StefanAVFC Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 The Reading owner wants them to go bust as he stands to make money from it, or I read something similar. That if they go bust he makes no losses, but he can sell some of the assets for pure profit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenko#4 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 8 hours ago, StefanAVFC said: The Reading owner wants them to go bust as he stands to make money from it, or I read something similar. That if they go bust he makes no losses, but he can sell some of the assets for pure profit. He has previously been involved with two other clubs, one in China and one in Belgium. Guess what happened to both of them? Yep, they went bust….. How the ‘fit and proper’ guys let him get anywhere near Reading is a travesty. If you read his wiki page the writing has been on the wall at Reading since day one, he is an absolute crook. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 8 hours ago, StefanAVFC said: The Reading owner wants them to go bust as he stands to make money from it, or I read something similar. That if they go bust he makes no losses, but he can sell some of the assets for pure profit. He won't get the £250 million he put inot the club back, no where near? Apparently he needs to sell and wants to sell, but wants to recoup more money than the club is actually worth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Marc Overmars has got a one year worldwide FIFA ban for his behaviour towards women So his last team Antwerp(contains some ex Villa players) decided to put a banner up supporting him today. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 2 hours ago, Zatman said: Marc Overmars has got a one year worldwide FIFA ban for his behaviour towards women So his last team Antwerp(contains some ex Villa players) decided to put a banner up supporting him today. Good grief, that’s disgusting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 (edited) Emma mattress their new sponsor? I think WBA have something similar except you win a chance to go underneath the stands and try to fix the heating. Edited January 25 by villa89 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted January 26 VT Supporter Share Posted January 26 (edited) Last night I watched a Big Match Revisited. Villa v Leicester from our title winning season. Was a fascinating interview with Saunders afterwards who was annoyed with the TV people for raising the size of the players win bonus. There was quite a long conversation about how the players earned every penny of their enormous bonus. The interviewer persisted and a conversation took place about the morality of the eye watering amounts the payers got paid these days and how the average working man fan might feel about it The win bonus was £500. But Saunders was talking about how football was now an entertainment business and entertainers get paid a lot of money and so should footballers. He also said something along the lines of how important players contracts were now the most important tool and in his opinion things were only going to go one way. Seems he was a bit of a visionary. He also said an Aston Villa player thoroughly earns every penny they are paid. Just made me laugh a bit about the "eye watering" amounts those players were deemed to be earning. I think all of them still had to go get a "normal" job after they finished playing unless they made it into management or something. What would those journalists think of todays players becoming multi millionaires off a single contract and flying around in private jets? Edited January 26 by sidcow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 Never a red 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il_serpente Posted January 27 VT Supporter Share Posted January 27 1 hour ago, Kiwivillan said: Never a red Shoulder to shoulder. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 10 hours ago, Kiwivillan said: Never a red He probably thought it was one of the wet bandits 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 Actually feel bad for him as your man who made the first "tackle' with the most pitiful attempt to foul him. Didn't even attempt to just run with him. Lazy prick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 500 pounds to watch Inter Miami to play in Hong Kong today and Messi never left the bench and was advertised to play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted February 4 VT Supporter Share Posted February 4 20 minutes ago, Zatman said: 500 pounds to watch Inter Miami to play in Hong Kong today and Messi never left the bench and was advertised to play Saw something a few months back about their season ticket prices now. They’re utterly insane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HongKongVillan Posted February 4 VT Supporter Share Posted February 4 1 hour ago, Zatman said: 500 pounds to watch Inter Miami to play in Hong Kong today and Messi never left the bench and was advertised to play Yup it's all kicking off from all corners. But HK govt is getting alot of the blames, just given they are not exactly the most popular to an ordinary HK citizen. Beckham got booed at the end of the game as well, but doesn't seems like too much blame on him yet for pocketing millions, becos he is viewed as some footballing saints in HK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brommy Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 On 26/01/2024 at 15:20, sidcow said: Last night I watched a Big Match Revisited. Villa v Leicester from our title winning season. Was a fascinating interview with Saunders afterwards who was annoyed with the TV people for raising the size of the players win bonus. There was quite a long conversation about how the players earned every penny of their enormous bonus. The interviewer persisted and a conversation took place about the morality of the eye watering amounts the payers got paid these days and how the average working man fan might feel about it The win bonus was £500. But Saunders was talking about how football was now an entertainment business and entertainers get paid a lot of money and so should footballers. He also said something along the lines of how important players contracts were now the most important tool and in his opinion things were only going to go one way. Seems he was a bit of a visionary. He also said an Aston Villa player thoroughly earns every penny they are paid. Just made me laugh a bit about the "eye watering" amounts those players were deemed to be earning. I think all of them still had to go get a "normal" job after they finished playing unless they made it into management or something. What would those journalists think of todays players becoming multi millionaires off a single contract and flying around in private jets? In case some of the younger VTers are thinking 'Yeah but that was two lifetimes ago, a £500 bonus is probably tens of thousands in 'today's money' ', after accounting for UK inflation, £500 in 1981 is now worth £1845. That's probably just 2% of the average weekly wage of a Premier League starting player! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan95 Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 (edited) Angry fans in Hong Kong booed Inter Miami during a pre-season friendly after Lionel Messi did not play. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68199137 Edit - didn't see it had already been mentioned Edited February 5 by villan95 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 This Inter Miami scandal is getting better. China have cancelled 2 Argentina games that were scheduled to be played in China and Messi and Beckham are taking a battering 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 1 hour ago, Zatman said: This Inter Miami scandal is getting better. China have cancelled 2 Argentina games that were scheduled to be played in China and Messi and Beckham are taking a battering Lmao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 The state of the 2 penalties in the Luton vs SU game Who wants this shit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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