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  1. 3 hours ago, Zatman said:

    Not buying it, his brother played for our youth team

    Also 2013 nobody really knew about his tattoo and he was just out of prison. I imagine if we were interested thats probably what we were concerned about 😝

    His brother is a Villa fan, so I can't imagine his family's reaction would've been a sticking point

  2. Actually feel pretty sorry for him, must be gutted that his body gave up on him before he even turned 30. Seems a decent lad and if we're being honest it took humility for him to move here in the first place, as he still had a profile at that point.

    Not his fault we signed him, but what the **** were we thinking. His medical must've been a giant red flag 

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  3. 2 hours ago, gilbertoAVFC said:

    Haha this is so funny.

    Totally agree with both of them but surely he understands why a Celtic-supporting Scotsman would want England to lose 🤣 McGinn definitely keeps a lid on it doesn't he.

    Always remember him on the pitch with Grealish after the play off final and some pundit made them both wave to Prince William 'our future king'. McGinn definitely didn't look fully comfortable with it

  4. On 20/03/2024 at 22:29, Vive_La_Villa said:

    On a serious note though we all know the area is not a Villa area. It’s not like Anfield where everyone near by is likely a Liverpool fan.  Majority in Witton and Aston support Liverpool and Man U or just have more pressing issues than football. Villa fans are just coming in and out the area to go to the ground. 

    Unless we move to somewhere further north of Aston in Sutton Coldfield or Erdington (which we won't be) the exact same will be true of any new stadium.

    Really don't get the fuss with that Lucas Oil stadium, ugly as hell IMO, would no sooner trade Villa Park for that than one of the identikit bowls 

    Edit: and anyone who thinks BCC or WMP would allow us to move closer to the city centre is living in a fantasy world, chances are we'd be out by the NEC somewhere, which would be pretty soulless.

    It's redundant anyway, we aren't moving anywhere

  5. 1 hour ago, Jonesy7211 said:

    By the same token the charges go back further than the other clubs that have been charged. They've had far longer to prove this.

    Alternatively, they have a longer time period and a more extensive breach that they need to build a water-tight case against.

    I'm not optimistic that there will ever be justice for City's cheating either, but there are obvious differences when comparing their case with the likes of Everton or Forest (edit: or Leicester for that matter!)

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  6. 1 hour ago, Follyfoot said:

    Sorry, not having that. The C Crew was one of the first multiracial firms in the UK. At the time blues were completely right wing boneheads pushing the bulldog outside all the pubs in town . Since the advent of the Zulu Warriors, the right wing label has been directed at Villa as a deflection tactic by them for sometime, but completely not true. Some of the top fellas  in the hard-core were Asian and black. You really shouldn’t believe what you read in books. Of course, this is many years ago, and Villa do not really have any firm of note anymore, as many clubs do not as the whole scene has been marginalised

    Our modern day hooligan faction is definitely small in comparison to the likes of SHA, but very much on the far right, and this is coming from personal experience.

    Not speaking to anything historic as its far before my time, but I had heard that about C Crew and can well believe it

    Edit: IMO no club has a 'firm' anymore, which is why I tend to say hooligan faction 

  7. 4 hours ago, HanoiVillan said:

    Maybe not one for this thread, I don't know, but the political orientation of Birmingham's football clubs is interesting. I would argue that both clubs are right-coded, but that Birmingham are, as you say, more street-fighting fash type right, whereas Villa has a bit of an establishment Tory vibe (we seem to be followed by a disproportionate number of Tory MPs and various hangers-on). 

    Our hooligan element is proportionately much smaller, but very much of the EDL variety

  8. On 13/03/2024 at 20:49, T-Dog said:

    What happened to Brigada and B6 out of interest?

    Brigada made a lot of enemies within our (unfortunately still substantial) neanderthal element with their anti-fascist stance and were effectively banned from attending Villa Park while Lerner was still in charge. A few of the lads still go to the games, just not as an organised group.

    Always found B6 Project pretty cringy tbh, crowdfunding to get banners printed, it's always felt a bit plastic to me. Not sure why they've given up, but they only ever got a lukewarm reception from the fans in general IMO

  9. 15 minutes ago, Mantis said:

    I've only just seen this thread but in spite of today's result I completely agree with this. He's not a bad manager by any stretch, but that's not what the question asks. In terms of the sheer plaudits he gets from the media, it's hard to think of anyone who gets more hype relative to actual success. The media have been over-hyping him since literally the start of the season. If Spurs do get 4th I expect most pundits will be gagging for him to get manager of the season, even though Spurs literally finished 4th the season before last and were regularly competing for the title in the late 2010s.

    The media love in with him may be a bit nauseating, but Spurs were on their arse at the end of last season and lost Kane in the summer to boot. He's evidently done a good job there, as he has done in every league he's managed in

  10. 1 hour ago, villa4europe said:

    I dont really get the calls for ange as overrated, surely he's just considered a good manager and Spurs doing alright which is exactly what they are? 

    Not seen anyone claim he's a top table manager or world class or spurs will win the league under him or anything like that, no one is sneaking him in to the pep and klopp conversation 

    To be overrated firstly you need to be rated... Ange just seems to be going about his business quietly 

    It's because he's gotten the Klopp treatment from the media to a degree. Do get the sense that its less of a nice guy act with Postecoglu and have respect for the way he's worked his way up to a top job in the PL 

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  11. 23 minutes ago, Zatman said:

    I like Postecoglu but I see why people dont like him. Its not his fault he is a straight forward speaker but managing Spurs ruins any goodwill

    If he managed Fulham he wouldnt get same attention but he would be admired for his words

    I agree for the most part, do think it's unfair to call him most overrated in the league though

    Be interesting to see how the English media react when they hit a real bad patch and his matey routine starts to look a bit more passive aggressive 

  12. 1 hour ago, Jenko#4 said:

    Ange for me.


    The amount of positive press he gets for a guy who’s won 2x Scottish titles in a one team league,

    It hasn't been a one team league since he left in fairness. Easy to look down on the Scottish league, but Celtic were on their arse when he came in and he did a very good job

    That all translates into him being a decent upper-midtable manager in the PL, he has been overhyped by the media this year though

  13. 47 minutes ago, Follyfoot said:

    A friend of my youngest son who used to play in the same football team as him last year got  stabbed to death in Wolverhampton yesterday, 17 years old

    Absolute tragedy, I know his dad quite well because he’s done a lot for my son in the past cannot imagine what it can be like. Parents worst nightmare,  heartbreaking

    Very sorry to hear this mate - my Mrs is from Wolves and when we saw the news yesterday it hit her as she would go and hang out there at around that time after school

    Thoughts with everyone involved, but especially hope that your lad can bounce back from such a traumatic event

  14. 32 minutes ago, bobzy said:

    Indeed. Much like when the Premier League was “Barclays Premier League”, we called it the Premier League.

    I called it a royale with cheese

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  15. 1 hour ago, burchy said:

    Needs to smash Gabbys record as Ollie is a proper striker and deserves it more. 

    Could well have the record by the end of next season 

  16. 2 hours ago, Zatman said:

    In fairness a lot of players probably havent a clue what they are taking, managers probably as well. Medical staff and probably Sporting Directors/CEO only ones to know the actual truth

    Pep, is that you? 😉

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