Maradona10 Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 Cook was also behind the Tevez poster, which cost about £1000 and garnered world wide media coverage, mostly positive. I'd say that was pretty good marketing. Not sure how our 3rd in command is responsible for the Hughes situation, but fair enough. Clutching at straws here mate? He sticks up a poster for a £1000 and he's a great CEO? I'd love to see the City accounts, but hey if you think he's doing a great job then so be it, but i'd say you could stick any CEO in that role where money is no object and see how he'd do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 You know, I should really stop defending Villa fans to others. You guys are rapidly becoming scousers. Boo hoo. Go have a look at your own back garden ie Blue Moon before insulting anyone elses intelligence. If you don't like it then disable your account or something. I have to laugh at your absolute arrogance - coming onto another clubs forum with your condescending tripe. I like how you think that "scousers" is a synonym for "stupid". Speaking of laughing, how's that whole "we'll finish above you" stuff that your guys were coming out with on BM working out for you? Not too well actually, much like your 'qualifying for Champions League on a £500m budget' or 'winning a trophy' ambitions. DOn't dispare though, maybe it'll only take £1bn to get into the top 4, Might only take a few billion to actually win something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gingerlad Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 Man City fan comes on here to plead his club and fans aren't rocket polishers and in doing so makes himself look like a rocket polisher. Hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanvilla_1994 Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 You know, I should really stop defending Villa fans to others. You guys are rapidly becoming scousers. Boo hoo. Go have a look at your own back garden ie Blue Moon before insulting anyone elses intelligence. If you don't like it then disable your account or something. I have to laugh at your absolute arrogance - coming onto another clubs forum with your condescending tripe. I like how you think that "scousers" is a synonym for "stupid". Speaking of laughing, how's that whole "we'll finish above you" stuff that your guys were coming out with on BM working out for you? You city fans are hilarious, get a bit of money and your all billy big bollux. it must be dark being a city fan knowing that you are and always will be in United's shadow, 500 million can't even buy you lot a trophy, let alone class. as far as i'm concerned there is only 1 big club in manchester and heres a hint: they don't wear blue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shillzz Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 I've read Blue Moon a few times, mainly out of curiosity, and the level of moderation on there is pretty non-existant. It looks fairly flashy, but the drivel which gets posted on there is pitched at a sub-adult level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenBlue Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 Blue Moon is nice, though. It doesn't merge everything into 100+ page topics like most football sites. Villa fans are alright on the whole. It is understandable that some of them hate us because we took their players. Although I must say, the price we paid for them is well in excess of their market value, so I don't feel too bad. Lerner could have easily strengthened the squad with some foreign purchases. Was really surprised when you didn't buy someone like Asamoah Gyan or Gervinho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carew_villa Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 But the thing is we didn't have a manager at the time And I think Gyan was overpriced. Would never pay £13 million for him. Not that great at all. Just a decent world cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenBlue Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 Yeah, he was priced high but my judgment is impaired by Mansour's money. :winkold: After watching Villa several times, it looks like a position you need. I never saw a reason why Villa couldn't have pulled a Tottenham and became a top 4 or 5 club. You have a larger capacity stadium in a second city and good financial support from Lerner. At one time your resources were better than Wenger's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 It was used poorly by the previous manager imo, people will refuse to acknowledge it as he got top 6 for us but our squad is somewhat old and most are past it and some are happy to sit and do nothing and get £££ - habib beye, carew, heskey are all old, warnock is a liabilty, sidwell is poor and should never have signed, salifou and osbourne are poor signings. Way too many average signings and short term solutions (for example age on heskey is 32) hopefully these players will get us through this season, some will get us through till Jan with replacements in.. just got to see how it pans out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fran_villa Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 It was used poorly by the previous manager imo, people will refuse to acknowledge it as he got top 6 for us but our squad is somewhat old and most are past it and some are happy to sit and do nothing and get £££ - habib beye, carew, heskey are all old, warnock is a liabilty, sidwell is poor and should never have signed, salifou and osbourne are poor signings. Way too many average signings and short term solutions (for example age on heskey is 32) hopefully these players will get us through this season, some will get us through till Jan with replacements in.. just got to see how it pans out. osbourne is a youth setup player,a shite one at that but mon didnt buy him,the rest you are right about though lazy money hungery bastards..Man City fans will know all about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssexVilla Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 Blue Moon is nice, though. It doesn't merge everything into 100+ page topics like most football sites. Villa fans are alright on the whole. It is understandable that some of them hate us because we took their players. Although I must say, the price we paid for them is well in excess of their market value, so I don't feel too bad. Lerner could have easily strengthened the squad with some foreign purchases. Was really surprised when you didn't buy someone like Asamoah Gyan or Gervinho. You overpaid for Barry definitely but I'd definitely maintain that in the current market Milner is a £25m centre midfielder. Just Mancini plays him out wide where he is an average player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenBlue Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 Blue Moon is nice, though. It doesn't merge everything into 100+ page topics like most football sites. Villa fans are alright on the whole. It is understandable that some of them hate us because we took their players. Although I must say, the price we paid for them is well in excess of their market value, so I don't feel too bad. Lerner could have easily strengthened the squad with some foreign purchases. Was really surprised when you didn't buy someone like Asamoah Gyan or Gervinho. You overpaid for Barry definitely but I'd definitely maintain that in the current market Milner is a £25m centre midfielder. Just Mancini plays him out wide where he is an average player. Yes. The quality is there, but he's being wasted out of position. He will come good if he gets a chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 It was used poorly by the previous manager imo, people will refuse to acknowledge it as he got top 6 for us but our squad is somewhat old and most are past it and some are happy to sit and do nothing and get £££ - habib beye, carew, heskey are all old, warnock is a liabilty, sidwell is poor and should never have signed, salifou and osbourne are poor signings. Way too many average signings and short term solutions (for example age on heskey is 32) hopefully these players will get us through this season, some will get us through till Jan with replacements in.. just got to see how it pans out. osbourne is a youth setup player,a shite one at that but mon didnt buy him,the rest you are right about though lazy money hungery bastards..Man City fans will know all about that. oh my bad didn't know that about Osbourne.. you get the idea though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damocles Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 Man City fan comes on here to plead his club and fans aren't rocket polishers and in doing so makes himself look like a rocket polisher. Hilarious. Not really, I got bored of trying to argue on a logical level, so thought I'd throw out a thinly veiled insult for a change. Anyway, we at BM do moderate very loosely and it is a purposeful decision, we like the anarchy of it all. We get idiots, geniuses and everywhere in between. I would argue the opposite; I think we overpaid for Milner certainly but not for Barry. He's been a lynchpin in our team since arriving. He's one of those players who doesn't look like he is doing much, but seems to do very simple jobs better than anyone else we have. Milner's played CM for the last few games and has done well. He was put on the wing because Kolarov was injured and we needed someone who could cover Zab defensively, which Milner did well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 Barry is fat and useless. You mentioned he's one of those players who doesn't look like he does much but does the simple jobs well - you just described Stan Petrov there. I know which of the two I'd rather have in my midfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 Tevez handed in transfer request, lolz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Dogg Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 Oh the drama. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 LOL, balotelli won't last long either imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted December 11, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted December 11, 2010 What, really? Tevez has handed a transfer request in? hahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 Lot easier to get a flight home from Madrid than from Manchester Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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