Grasshopper Posted October 8, 2016 Share Posted October 8, 2016 Hi Tony So is Pearson 1 of your 3? (Dyche & Bruce + Clark as back-up) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 5 hours ago, briny_ear said: @Peter_Withe Besides smashing them through the game,please ask em go to China to study what's the real modern high-speed rail&good service Hmm. So Villa fans are now being encouraged to contribute to Chinese government propaganda? I sort of resent that. If you do go to China be sure to wear a breathing mask to survive the abysmal air pollution. Tony, please concentrate on us winning some matches in the shit league we are in and forget about advocating China vs UK. Come on mate, how is a light hearted joke about late trains "Chinese government propaganda"? I mean how do you even arrive at that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 10 hours ago, Hughes said: Seriously? This thrump the Dr. Tony's tweets in terms of "embarrassing" every day and twice on Sunday. Please read back stuff you type before you post, this is just utterly stupid. IMO. Um, what does "thrump" mean, please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 6 hours ago, av1 said: Come on mate, how is a light hearted joke about late trains "Chinese government propaganda"? I mean how do you even arrive at that? Presumably by high speed train. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 I've got no problem with Tony's tweets, it's quite nice that he's got a sense of humour. The train banter is all to promote the charity match, which is a good cause. Football is supposed to be fun after all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 7 minutes ago, It's Your Round said: I've got no problem with Tony's tweets, it's quite nice that he's got a sense of humour. The train banter is all to promote the charity match, which is a good cause. Football is supposed to be fun after all. Not sure you are correct in terms of the train banter and promoting a charity match . in terms of the owner people are far too defensive of him 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ginko Posted October 9, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted October 9, 2016 1 hour ago, Richard said: Not sure you are correct in terms of the train banter and promoting a charity match . in terms of the owner people are far too defensive of him It's not defensive to stick up for a man who has done nothing but plough his money, time, effort and affection into the football club you support when he's accused of utterly ridiculous things like Chinese propaganda when it's clear he's just joining in on a bit of light banter. In fact I think people are well within their rights to be offended on his behalf at such a stupid and somewhat xenophobic claim. 29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post StefanAVFC Posted October 10, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted October 10, 2016 Dr Tony's tweet was clearly a bit of banter. Making fun of Virgin. A bit of positive PR. Also promoting a charity match. People need to lighten the **** up. Chinese government propaganda? 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 Awful that our owner thinks nationalised chinese railways are better than Branson's expensive steam engines - communist brainwashing in its purest form. Thank god the biggest political party in Europe doesn't also think this, no wait... Tony what have you done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flynnchin84 Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 Dr. Tony XiaVerified account@Dr_TonyXia Being listed as 10crazy owners by an Italian!!!paper. I wasn't that crazy2spend millions2change a right one but'll do whatever good2the club He's getting crazy... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 thats a bizarre tweet, he cant handle tiny bit of criticism just like the Holloway tweet. even worse is I doubt many Villa fans have read this article (though they probably will now as he has highlighted it) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommo_b Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 Tweeting, it's the future of football chairmen, Tony is a trend setter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post brommy Posted October 10, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted October 10, 2016 18 minutes ago, Zatman said: thats a bizarre tweet, he cant handle tiny bit of criticism just like the Holloway tweet. even worse is I doubt many Villa fans have read this article (though they probably will now as he has highlighted it) Since when did commenting on something equate to not being able to handle criticism? Another case of over-dramatisation. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post It's Your Round Posted October 10, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted October 10, 2016 I take that tweet as he finds it funny, they know nothing about him yet have decided he's a crazy owner. Worthy of a laugh is in not? 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 4 minutes ago, It's Your Round said: I take that tweet as he finds it funny, they know nothing about him yet have decided he's a crazy owner. Worthy of a laugh is in not? That's how I read it too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 (edited) I like him more every day. He's put a boat load of money in, and got stuff all return. He's allowed people he accepts know more about football than him to find a list of acceptable candidates, and I will presume listen to any recommendations they have. He'll have to tweet some real guff for me to turn on him even if this manager goes wrong. He can't do a huge amount more. The next manager really has an open goal here. Look at our team, Jesus! If a manager comes in and wins 9 of his first 15 games, he'll be absolutely lauded. Edited October 10, 2016 by Tomaszk 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 Like him or not you can't ignore a manager who has 4 promotions on his CV - lives locally and has openly said he wants the job. If Dr Tony can find someone better then great. But clearly if he unveils some rookie - who goes on to great the predictable mediocre results - than we have to question Dr Tony's judgement. Lerner was an absent owner, who initially provided funds - his tenure was handicapped by a series of very poor appointments. Bruce has almost fallen into Xia's lap - if he rebuffs it for an other - we have to ask if we are any better off than the Lerner era ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted October 11, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted October 11, 2016 8 minutes ago, hippo said: Like him or not you can't ignore a manager who has 4 promotions on his CV - lives locally and has openly said he wants the job. If Dr Tony can find someone better then great. But clearly if he unveils some rookie - who goes on to great the predictable mediocre results - than we have to question Dr Tony's judgement. Lerner was an absent owner, who initially provided funds - his tenure was handicapped by a series of very poor appointments. Bruce has almost fallen into Xia's lap - if he rebuffs it for an other - we have to ask if we are any better off than the Lerner era ! What if he has a better option? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 Has light hearted banter on social media... ...gets called "embarrassing", "unable to handle criticism" and even "encourages the contribution to Chinese government propaganda." **** me VT 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 3 minutes ago, Nigel said: What if he has a better option? Thats as I said - he has a Dyche or a better manager then great. But this could be similar to when we held onto Sherwood, let Allardyce go to Sunderland then chose Remi Garde. I think the option he will turn to will be Clarke TBH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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