Tony's Tweets

[Chris Smith]

Me too Mr U but I cannot shake the fear that Whelan is just the sort of signing Bruce will go for.  For me the bringing in of players looking for one last pay day smacks of acceptance of Championship mid table status.

I think it is a similar signing to Chester, experienced and dependable. For me it is accepting that we are currently a mid table Championship side that needs to deal with the here and now in order to make us more than that.

[olaftab]

Not sure if this is old/new news and Wyness in now a member of Board of Directors:
Aston Villa have appointed Rongtian He to the Board of Directors.

He, who was appointed Executive Assistant to the Chairman and Oversea Business Officer upon Dr Tony Xia’s arrival at the club last summer, celebrates his 29th birthday on June 17 and was presented with the early gift on Tuesday.

[brian green]

I hear what you say Chris but for every Chester there has been an Elphick and a McCormack, older, experienced players who have failed.  I don't care how old they are or where they come from, what I do care about is our shocking record in recent times properly to evaluate players and  what they bring to us to make us consistently good enough to win automatic promotion.

[Chris Smith]

I hear what you say Chris but for every Chester there has been an Elphick and a McCormack, older, experienced players who have failed.  I don't care how old they are or where they come from, what I do care about is our shocking record in recent times properly to evaluate players and  what they bring to us to make us consistently good enough to win automatic promotion.

Fair point, Brian, but I think that he is only available because they have signed Fletcher. He was a regular for them and Ireland last year so I think is a cut above Elphick.

[oldtimernow]

I don't like the idea of signing 33+ year olds .

It's a sign of ageing when the directors are younger than the players??

[PaulWinch again]

In fairness with Whelan we're talking about a player who played in 30 odd Premier League games last season. For less than a million I can't see any harm in signing him. I'm not saying I want us to load up with loads of 30+ players, but someone who has been operating comfortably in the top flight would make us a stronger team.

[Toronto Villa]

In fairness with Whelan we're talking about a player who played in 30 odd Premier League games last season. For less than a million I can't see any harm in signing him. I'm not saying I want us to load up with loads of 30+ players, but someone who has been operating comfortably in the top flight would make us a stronger team.

I think Whelan would add grit to our midfield. We're much too giving overall, and he would be coming for a year maybe two tops. He offers leadership, he was good enough as you say to play almost a full season of PL football and internationals. I can see the Elphick comparison, but that I would say is the other extreme. It was hard to imagine a decline of that magnitude in a players ability, so I'm willing to consider that an anomaly.

[Damo70]

Not sure if this is old/new news and Wyness in now a member of Board of Directors:
Aston Villa have appointed Rongtian He to the Board of Directors.

He, who was appointed Executive Assistant to the Chairman and Oversea Business Officer upon Dr Tony Xia’s arrival at the club last summer, celebrates his 29th birthday on June 17 and was presented with the early gift on Tuesday.

Isn't 'Rongtian' the Asian comdedian that appears on comedy panel shows and made a series going back to his roots with his mother?

[brian green]

I thought he was the man who invented a way to measure radioactivity.  Could be useful if we ever draw Chernobyl Dynamo in the Europa Cup.

[Damo70]

I thought he was the man who invented a way to measure radioactivity.  Could be useful if we ever draw Chernobyl Dynamo in the Europa Cup.

I can't help thinking if there is actually a Chernobyl Dynamo. It just begs for jokes about being either explosive or a disaster.

[brian green]

Tonev was their Player of the Season last year.  Mr Nuclear Boots the Urals Bugle called him.

[OCD]

Not sure if this is old/new news and Wyness in now a member of Board of Directors:
Aston Villa have appointed Rongtian He to the Board of Directors.

He, who was appointed Executive Assistant to the Chairman and Oversea Business Officer upon Dr Tony Xia’s arrival at the club last summer, celebrates his 29th birthday on June 17 and was presented with the early gift on Tuesday.

Who He?

[Damo70]

Tonev was their Player of the Season last year.  Mr Nuclear Boots the Urals Bugle called him.

I called him 'Mr please don't hit my son or myself in the face with one of your wayward shots' when we were in the lower North Stand.

[MoetVillan]

Tonev was their Player of the Season last year.  Mr Nuclear Boots the Urals Bugle called him.

I called him 'Mr please don't hit my son or myself in the face with one of your wayward shots' when we were in the lower North Stand.

You were fine there.  It was the upper tier that were in trouble

[Damo70]

Tonev was their Player of the Season last year.  Mr Nuclear Boots the Urals Bugle called him.

I called him 'Mr please don't hit my son or myself in the face with one of your wayward shots' when we were in the lower North Stand.

You were fine there.  It was the upper tier that were in trouble

You make a very good point there. Maybe I should say we were in danger on one of his not quite so bad days.