KentVillan Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 9 minutes ago, villalad21 said: Why did he say the long term goal is 6th 7th 8th? Dean Smith clearly said after the promotion that we're aiming for 1st. That's not what he meant. A lot of people are tipping us for relegation or a 17th place finish. His point was that the Big 6 currently have financial resources at their disposal which dwarf ours, but we can target 6th/7th/8th in the near future, and then kick on from there. That doesn't contradict Smith's view that we aim to get 3 points from every single match. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 1 minute ago, KentVillan said: His point was that the Big 6 currently have financial resources at their disposal which dwarf ours Except Arsenal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentVillan Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 1 minute ago, villalad21 said: Except Arsenal Look at their accumulated spend over the last 5 seasons, and their wage bill. We won't catch up with that in one transfer window. Anyway, nobody is saying that the Big 6 teams can't have bad seasons. At least one of Arsenal, Chelsea, Man Utd will have a bad year this season, and probably get caught by Leicester, Wolves or Everton. Doesn't change the overall maths, which is that the established Champions League and Europa League clubs are wielding different financial resources from us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avfc1982am Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 56 minutes ago, villalad21 said: Why did he say the long term goal is 6th 7th 8th? Dean Smith clearly said after the promotion that we're aiming for 1st. I think he said something along the lines of that's where we are aiming to get back to and then push on from there. That's how I heard it in truth. No way are these not going to want European football. If we stay up this season and next we can then build a more exclusive team just adding higher quality as we go in lesser numbers. This season was always going to be about personnel in numbers and stability. I think even staying up we will be looking at squad building for the next 2 years before we can really start to push on. Rome in a day and all that malarkey. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted July 18, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted July 18, 2019 1 hour ago, villalad21 said: Why did he say the long term goal is 6th 7th 8th? Dean Smith clearly said after the promotion that we're aiming for 1st. He didn’t. He said the first step is to establish ourselves as the 6th/7th/8th team in the premier league and THEN outperform that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 (edited) Full recording of Purslow's interview at the bottom of the following link... ' We have the full recording of Christian Purslow’s Q&A Session. ' Under A Gaslit Lamp Edited July 18, 2019 by useless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 1 hour ago, avfc1982am said: I think he said something along the lines of that's where we are aiming to get back to and then push on from there. That's how I heard it in truth. No way are these not going to want European football. If we stay up this season and next we can then build a more exclusive team just adding higher quality as we go in lesser numbers. This season was always going to be about personnel in numbers and stability. I think even staying up we will be looking at squad building for the next 2 years before we can really start to push on. Rome in a day and all that malarkey. He said we want to be 8, 9th, 10, and then BETTER than achievement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avfc1982am Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 1 hour ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: He said we want to be 8, 9th, 10, and then BETTER than achievement. You've lost me dude?! That's what I said virtually. I didn't quote him though. "he said something along the lines of that's where we are aiming to get back to and then push on from there". Isn't pushing on, bettering? European football is a 6th place and upward finish which would be better than 8,9 or 10th?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted July 18, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted July 18, 2019 A rich wit slurps on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 1 hour ago, avfc1982am said: You've lost me dude?! That's what I said virtually. I didn't quote him though. "he said something along the lines of that's where we are aiming to get back to and then push on from there". Isn't pushing on, bettering? European football is a 6th place and upward finish which would be better than 8,9 or 10th?! I was backing up your post, not opposing it 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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NIVillan Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 18 hours ago, Vive_La_Villa said: He’s still the one that recruited Wyness. Madness! Xia judgement is dodgy but I dont feel he came in with bad intentions like say the Bolton Owner and strip the club. Wyness I never trusted. We have good (and Capable - See Lerner Good Intentions crap execution) people running AND Owning our club now, with the best intentions for our Club, Respect the History of the Club but want to push forward and create their own history. Last Time I think this all synced up was pre 1940! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted July 19, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted July 19, 2019 16 hours ago, villalad21 said: Except Arsenal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 Just listened to the American q+a, such an engaging articulate man. Really sounds our club is in good hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avfc1982am Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 My apologies if this has already been posted. Audio podcast with Purslow. https://anchor.fm/underagaslitlamp/episodes/Gather-Round-The-Lamp-15---Christian-Purslow-QA-e4lfls 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villan4Life Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 (edited) Purslow being interviewed on sky sports news in three mins time at 7:30pm get it on villa talk to see what he is saying. UTV Edited August 12, 2019 by Villan4Life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted August 12, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted August 12, 2019 (edited) He talks very well. Though this whole segment is very cringe. Edited August 12, 2019 by PieFacE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 I don’t think I’ve ever seen a ceo on sky sports news for a general chat before. It seems a bit random. Maybe I just never noticed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted August 12, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted August 12, 2019 Missed it, anyway I can watch it again or see on YouTube? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 What did he say? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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