I think the not enjoying *this* team is those of us that are glass half empty are getting nervous. The last 5 years have been amazing - some of the most fun following Villa. I think few can disagree with that.The nervousness is this another one of the nearly phases in our history. We have blown UL and FA Cup final and the last season the conference league. But we keep having to sell our best players - how sustainable is it. Are we going to look back at this in 10 years like the MON teams
I suppose the point is we have and can still improve from a standing start, both Spurs and Man Utd had Chamions League football and significantly higher incomes than us when Emery joined and it's not stopped us consistently outperforming them since.The challenge as always is to mug them and and others like them repeatedly on transfers.
Quote from: Somniloquism on June 20, 2025, 09:44:53 AMQuote from: cdbearsfan on June 20, 2025, 09:38:19 AMHe was still right to go up for the corner against Arsenal, IMO.Yep, we had lost the game whether he went up and we then conceded or not. Whilst rare a keeper causes a goal for in those circumstances, it is as rare as conceding after so take the risk for the point. If we were drawing and we lost because of it, I can understand the criticism. But for this to be a criticism 3 years later.......As proved by our missing out on CL, a single goal can make quite the difference.How many times does a keeper actually score when they go up for corners/free kicks in the dying seconds.
Quote from: cdbearsfan on June 20, 2025, 09:38:19 AMHe was still right to go up for the corner against Arsenal, IMO.Yep, we had lost the game whether he went up and we then conceded or not. Whilst rare a keeper causes a goal for in those circumstances, it is as rare as conceding after so take the risk for the point. If we were drawing and we lost because of it, I can understand the criticism. But for this to be a criticism 3 years later.......
He was still right to go up for the corner against Arsenal, IMO.
Well according to one report Man United only want to pay £17m for him. So on that basis he won’t be going anywhere.
Quote from: kippaxvilla2 on June 20, 2025, 12:31:21 PMWell according to one report Man United only want to pay £17m for him. So on that basis he won’t be going anywhere.Seems fair enough. As long that is "plus Rashford".
Are we going to look back at this in 10 years like the MON teams
Quote from: Beard82 on June 20, 2025, 11:12:34 AMAre we going to look back at this in 10 years like the MON teams Probably yes. But that's not a reason to assume its already over. The optimist in me strongly believes that the current set-up will grow the whole club - making everything more sustainable - whereas MON only focused on immediate results (and his reputation). Randy was well meaning but had no clue how to run a club.