Fans Worried Over Villa Future

[jwarry]

The optimist in me says the tax bill could be a blessing in disguise by bringing things to a head.  If HMRC hadn't have been so HMRC we would have been in for a difficult and frustrating summer wondering why Xia was not putting his hand in his pocket and worse, selling our few prized assets accompanied by HDE style penny pinching.  At least this way things are now out in the open and something has to give.  Just maybe there is a chink of light following our darkest day yesterday?

[Matt Collins]

Unfortunate use of "chink"

[jwarry]

Unfortunate use of "chink"

Oops, not intended!

[Richard E]

It might help if the local press actually did some journalism rather than just cutting and pasting from the nationals.

[Smirker]

Unfortunate use of "chink"

haha

[Behind Bluenose Lines]

It might help if the local press actually did some journalism rather than just cutting and pasting from the nationals.

Indeed! I get more news from here than any of the local media. We're poorly served in that regard!

[Richard E]

Doesn’t help that the Meaning Evil’s Villa correspondent is a 15 year old who supports Albion.

[Matt Collins]

Yeah Steve stride basically called them out and longer for the Leon Hickman days. "Do some investigating!"

[SoccerHQ]

I said to my old man last night, I don't care what division we are in next season, I just want to watch Villa playing decent football with pride in the shirt. We will be back, we are not going to be liquidated etc, because someone will buy us and improve the situation, because we are Aston Villa. Much like Leeds have been through the wringer we are going through it, but the fans will still be there and so will the club. We can get through this, keep our heads up and hopefully watch a really talented group of kids help us prosper.

Disappointment for me is we had all the unity and relative success last season (even if not so great football to watch) but because of not winning one game and the short term nature of our recruitment, that's all gone up in smoke now whereas other clubs in recent times who've missed out (Boro and Brighton) have kept their squad together and gone up the following year.

Whoever owns us next season we need to build a squad for next 3-4 years not just 12 months.

[Walmley_Villa]

Richard Conway from BBC on Twitter

"What a mess at Villa. Payroll tax overdue + next month’s looming.
Huge wage bill.
Unless there’s further cash injection from Chinese owner (seems unlikely) or buyer found then administration may be inevitable.
Told it could take £75m just to get through season.
Crisis time."

[dave.woodhall]

Yeah Steve stride basically called them out and longer for the Leon Hickman days. "Do some investigating!"

Loathe though I am to defend them, it takes a lot of time to unravel a mess like this and the Mail would rather run stories about chip shops and time travellers.

[Boz]

Given the purge on reducing the use of plastics globally, I'd worry about a new owner whose wealth primarily comes from owning a plastics manufacturer and is a life long baseball fan.

I fear he might be another Lerner.

[VinnieChase84]

Richard Conway from BBC on Twitter

"What a mess at Villa. Payroll tax overdue + next month’s looming.
Huge wage bill.
Unless there’s further cash injection from Chinese owner (seems unlikely) or buyer found then administration may be inevitable.
Told it could take £75m just to get through season.
Crisis time."

Happy Wednesday FFS

[Behind Bluenose Lines]

Richard Conway from BBC on Twitter

"What a mess at Villa. Payroll tax overdue + next month’s looming.
Huge wage bill.
Unless there’s further cash injection from Chinese owner (seems unlikely) or buyer found then administration may be inevitable.
Told it could take £75m just to get through season.
Crisis time."

Happy Wednesday FFS

The sun is out, the sky is blue
There's not a cloud to spoil the view
But it's raining, raining in our collective heart....

[Matt Collins]

Yeah Steve stride basically called them out and longer for the Leon Hickman days. "Do some investigating!"

Loathe though I am to defend them, it takes a lot of time to unravel a mess like this and the Mail would rather run stories about chip shops and time travellers.

True

But I'd still expect the local paper to be the ones breaking the news sometimes. They basically regurgitate what's on twitter. Likes of john Percy the ones breaking news