sexbelowsound Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 The boring bastard. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villan4Life Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 1 hour ago, Delphinho123 said: Crash helmet on. I'd have Sherwood back. I'd have Sherwood back.... Selling Match Day Programmes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 I would stop supporting villa if we appointed Sherwood. No joke. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Thomas Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 13 minutes ago, Supervillan78 said: So are we the next Man City or the next Portsmouth? Think much bigger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supervillan78 Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 13 minutes ago, Daweii said: Neither.. Xia states we won't do things like Man City but it appears we could with relative ease if he chose to. We're just a club with a very very very rich owner that is going to try and do things sensibly. To be honest I hadn't read those quotes, but equally there is very little info on this guy in general. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Deisler123 Posted May 20, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted May 20, 2016 There has been tons of posts in China's biggest football forum about the take over of Villa. I am surprised that a lot of fans there are not convinced by the owner (due to his past track record in China, which is also new to me). I will try to translate some neutral comments so it might give you guys some ideas of what Chinese people think about him and his company. These comments *might* be truer than what is reported on google. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Thomas Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 1 minute ago, Deisler123 said: There has been tons of posts in China's biggest football forum about the take over of Villa. I am surprised that a lot of fans there are not convinced by the owner (due to his past track record in China, which is also new to me). I will try to translate some neutral comments so it might give you guys some ideas of what Chinese people think about him and his company. These comments *might* be truer than what is reported on google. That would be great, I think we are all keen to know a bit more about him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 Our outgoing "custodian" was expected to be better than the man that he had replaced. He initially gave us hope, he had our trust and he spent millions of his own money. Sadly in time he lost both interest and our trust. He stopped investing in the playing side, the club went backwards before crashing out of the PL at the end of yet another season spent at the wrong end of the table. So he failed in the long run but might just have done something with his final act as "custodian" that will see our great club rise again by selling to the right man. We wanted change and now we have it. We now have a new custodian and what we have heard from him to date is very encouraging. We have some hope back and we can now look forward to the new season with a little confidence rather than with dread. In Dr Xia I trust. Buckle up and enjoy the ride to infinity and beyond with our new custodian! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 This blog post sums up my concerns So what of Xia’s footballing credentials? Will he, as every Aston Villa fan wants to know, hold the club dear to his heart? That wonderful press release provides an emphatic response: after playing as striker to college level, “football has remained his passion”. Moreover, we’re told, he “became a fan of Aston Villa many years ago”, something that at least one report has already decided means he is a “lifelong supporter”. The suggestion that he bleeds claret and blue – already stretching credulity on first look – now seems to be further unraveling. He told the Guardian that he has been “a fan of the English football league for many years”, while revealing to Reuters that Villa was one ofeight Premier League clubs he had considered buying, while also looking at various targets in Italy, Spain, India and China. How fortunate, then, that he ended up with his one true love. So…Saint or Sinner? There is no suggestion that Xia has actually done anything untoward, but there are far more questions than answers at this point. His academic credentials have been challenged, his footballing passion seems weak at best and his career path from urban planning to shampoo and MSG and now to club ownership raises the possibility – and he would be far from the first football owner to do this – that he is far more interested in using the capital markets to extract as much value from companies as he can. At a price of something under £100 million just two years on from former chairman Randy Lerner’s £200 million valuation, Aston Villa represents a perfect target if that is indeed his true intention. [ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daweii Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 If his intention is to sell us on for a profit in 2-3 years we have to become something of worth by then which means moderate success. So whether he wants to be owner for decades or just a short term one to make a quick buck I don't care. Both will likely result in better fortunes than we are in currently. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIVillan Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 1 hour ago, mjmooney said: No, I haven't. I am however, deeply suspicious and concerned about it. I'm certainly not jumping on the giggly schoolgirl euphoria bandwagon that most on here seem to be. We are moving into the unknown and would rather be positive about it. After the experience with Lerner I think most will be wary by in the first week it would be nice not to be too down on the new owners. As for Shirt Sponsors Villa have had a shirt sponsor since 1982, Starting with Davenports. So there wasnt much of the 80s that wasnt commercialised. Crown Paints for Liverpool, Sharp for Man Utd. Any Mr. Mooney I thought you would be happy with a red in the Villa bed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Deisler123 Posted May 20, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted May 20, 2016 (edited) My translation will use very plain English - as it saves me time from polishing it and you guys should be able to understand my translation. Source: http://bbs.hupu.com/16282834.html (one of the most popular football forums in China) Post title: Rui Kang (Chinese name of Recon) will buy Villa, Di Matteo will be in charge, what do you guys think? Content: the news on Sky news Comments: 1. lotus is a sponsor, lotus is gonna be the name of the stadium, Buddha (is the nickname of Di Matteo in Chinese because he looks like Buddha) is the manager. OMG this club will follow Buddhism. LOL (Lotus is an important sign of Chinese Buddhism - Deisler's comment) 2. OMG Rui Kang. Can I say Aston Villa is going to have bad luck? Government background? Are you kidding? (it means it is fraud, there is no government background - Deisler's comment) 3. Villa has 7 tiltes, 1 CL title. Talking about the history, Chelsea is no better than them. This is a good buy at the low cost. If they can follow what Leicester has done, not difficult to get back to PL. 4. I am sorry Rui Kang has nothing to do with Chinese government. 5. Rui Kang only nominated the brother of the president as a chairman member of the company. They have nothing to do with the government. You guys have no idea who he is. His 'Youngest harvard professorship' was questioned and found fraud. You can also check some information about his ex-wife. 6. oh, him - I know him - when he was in the university in China, he stayed in Girls' apartment more than 1 year (which means he lives with his girlfriend(s) in her place, which is very uncommon as most girls live in the same room in university apartment - Deisler's comment) 7. what company? never heard of it (Deisler's comment - the company is little known to Chinese) 8. Anyone can introduce a little about the company? Making health product - does that mean fake medicine? 9. I will wait for the release of Football Manager 2017 then. 10. This is clearly a collaboration between governments - good luck to Villa (Deisler's comment - a lot of people think Prince William and David Cameron are both fans of Villa.) 11. You guys are so naive. Government background does not necessarily mean state business. When Gilli (a car manufacturer in China) bough Volvo, it was bought by a private company. But even my dog knows it was government's money. 12. Not a very wealthy company - Villa should not dream to become City after this take over. 13. Mr Xia is an interesting person. very likely he is not as good as what he claimed to be. It is very likely he uses this take over to take political advantage (Deisler very much agrees on this - this is what every rich people do now in China - but it is not necessarily a bad thing for Villa - he got a motivation to make villa successful before he can get any political advantage) 14. Villa has much stronger history than Chelsea, that is for sure. 15. Rui Kang. Never heard of it. Are they rich enough to play? 16. Guys, get ready of a Villa's China summer trip soon. Edited May 20, 2016 by Deisler123 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 "So what of Xia’s footballing credentials? Will he, as every Aston Villa fan wants to know, hold the club dear to his heart?" I guess he enjoyed football from afar and whilst at Oxford took the opportunity to see a game or two at least one of which was at Villa Park. He then chose a team to follow and that team was us (a little like our previous "custodian" said he had). Who could blame him for not falling for our club on first visit? I expect that he recently looked around at what was available football club wise and the price was right for us. I hope his fervour for our great club will grow with each day that he owns it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted May 20, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted May 20, 2016 1 hour ago, Delphinho123 said: Crash helmet on. I'd have Sherwood back. Safe to say if Dr. X's first act is to re-appoint the worst (permanent) manager we've had for the last 25 or so years, I'll be joining Mooney's incredibly suspicious line of thinking! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexbelowsound Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 (edited) There is a lot of "Oh My **** Gods" in that translation! Potty mouths. Edited May 20, 2016 by sexbelowsound Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 1 minute ago, sexbelowsound said: There is a lot of "Oh My **** Gods" in that translation! Potty mouths. 2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexbelowsound Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 Just now, bobzy said: 2? 2 More than needed surely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler123 Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 Just now, sexbelowsound said: There is a lot of "Oh My Fuckings Gods" in that translation! Potty mouths. ye sorry. some of the original comments used strong words, mainly to express their surprise, nothing to do with the club or this take over. I just followed and use that word (only two though) to save my translation time. I will edit it out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler123 Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 1 minute ago, sexbelowsound said: 2 More than needed surely? Edited Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexbelowsound Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 Just now, Deisler123 said: Edited I'm only messing. I forgot it was a translation from a forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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