8pm kick off against Newcastle?8 pm ? On a Saturday night ?Fucking hell, don’t think think people have got better things to do, places to go?Oh, wait........
Gotta disagree there Allan. Of course Bruce steadied the Villa ship. He, like it or not, was just what we needed at the time he took over. I think he did a good job, but we were on different trajectories. He’s a decent man, prone to making excuses like the best of us at times will. We out grew him ( I know- difficult!). He’s a top half championship/ bottom half Premiership manager and our ambitions are now, or should be, back in the top 6. I bear no malice to the bloke- tried to get us up, narrowly failed and the rest is history. Don’t forget the personal struggles he had, losing both his parents whilst managing Villa. The late 60’s / early 70’s were before my time, but I see him as a Vic Crowe coming in and turning the ship around after the craziness of the Doc, before handing over to the more competent Saunders equivalent of Smith. Those older than me may well disagree, but there are similarities with how things seem to be playing out. Hopefully history repeats.
Quote from: dave.woodhall on January 21, 2021, 07:08:15 PMQuote from: Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air on January 21, 2021, 04:55:42 PMQuote from: Jon Crofts on January 21, 2021, 03:37:19 PMQuote from: dave.woodhall on January 21, 2021, 01:53:40 PMFTHPNJWBRNLESFTTFBSDFTCFSomething about Scotland?I've worked out 3 letters so far. The first and last F obviously, and the D for Dec.Horse Punching, No Jumper Wearing, Blaydon Racing, No Longer Everybody's Second Favourite Team, Topless Fat Bloking, Sports Direct Financed, Toon Crier.Newcastle are just us now from 2011-12 and 13-15. Incredibly boring team to watch for a neutral who's sole ambition is to just stay up under manager not one of their fanbase actually want so considering all the hype they had in the 90s (when they were a very exciting team) that must be more soul destroying than never winning anything.
Quote from: Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air on January 21, 2021, 04:55:42 PMQuote from: Jon Crofts on January 21, 2021, 03:37:19 PMQuote from: dave.woodhall on January 21, 2021, 01:53:40 PMFTHPNJWBRNLESFTTFBSDFTCFSomething about Scotland?I've worked out 3 letters so far. The first and last F obviously, and the D for Dec.Horse Punching, No Jumper Wearing, Blaydon Racing, No Longer Everybody's Second Favourite Team, Topless Fat Bloking, Sports Direct Financed, Toon Crier.
Quote from: Jon Crofts on January 21, 2021, 03:37:19 PMQuote from: dave.woodhall on January 21, 2021, 01:53:40 PMFTHPNJWBRNLESFTTFBSDFTCFSomething about Scotland?I've worked out 3 letters so far. The first and last F obviously, and the D for Dec.
Quote from: dave.woodhall on January 21, 2021, 01:53:40 PMFTHPNJWBRNLESFTTFBSDFTCFSomething about Scotland?
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Quote from: andyh on January 22, 2021, 07:36:39 AM8pm kick off against Newcastle?8 pm ? On a Saturday night ?Fucking hell, don’t think think people have got better things to do, places to go?Oh, wait........You ever been to Newcastle?
Quote from: robbo1874 on January 22, 2021, 07:57:12 AMGotta disagree there Allan. Of course Bruce steadied the Villa ship. He, like it or not, was just what we needed at the time he took over. I think he did a good job, but we were on different trajectories. He’s a decent man, prone to making excuses like the best of us at times will. We out grew him ( I know- difficult!). He’s a top half championship/ bottom half Premiership manager and our ambitions are now, or should be, back in the top 6. I bear no malice to the bloke- tried to get us up, narrowly failed and the rest is history. Don’t forget the personal struggles he had, losing both his parents whilst managing Villa. The late 60’s / early 70’s were before my time, but I see him as a Vic Crowe coming in and turning the ship around after the craziness of the Doc, before handing over to the more competent Saunders equivalent of Smith. Those older than me may well disagree, but there are similarities with how things seem to be playing out. Hopefully history repeats. this is absolutely spot on in every detail
Yeah but it's the coldest place on earth.
He came in, spent a shit load of money that we didnt have on players that were not good enough. He had and has no idea of tactics which limited any chance of promotion. He failed miserably blamed everybody else until someone chucked a cabbage at him and then he fucked off. Good riddance.