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tom_avfc

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  1. This speculation isn't particularly helpful and is basically just people picking sides and guessing. It basically reads as "if such and such is happening, is such and such happening?" and given that nobody on here is in a position to know at all what peoples motivations are it's pretty pointless speculating in my opinion. I'm sure it'll all come out in the wash but to be honest I don't see the point in getting worked up with one person or another with no idea of what is happening. I'd also add that these people haven't got rich by being good or bad but by making decisions to benefit themselves and/or their business interests. To try and decide whether Wyness is doing a good or bad thing is pretty subjective and in reality the truth is probably a bit more nuanced and he's somewhere in the middle of the good/bad spectrum.
  2. This is heavily tinged with hindsight in my opinion. McCormack had scored over 65 Championship goals in the three seasons before we bought him and had played the vast majority of games during that time. Maybe the lack of sell on value is something which I could agree with you on but if he'd scored the 20+ goals which fired us into the Premier League, I think his sell on value is the last thing which people would have cared about.
  3. This is also on the official site so should be accurate.
  4. Yeah I think it's fair to say that a lot hasn't been factored in to these projections. In reality, nobody who is not involved with the club can know the true ramifications of not getting promoted. There'll be cost cutting no doubt but its difficult to know how severe it'll be without knowing all of the facts.
  5. Oh I understand this completely and wouldn’t see a great issue if he goes assuming the finances are as bad as we are led to believe. It’s the accusations of him not being that good and being shown up the other day that frustrate me. If he goes it’ll be because we can’t afford him not because we don’t want him.
  6. Great post and agree largely with everything you’ve said. We gave away one goal in a game where neither team looked particularly like scoring. The 20th minute red card may have changed the game but we do have a history of terrible decisions against us at Wembley and that one can be added to the list. Congratulations on promotion and all the best in the Premier League! I think you’ll do fine and I’m sure you’ll be spending a good amount of money too!
  7. Completely agree with this. Today’s game showed why this (even with its teething difficulties) can only be a good thing for the game.
  8. Is that the hull city that he got promoted to the premier league without Tom cairney?
  9. Kind of agree. He’s been good this year but a bit more pace and directness wouldn’t hurt in my opinion.
  10. Ok, let’s boo if we fall behind on the opening day next year. The sense of entitlement is baffling amongst some of our fans. Did people expect us to go to Wembley and outplay Fulham. We lost by one goal in a game that could have gone either way. Again, I’m sorry I’m not calling for Bruce’s head.
  11. Thanks for this. A perfect summing up of the day for me. Its a shame that for some it’s a game to beat a manager who’s done as much as anyone to get us to this point! As it seems you are, I’m disappointed but proud of how we’ve done this year.
  12. Not a better fan dig more a reflection on what the vast majority of fans attending games this season have felt in my experience. We’ve won over half the games we’ve played and lost out on promotion by one goal in a game that neither team really looked like scoring in. Sorry I’m not calling for the manager to go. On a side note our support today disappointed me. As soon as we conceded we’d lost as a fair proportion of our support seemed to give up on us there and then. I don’t know where we go from here but ill be there and behind Bruce on the first day next season.
  13. **** this attitude tbh. Some of us have been home and away over the last couple of years and seen the level of improvement in that time. Good effort Villa. We almost got there (and arguably deserved to) and have had a team worth supporting for the first time in almost 10 years. Who knows where we go from here and it feels a long way back from here but I’ll be there next year to hopefully help us on to the small step further we need!
  14. This forum is crap sometimes. He got us to the final and did ok during the game. Not the worst villa player on the pitch by a million miles. Our support pisses me off sometimes!
  15. Yeah I'll be on the train from Solihull to Wembley and the off peak return at £30 looks the way to go. Just a bit concerned as to how busy the train will be when it gets to Solihull. Its only an hour and a half so as long as we can get on it'll be fine.
  16. I was under the impression that Club Wembley doesn't qualify for tickets for the Playoff Finals. Isn't that why Villa are selling tickets in the middle tier which would otherwise be Club Wembley tickets? At nearly 40k tickets for each set of fans plus the corporate seats for sponsors etc. I can't see how Club Wembley members can have tickets for this either with a maximum capacity of 90k.
  17. Just posted in the ref thread but I don’t think that’s a red card under the new rules. “Denying a clear goal scoring opportunity” isn’t a straight red now if there was a genuine attempt to get the ball. Open to interpretation but I don’t think that jones should have been sent off. Obviously the Vidic one was a red though!!
  18. I don’t think it’s a red card under the new rules to be fair.
  19. We need to make up a 5 goal swing over the two games. A win by a couple of goals today and then either us or SHA winning by two would do it. Not going to happen but it’s not a ridiculous GD to make up. Having 5 results go our way is where the issue is going to be!
  20. Not really sure I understand the complaints about this one. He's 33 with one year after this left on his deal and has had a good two years at Villa for the most part. Would be a useful squad player next season if we go up and his experience around the club is an added benefit. He's not really a player that I'd be moaning about the value for money that we've had out of.
  21. I think its difficult to know which teams would be interested in him this Summer to be fair but if an offer came in from an established Premier League team it'd be difficult to turn down I'd have thought. Particularly if we're still a Championship club and there's not likely to be any investment at Villa over the Summer.
  22. I'm not sure why he's "apparently" a Villa fan. I think it's pretty well established (and pretty obvious by his actions) that he's a Villa fan. Having said that I'm not sure that being a Villa fan will keep him at a Championship club for a long time. He's too good for this level. He might give us one more season after this but I don't see him being here beyond that if we don't go up.
  23. I’ve actually been fairly supportive of Bruce but enough is enough. I’d get rid at the end of the season regardless of which league we’re in. He’s holding us back and we’re going to need a much cleverer manager with the lack of resources we’ll have if we don’t go up.
  24. This guy is bad. I have no idea how he gets semi regular game time.
  25. The booing at half time was completely ridiculous. You can guarantee that teams like Cardiff and Fulham won't be booing every time they go in behind at half time. Bruce had been bigging up the connection between players and fans as well and then at the first sign of a poor performance the boos return. A couple of the guys around me in particular appear to be extremely negative. Quotes of the season so far include "This doesn't feel like a game that should be 5-0" against Bristol City and "They look like the side that are 4-1 up" in the last few minutes against Wolves. It does make you wonder what some people get out of going.
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