Quote from: pauliewalnuts on December 01, 2021, 09:49:18 PMQuote from: Villan82 on December 01, 2021, 09:04:30 PMwhat's the point anymore? Aston Villa, the original super club. Biggest club in the Midlands. Former European champions. Now, stuck in a game where what counts is that your billionaire owner has more billions than the next billionaire owner.Everything that has happened today has been a real reminder of how crap the modern game is and why I just don't know why anybody should bother with it.The obvious contradiction with that is that our particular billionaire owners have more money than all but three other billionaire owners in the English game.Yeah but at the same time the investment we have made is more sustainable - investment throughout the whole club. Pep has spent nearly a billion pounds on a team that had already won the league. Buying players like joe have who they don’t need just cos they can - the likes of them and maybe Newcastle are playing a different game - one that’s about building the owners reputation for when oil isn’t the world currency
Quote from: Villan82 on December 01, 2021, 09:04:30 PMwhat's the point anymore? Aston Villa, the original super club. Biggest club in the Midlands. Former European champions. Now, stuck in a game where what counts is that your billionaire owner has more billions than the next billionaire owner.Everything that has happened today has been a real reminder of how crap the modern game is and why I just don't know why anybody should bother with it.The obvious contradiction with that is that our particular billionaire owners have more money than all but three other billionaire owners in the English game.
what's the point anymore? Aston Villa, the original super club. Biggest club in the Midlands. Former European champions. Now, stuck in a game where what counts is that your billionaire owner has more billions than the next billionaire owner.Everything that has happened today has been a real reminder of how crap the modern game is and why I just don't know why anybody should bother with it.
Quote from: Villan82 on December 01, 2021, 09:12:17 PMFrom the moment that bloody tweet was sent it has been a sobering day.What tweet was that?
From the moment that bloody tweet was sent it has been a sobering day.
Quote from: Beard82 on December 01, 2021, 10:25:47 PMQuote from: pauliewalnuts on December 01, 2021, 09:49:18 PMQuote from: Villan82 on December 01, 2021, 09:04:30 PMwhat's the point anymore? Aston Villa, the original super club. Biggest club in the Midlands. Former European champions. Now, stuck in a game where what counts is that your billionaire owner has more billions than the next billionaire owner.Everything that has happened today has been a real reminder of how crap the modern game is and why I just don't know why anybody should bother with it.The obvious contradiction with that is that our particular billionaire owners have more money than all but three other billionaire owners in the English game.Yeah but at the same time the investment we have made is more sustainable - investment throughout the whole club. Pep has spent nearly a billion pounds on a team that had already won the league. Buying players like joe have who they don’t need just cos they can - the likes of them and maybe Newcastle are playing a different game - one that’s about building the owners reputation for when oil isn’t the world currency Yeah, i don't disagree with any of that really, but just saying, if we think the billionaire thing is bad, think about the tens and tens of clubs to whom we are a moneyed bunch of interlopers
Quote from: Billy Walker on December 01, 2021, 10:18:57 PMQuote from: Villan82 on December 01, 2021, 09:12:17 PMFrom the moment that bloody tweet was sent it has been a sobering day.What tweet was that?The official club twitter put out a montage of Joe Grealish and said we all welcomed him back to Villa park tonight!
What has really fucking pissed me off all through today is this idea that we're some sort of feeder team and should be grateful that we had the opportunity to train up a player until one of the proper clubs wanted him. And what has really, REALLY fucking pissed me off is that the worst culprits have been some of our own supporters.
And what I don't understand is this:Whe Andy Gray left for a British record fee we had a fatwah on him for years. When Platt left he was generally ignored. When Yorke left he was public enemy number one. There was none of this we should be grateful and thank him bollocks then. What's different now?
Quote from: dave.woodhall on December 02, 2021, 12:32:30 AMAnd what I don't understand is this:Whe Andy Gray left for a British record fee we had a fatwah on him for years. When Platt left he was generally ignored. When Yorke left he was public enemy number one. There was none of this we should be grateful and thank him bollocks then. What's different now? Personally, I want a fatwa on him. But to consider your question, is part of the reason that he tried to play the nice guy and said nice things about us while and after leaving? Also, with the rest, we liked them for their footballing ability whereas Joe was all that + local boy and fan done good... bit more special?
Quote from: dave.woodhall on December 02, 2021, 12:32:30 AMAnd what I don't understand is this:Whe Andy Gray left for a British record fee we had a fatwah on him for years. When Platt left he was generally ignored. When Yorke left he was public enemy number one. There was none of this we should be grateful and thank him bollocks then. What's different now?It sort of confirms this notion of two types of fans, we belong in the legacy fans bucket.The power of celebrity has taken over and sadly a significant part of our fan base has fallen for it.