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Offline Toronto Villa

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Re: Tony's Tweets
« Reply #3765 on: December 29, 2017, 04:05:17 PM »

We continue to obsess over the owner when the finger should be pointed firmly at the manager and his inability to get the players playing to a level reflective of the investment made in them.

There are 641 pages of fingers being firmly pointed at the manager, most of the 251 pages on here are about the owner's nonsensical tweets, hardly obsessing.

The longer the run of shit results continues the owner will be called into question by some. I’m not saying he’s beyond reproach but there will be plenty more pages devoted to him if things don’t improve. And as soon as things do improve it becomes less important to focus on.

And the Steve Bruce thread at 641 pages should be a lot more and I’m ultimately hoping very soon it stops altogether because he’s departed the club.

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Re: Tony's Tweets
« Reply #3766 on: December 29, 2017, 04:20:59 PM »
IN HINDSIGHT. I am sure all decisions made were in the best intrest soft the club at the time,
Also Zia  wants success with the Villa but it is not quite as simple to get things right first time from the car crash we were.Look at Wolves for example they have finally got something going now, but they went down to div 1. We can look at our injuries this season & I believe if we had Kodjia firing on all his cylinders we would be in a far bett position playing more palletable football than at present. Here's hoping 2018 can be better & the team take a bit more responsibility also put their chances away

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Re: Tony's Tweets
« Reply #3767 on: December 29, 2017, 04:35:37 PM »
IN HINDSIGHT. I am sure all decisions made were in the best intrest soft the club at the time,
Also Zia  wants success with the Villa but it is not quite as simple to get things right first time from the car crash we were.Look at Wolves for example they have finally got something going now, but they went down to div 1. We can look at our injuries this season & I believe if we had Kodjia firing on all his cylinders we would be in a far bett position playing more palletable football than at present. Here's hoping 2018 can be better & the team take a bit more responsibility also put their chances away

Kodjia was firing on all cylinders last season and the football was just as bad as now, the only thing that made it palatable was the shit football interspersed with moments of self created "brilliance" from Kodjia.

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Re: Tony's Tweets
« Reply #3768 on: December 29, 2017, 05:21:39 PM »
Wolves may have gone down to League One, but their current success wasn't based on their resurgence. They were crap last season and new owners, new manager and better players have led to their dominance, not some culling of deadwood.

Offline sirlordbaltimore

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Re: Tony's Tweets
« Reply #3769 on: December 29, 2017, 05:50:14 PM »

Wolves have been Blues since i was a lad, and they're currently having an excellent season after how many years trying. It's not the norm is it ?

It could take us 5 years to get this club back on track in the same way, so if you're impatient i'd try and ween yourself off it now




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Re: Tony's Tweets
« Reply #3770 on: December 29, 2017, 07:56:40 PM »
Their excellent seasons are never in the top-flight.

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Re: Tony's Tweets
« Reply #3771 on: December 29, 2017, 11:11:41 PM »
Chris Smith I agree with your reasoning and you rightly state that success is followed after failure however I think that applies to teams being organically built up based on youth and experience players combined with method and a philosophy for long term. We do not have any of that. The manager and the team have been brought together to do a job with very little scalability and stretch for improvement. This sadly means IMO we are in serious trouble now unless we somehow manage to go up. If we don’t we need to start again properly.

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Re: Tony's Tweets
« Reply #3772 on: December 29, 2017, 11:58:11 PM »
Wolves may have gone down to League One, but their current success wasn't based on their resurgence. They were crap last season and new owners, new manager and better players have led to their dominance, not some culling of deadwood.

I would also suggest the timing of their success is also linked with the tossing aside of old school british managers and coaches from top to bottom and replacing them with modern european ones.....

Nuno Espirito Santo
Head Coach

Rui Pedro Silva
Assistant Head Coach

Julio Figueroa
First Team Coach

Rui Barbosa
Goalkeeping Coach

Antonio Dias
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Re: Tony's Tweets
« Reply #3773 on: December 30, 2017, 12:25:59 AM »
Wolves may have gone down to League One, but their current success wasn't based on their resurgence. They were crap last season and new owners, new manager and better players have led to their dominance, not some culling of deadwood.

I would also suggest the timing of their success is also linked with the tossing aside of old school british managers and coaches from top to bottom and replacing them with modern european ones.....

Nuno Espirito Santo
Head Coach

Rui Pedro Silva
Assistant Head Coach

Julio Figueroa
First Team Coach

Rui Barbosa
Goalkeeping Coach

Antonio Dias
Fitness Coach

Julio Geordio prolific striker.

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Re: Tony's Tweets
« Reply #3774 on: January 03, 2018, 05:29:32 PM »
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Dr. Tony Xia
‏Verified account @Dr_TonyXia
1h1 hour ago

Lots fans asked me comment about someone’s opinion about ‘ambition’. I did learn dreams only come true when you practically work hard on it and I do think we may need 1or2 strengths at the most,no more instability. #UTV
33 replies 36 retweets 352 likes

The someone alluded to is none other than our old pal Barry Fry.

Offline adrenachrome

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Re: Tony's Tweets
« Reply #3775 on: January 03, 2018, 05:34:08 PM »
From an article on theposh:

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“Our FA Cup tie at Aston Villa on Saturday will be a fantastic experience for our chairman Darragh MacAnthony, the board of directors, manager, the coaching staff, players, officials and our supporters. When I was manager of Birmingham City I spent a lot of time at Villa Park as my old mate Ron Atkinson was in charge

“The stadium is one of the best in the country, it creates a fabulous atmosphere and I am sure there will be a big crowd there at the weekend. I always got a lot of stick at Villa Park because of my Bluenose connection and no doubt I will get a lot of stick again.

“Villa fans do not know how lucky they are to have Steve Bruce as their manager. Steve could easily have been Manchester United or England’s manager let alone Villa’s. I can’t understand some of the stick that Steve has received since he took over at the club, his record at getting Championship teams into the Premier League is second to none.

“Villa have been in turmoil since Martin O’Neill left in my opinion. What I am amazed at is the lack of ambition shown by the Villa owner – why buy Villa if you don’t want to take them back to the Premier League? They have a great stadium, training ground and a huge fan base – I cannot believe the club is not backing Steve to the hilt.

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Re: Tony's Tweets
« Reply #3776 on: January 03, 2018, 05:42:27 PM »
From an article on theposh:

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“Our FA Cup tie at Aston Villa on Saturday will be a fantastic experience for our chairman Darragh MacAnthony, the board of directors, manager, the coaching staff, players, officials and our supporters. When I was manager of Birmingham City I spent a lot of time at Villa Park as my old mate Ron Atkinson was in charge

“The stadium is one of the best in the country, it creates a fabulous atmosphere and I am sure there will be a big crowd there at the weekend. I always got a lot of stick at Villa Park because of my Bluenose connection and no doubt I will get a lot of stick again.

“Villa fans do not know how lucky they are to have Steve Bruce as their manager. Steve could easily have been Manchester United or England’s manager let alone Villa’s. I can’t understand some of the stick that Steve has received since he took over at the club, his record at getting Championship teams into the Premier League is second to none.

“Villa have been in turmoil since Martin O’Neill left in my opinion. What I am amazed at is the lack of ambition shown by the Villa owner – why buy Villa if you don’t want to take them back to the Premier League? They have a great stadium, training ground and a huge fan base – I cannot believe the club is not backing Steve to the hilt.

LOL, from the man that described Ricky Otto as the new George Best.

Offline Abbeyfealeavfc

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Re: Tony's Tweets
« Reply #3777 on: January 03, 2018, 05:44:54 PM »
Most of that last paragraph seems to be a quote made at the time Lerner was in charge, with the last 4 words added to give it alledged current relevance. It's BS ahead of the weekends game! It's posh spin and nothing else!

Offline cheltenhamlion

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Re: Tony's Tweets
« Reply #3778 on: January 03, 2018, 05:49:42 PM »
Ricky Otto. That team must have had the highest percentage of ex convicts ever fielded.

Offline Toronto Villa

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Re: Tony's Tweets
« Reply #3779 on: January 03, 2018, 05:50:15 PM »
The club has spent way more than it should have to try and get out of this division. To suggest the owner lacks ambition to do so is utter nonsense from the mouth of a proven nonsensical clown. It's not like Xia can just whip out another 50m for a laugh because the rules prohibit us from doing so. Fry is such a tool.

 


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