villa4europe Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Baggies would need the next 5-10 years of being a progressive, good, maybe even top 10 and doing well in the cups team before they'd be anywhere near what we are, fortunately they aren't...new owner same old happy to be here existence by the looks of it, they're a horrible anti football club that aren't going to expand beyond their Sandwell stronghold can tell you one thing too, they've got nothing in the way of organisation about them, knock the lions clubs if you want but they're taking 500+ fans to every game for us, baggies fans in kiddy can either drive themselves or take the official travel, there's more of them in kiddy but I'd say more of us are going to games imho even trying to take the c&b specs off there isn't a measuring stick going right now that you could use to say they're bigger than us, next year they'll have income thanks to the tv money but even our sponsorship revenue is higher than theirs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 7 hours ago, VillaChris said: Decent player, can nick goals etc...but Pulis always signs these creative free spirited types and then dumps them onto the bench when he finds out they struggle to fit into his rigid 4-4-2. I remember Stoke fans were really excited about signing Tuncay, doubt he got 10 games for Stoke under Pulis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 I'm surprised some of you took me seriously. Of course it's no contest between the two clubs,never has been and never will be. I never used to mind them when I was a tad younger but I can't stand them now and it's down to their horrid little annoying fans. Not many of them in Rugeley, in fact there are way more Leeds fans than there are baggies. I find their fans to be arrogant and for what they have got to be arrogant about I don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 I think Chadli is a superb buy though. Underrated player. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Platt Posted August 29, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted August 29, 2016 3 minutes ago, Rugeley Villa said: I'm surprised some of you took me seriously. Of course it's no contest between the two clubs,never has been and never will be. I never used to mind them when I was a tad younger but I can't stand them now and it's down to their horrid little annoying fans. Not many of them in Rugeley, in fact there are way more Leeds fans than there are baggies. I find their fans to be arrogant and for what they have got to be arrogant about I don't know. Obviously you were joking but out of curiosity where you are from who would you say is bigger Baggies or Wolves? I don't know any West Brom fans in South Brum or Wolves for that matter. Even at our lowest ebb we are still the biggest by far in the Midlands in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Wolves a bigger club by a mile in terms of fanbase imo...even in league one they were getting 20k regularly. West Brom wouldn't get that in the champmionship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 (edited) 6 minutes ago, S-Platt said: Obviously you were joking but out of curiosity where you are from who would you say is bigger Baggies or Wolves? I don't know any West Brom fans in South Brum or Wolves for that matter. Even at our lowest ebb we are still the biggest by far in the Midlands in my opinion. Wolves by a mile. Rugeley is a big wolves/villa town. Wolves are a big club imo, not in our league but easily the bigger club out of them and west brom. The baggies are not a small club by no means and have a pretty rich history but they are not what you call a big club. When you go to molinuex you sense that it's a big club but you never get that same feeling going to the hawthorns. Edited August 29, 2016 by Rugeley Villa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 One thing I will say though is that when I've worked in West Bromwich which I have a few times you don't see many other shirts apart from west brom. I've seen the odd villa shirt but that's about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 3 hours ago, Rugeley Villa said: They are mate. Bigger Fanbase and they are a prem team. Us as villa fans are deluded if we think we are a bigger club than the baggies. Bigger fanbase sorry mate but that isn't true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 29 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: Bigger fanbase sorry mate but that isn't true I was on the wind up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 4 hours ago, Rugeley Villa said: One thing I will say though is that when I've worked in West Bromwich which I have a few times you don't see many other shirts apart from west brom. I've seen the odd villa shirt but that's about it. I'll say a racial stereotype but true in my experience, west brom has a high Asian community and therefore a lot of people from west brom are either Utd or Liverpool fans 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 6 hours ago, mikeyp102 said: I'll say a racial stereotype but true in my experience, west brom has a high Asian community and therefore a lot of people from west brom are either Utd or Liverpool fans Your probably right, but I'd say the West Midlands in general is like that. With a Asian population of around 250.000 in Birmingham I'd bet the bigger clubs are more popular than villa are among them. Are we even the best supported club in Aston? Back to the point of what I said in previous post and I do seem to see a lot of people wearing west brom tops around west brom which is not that strange in itself. Same when I've worked up Stoke, I don't see many other shirts apart from Stoke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One For The Road Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 14 minutes ago, Rugeley Villa said: Your probably right, but I'd say the West Midlands in general is like that. With a Asian population of around 250.000 in Birmingham I'd bet the bigger clubs are more popular than villa are among them. Are we even the best supported club in Aston? Back to the point of what I said in previous post and I do seem to see a lot of people wearing west brom tops around west brom which is not that strange in itself. Same when I've worked up Stoke, I don't see many other shirts apart from Stoke. Growing up as I did, in Aston, I can tell you that back in the 80's the vast majority of kids around there were Asians who 'supported' Liverpool. In the 90's they all miraculously became Man United 'supporters'. I've always said that Newcastles low Asian population is one of the reasons why they get such big gates. For some reason, most Asians and Africans only follow the big clubs. Shame. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 9 hours ago, One For The Road said: Growing up as I did, in Aston, I can tell you that back in the 80's the vast majority of kids around there were Asians who 'supported' Liverpool. In the 90's they all miraculously became Man United 'supporters'. I've always said that Newcastles low Asian population is one of the reasons why they get such big gates. For some reason, most Asians and Africans only follow the big clubs. Shame. Bang on about the Newcastle comment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 (edited) 10 hours ago, One For The Road said: Growing up as I did, in Aston, I can tell you that back in the 80's the vast majority of kids around there were Asians who 'supported' Liverpool. In the 90's they all miraculously became Man United 'supporters'. I've always said that Newcastles low Asian population is one of the reasons why they get such big gates. For some reason, most Asians and Africans only follow the big clubs. Shame. Very true. I have played football with a lot of Asian lads in my time and still do. I have only ever known one of them be a Villa fan. Tottenham, Man United and Liverpool all the way. Edited August 30, 2016 by rodders0223 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Apparently about to bud 32m for ighalo . Bonkers totally bonkers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 7 minutes ago, Richard said: Apparently about to bud 32m for ighalo . Bonkers totally bonkers Shows how crazy the market is, never worth that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Pretty sure Watford have already turned down bids for him in that region, would be very surprised if he ended up at West Bromwich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PompeyVillan Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Well, if he continues to score at the rate he has done so far, it's market value. We've just paid £15 for a half decent championship striker, nothing exceptional. The market is inflated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Their striker hunt is becoming desperate, might even have to use Berahino at some point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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