Fans Worried Over Villa Future

[john e]

I'm worried about what we are going to do after the World Cup

Last seasons shitness occupied us right up till the last game
Then we had mega entertainment from TBAR
Then the World Cup started, and finishes in 3 weeks

Then what till the season starts again ?

[brian green]

Tour de France. Cheer on that big fat bastard Chris Froome.

[Gregorys Boy]

Am in the middle just because I like to take things as they come, and also because things are uncertain its hard to predict either way.  If things go on like they have the last few seasons then I think the futures bleak, but then with new investment/etc.. things might change.

Besides am just enjoying the World Cup right now

[Phil from the upper holte]

He's upset enough

Why was Mark Albrighton let go, after being one of the best of a mediocre bunch at the end of last season, also Jordan Bowery, young player still learning the ropes but now gone elsewhere. On the opposite side of
things Phillip Senderos and Joe Cole, again we appear to be picking up other teams not wanted players, this with no insult meant to either player but age is not on their side. O K perhaps things are up in the air as far as big money signings but please losing the upcoming youngsters and getting cast odds not really going to help move us up the table is it.

he's upset enough without calling him a nose!

In all seriousness Albrighton nor Bowery were not worth keeping, Bowery especially

[brian green]

Neither are most of the others but they are still there.

[ChicagoLion]

Neither are most of the others but they are still there.

Exactly, its not as though Allbrighton was massively below the squad standard. Tonev is still on the books.

[Chris Jameson]

Albrighton was one of the very few players I like.

[ClaretAndBlueBlood]

Neither are most of the others but they are still there.

Exactly, its not as though Allbrighton was massively below the squad standard. Tonev is still on the books.

the difference is that Albrighton has had how many years to look the part and hasn't whereas Tonev has had one year in a totally new league and, as has been seen many times before, foreigners coming here have often struggled in their first season. Having said that, I don't hold out that much hope for Tonev but worth giving another season too just in case

[ChicagoLion]

Albrighton was one of the very few players I like.

Same here, I always thought that with him on the pitch there was a chance that he would do something. Only Benteke has given me that feeling recently.

[pauliewalnuts]

Credit where it is due, they've started to show they're getting their marketing mojo back, this is a pretty good campain. I think it also looks pretty cool graphically. Yes, yes, shame about the kits etc etc, but at the very base level, these ads will be annoying every single nose who sees them.

[Chris Smith]

Neither are most of the others but they are still there.

Exactly, its not as though Allbrighton was massively below the squad standard. Tonev is still on the books.

Albrighton was at the end of his contract and not worth a pay rise to keep him.

[pauliewalnuts]

Neither are most of the others but they are still there.

Exactly, its not as though Allbrighton was massively below the squad standard. Tonev is still on the books.

Albrighton was at the end of his contract and not worth a pay rise to keep him.

That's the thing I think gets overlooked a bit re Albrighton.

Yes, he was already here, but he was also out of contract, and as such he's in a good position to achieve higher wages than you might expect. It wasn't a zero cost option to keep him on, and it wasn't even a simple case of "he won't cost a transfer fee, it'd cost more to buy someone else and pay them lower wages" either.

The problem with that is that you end up with a player who is on a very decent whack, and that has an impact on your overall wages structure - ie the next time we discuss a new contract with a mid level player, he's either going to say "Albrighton is on £35k, my agent says I am worth as much as him" or "I've seen what Albrighton got by seeing out his contract, I'll do the same".

I totally understand the arguments in favour of him, he was a decent player with a good attitude, but it's a bit misleading to talk about him already being here and requiring no fee whilst ignoring the flip side of that.

[DeKuip]

Credit where it is due, they've started to show they're getting their marketing mojo back, this is a pretty good campain. I think it also looks pretty cool graphically. Yes, yes, shame about the kits etc etc, but at the very base level, these ads will be annoying every single nose who sees them.

That's disappointing - on first look I thought the slogan was "SHUT up Birmingham"

[Chris Jameson]

That's disappointing - on first look I thought the slogan was "SHUT up Birmingham"

Same here. Am I being incredibly stupid in not getting the 'Suit Up Birmingham' slogan? What does it mean?

[Tony Erdington]

Neither are most of the others but they are still there.

Exactly, its not as though Allbrighton was massively below the squad standard. Tonev is still on the books.

the difference is that Albrighton has had how many years to look the part and hasn't whereas Tonev has had one year in a totally new league and, as has been seen many times before, foreigners coming here have often struggled in their first season. Having said that, I don't hold out that much hope for Tonev but worth giving another season too just in case

I wasn't a fan of Albrighton, and as said above theres still a lot that shouldn't don the claret and blue, but thanks to some inept management we are where we are. PL is showing signs of addressing our problem with his latest two signing, we are not going to be in for multi million pound deals, so I am encouraged. Cole or Abrighton its a no brainer