Zatman Posted December 16, 2017 Author Share Posted December 16, 2017 1 minute ago, bobzy said: More passes than any other Man City player - and third best accuracy behind Gundogan and Otamendi. Not bad for "poor". Talking about his time at Villa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 2 hours ago, Zatman said: Talking about his time at Villa Playng in a poor team he was the one that made us tick. But hes playing with wonderful footballers under a brilliant manager now. I just cant believe how good De Bruyne is. Best midfield player in the world now for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted December 18, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted December 18, 2017 They're quite good aren't they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaJ100 Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 (edited) With regards to their takeover, was there any specific reason for it other than they were available? If Lerner never bought villa you could look at it like - Reasons to buy city: Built in rivalry with one of the biggest clubs in the world Relatively cheap Biggish fan base New stadium Reasons to buy villa: Scope to create new stadium with own mark on it Massive history, one of most successful clubs still despite having most success in victorian period Huge fanbase, massive potential down M5 corridor, good transport links Clearly defined biggest club in the 2nd city Cheap to buy Great academy and training facilities At the time well established founder member of prem No debt due to tight old biffer running the club Or was the city deal for other reasons, ie the sheiks specifically wanted city and would have bought them even in the championship? Edited December 18, 2017 by VillaJ100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 Utd was the main one for me, instantly marketable in every corner of the world, they went global straight away stadium and price factored in too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted December 18, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted December 18, 2017 Collymore retweeted this article about the owners of Man City. It's long and I haven't finished ploughing through it yet. Not the nicest guys to be owned by if it's all true. Quote I have had an idea for the opening scene of Amazon Prime’s in-production fly-on-the-wall documentary about Manchester City’s 2017/2018 season. It begins with a sombre warning from a US TV news reporter from 2009: “A reminder that what you are about to see is extremely violent and disturbing.” Then an ominous pause followed by some menacing music as they introduce the grainy footage of Sheikh Issa bin Zayed Al Nahyan using a cattle prod on a former business partner who is being held down by police officer somewhere in the desert outside Abu Dhabi. The menacing music gives way to the sound of Manchester City supporters hailing their owner Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan — Sheikh Issa’s brother — to the tune of kumbaya. “Sheikh Mansour m’lord, Sheikh Mansour,” roars the crowd as we see Issa beating the man with a board with a nail protruding from it, pouring salt into his wounds, electrocuting him, and setting him on fire. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 18, 2017 Author Share Posted December 18, 2017 Did they also get a free stadium? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaJ100 Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 To be honest I don't think the average football fan cares about what who owns them gets up to as long as the team is successful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 '. . . as we see Issa beating the man with a board with a nail protruding from it, pouring salt into his wounds, electrocuting him, and setting him on fire.' They should be familiar with it in Manchester from Joey Barton's nights out. Spoiler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 19, 2017 Author Share Posted December 19, 2017 He might be shit in normal play but Bravo penalty shoot-out record is very good. He won a number of important games for Chile over the years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Justice was done there. That was never a **** penalty for the equaliser. Shocking ref. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubbs Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 Insanely jealous of them. To think where we were when they got taken over and looking at it all now Even if we got promoted this season I don't think Dr Tony currently has anything like the required infrastructure in place to do anything other than survive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 On 12/18/2017 at 08:47, VillaJ100 said: With regards to their takeover, was there any specific reason for it other than they were available? If Lerner never bought villa you could look at it like - Reasons to buy city: Built in rivalry with one of the biggest clubs in the world Relatively cheap Biggish fan base New stadium Reasons to buy villa: Scope to create new stadium with own mark on it Massive history, one of most successful clubs still despite having most success in victorian period Huge fanbase, massive potential down M5 corridor, good transport links Clearly defined biggest club in the 2nd city Cheap to buy Great academy and training facilities At the time well established founder member of prem No debt due to tight old biffer running the club Or was the city deal for other reasons, ie the sheiks specifically wanted city and would have bought them even in the championship? It was a question of timing. At that stage we were only two years into Lerner's ownership after all and he was fully engaged at that point spending 40-50m a year (chicken feed to what City paid out but one of the biggest spenders in europe at the time). Man. City had been taken over by Thaksin Shinawatra but he had all the off the field stuff come up so had to sell the club as his assets were frozen. I would say the international success of Manchester United maybe caught their eye and seeing another team in the city with an excellent fanbase and good stadium convinced them they could do the same. And they have when I was very sceptical about it when they first took charge and started bidding for elite players. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 On 18/12/2017 at 18:32, VillaJ100 said: To be honest I don't think the average football fan cares about what who owns them gets up to as long as the team is successful. That's cos the average football fan is a thick word removed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 the owners dont make money from football and then start doing stuff like that, they make money from ties with hundreds of businesses that are ingrained within our country and our government i doubt anyone who drives a mercedes feels bad about the sheiks human rights record either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 On 12/18/2017 at 18:32, VillaJ100 said: To be honest I don't think the average football fan cares about what who owns them gets up to as long as the team is successful. You can say they same thing about the football authorities too, FA, UEFA, FIFA don't mind who you are as long as you bring your bags of cash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 On 20/12/2017 at 16:35, villa89 said: You can say they same thing about the football authorities too, FA, UEFA, FIFA don't mind who you are as long as you bring your bags of cash. Indeed, gangsters r us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Both Jesus and De Bruyne injured today, and their winning streak ended by Palace. Hopefully for them the injuries are not too serious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robtaylor200 Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Being a one eyed Villa fan, I don't normally bother with other teams. But today I was stuck out side KFC waiting for the meal to come to my car (Mrs T has massive hangover and refused to cook) I was listening to the commentary . Palace even had penalty saved 3 minutes to go. and injury in last minute. Fair play Palace and RH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 3 hours ago, sne said: Both Jesus and De Bruyne injured today, and their winning streak ended by Palace. Hopefully for them the injuries are not too serious. I thought the challenge on De Bruyne was shocking 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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