That reads like a prelude to the manager’s departure.
but effectively we are skint aren't we?. We have to make savings of £40m and we can't spend on new players.
we've not really improved the playing squad over the last two seasons,yes we went close using old established and loan players but it was all very short term and we have built nothing for the futurethe loan players have returned and we are left with the shell which contains not a lot of anything to get excited about outside Grealish and Chester who both might leave anywaythe Lerner regime of Lambert/Fox was a disaster and we followed it up with the Xia regime of Bruce/Wyness which is no betterAll the money has been spent, the decent loan players gone home and we are back to square one, in a worse place now than when we first droppedwe have a unenviable record of continually choosing rubbish managers who spend the money on overpriced over rated plodders and then we just do it all over again and again, we never learnthe silver lining is that the Championship is a league of poor quality football and any manager who has a clue about building a team to play football on the front foot and a clear definitive system rather than attrition and hoof ball could easily get the team into the promotion/playoff spots without spending millionswhen Bruce goes either now or next year it will be a case of rebuilding again, starting from scratch again, it can't start until he goes whenever that happens, but then it will be time to hope againhope for younger players busting their asses, hope for a more attacking approach to the game, and most importantly of all hope that the a new manager can actually build something that remains solid with quality rather than something built on the short term sand
SteerBreeChesterElphickTaylorJedinakGreenGrealishHourihaneAlbertKodjiaIs probably the best side we can put out now. Left hand side of defence is not as I would like, but that's a side easily capable of top 6, so I do not agree we've been left with nothing or starting from scratch. I think there's a great deal of anxiety exaggerating the situation into the chaos of not knowing for sure quite what will happen this summer.
Quote from: Ads on May 31, 2018, 09:43:01 AMSteerBreeChesterElphickTaylorJedinakGreenGrealishHourihaneAlbertKodjiaIs probably the best side we can put out now. Left hand side of defence is not as I would like, but that's a side easily capable of top 6, so I do not agree we've been left with nothing or starting from scratch. I think there's a great deal of anxiety exaggerating the situation into the chaos of not knowing for sure quite what will happen this summer. if we start the season with Grealish and Chester it will be a right resultPlus there will be a few changes in playing staff depending on the managerial situationit's not all doom and gloom in my view but we do need to start from scratch with a whole new playing philosophy, that's what I'm hoping for anyway
QuoteWe are all aware that we will face severe FFP challenges next season. I am an Aston Villa fan. But I am also a businessman. Under the current circumstances, I think the club needs to rethink not only the past two years but also the past ten years. Villa needs to be a sustainable football club. People join. People leave. That is the cycle of football. There's no A Level English symbolism exercise there, it is there in black and white.I'd have preferred him to say nothing, to be honest. At least leave us with some sort of sign of positivity, of hope, but it reads to me like a 'tighten your belts, lean times ahead' message and there is absolutely nothing there which suggests 'I'd love to invest more, but I'm stopped by FFP'
We are all aware that we will face severe FFP challenges next season. I am an Aston Villa fan. But I am also a businessman. Under the current circumstances, I think the club needs to rethink not only the past two years but also the past ten years. Villa needs to be a sustainable football club. People join. People leave. That is the cycle of football.
hope for younger players busting their asses, hope for a more attacking approach to the game, and most importantly of all hope that the a new manager can actually build something that remains solid with quality rather than something built on the short term sand