Quote from: Witton Warrior on April 25, 2016, 05:09:02 PMI've got at least 4 years of booing left in me.Payback!!!!At the price of any remote hope of beating Newcastle? Retaining any of our better players? Hope you enjoy your payback, but whilst you are having you fun bear in mind it can't possibly be anything other than counter productive. The point has already been made loud and clear.
I've got at least 4 years of booing left in me.Payback!!!!
Quote from: chrisw1 on April 25, 2016, 06:12:40 PMShows your utter nativity when it comes to sport. If only we had three wise men and a saviour.
Shows your utter nativity when it comes to sport.
Quote from: chrisw1 on April 25, 2016, 05:19:30 PMQuote from: Witton Warrior on April 25, 2016, 05:09:02 PMI've got at least 4 years of booing left in me.Payback!!!!At the price of any remote hope of beating Newcastle? Retaining any of our better players? Hope you enjoy your payback, but whilst you are having you fun bear in mind it can't possibly be anything other than counter productive. The point has already been made loud and clear.I'll take a leap in the dark and say that was at least partly tongue in cheek.
I really don't get what Bacuna has done wrong. He has made one unfortunate slip in a Dutch interview when we do not really know the context in which he made his comments and it has to be remembered Ajax are an absolute massive institution in Holland. The interview may have been drawing an answer from a young kid to a question he needn't have answered. Again, its all about the context. But who is Bacuna got to learn from at Villa? Who are the wiser calm heads? Bacuna's problem is his lack of confidence. Yes, he isn't brilliant by any means and is out of his depth at this level but he is a kid finding his feet who of course believes in his ability.When we were tearing into Tottenham at White Hart Lane for 10 minutes he was instrumental in getting tha going. He was superb for half an hour at Sunderland until their goal and then fell apart. He's a kid, with limited ability for the Premier League, he said a maybe innocent thing, who does try his hardest every week, who's confidence is shot. We shouldn't be booing him. We should try and give him as much of a boost by supporting him as possible. Him and all the others who aren't the piss takers. Bacuna isn't one of the piss takers.Enough is enough with the booing. It stops being funny, it stops justified, it stops being Aston Villa. We as fans need to grow a pair and stop sulking now. We know who the guilty ones are and its not at best mediocre young players out of their depth, but those that are cheating us.
I think that the crowd will be more behind the players for the Newcastle game** because of the general hilarity of possibly relegating them again.(**at least until someone cocks up again)
The issue being is that it is a number of players who have badly let us down - I give you:Jolean Lescott - is standing accused of bad timing, stating that he is a boyhood Villa fan and seemingly doesn't really care a damn about where we are today.Micah Richards - who appears to simply want to have a punch up a game. No coincidence that no other English team were that interested in signing him.Bacuna - must be special needs if he really considers himself capable of playing in the champions league. Vauxhall Conference would stretch him.Guzan - not quite sure why everyone is so down on him - No he is not good enough but neither is Hutton.I hope the players brought in for 2016/2017 realise just how lucky they are being able to wear the Claret and Blue of the Villa.
Quote from: peter w on April 25, 2016, 08:45:38 PMI really don't get what Bacuna has done wrong. He has made one unfortunate slip in a Dutch interview when we do not really know the context in which he made his comments and it has to be remembered Ajax are an absolute massive institution in Holland. The interview may have been drawing an answer from a young kid to a question he needn't have answered. Again, its all about the context. But who is Bacuna got to learn from at Villa? Who are the wiser calm heads? Bacuna's problem is his lack of confidence. Yes, he isn't brilliant by any means and is out of his depth at this level but he is a kid finding his feet who of course believes in his ability.When we were tearing into Tottenham at White Hart Lane for 10 minutes he was instrumental in getting tha going. He was superb for half an hour at Sunderland until their goal and then fell apart. He's a kid, with limited ability for the Premier League, he said a maybe innocent thing, who does try his hardest every week, who's confidence is shot. We shouldn't be booing him. We should try and give him as much of a boost by supporting him as possible. Him and all the others who aren't the piss takers. Bacuna isn't one of the piss takers.Enough is enough with the booing. It stops being funny, it stops justified, it stops being Aston Villa. We as fans need to grow a pair and stop sulking now. We know who the guilty ones are and its not at best mediocre young players out of their depth, but those that are cheating us.I couldn't agree more. So he said he wants to play in the Champions League one day. So what? If we're booing players for that then it's ridiculous.
I said on another thread, change the team, change the atmosphere. There is one man keeping the boos going, that's Eric fucking black. Put out a team of graduates, b team players who may be of use next year and the few first teamers still holding some credit like Hutton or Gueye and the atmosphere and crowd would turn in an instant. It wouldn't matter if we lost, we just need a team to get behind. I would love to see villa park packed out for the last game, 43k fans, ticker tape, beach balls, non stop chants and the roar of the Holte End. Show these fuckers on and off the pitch what it means to be villa. Show the rest of the league what they will miss next year.And show the board, if you do things right, we will still pack out this stadium. Even better that it's a dead rubber game for us...