nick76 Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 23 hours ago, messi11 said: Embarrassing post. We're the 1996 Coca Cola Cup winners! We're massive. and Intertoto Cup Winners 2001 and 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 Don’t forget the Peace Cup! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 On 18/02/2022 at 21:28, Xela said: We've been mid-table once in a decade. Mid table mediocrity was hitting the heights for us after the rollercoaster ride in recent years! The amount of times I needed to say this over the last few years. Midtable is exactly where we should be at the moment. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vreitti Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 1 hour ago, Ingram85 said: Don’t forget the Peace Cup! John Terry wont ever, that's for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdulaziz1 Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 Midtable is great to make the team progress and adapt to what the manager wants. It’s also a chance to play youngsters. We need some points to secure safety and then start using the whole squad the is left. Next season we’ll definitely see some new start lineups. Probably 5-6 changes. We also need to start selling who we don’t need or have a great value which we plan to replace anyway. We’ll need to give Sanson a proper run, Carney some starts, even the fullback and the DM who I can’t remember their names. All of those need to play and show what they can do. We’re still in a building process. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 (edited) Given our recent form I would be grateful for a mid table finish. We have only done that once in the top flight in the last 10 years. Oh that is what everyone else is saying. Nothing to see hear, move on. Edited February 21, 2022 by The Fun Factory 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted February 22, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted February 22, 2022 (edited) On 20/02/2022 at 11:45, vreitti said: John Terry wont ever, that's for sure. Terry was nothing to do with Villa when we won the Peace Cup - MON was manager and Albrighton was in the youth team You're probably thinking of this That was "The Cup of Traditions" Edited February 22, 2022 by TheAuthority 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icarium Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 On 21/02/2022 at 06:01, abdulaziz1 said: Midtable is great to make the team progress and adapt to what the manager wants. It’s also a chance to play youngsters. We need some points to secure safety and then start using the whole squad the is left. Next season we’ll definitely see some new start lineups. Probably 5-6 changes. We also need to start selling who we don’t need or have a great value which we plan to replace anyway. We’ll need to give Sanson a proper run, Carney some starts, even the fullback and the DM who I can’t remember their names. All of those need to play and show what they can do. We’re still in a building process. Ashley Young? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakemineVanilla Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 I'm afraid that Villa missed the boat in the years before membership of the Premier League started to be based on a franchise for the top clubs, who monopolise the money, and are virtually guaranteed never to be relegated. Potential gatecrashers are sent on an enervating tour of obscure parts of Europe, to ensure their resources are stretched to the limit. This protectionist ringfencing is known as the Europa League. Mid-table is actually bottom of the little league within a league, which consists of the top four plucky losers. No club of moderate size even pretends they can break into the crème de la crème: the top half is the best they can hope for. At present Villa's aspiration is to actually achieve the status of midtable mediocrity, and if they achieve it, a big club will buy the team's players who got them there. Mediocre? Don't I just wish! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamburglar Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 1 hour ago, MakemineVanilla said: I'm afraid that Villa missed the boat in the years before membership of the Premier League started to be based on a franchise for the top clubs, who monopolise the money, and are virtually guaranteed never to be relegated. Potential gatecrashers are sent on an enervating tour of obscure parts of Europe, to ensure their resources are stretched to the limit. This protectionist ringfencing is known as the Europa League. Mid-table is actually bottom of the little league within a league, which consists of the top four plucky losers. No club of moderate size even pretends they can break into the crème de la crème: the top half is the best they can hope for. At present Villa's aspiration is to actually achieve the status of midtable mediocrity, and if they achieve it, a big club will buy the team's players who got them there. Mediocre? Don't I just wish! Ain’t life great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bielesibub Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 On 20/02/2022 at 17:54, DCJonah said: Midtable is exactly where we should be at the moment. Midtable? I dream of mid table, luxury. (obviously in the style of the four yorkshire men by Monty Python) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 This football malarkey is futile... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 On 18/02/2022 at 21:28, Xela said: We've been mid-table once in a decade. Mid table mediocrity was hitting the heights for us after the rollercoaster ride in recent years! Fans have forgotten the last decade it seems. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 I wouldn't even say were a solid midtable side. Were struggling to get in the top 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted February 22, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted February 22, 2022 14 minutes ago, AshVilla said: I wouldn't even say were a solid midtable side. Were struggling to get in the top 10. 400 million to get there as well 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 The title of this thread sounds like a lost The Fall track. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 Teams/clubs feature in league tables for a reason, and usually you finish, where you deserve to. The top teams get more things right than the rest and midtable teams get some things right and not other things right. Spending big obviously helps, but its not the only piece of criteria.....The top teams have more drive and determination, they don't settle for excuses...They have a relentless pursuit of betterment. They don't land at the top by chance, its by design. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marka Ragnos Posted February 26, 2022 Author VT Supporter Share Posted February 26, 2022 On 23/02/2022 at 03:59, The Fun Factory said: The title of this thread sounds like a lost The Fall track. One of my favorite bands. RIP Mark E. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marka Ragnos Posted February 26, 2022 Author VT Supporter Share Posted February 26, 2022 On 24/02/2022 at 12:09, TRO said: Teams/clubs feature in league tables for a reason, and usually you finish, where you deserve to. … … They don't land at the top by chance, its by design. Well said. I guess my underlying concern is that once we’re in the middle, we almost instantly get complacent. We don’t believe we really merit even middle-tableness, we cut the fuel to the engine, and thus it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy? Something like that? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 19 hours ago, Marka Ragnos said: Well said. I guess my underlying concern is that once we’re in the middle, we almost instantly get complacent. We don’t believe we really merit even middle-tableness, we cut the fuel to the engine, and thus it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy? Something like that? I don't think our owners will settle for that......and they have just appointed a manager, who won't either. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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