The recent turmoil has made me realise just how much Villa are a constant in my life, it is ghastly imagining a world without them. I dpn't think I could bring myself to ever support another team if the club disappeared.Surely with a club as large, old and famous as the Villa someone will pitch up and take it off Tony's hands. I hope so, as I have zero confidence in him to get us through this. When Man City had issues wioth their dodgy Thai owner (Taksim Shinawatra?) they managed to pull a rabbit out of the hat by finding very wealthy new owners. Villa are far bigger than Man City were at the time, lets hope this ends well.
Quote from: ASHTONVILLA on June 20, 2018, 08:57:31 AMThe recent turmoil has made me realise just how much Villa are a constant in my life, it is ghastly imagining a world without them. I dpn't think I could bring myself to ever support another team if the club disappeared.Surely with a club as large, old and famous as the Villa someone will pitch up and take it off Tony's hands. I hope so, as I have zero confidence in him to get us through this. When Man City had issues wioth their dodgy Thai owner (Taksim Shinawatra?) they managed to pull a rabbit out of the hat by finding very wealthy new owners. Villa are far bigger than Man City were at the time, lets hope this ends well.We are still a bigger club than Man City.
Manchester City were taken over in 2008, when George Osborne was still in opposition.
Quote from: Mortimer's Bear on June 20, 2018, 09:11:46 AMQuote from: ASHTONVILLA on June 20, 2018, 08:57:31 AMThe recent turmoil has made me realise just how much Villa are a constant in my life, it is ghastly imagining a world without them. I dpn't think I could bring myself to ever support another team if the club disappeared.Surely with a club as large, old and famous as the Villa someone will pitch up and take it off Tony's hands. I hope so, as I have zero confidence in him to get us through this. When Man City had issues wioth their dodgy Thai owner (Taksim Shinawatra?) they managed to pull a rabbit out of the hat by finding very wealthy new owners. Villa are far bigger than Man City were at the time, lets hope this ends well.We are still a bigger club than Man City.We simply aren't though any more, as rose tinted as we'd all like to look at it. City, Chelsea, Spurs they are all bigger clubs than us now sadly and the gap is growing at an alarming rate!
Quote from: dave.woodhall on June 20, 2018, 11:29:39 AMManchester City were taken over in 2008, when George Osborne was still in opposition. Yep, you're right, I was mixing it up with when Osborne guided the Chinese President to Manchester instead of Birmingham back in 2015. The political and economic process of lobbying for huge investment in Manchester was certainly in full swing in 2008, though, and Osborne was right behind it before, during and after being in government. Without similar behind the scenes influence and movement, we might well be snookered.
Quote from: Billy Walker on June 20, 2018, 01:05:51 PMQuote from: dave.woodhall on June 20, 2018, 11:29:39 AMManchester City were taken over in 2008, when George Osborne was still in opposition. Yep, you're right, I was mixing it up with when Osborne guided the Chinese President to Manchester instead of Birmingham back in 2015. The political and economic process of lobbying for huge investment in Manchester was certainly in full swing in 2008, though, and Osborne was right behind it before, during and after being in government. Without similar behind the scenes influence and movement, we might well be snookered. I would think none of that had much to do with it though. Manchester City had a shiny new stadium that didn't even need to be bought, and the Arab purchasers of City probably considered that a Manchester based football club would be easier to get going again and market worldwide than a Birmingham one.