Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted October 4, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted October 4, 2018 I'm sure you speak from the position of a concerned neutral. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted October 4, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted October 4, 2018 That Villa squad should piss the Championship. I adore Brucie but he wasn't getting the best out of them. I don't like them and enjoy Dev's digs about them but there isn't a more attractive job in the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twatters Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Teedy Kay said: Who would actually want to go to Villa in their current predicament? They have potential money from the new investors, but they're not only constrained by FFP, but constrained by the fact the Chinese Doctor has placed Villa on the precipice of FFP penalties already. For instance, this year's parachute payment they received, Xia had already taken loans out against that income and spent it. Added to this that Brucey will be taking a healthy sum for being let go, Villa are not looking good. With the rule changes to stop club's doing a 'Bournemouth' and having to show accounts mid season, a points deduction certainly looks on the horizon and transfer embargoes too. Why would any manager be looking at that predicament and rubbing their hands together. Villa need a good few years of spending nothing to be able to spend big to get up. Or they'll face sanction after sanction. They should go for Warnock, he can get players in for little, get teams to scrap their way out the division, only years of spending nothing or getting out the EFL will allow Villa's new owners the ability to spend. While I agree with most of that, they do have a really good squad. One that could easily get play-offs this season without any new signings and despite a relatively poor start (they've only actually lost 2 league games this season). edit: Tiger_rick said similar! Edited October 4, 2018 by Twatters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Gus Mears Posted October 4, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted October 4, 2018 (edited) 2 minutes ago, tiger_rick said: That Villa squad should piss the Championship. I adore Brucie but he wasn't getting the best out of them. I don't like them and enjoy Dev's digs about them but there isn't a more attractive job in the league. Broadly agree with this. It's still very early in the season and there is a fag paper separating 1st from about 15th. Even if the financial wheels come flying off at the end of the season, a decent manager could come in and get automatic promotion with the calibre of that Villa squad. As Teedy says though, fuck knows what the longer term ramifications are if they don't get up. Edited October 4, 2018 by Gus Mears Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted October 4, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted October 4, 2018 1 minute ago, Gus Mears said: Broadly agree with this. It's still very early in the season and there is a fag paper separating 1st from about 15th. Even if the financial wheels come flying off at the end of the season, a decent manager could come in and get automatic promotion with the calibre of that Villa squad. As Teedy says though, fuck knows what the longer term ramifications are if they don't get up. Fair enough point but irrelevent to a manager looking to take the job. Hardly anyone lasts more than a year at that level, success or failure, so it won't be his problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Danger Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 Who the fuck takes a cabbage to a football match? What if Villa won handsomely? You're stuck with a cabbage and if the vegan thread has taught us anything it's that vegetables are pointless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted October 4, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted October 4, 2018 4 minutes ago, Mr_Danger said: Who the fuck takes a cabbage to a football match? What if Villa won handsomely? You're stuck with a cabbage and if the vegan thread has taught us anything it's that vegetables are pointless. Not asparagus though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Teedy Kay Posted October 4, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted October 4, 2018 (edited) Their squad is their saving grace somewhat, however that Villa squad is nowhere near a quality where it'll be shitting the Championship. Especially with Leeds and Boro looking very strong this year The main core of their players from last season that pushed them on have gone. No doubt Grealish will fuck off in January if the books don't marry up for FFP reasons. They have a squad that can compete and achieve play offs, but that's a lottery you don't want to enter. These opening games under Bruce have been a waste, they should have replaced old potato head preseason. Play Off final aside, the amount of money they spent and the players they had, failure to go up automatically was exactly that, a failure. Edited October 4, 2018 by Teedy Kay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Gus Mears Posted October 4, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted October 4, 2018 2 minutes ago, Teedy Kay said: These opening games under Bruce have been a waste, they should have replaced old potato head preseason. Surely 'old cabbage head' would have been more appropriate at this point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 Did Bruce's dad die a few months ago and now his mum died a fortnight ago?  I'm sure I read that and if true, that's going to have an impact on him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Teedy Kay Posted October 4, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted October 4, 2018 12 minutes ago, Keith Houchen said: Did Bruce's dad die a few months ago and now his mum died a fortnight ago?  I'm sure I read that and if true, that's going to have an impact on him. He lost his Dad some point in the new year and his Mom a couple of months after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 Fuck him then, he should be over losing both his parents by now, cabbage magnet bellend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted October 4, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted October 4, 2018 49 minutes ago, Teedy Kay said: Their squad is their saving grace somewhat, however that Villa squad is nowhere near a quality where it'll be shitting the Championship. Especially with Leeds and Boro looking very strong this year Boro are fucking dreadful. Very strong on paper but a proper ugly Pulis team. They'll probably go close though, they'll grind results out. Leeds are a good side but nowhere near as good as the really outstanding football team in the Championship last year - Fulham. It's a very bland division again. Villa have quality everywhere, they've got the Grealish who should be the best player in the league, they've got proven promotion winners like Chester, Elmo and Whelan, they've got pace and power to burn through Kodjia, Abraham, Bolasie and Hogan, quality in midfield through McGinn, Lansbury and Hourihane, dirty bastards like Jedinak and Whelan again. They've got the lot. Should be ashamed of some of their performances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Danger Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 That Villa side looks like it's tailor made for Big Sam. All the physical attributes and a nice tidy playmaker in the middle of them all. Abrahams could easily be a Big Sam protege in waiting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted October 4, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted October 4, 2018 38 minutes ago, Teedy Kay said: He lost his Dad some point in the new year and his Mom a couple of months after. Are we all ok with this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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