fightoffyour Posted May 16, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted May 16, 2012 Colney, our training ground, is a state of the art, International standard training facility, plus our acedemy is an A class one. That may well be, but unfortunately it's in Norwich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avfc443 Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 Colney, our training ground, is a state of the art, International standard training facility, plus our acedemy is an A class one. Sorry are we talking about the Norwich academy?? What players have they ever produced that now play in the premier league? And then lets look at the villa academy, which constantly is breeding players that play in the premiership. Take note champions league final on Saturday: Gary Cahill. A class my arse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnsonp Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 Where do you think we train, in a sandpit? Colney, our training ground, is a state of the art, International standard training facility, plus our acedemy is an A class one. Factor in the Norfolk lifestyle and we have a hell of lot to offer. Damn, I'm sounding desperate now. :bonk: I am a Suffolk boy. So I know you are lying! I went on holiday to norfolk for a week so I also know he is lying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted May 16, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted May 16, 2012 Let's face it, Birmingham is hardly the Riviera. I like Norfolk, nice quiet place. But maybe a football manager would prefer a big city, who knows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetrees Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 As a Villa fan with an enormous soft spot for the city of Norwich and its football club, there is no doubt that it is a marvellous place, and a marvellous, well run club, but.... ....from Paul Lambert's point of view, if he is to progress his career, the next step is to go and manage a so-called 'big club', such as Everton, Tottenham or Aston Villa. The newly styled 'mega clubs' of Manure, Chelsea, Arsenal, Man City seemingly prefer to appoint managers from overseas with exotic names and, in some cases, small experience, so the only way that a UK manager can even put themselves in the thoughts when such jobs come up is by showing good progress at an also-ran 'big club'. So it is straightforward. If Paul Lambert feels that the time has come to progress his career, Aston Villa represents the best opportunity at this time for him to perhaps move forward to even greater heights. It is also quite possible that it will be the only such opportunity for him in the next year or two, particularly if his star were to fade during a prolonged period at Norwich. If he is ambitious it is a no-brainer, and I expect him to sign on the dotted line within the next 48 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irreverentad Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 As a Villa fan with an enormous soft spot for the city of Norwich and its football club, there is no doubt that it is a marvellous place, and a marvellous, well run club, but.... ....from Paul Lambert's point of view, if he is to progress his career, the next step is to go and manage a so-called 'big club', such as Everton, Tottenham or Aston Villa. The newly styled 'mega clubs' of Manure, Chelsea, Arsenal, Man City seemingly prefer to appoint managers from overseas with exotic names and, in some cases, small experience, so the only way that a UK manager can even put themselves in the thoughts when such jobs come up is by showing good progress at an also-ran 'big club'. So it is straightforward. If Paul Lambert feels that the time has come to progress his career, Aston Villa represents the best opportunity at this time for him to perhaps move forward to even greater heights. It is also quite possible that it will be the only such opportunity for him in the next year or two, particularly if his star were to fade during a prolonged period at Norwich. If he is ambitious it is a no-brainer, and I expect him to sign on the dotted line within the next 48 hours. Is that when Randy is heading back to USA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetrees Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 If he is ambitious it is a no-brainer, and I expect him to sign on the dotted line within the next 48 hours. Is that when Randy is heading back to USA? No idea, and I doubt whether he knows at this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted May 16, 2012 Moderator Share Posted May 16, 2012 Whelan is talking the price up like the common market trader he is Except he's an ex-footballer whose never owned a market stall, he also donated £250,000 to your Tory PArty coffers at the last election Didnt Whelan basically bankrupt JJB single handedly? Nope, he sold them in 2007, they were financially solid when he sold them. He was under investigation for breaking stock market rules over the sale, though that was merely because he said he wasn't going to dispose of any further of his holding then sold the lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrackpotForeigner Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 SeanO may just be the first person ever to start a statement with "No disrespect to...but..." and then not actually show disrespect lol, I honestly didn't mean any disrespect but it may have come across that way so to our Norwich City fans I apologise if it did. I didn't think you showed disrespect, which was what I was getting at. A million times out of a million and one, that statement ends along the lines of "...but they are a teentsie, tiny, pokey little club and [insert city name] is a shithole, whereas [insert club name] is a huge club with history and a tradition of winning football." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Folski Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 Didnt Whelan basically bankrupt JJB single handedly? Nope, he sold them in 2007, they were financially solid when he sold them. He was under investigation for breaking stock market rules over the sale, though that was merely because he said he wasn't going to dispose of any further of his holding then sold the lot. "The year to 25 January 2009 has been anexceedingly difficult one for JJB Sports plc. A series of bad businessdecisions taken by former members of the executive management team and the worsening economic environment brought the Company dangerously close to insolvency." From that I assumed it was all DW's doing & the fact he wasnt mentioned in the 09 annual report bar naming sales of assets to his company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SikhInTrinity Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 Heard we are not in for Lambert, let me stress this is a rumour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 Heard we are not in for Lambert, let me stress this is a rumour. Source? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 Whelan is talking the price up like the common market trader he is Except he's an ex-footballer whose never owned a market stall, he also donated £250,000 to your Tory PArty coffers at the last electionNot sure that owning a market stall is a prerequisite to be referred to in the way I did for Whelan but hey ho. On the Tory bit, not sure what that has to do with the price of chips to be honest. Thought the political thread was in off topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irreverentad Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 If we aren't, we should be! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 Heard we are not in for Lambert, let me stress this is a rumour.As is ever the case in these situations there are rumours and counter rumours about everything. I heard we were in for him actually and were talking to Norwich this afternoon but as I say it is all rumour and counter rumour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 Did someone say Faulkner has gone to the US for 3 days Yet Lerner arrived in the uk today Do they communicate, or has there been a massive miscommunication here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSV Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 I heard my wife yell at me for being on this forum too often! Pure speculation at the moment. Mums sisters thing....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted May 16, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted May 16, 2012 I've heard a rumour that KSV's wife has yelled at him for being on this forum too often. Can't say where I heard it, but it's a very credible source. :!: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irreverentad Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 I've heard a rumour that KSV's wife has yelled at him for being on this forum too often. Can't say where I heard it, but it's a very credible source. :!: I can confirm this rumour as I am posting under the bed where she told me to hide! :winkold: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHV Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 Heard we are not in for Lambert, let me stress this is a rumour. Good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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