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Offline Des Little

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Re: Fans Worried Over Villa Future
« Reply #6210 on: June 06, 2018, 09:57:09 PM »
When I read that Xia turned up to the Recon We’re Fucked Training Centre in an Uber just before the final I did worry that maybe he wasn’t the billionaire we all thought he was.

Offline Matt Collins

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Re: Fans Worried Over Villa Future
« Reply #6211 on: June 06, 2018, 09:58:24 PM »
But was it an Uber car or an Uber helicopter?

Offline pauliewalnuts

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Re: Fans Worried Over Villa Future
« Reply #6212 on: June 06, 2018, 09:58:54 PM »
But was it an Uber car or an Uber helicopter?

Also, if it's surge pricing, an Uber can be more expensive than a helicopter.

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Re: Fans Worried Over Villa Future
« Reply #6213 on: June 06, 2018, 09:59:40 PM »
When I read that Xia turned up to the Recon We’re Fucked Training Centre in an Uber just before the final I did worry that maybe he wasn’t the billionaire we all thought he was.

Point of order - some of us never believed he was a billionaire.

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Re: Fans Worried Over Villa Future
« Reply #6214 on: June 06, 2018, 10:02:43 PM »
Jesus wept

We might have been able to predict no matchday income in June

There is no fucking way that anyone is going to invest alongside Xia

He will have to sell. The question is when does he bite the bullet. I fear he'll drag it out for so long that we're really screwed

yep. We get paid less when there's no games on? I always thought SKY turned up all summer and filmed the empty pitch while throwing £50 notes from the camera gantry

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Re: Fans Worried Over Villa Future
« Reply #6215 on: June 06, 2018, 10:04:32 PM »
Wonder if Mervyn King might be tempted back to have a look at things.

The same guy whose job it was to keep an eye on the likes of RBS and Lloyds before they needed a 500m bailout ??

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Re: Fans Worried Over Villa Future
« Reply #6216 on: June 06, 2018, 10:04:59 PM »
Of course they knew there wasn’t any games on in June, that’s why they waited until then to dig the pitch up. They aren’t stupid you know.

Offline Billy Walker

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Re: Fans Worried Over Villa Future
« Reply #6217 on: June 06, 2018, 10:14:34 PM »
Jesus wept

We might have been able to predict no matchday income in June

There is no fucking way that anyone is going to invest alongside Xia

He will have to sell. The question is when does he bite the bullet. I fear he'll drag it out for so long that we're really screwed

I wonder, if it comes to it, could Xia be "forced" to sell in a similar way to Gillett and Hicks, a few years back?

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Re: Fans Worried Over Villa Future
« Reply #6218 on: June 06, 2018, 10:14:50 PM »
How can we plan anything for the new season, all Xia has done is keep the wolf from the door for another month. What happens come July? We still don’t know if Bruce is staying or going.
The fact he’s looking for investors worries me as it’s never going to happen, why would anyone entrust their capital to a man whose created our biggest crisis in our 144 year history.
The only way we move on from this is a complete sale. Until that happens we are in deep deep trouble and doesn’t send any positive message to the players or staff ahead of the season starting.
Hopefully this American puts something concrete on the table ASAP and at least forces Xia to seriously consider it.
I don’t feel anymore confident tonight than I did last night about our long term future as a club.  To be royally skint after having to watch Tony asset strip the life out of us will be sickening. Genuinely don’t know how he thinks he can stay on!? Why would the fans trust our future to an owner who has shafted us royally?
He has to go. Position is untenable

Mirror article said we'd kept Bruce to keep stability on the playing side while the club tries to sort itself out off the pitch.

Probably not the worst move in the world with present state of affairs but long term it will mean another wasted season.

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Re: Fans Worried Over Villa Future
« Reply #6219 on: June 06, 2018, 10:16:11 PM »
Of course they knew there wasn’t any games on in June, that’s why they waited until then to dig the pitch up. They aren’t stupid you know.
I just hope there is enough money to pay for the pitch

Offline PeterWithesShin

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Re: Fans Worried Over Villa Future
« Reply #6220 on: June 06, 2018, 10:16:23 PM »
Probably not the worst move in the world with present state of affairs but long term it will mean another wasted season.

We've had 22 in a row, what's one more?

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Re: Fans Worried Over Villa Future
« Reply #6221 on: June 06, 2018, 10:16:57 PM »
I think next season is already a write off anyway. The only question being can Bruce marshall his diminished troops to stave off relegation?

Offline Des Little

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Re: Fans Worried Over Villa Future
« Reply #6222 on: June 06, 2018, 10:18:16 PM »
I got battered on here after the final for wanting stability next season. Fcuk me I think every man Jack would take it now.

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Re: Fans Worried Over Villa Future
« Reply #6223 on: June 06, 2018, 10:23:39 PM »
Of course they knew there wasn’t any games on in June, that’s why they waited until then to dig the pitch up. They aren’t stupid you know.
I just hope there is enough money to pay for the pitch

I drove past this afternoon , the work is underway.Whether it gets finished though.

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Re: Fans Worried Over Villa Future
« Reply #6224 on: June 06, 2018, 10:35:11 PM »
Of course they knew there wasn’t any games on in June, that’s why they waited until then to dig the pitch up. They aren’t stupid you know.
I just hope there is enough money to pay for the pitch

I drove past this afternoon , the work is underway.Whether it gets finished though.

I'm surprised they let you drive down the touchline.

 


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