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Author Topic: Tony’s Statement.  (Read 320720 times)

Offline Gido82

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Re: Tony’s Statement.
« Reply #15 on: May 30, 2018, 08:17:58 PM »
Have to love modern football don't you? whilst we fret and scrap around FFP watch as the Sky 4 or "Big 6" in the Prem spend hundreds of millions to move up a maximum of two places in the league.
« Last Edit: May 30, 2018, 08:21:22 PM by Gido82 »

Offline Pat McMahon

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Re: Tony’s Statement.
« Reply #16 on: May 30, 2018, 08:24:14 PM »
Chinese domination is slowly slowly catch a monkey.

I think of it as copy, copy, perfect copy, domination

Offline ROBBO

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Re: Tony’s Statement.
« Reply #17 on: May 30, 2018, 08:26:13 PM »
Agreeing with you to some extent he relied on the experience of others when those players were bought, the money that managers have wasted at Villa in the past few years is mind blowing, Whether Bruce is a nice bloke or not is not the point he plays negative football and has wasted the chance given to him. The point I was making is most owners are not football people.

Offline David_Nab

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Re: Tony’s Statement.
« Reply #18 on: May 30, 2018, 08:27:28 PM »
Agreeing with you to some extent he relied on the experience of others when those players were bought, the money that managers have wasted at Villa in the past few years is mind blowing, Whether Bruce is a nice bloke or not is not the point he plays negative football and has wasted the chance given to him. The point I was making is most owners are not football people.

Lets not forget the millions wasted ON managers Bruce himeself will be on a tidy sum

Offline andyh

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Re: Tony’s Statement.
« Reply #19 on: May 30, 2018, 08:28:47 PM »
Just when the club needs a massive dose of positivity to get everyone rallying to the cause, the good doctor drops a massive shit bomb of misery.

Thanks Tone.

Offline itbrvilla

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Re: Tony’s Statement.
« Reply #20 on: May 30, 2018, 08:31:45 PM »
At least we know we're fucked now...

Offline SoccerHQ

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Re: Tony’s Statement.
« Reply #21 on: May 30, 2018, 08:34:20 PM »
Pretty much confirms we will be selling Grealish from that I think.

Offline Matt Collins

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Re: Tony’s Statement.
« Reply #22 on: May 30, 2018, 08:35:55 PM »
Just when the club needs a massive dose of positivity to get everyone rallying to the cause, the good doctor drops a massive shit bomb of misery.

Thanks Tone.

Theres nothing in there that we didn't know

But it is right that they're being truthful with us.

Offline mr underhill

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Re: Tony’s Statement.
« Reply #23 on: May 30, 2018, 08:36:44 PM »
Dr T's morphing into Randy

Offline martin o`who??

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Re: Tony’s Statement.
« Reply #24 on: May 30, 2018, 08:37:23 PM »
Apparently Randy had his Villa Tattoo lazered off and replaced with the words “He who forgets his history is condemned to re-live it” - which we are.

Offline London Villan

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Re: Tony’s Statement.
« Reply #25 on: May 30, 2018, 08:38:13 PM »
We will be cutting it fine to get into the Champions League in Tony’s 5th year.

Offline brian green

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Re: Tony’s Statement.
« Reply #26 on: May 30, 2018, 08:38:34 PM »
Anybody else get a hint of a Dear John in that statement?  A better written Dear John than Randy's parable of the Shunamite woman but a kiss off none the less.

Offline villa `cross the mersey

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Re: Tony’s Statement.
« Reply #27 on: May 30, 2018, 08:38:52 PM »
Just when the club needs a massive dose of positivity to get everyone rallying to the cause, the good doctor drops a massive shit bomb of misery.

Thanks Tone.
Oh well at least we've got the new kit to look forward to .....hopefully it's the right claret and blue :)
Maybe the club motto will be revamped from " Prepared" to "Uncertain"

All joking aside we should be seizing this opportunity to completely revamp the way the club approaches the playing side of things from bottom to top - and concentrate on the basics - how to take a throw in, free kick and corner would be good place to start ... along with leaving at least two players on the half way line when the opposition has a corner. All simple stuff to address but has been lacking for seasons - let's hope we bring in a coach/ manager with positive, progressive ideas about the beautiful game
« Last Edit: May 30, 2018, 08:44:21 PM by villa `cross the mersey »

Offline Matt Collins

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Re: Tony’s Statement.
« Reply #28 on: May 30, 2018, 08:40:37 PM »
With Randy the money really did dry up

At the moment it seems like it's FFP rather than that. Remember that a) even if we lose 2-3 key players our squad should still be very competitive at this level - more than the one we started last season with and b) that it's only this tight for one year because we took such massive losses in 16/17. That won't count the season after next

Offline footyskillz

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Re: Tony’s Statement.
« Reply #29 on: May 30, 2018, 08:42:17 PM »
Have to love modern football don't you? whilst we fret and scrap around FFP watch as the Sky 4 or "Big 6" in the Prem spend hundreds of millions to move up a maximum of two places in the league.

Not even the big 6 now.
Those that establish themselves will benefit but there ll be an almighty scramble each season to wade off relegation.

What was interesting was all 3 promoted clubs from championship stayed up.
And all 3 that were relegated none made it back. Sunderland in fact got a double relegation. Hull struggled. And only Boro showed some competitiveness.

 


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