BG_Villa_Fan

You can't say that, it's racialistic! Italians are proper racist. They don't want Balotelli to play for Italy (even though he was born and raised in Europe) because he doesn't have "Italian blood". Extreme cases of unashamed hypocrisy like this one should be quoted and applauded

A whole lot of butthurt in this thread, it's very amusing tbh.

Alex McLeish.

There's one thing about Tottenham fans that I have a lot of respect for - even if they're dead wrong they'll still defend their club and players even to the point of being ridiculous. That's exactly the opposite of what us Villa fans usually do, we're the first to belittle our own. Props, I guess...

So Tevez is in the better 50% then

While I couldn't argue with any of what you've written, there are two peope who are/were actually at the club and one of them has stated that Villa should qualify for the european competitions this season and the other said we were in the 4th , oops 5th to 9th bracked, 9th being the worst possible. We're now 11th.

In essence, Iranian/Chinese/North Korean type of laws dressed up as anti-piracy. Disgraceful.

Really?? I honestly don't beleive you need scouts to find the likes of Ben Arfa, Cabaye, Ba and Cisse. They're needed though, you need to know which one you should buy ( Cabaye ) and which you shouldn't ( Makoun ). Not that easy.

Both QPR and Sunderland's new managers were free agents though. I remember there being thin pickings amongst free agents when MON left. I'm less inclined to criticise the Houllier appointment than the McLeish one because we were in a pretty desperate situation back then. Last summer however we really should have done a much better job of it. Well to me it looks like both QPR and Sunderland knew exactly who they wanted and simply went and got their man, unlike us, who had to schedule many interviews ( then cancelled some ) - the whole publicity made it a proper farce.

^ Makes you wonder about the next appointment On a side note, apparently it doesn't take weeks and months to hire a manager even in the middle of a season.

It did at the time. We're now well aware of these.

It works both ways. Apparantly we're also not allowed to be positive about the future under Randy's ownership or under McLeish's management. If we dont join in and cry onto our keyboards, we get told that we're 'clueless' or have our heads in the sand. Agreed. I'm not saying that being positive = clueless, but was more about the certain troll's schtick, which is highly offensive to a lot of people.

Obvious troll is obvious, tbh, not sure why so many people still bite. It's all about slagging off Villa fans. Apparently as a fan you may not : 1. Express any disappointment, no matter what happens; 2. Demand anything from the owner - better stewardship, better decision making, better hirings, invesment - forget it , just clap your hands; Perhaps there are probably about 5000 fans who will put up with anything, even Venkeys/Thaksin/Yeung type owners. The rest uf us are worse fans than M'sG.

Bad sarcasm? Or bad memory?

What a strike by Gardner!

You talk like you haven't seen the man play. He's not the greatest finisher ever, yes, he misses easy chances, he's always done that. He's not the player who'll score on a single chance to win you the game 1:0 ( if he had been all that he wouldn't be here in the first place ). BUT, he's the kind of striker who gets himself in a lot of good positions, that give him a lot of scoring chances, while not necessarily scoring an extremely high percentage of them. However, when a team has 10 crosses a game and you watch the opposition defenders clear them all you don't think of how the striker could have been in a better position to take advantage and get to the ball before any of the defenders do. It just seems like half a scoring chance. Now, Bent is the kind of striker who gets to the ball more often than most other strikers do, he scores some and he misses some, but he's there to make these half chances into scoring opportunities, whereas, most strikers would just not get to the ball at all to even make an arse of the scoring chance.

He didn't just quit Villa, though

There's much more to managing a team than picking some players, every Villa fan can do that on paper. However, he should have known if players were tired, out of shape, their mindset, etc. Look at Brendan Rogers - he's rested some players, he's given his bench some playing time, he's kept his better performers fresh and sharp, all that despite not many Swansea fans willing to put the 11 he actually did at Villa Park. Still, he got 4 points from two very difficult games. McLeish should have known the players, or some of them, were not up for this Swansea game, that's his job - to know his players better than any fan who'd just put 11 names on a team sheet. On a side note, on McLeish, he's going to do just enough to keep his position, isn't he? He'll win a game here and there that'd keep us in mid table because we've got a vastly superior squad to some of our rivals, but he'll never be able to make a run of wins, he'd be doing just enough to keep his job.

Delighted for them, I guess I'm a fan of MON FC.

I'm beginning to think it was actually Poyet who was the brains behind Tottenhams success. i think that's more than likely to be honest edit : nvm

This also applies to Mario Gomez. And a certain Darren Bent too.

Now now, who does this remind me of...

Why? We didn't have a manager then. He signed for Newcastle before McLeish was appointed.

Good game for Sunderland again, not surprisingly.