Panto_Villan Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 5 minutes ago, Wainy316 said: Edit: okay that didn't work I'm just enjoying browsing that old thread again. That's enough to get a like out of me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwi1890 Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 24 minutes ago, HKP90 said: Some of our owners over the years have made Donald Trump look like a genius businessman. That was sort of my point though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKP90 Posted May 7, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted May 7, 2021 3 minutes ago, gwi1890 said: That was sort of my point though Yeah but saying Xia was the worst owner we’ve ever had, when we’ve had a bunch of awful owners is a bold…. Never mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKP90 Posted May 7, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted May 7, 2021 23 minutes ago, Wainy316 said: But only one very very nearly put us completely out of business. Fair point. I suppose there is a reasonable case on those grounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwi1890 Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 Just now, HKP90 said: Yeah but saying Xia was the worst owner we’ve ever had, when we’ve had a bunch of awful owners is a bold…. Never mind. Not really, it got to the point that Villa would cease to exist with him and I did say the others where bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKP90 Posted May 7, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted May 7, 2021 Since we had badge changes under Lerner, and i think Xia, although it might of been a smidge before he took over, and we’re talking about how cack they both were as owners, should we think about a change under NSWE? I for one don’t like our current crest. I think it’s too simplistic, and the colour is too light. Like baby puke. I would like some claret in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 6 minutes ago, HKP90 said: Since we had badge changes under Lerner, and i think Xia, although it might of been a smidge before he took over, and we’re talking about how cack they both were as owners, should we think about a change under NSWE? I for one don’t like our current crest. I think it’s too simplistic, and the colour is too light. Like baby puke. I would like some claret in there. Someone somewhere will be able to explain how new badges are created with print and media and formatting in mind, my really basic understanding of it is it can be put on a pin head or the moon and nothing changes or blurs or anything, results in the newer badges looking more simplistic, less colours and design, it's why you can make an argument for juves new badge actually being genius Long story short those of us wanting a return to old badges (me included, I want the round one back) are going to be left bitterly disappointed when it does eventually change again but it actually moves further away from what we all think a badge should be 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKP90 Posted May 7, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted May 7, 2021 7 minutes ago, villa4europe said: Someone somewhere will be able to explain how new badges are created with print and media and formatting in mind, my really basic understanding of it is it can be put on a pin head or the moon and nothing changes or blurs or anything, results in the newer badges looking more simplistic, less colours and design, it's why you can make an argument for juves new badge actually being genius Long story short those of us wanting a return to old badges (me included, I want the round one back) are going to be left bitterly disappointed when it does eventually change again but it actually moves further away from what we all think a badge should be Yeah I hate most of Juve’s new branding, although I take your point. My fave is also the roundel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 Nii Lamptey, Sasa Curcic and Fabio Ferraresi would all become top players with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 1 hour ago, villa4europe said: Someone somewhere will be able to explain how new badges are created with print and media and formatting in mind, my really basic understanding of it is it can be put on a pin head or the moon and nothing changes or blurs or anything, results in the newer badges looking more simplistic, less colours and design, it's why you can make an argument for juves new badge actually being genius Long story short those of us wanting a return to old badges (me included, I want the round one back) are going to be left bitterly disappointed when it does eventually change again but it actually moves further away from what we all think a badge should be Yep, not necessary genius just good design practice. Think about the badge on the size of an app on your phone, and whether ‘ASTON VILLA FOOTBALL CLUB - PREPARED’ around a circle with intricate design would be legible and look good at that scale. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, villa4europe said: The thing with xia is that he had this urban planning degree or whatever from harvard, he was making noises about wanting to get involved with the commonwealth games and taking over the athletes village afterwards (which now isn't being built) we had the HS2 stuff in our doorstep, he was coming up with all these infrastructure plans, the city at the time were kicking off the next phase of the big plan and looking for huge sums of investment, they'd just signed over the city's biggest ever housing development to a Chinese company, baggies, wolves and blues also had Chinese owners... I bought in to something really big coming not just to villa but that they were eying up development growth in the region as a whole True. But also the thing with Xia is everything he said was a lie. Edited May 7, 2021 by The Fun Factory 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonesy7211 Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 36 minutes ago, Wainy316 said: Nii Lamptey, Sasa Curcic and Fabio Ferraresi would all become top players with us. As a Champ Man lover, Nii Lamptey was the most excited I'd ever been about a signing. I even had his name on my shirt for my 13th Birthday in 94. Gutted it never worked out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bose Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 Overrating nearly every youth prospect we’ve had. Thought Delfouneso and Luke Moore would go on to play for England. Thought Ciaran Clark would be our captain and our own John Terry. Rated Barry Bannan highly. And more. Since then I’m trying to tempt my expectations for the youngsters. So I’m trying to not get overexcited, even by the likes of Carney C and Barry. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mic09 Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 I said I'd eat a hat if Delph was to leave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 On the even of the 2015/16 season I predicted that a team would come from nowhere and win the league and that it would be one of the biggest sporting shocks in recent memory, the two teams that I thought might do it, were Leicester and Villa, embarrassingly out of the two I chose Villa to win the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkLillis Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 3 hours ago, The Fun Factory said: Three league wins, 3 wins all season! So the next time we moan about things are not going our way just remember 15-16. The horror, the horror..... I know Albion fans that are proud they haven’t been “as shit as the Villa were,when they went down” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 23 minutes ago, Mic09 said: I said I'd eat a hat if Delph was to leave. did you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 Oh God, loads of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted May 7, 2021 Moderator Share Posted May 7, 2021 I remember meeting Tom Fox and thinking "Finally! We're in good hands here." 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weedman Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 I was so confident that Solano would stay that I went a bought a shirt with his name on the back, he left a week later and I spent a season being ridiculed by everyone around me at VP. In hindsight I should have just bought a new shirt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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