Agree OMVF. Once Eric Black allowed the remnants of the relegation side to dangle in the wind all plans for an immediate return to the Premiership were lost and replaced by baseless expectation. We were so bad when we were relegated and the club in the Lerner bale out vacuum was such a mess, and in many respects continues to be a mess, it was clearly going to be a long haul. I have always thought 3 to 5 years of rebuilding and have seen nothing to make me change that view. The throwing of money at problems wantonly has to stop. The effectiveness of money is only as good as the judgement of those spending it. Our judgement has been very poor. No, it has been downright irresponsible.As I posted yesterday, and as you underscore OMVF our circling of the plughole has become unstoppable as Villa become regarded as a trough of money for increasingly second rate players to get their noses in. On Saturday I would pick Davis ahead of Agbonlahor. He is a better, younger, faster, stronger player than Gabby and can only grow into money for us. I bet Davis gets less than a twentieth of Gabby's wages. But who will Bruce pick? Gabby.
The lack of imagination shown by the manager, coaches and Wyness is pathetic. I would say it is unbelievable, but unfortunately it's anything but. Tediously predictable. Translate that into Latin and put it on the badge.
Quote from: brian green on August 17, 2017, 08:44:25 AMAgree OMVF. Once Eric Black allowed the remnants of the relegation side to dangle in the wind all plans for an immediate return to the Premiership were lost and replaced by baseless expectation. We were so bad when we were relegated and the club in the Lerner bale out vacuum was such a mess, and in many respects continues to be a mess, it was clearly going to be a long haul. I have always thought 3 to 5 years of rebuilding and have seen nothing to make me change that view. The throwing of money at problems wantonly has to stop. The effectiveness of money is only as good as the judgement of those spending it. Our judgement has been very poor. No, it has been downright irresponsible.As I posted yesterday, and as you underscore OMVF our circling of the plughole has become unstoppable as Villa become regarded as a trough of money for increasingly second rate players to get their noses in. On Saturday I would pick Davis ahead of Agbonlahor. He is a better, younger, faster, stronger player than Gabby and can only grow into money for us. I bet Davis gets less than a twentieth of Gabby's wages. But who will Bruce pick? Gabby.You're right on the money Brian. The only promising aspect of the side that came out in pre-season was the promising young players that bossed the games in Germany. O'Hare and Bree both did enough against Colchester to have earned a start, but both were dropped, so we had to watch Lansbury and Hutton trudge their way through another defeat.The lack of imagination shown by the manager, coaches and Wyness is pathetic. I would say it is unbelievable, but unfortunately it's anything but. Tediously predictable. Translate that into Latin and put it on the badge.On a more positive note, however, if we can use some of the younger players in conjunction with the cloggers, I'm sure we could still make a decent side out of what we have. Add a centre back with pace next to Chester, some creativity in midfield and we're pretty much there once Kodjia comes back.
Criticsing Hogan at this stage seems akin to having a go at Fernando Alonso for not winning because McLaren have forgot to put any fuel in his car.
Quote from: Ads on August 17, 2017, 10:45:09 AMCriticsing Hogan at this stage seems akin to having a go at Fernando Alonso for not winning because McLaren have forgot to put any fuel in his car.He has had chances though this season and hasn't converted them.I know he's feeding on scraps but considering he cost 12m is it too much to ask for him to convert his one on ones with the keeper?