MNVillan

pretty excited for this

Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would care about the outcome of a Romanian football match.

Last time Villa came to the states they launched one of their kits while over here (can’t remember if it was the home or away). I’d expect us to have at least the home, and probably also away, launched by our US trip. What I am mildly surprised about is that Villa didn’t launch their new brand the last match of the season, which I believe they had previously said was the plan. The gravitas of the match probably put those plans on hold.

Same. First year back in the Prem I made sure to get the PL patch on my shirt. I’ll be doing the same with the ECL patch on next season’s shirt

2 year deal? Thought it would be like 8.

Brad Guzan diving the wrong way on a pen would be nice. In all seriousness… El Ghazi after he scored the first goal in the playoff final? What about Tammy scoring the penalty to send us to Wembley? Both might be called “tinpot” because we were in the championship, but both are key moments in getting us to where we are today.

I am headed to in-patient rehab for alcohol in the next couple of days. I’ll miss you all, but I need to get sober. The f***** up part is that they told me to keep drinking until I can get in to the facility and detox under supervision.

I’d be curious what Mings did to rub you the wrong way. He seems like a top man to me.

I would not be surprised if they want to expand into the 40-50 team range with two leagues of 20-25 clubs each. Besides the quality, one of the big knocks on MLS is no promotion/relegation. The owners love it, guaranteed MLS money with no risk of losing out. Creating a closed shop two-tier league will provide fans with the promotion/relegation but still provide owners with the peace of mind that their club will never drop below MLS 2nd tier level. I think Vegas is still very much on if NSWE want it to be.

I’m kind of with you on eating. I really enjoy a very good meal (rare beef filet, smoked pork ribs, etc). However, if there was a pill I could swallow instead of having to eat a “regular” meal, I’d take it.

Can you ship some of whatever you’re drinking to Minnesota?

It’s more about not trusting Brentford or Leeds to get anything from those games.

Need to take all 6 remaining points to have any hope at 7th, imo. Not looking likely at the moment.

Absolutely

It was that way in Minnesota when they came to play MN United. Basically played half the starters and half the backups the first half, then swapped everyone the second half. Whatever, it’s an opportunity to meet people and watch Villa.

I’m not certain, but I don’t think the “manufacturer” of our kits makes much of a difference right now in terms of nailing the shade of claret & blue. As long as we are still under the Fanatics deal, they are the ones actually producing our kits. Surely the club have “official” shades of claret and blue - and if they don’t, they certainly will under the new brand launching in May (official colors are one of the most basic things about a brand). That being said, switching from Castore to Umbro (or whoever else) will do little to change the shirt colors, as long as the material of the shirts is still coming from Fanatics.

I can hear this picture

Can’t even get their colors right. It’s not “old gold,” it’s ******* orange. UTV.

I think that’s going to be true the majority of years in the Prem. This year West Ham are in a PL relegation scrap and still breezed their group in the Conference.

I live in America even renew claret membership annually for both Mrs MNVillan and I. I consider it a donation to the club, and last time I wanted tickets it was no problem. Just had to be on time when the window opened.

I think at his heart he’s a very good person. He gets in his own way at times, with how dumb he seems to be.

I think he’s been brought in to wear the Hercules costume

I married a graphic designer and find this sort of stuff really interesting. my favorite part is reintroducing a deeper shade of yellow as an accent color. The current version is washed out, but a deep yellow pops with claret & blue. Would love to see the new yellow used as piping on a shirt, similar to how Liverpool used their YNWA green from their crest on a shirt a couple years ago.

Absolutely. When you have the chance, you need to take it. No guarantees it comes around again.

1954! My Dad was born in 1965