Dr_Pangloss Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 They've been linked with Agger and Reina already, those two would be top quality in the Championship. We're going to deliver big time this window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 1 hour ago, mikeyp102 said: But they need an entire new defence and probably midfield. It won't be that easy for them. Benitez got them organised end of the season at long last at the back, he has a proven record at drilling defences into shape. They have decent keepers at the club and Lascelles will be very good for them at that level, Mbemba will probably stay and that will be a powerful combination. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted May 26, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted May 26, 2016 34 minutes ago, Dr_Pangloss said: They've been linked with Agger and Reina already, those two would be top quality in the Championship. We're going to deliver big time this window. Is Gerrard going too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 I think Agger was on his last legs 5 years ago, lots of injuries and aged badly. Don't think he could handle the 3 times weekly Championship slog. Reina is (was?) Napoli's first choice isn't he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 1 hour ago, PieFacE said: Is Gerrard going too? I heard he is going to Celtic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 On 5/25/2016 at 07:51, VillaChris said: Not 100 points but they'll comfortably win the league. Mitrovic will comfortably score 15-20 goals imo so that's a good start. I'm sure a manager of his stature will attract some decent players. On 5/25/2016 at 08:05, Zatman said: not an issue for us, dont expect us to compete with them anyway and we should be looking for that 2nd automatic spot These posts are about where I am. I think they'll cruise the league. If we're run really well etc etc (all the stuff I've put in the Di Matteo thread) then we should be a decent bet for 2nd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 Rafas lost his highly rated assistant that could have a impact pending who he brings in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 43 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: Rafas lost his highly rated assistant that could have a impact pending who he brings in is he highly rated though? He just followed Rafa from his last 3 jobs and 1 of them was a failure and another was below par. Pako was much more highly sought after when he left Liverpool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 (edited) 8 hours ago, Zatman said: is he highly rated though? He just followed Rafa from his last 3 jobs and 1 of them was a failure and another was below par. Pako was much more highly sought after when he left Liverpool From what I heard he was very highly rated at Madrid we can only hope. Be interesting as anyone he brings outside wont have a clue about the players similar to RDM Edited June 2, 2016 by Demitri_C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 What would you rather have? - Mike Ashley as owner and Rafa as manager OR Tony Xia as owner and Di Matteo as manager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted June 2, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted June 2, 2016 Ashley and Rafa all day long. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted June 2, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted June 2, 2016 23 minutes ago, Jareth said: What would you rather have? - Mike Ashley as owner and Rafa as manager OR Tony Xia as owner and Di Matteo as manager It's basically impossible to say without knowing what Xia will be like. But at the moment I'd choose the former. But it won't take much from Xia for me to be swayed towards the latter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 57 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: It's basically impossible to say without knowing what Xia will be like. But at the moment I'd choose the former. But it won't take much from Xia for me to be swayed towards the latter. I was about to say this. We don't know what kind of owner Xia is, he could be brilliant or he could be a disaster. Too early to say. now if question was would you rather have ashley and rafa or lerner and RDM i think we all know what answer would be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Steve Clark(e?) now on board is tipping the see-saw for me towards our set-up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Rafa Benitez is a busted flush, even in the Championship. He won't see out the year, bookmark it kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted June 2, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted June 2, 2016 On 5/26/2016 at 03:30, Gary Thomas said: They have a good side but I wonder how they will cope with cold away games at Rotherham, Brentford, Preston etc. Why does everyone on VT think that gams are colder/wetter in the Championship? They are still played in England aren't they? Not particularly aimed at you Gary just an observation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Thomas Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 6 minutes ago, TheAuthority said: Why does everyone on VT think that gams are colder/wetter in the Championship? They are still played in England aren't they? Not particularly aimed at you Gary just an observation. Fair point. For me it's probably more about the smaller opposition and grounds. Benítez, for instance, has spent most of his managerial career at clubs like Madrid, Valencia, Inter, Liverpool and Chelsea. I just picture him standing at a Rotherham or Preston on a freezing cold wet Tuesday night thinking 'what the f**k am I doing here?' Can imagine some of their international players being the same. I am probably way off the mark, but that was what was behind my post. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 Anyone read this garbage? The identity of clubs relegated from the Premier League is always going to be of interest to supporters of Championship clubs but amongst the Aston Villa fans, there are some interesting takes on the coming season. The Birmingham Mail interviewed Howard Hodgson, a director of the Aston Villa Supporters Trust, after the fixtures were released and this is part of what he had to say: ‘Facing Championship fixtures for the first time in 29 years. A whole new, different challenge where the focus will be on Villa, as the biggest club in the division. I’d love to say automatic promotion like Graham Taylor managed in 1988 but without knowing how the squad is going to line up at this stage and witnessing what the club has been through in the last 6 seasons, I’d take play offs now, if it was on offer.’ The interview produced a reaction from other Aston Villa fans with comments including: ‘What exactly is meant by the headline that Villa are the biggest club in the Championship ? Physically and attendance wise, Villa are not the biggest club in the Championship, Newcastle win that one by a country mile and I will tell you this, Newcastle won’t be closing parts of the stadium, nor sacking half its ground staff either, they will as almost always, have near to and some games, capacity crowds. If we are talking about our Trophy Cabinet, you are correct, but having a bigger Trophy cabinet, does not make us a bigger club.’ ‘Newcastle are owned by Mike Ashley who also owns Sports Direct where everything is supposedly reduced by 70%. So, if you take 70% off their gates, we’re a bigger club.’ ‘Would you like to explain to me why you obviously think we are a bigger club than Newcastle, cos I’d love to further my education. I am Villa to the core and yes, to me Villa are the Heart and Soul of my footballing life, but I am also a realist. We deserved exactly what we got and I like many others, am totally surprised it didn’t happen four or five seasons ago and for a very good reason, we have not been a big club for many a year now, but this is a new beginning, perhaps one day soon, we can again shout it out, we are a big club, but until it happens, we aint.’ Talking about which club is the biggest always carries a significant risk of making you look childish but seen as he started it… Claiming to be the biggest club in the Championship is a bit of a strange one, not exactly something to be proud of when your club has made such a mess of things to end up there. So who is the ‘biggest’ then, for argument’s sake? A number of articles recently carried on The Mag, with comments/reaction from fans of Burton Albion, Fulham, Huddersfield Town & Reading, all certainly appear to make clear which team they were looking forward to playing the most this season and who they saw as the biggest draw…and it wasn’t Aston Villa. When it comes to success, neither club has won anything in the last 20 seasons so a but difficult to argue anything either way on that front. Newcastle will have more supporters than Aston Villa as usual (last season Newcastle averaged half as many again as Villa – 49k v 33k), NUFC have a bigger stadium, will have a bigger turnover, a bigger wage bill and hopefully…bigger points total. - See more at: http://www.themag.co.uk/2016/06/aston-villa-fans-worried-burden-biggest-club-championship-newcastle-united/#sthash.GvCbEbhB.dpuf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilS Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 Blimey this set of Newcastle fans (I won't band them all together), seem more obsessed and hate us more than the unmentionables down the road. This is the same website that copied and pasted a load of comments from our pre-match thread onto an article late last season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
007√ Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 On 5/26/2016 at 02:49, Dr_Pangloss said: They've been linked with Agger and Reina already, those two would be top quality in the Championship. We're going to deliver big time this window. Heard also, Alonso, Torres, Masherano and Hyypia (yes he's coming out of retirement), along with Gerrard are all being linked and will join him in the championship... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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