship players.

We are only a tired brand because no ones gave a flying fuck about the club for the past 5 years and have left it to drift along like a random sock in a dirty river. I know who's fault that is and it certainly isn't the fans. They have had the stuffing knocked out of them, with the constant defeats, humiliations and piss takings and generally being the butt of the footballing jokes. I can forgive any fan for wanting to see a bit of hope and fighting spirit, I can't forgive an owner who has ran away from his duties and done too little too late. Fuck him.

[saunders_heroes]

Who exactly thinks that because we won the European cup once, 30 years ago we expect something right now?

We are the biggest club in the second city, we average and have averaged amongst the top 10 in attendance for the past god knows how long, we have a turnover amongst the 25 biggest in the world. That's the hear and nows of it, no history involved. Somehow it's become acceptable to be buying from Crewe, Chesterfield, French second division players and replacing our stars with no bodies and championship players.

We are only a tired brand because no ones gave a flying fuck about the club for the past 5 years and have left it to drift along like a random sock in a dirty river. I know who's fault that is and it certainly isn't the fans. They have had the stuffing knocked out of them, with the constant defeats, humiliations and piss takings and generally being the butt of the footballing jokes. I can forgive any fan for wanting to see a bit of hope and fighting spirit, I can't forgive an owner who has ran away from his duties and done too little too late. Fuck him.

Hear hear!