Meaning Evil. Stirring trouble

[Damo70]

12 minutes in.  Just hilarious.

https://youtu.be/V67Mx84qIMg

Francis, what a plank! I remember the game vividly. His strop totally put his own players off their stride and everyone connected to Preston must have loved every second.

[Damo70]

I had totally forgotten the Small Heath owners demanding a replay. That was about as successful as their demands for a new stadium from the council. 

[Nev]

Talking of Skidmore as much as I disliked him I did like this piece that bought back many a comical memory.


https://www.thefreelibrary.com/THE+INCREDIBLE+SULK.-a074855253

Kept me entertained for ages that result. The Barnsley 4-0 at home after the Meaning Evil build up wankfest was hilarious.

I was at a party at The Golden Arrow on the Warwick Road Olton that afternoon. I enjoyed some drunken 'bants' with several noses that day.

I lived 'round the corner from the Dovecote in Sheldon in those days, I had a happy couple of hours leaning on the bar, smiling at the few rags that came into the pub.

[Villafirst]

I see another negative comment in today's B'ham Mail. "Villa should be worried" with other clubs taking out loans in the PL to survive. Always a negative daily comment from that crap newspaper.

[godzvilla]

Headlines like “ villa fans won’t like this pundits view “.  Oh do please fuck off

Or @Villa Fans drool over over this player's twitter 
   ……………...…….godzvilla!

[kippaxvilla2]

Under the headline - 'colossal financial loss'.  Or alternatively, the equivalent of 'losing £60 from £600.'

Revealed: Aston Villa owner Nassef Sawiris suffers colossal financial loss
Aston Villa news - a number of billionaires across the world have seen their net-worth slashed amid the coronavirus outbreak

ByBen Husband
12:00, 28 APR 2020
SPORT



The coronavirus pandemic has seen Aston Villa co-owner Nassef Sawiris’ net worth drop by $600m, according to Forbes’ latest figures.

The Egyptian businessman, along with Wes Edens, bought Villa in the summer of 2018, saving them from the imminent threat of administration.

After Dean Smith guided them to promotion on the pitch, Sawiris and Edens bankrolled Villa’s ambitious spending plans, with 12 players arriving at a cost of almost £150m.

But the current situation has seen the most wealthy people in the world see a huge drop in net-worth and Sawiris has seemingly not escaped that fate.


According to Forbes’ 2020 billionaire list, there are 58 fewer billionaires than in 2019 and a staggering 226 fewer than 12 days before the list was released at the start of March.

The report goes on to add that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, global equity markets have imploded, causing 51% of the 2095 to be poorer than last year. With the total list seeing a $700 billion drop in fortune.



In 2019, Sawiris was said to be valued at $6.4bn, but according to Forbes’ real-time net worth, his fortune is now down to $5.8bn, a drop of $600m.

The Egypt Independent reported back in July of last year, that the Villa co-owner saw his value rise to $7.9bn, just months after the team achieved a return to the Premier League.

Based on Bloomberg’s information, Sawiris' net-worth stood at over $7bn in January, reaching a low of $4.3bn in March, before stabilising in April.

His $5.8bn still sees him comfortably come in on top on the list of wealthy Arabs , with his current net wealth putting him at 320 on the list of billionaires across the world.

Villa’s co-owners still sit towards the top of rich Premier League owners, with Edens and Sawiris holding a $6.8bn combined net worth.

Football finance expert Kieran Maguire has told BirmighamLive that the drop in finances, shouldn’t affect Villa’s outlook too much, but does raise some important questions.

“The loss shouldn’t have a huge impact by itself, but there are two main concerns: How much of his wealth is tied up in assets that are difficult to convert into cash? And, is Sawiris having to support other business interests during the pandemic, which might restrict what he can do for Villa?

[Jon Crofts]

12 minutes in.  Just hilarious.

https://youtu.be/V67Mx84qIMg

Francis, what a plank! I remember the game vividly. His strop totally put his own players off their stride and everyone connected to Preston must have loved every second.

A man who tires of watching that is tired of life.

[chrisw1]

Todays breaking news from Birmingham Live - Conor says Jack has outgrown Villa.

Ashley Precce is meant to be a Villa fan and he still comes out with this shit. 

[Damo70]

So according to The Meaning Evil we are in big financial trouble. Presumably the likes of Small Heath and Smethwick on the other hand are fine. Apparently Edens and Sawaris are now having to struggle along with a joint fortune of seven billion dollars combined. #skint pricks.

[chrisw1]

I've got Ashley Preece in a debate on twitter about positive v negative Villa articles.  He seems to think there's loads of positive stuff. 

 

[Exeter 77]

Todays breaking news from Birmingham Live - Conor says Jack has outgrown Villa.

Ashley Precce is meant to be a Villa fan and he still comes out with this shit. 

If Conor is saying that I would hope Dean Smith takes as dim a view of it as O'Neill  did when Berger was trying to get Garth Barry to join Liverpool.

[tomd2103]

I've got Ashley Preece in a debate on twitter about positive v negative Villa articles.  He seems to think there's loads of positive stuff.

If you have still got him in a debate about the BM's coverage of Villa, ask him why the main story on the back page on the eve of our FA Cup final appearance in 2015 was about Christian Benteke possibly leaving and not a word about the game the following day.

[SoccerHQ]

Didn't Skidmore once come out with Kenny Cunningham was a better defender than Paul McGrath or am I making that up?

[Pete3206]

Ashley Preece?

Sounds like a crap footballer from the 80's, with a Panini sticker picture highlighting a big head and a mullet hair style.

 

[Jon Crofts]

Ashley Preece?

Sounds like a crap footballer from the 80's, with a Panini sticker picture highlighting a big head and a mullet hair style.

 

Drove a white Toyota Supra.