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26 minutes ago, limpid said:

How would a content provider know what credit card you used?

It's more likely that the content provider blocks known VPN addresses. Try some different VPNs. And try paying for your VPNs if you are using free ones. The money pays for more resources for ways to achieve this.

have spoken to work colleagues who have also had the same problem...we all use paid for VPNs

50 minutes ago, bannedfromHandV said:

Were those actual words used, because my recollection is that they said no one has to be sold.

Having to sell someone and choosing to sell someone are two different things.

Particularly in this instance as it should be the difference between selling him for £30m as opposed to £15m

"The one thing that the pair of them have said is that nobody is for sale," Bruce told the club's website. "That's music to my ears. "

http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11677/11452549/steve-bruce-says-aston-villas-key-players-are-no-longer-for-sale

Anyone have a BEIN Sport (or similar) subscription? Have been trying to subscribe to various asian versions of BEIN through VPN with no joy (i think they block international credit cards). The Thai offering has an alternative method of payment (True Money?) but again appears to be for Thai residents. Anyone had any luck?

25 minutes ago, Demitri_C said:

Gone sheff united 

shame...hoped this one would happen

31 minutes ago, BleedClaretAndBlue said:

I remember not long ago feeling we finally have a villa lad, homegrown who wants to stay, yet we are forced into selling. Now it seems those roles may be reversed. Jack himself should just put an end to it all and declare he's staying, but hasnt. Thats the thing that unsettles me

we dont really know where we stand at the moment regarding FFP. He may be told that it's the best thing for the club's future to move to spurs, and i dont see him refusing to sign for them if the opportunity presents himself. why would he risk doing a delph and publicly saying he doesnt want to leave knowing that it remains a possibility? also wouldn't endear himself with spurs fans if he comes out and says "i dont want to leave but i have to"

if he's still a villa player after deadline day i would expect to hear something from him. who knows, maybe the first we hear is the news he's signed a new contract

has any UK based fans had any luck watching these on AVTV when using a VPN?

12 hours ago, Jareth said:

TBF this was 2017

he will have certainly had a word with him but he would have had next to zero involvement regarding contract details...plus JT was a free agent, so he was allowed to have a chat with him.

7 hours ago, KSV said:

After the meeting with the new owners.. he didn't speak to the media after the game. Now we signing non Steve Bruce players.. 

They trying to make him walk rather than sack him?

talk about jumping to conclusions...

Something didnt sit right with me about that interview...i dont know what it is. it felt like they could have literally just bought any club aside from mentioning the year we were founded. it was so generic. maybe they're just not media friendly

1 minute ago, villa89 said:

Is it? We have lost/will lose Johnstone, Terry, Snodgrass, Grealish and there will little to no money to get new players in. Anyone expecting anything other than a slog to get into the playoffs is going to be disappointed. 

Then there's going to be plenty of disappointed folks on here. A lot of the reaction to Bruce staying has been that we now have no chance of promotion indicating that they expected it with Henry

2 hours ago, Rodders said:

I am getting, strong hints of the Ole gunnar Solskjaer's about this

i remember that...we were so excited!

8 hours ago, jim said:

I’d rather we got rid now than wait a few months into the season. Another season in the championship written off.

At least get someone in now,  half way through pre season gives us half a chance. 

i think it all comes down to everyone's expectations of this squad...those like the above think that the squad is good enough for promotion and that a different manager can achieve that. i personally think this is a mid table squad (certainly if JG leaves) that, with the wrong manager, could also be relegated. henry is an unknown and it could go very badly wrong. at least with bruce, i cant see us going down

2 hours ago, villabromsgrove said:

It's thinking like this that paralysed us in a number of matches last season. Bruce was so fearful of losing (he said that himself) that we hardly got out of our own half.

If we the fans start fearing the consequences of going forward as a club, we're in trouble, and if our new owners are afraid to embrace the challenge then we're never going to go anywhere.

to address the bolded point first, this was largely due to the forums/facebook being riddled with "Bruce out" after every defeat (and it went right back to the start of the season - take a look at R&R of cardiff thread)

and i think we have the right to fear going forward as a club right now, it was trying to move forward too quickly which made us an egyptian and an american away from going into administration. i hate to break it to you, but we're ALREADY in trouble. the squad is weaker than last season, and will only get weaker with the probable sales of our 2 best players. if you really think that an unproven manager will get a squad of mid-table quality promoted, above others that are spending and spending wisely, then i admire your optimism...but forgive those of us that think we just need to keep a bit of stability following what will have been quite a turbulent summer

bruce probably wont get us promoted this season, but i dont know many managers out there that would...but there are plenty that could get us relegated quite easily, and i dont think bruce would be one of them

interesting thought, is is possible that the owners leaked the henry story to gauge the fan reaction?

11 minutes ago, Taxahunter said:

Why not? Both clubs took a gamble on inexperienced managers. I know that the players are on a much higher level than at Villa, but they were also playing against better opponents in the league, champions league etc. They werent afraid to take the gamble, why should we? I would rather take a gamble on Henry, than keep Bruce who has failed at promotion twice.

the caliber of players in the squad was such that pretty much anyone with their coaching badges would have made them competitive...and i somewhat disagree with the "better opponents in the league" comment, as many in la liga would struggle in the championship.

and sorry to be pedantic, it's harsh to say he failed at promotion twice, based on where we were when he took over

26 minutes ago, mjmooney said:

I see the Henry haters are lining up already, excitedly looking forward to their "I told you so's". And I suspect that a lot of it is because he's French. 

If there's one thing that certain about football, it's that nothing is certain about football. Whoever we have as manager, they could fail disastrously. Or succeed magnificently. Bruce, Smith, Pulis, Allardyce, Wagner, Henry. You just can't know what will happen. Me, I'll accept whoever the new owners appoint, and wait and see. FWIW, I thought Bruce did OK, but it's probably time for a change. If it's an untried manager, so be it. But I could do without all this VT negativity. 

Think this is massively unfair (particularly implying racism with the skeptics among us)

I have seen only valid questions being raised: "No experience", "Need stability" etc...not everyone will agree with those questions, but they're perfectly valid arguments. I've seen no "I just dont want/like him" posts from anyone.

We have just faced a real possibility of administration and seem to be out of the woods on that front, but still do seem like we're going to have to sell the best young talent we've had in years, so i think the "Henry haters" can be forgiven for not being 100% jazzed about another upheaval less than 2 weeks before the start of the season.

3 minutes ago, Nigel said:

How do you know Henry will play decent football? The fact is even he won't know what will work for him.

because he's younger than 50? played as a striker? i cannot think of any other logic people are using aside from pure guesswork

30 minutes ago, Jareth said:

Would he be such a risk if a director of football came on board too, and implemented a style accross the club like Steve Round once promised? If we could take a direction and stay with it, then managers can come and go. It would mitigate the risk with Henry at least. I'm basically thinking what Southampton did.

if he's not good enough unless there's a DOF on board then he's not good enough full stop...

I just cant see these Henry rumours being anything but a bad thing. the club needs stability now more than ever. and i just cant believe we're fortunate enough for henry to be the next wagner.

100% in

21 minutes ago, NurembergVillan said:

New owner has no impact on FFP.  We're still hamstrung by that.

Only difference will be that we aren't having to put the catering ovens on eBay to avoid the tax man closing us down.

**** it...call the ground abu dhabi park for 300m sponsorship...FFP solved and we'll win the prem in 2020 while we're at it

17 minutes ago, briny_ear said:

Wonder what happened to the EFL’s investigation into whether we had enough football management competence at board level?

that was fake news according to Xia's letter...

47 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said:

Surely that depends on how badly the club wants the player. Wait until the end of the window to save a few million and risk losing out on the player? 

 

normally i would say that folks would want the player sooner than later...not just risk of losing out, also so that they can use him in friendlies, integrate him with the team, and condition him the way they want ready for the start of the season. but this isnt a normal scenario and i unfortunately think that deadline day is going to be quite a busy one for us, for all the wrong reasons

1 hour ago, Demitri_C said:

I disagree completely.  He was telling it how it is. Im sick of the lies and I am happy bruce had the balls to tell us the truth.

and maybe publicly naming them could be an attempt to start a bidding war? do people really think he would have given such a candid interview without consulting the owners first? but of course, as others have said, people will find any old stick to beat him with