Grasshopper Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 I find a lot of yes votes amazing , yes we could take a leaf out of other teams books , .... and charge 80 quid a ticket I'd seriously consider paying even 100 Quid to see a "Messi/Ronaldo" type player in a Villa shirt. Rather than 10/20/30/40 or 50 Quid to see Cleverly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Without doubt yes. Agree with some of the others that the football we want, the league we want and the club we want died decades ago so moving to the modern day of soulless clubs is upon us so we may as well join rather than playing third fiddle to the rest, dire football and every weekend being depressing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodytom Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 For me you summed it up with: 'Shaun Goater'! Absolutely yes. I couldn't give a **** what the stadium is called, I'm bored of the woeful football and no success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbr600rr Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Yes please, history counts for very little these days,fed up of the dross on show & if change is £££ ....so be it. I done see the plan under the current mob working & when this Tom fox thinks bodymoor Heath is a magical place that can transform a player into a world class operator..it worries me Back on the subject of the "oil rich" ...I will never understand why they bought city & not villa, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted December 20, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted December 20, 2014 Yes please, history counts for very little these days,fed up of the dross on show & if change is £££ ....so be it. I done see the plan under the current mob working & when this Tom fox thinks bodymoor Heath is a magical place that can transform a player into a world class operator..it worries me Back on the subject of the "oil rich" ...I will never understand why they bought city & not villa, At the time I thought the man city oil consortium would get bored and leave within a few years. Not the case so far. I think the choice of City over us was probably as simple as; they've got Manchester in the name, everyone has heard of Man Utd, and they had the spanking new ex-common wealth games stadium which is now called the etihad. Weird to think it could've been us, I think it was fairly likely that they considered us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattyvilla Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 I find a lot of yes votes amazing , yes we could take a leaf out of other teams books , .... and charge 80 quid a ticket I'd seriously consider paying even 100 Quid to see a "Messi/Ronaldo" type player in a Villa shirt. Rather than 10/20/30/40 or 50 Quid to see Cleverly I see how that works for some people , but as a family of 4 , that would pretty much be the end for us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isa Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 I see how that works for some people , but as a family of 4 , that would pretty much be the end for us. But you're going on a false assumption that wealthy owners equates to expensive tickets. In reality, Man City have some of the lowest prices whereas good old 'fair play' Arsenal are the highest. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 No. It wouldn't sit right with me at all. I'd much prefer a fairer system, and real financial fair play. Modern football is the pits, Manchester City and Chelsea represent everything that's wrong with it. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jimzk5 Posted December 20, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted December 20, 2014 Nothing would make me prouder than building success through smart spending and developing our own talent rather than spending £300million on players who have no affinity with the club 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 We have the proud history to remember Time for the bright future 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashingqwerty Posted December 20, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted December 20, 2014 i wouldn't swap it all, i could live with changing the name of the stands and stadium, especially the Doug Ellis, so long as the statues of legends remained and the historic elements were remembered in some way. I'd actually not mind if the ground was demolished and rebuilt or even moved elsewhere so long as there was maybe a museum or something to remember the past. so in essence, yes, bring on the billionaire oil baron! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dn1982 Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 I'd swap it all for challenging for Europe again!! Ask any Man City fan and I bet Aguero is more popular than Goater. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Fo' Shizzle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 No. It wouldn't sit right with me at all. I'd much prefer a fairer system, and real financial fair play. Modern football is the pits, Manchester City and Chelsea represent everything that's wrong with it. This. I'd swap it all for challenging for Europe again!! Ask any Man City fan and I bet Aguero is more popular than Goater. Especially the ones that started supporting them in 2010. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Not sure about this Faustian pact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Y'know, I think the thing I "enjoy" more about us not being an oil club is that we'll have struggles (like now) and we'll have relative highs (cup finals etc). There's no expectation to win anything so if we manage to achieve anything even close to doing that, it feels special. The cup wins back in the mid 90's feel special - maybe especially to fans like myself who weren't around for the European cup win - and they also feel more distant now. If it happened again, it'd be brilliant. Those feelings compared to "struggling" being not quite getting in to the top 4, cups meaning nothing and expecting to win the title and challenge in the Champions League season after season. If it doesn't happen, sack the manager and spend another £100m with no recourse. No proper hardship, just this weird self entitlement. No brainer for me - I don't like spoiled brats as it is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelVilla Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Football is broken. Why not be part of something successful that keeps breaking it cause it won't be repaired anyway. Proof is this ongoing game and a ridicoulus decision to the money team and all the media agrees with this wrong decision. I want us finishing above Manure every damn season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodytom Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 Yes please, history counts for very little these days,fed up of the dross on show & if change is £££ ....so be it. I done see the plan under the current mob working & when this Tom fox thinks bodymoor Heath is a magical place that can transform a player into a world class operator..it worries me Back on the subject of the "oil rich" ...I will never understand why they bought city & not villa, At the time I thought the man city oil consortium would get bored and leave within a few years. Not the case so far. I think the choice of City over us was probably as simple as; they've got Manchester in the name, everyone has heard of Man Utd, and they had the spanking new ex-common wealth games stadium which is now called the etihad. Weird to think it could've been us, I think it was fairly likely that they considered us. Were we even up for sale? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted December 21, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted December 21, 2014 Were we even up for sale?We were floated on the stock market so effectively I think that means we were available to buy, albeit as lots of small parts. I think you're right that there's a difference between that and being 'for sale', but I honestly don't think that matters when money like that is being talked about. I don't remember chelsea being for sale, or when the Glazers bought man utd. Could be wrong of course! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itdoesntmatterwhatthissay Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 It's a good question but personally I feel we don't do enough to give ourselves a chance of success without following the recent success stories. I'd prefer to follow those options before settling for a billionaire and the perceived success that brings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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