Vive_La_Villa Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 56 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: Footballs slowly dying anyways. City are going to be winning titles for the next 5-10 years now they have haaland. Once newcastle start becoming good and spending 200m a season it will be them. Its shit and im not loving the game anymore. I actually am glad seasons finishing so i can do other things witb my life for the next 3 months If it wasn’t City or Newcastle it would have been United, Liverpool and Arsenal year after year. Until Chelsea and city got billionaire owners only 3 teams had won the premier league and one of them is no longer in the league. Yes it’s shit now with city winning everything but let’s not pretend it was better before. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 24 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: If it wasn’t City or Newcastle it would have been United, Liverpool and Arsenal year after year. Until Chelsea and city got billionaire owners only 3 teams had won the premier league and one of them is no longer in the league. Yes it’s shit now with city winning everything but let’s not pretend it was better before. City have won 4 of the last 5 years though. We havent seen dominance like that since the fergie years. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 Money is of course no guarantee of success and it will be interesting if they sustain this form. We’ve seen teams struggle thereafter. Nothing is certain. The league is becoming more and more segmented in terms of the ceilings to brake. Even with they resources they might still struggle to crack it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moustache of Teale Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 I was reading on the Burnley forum about the poor behaviour in general of the Geordie fans at the game yesterday, and specifically how they took great delight in taunting the home fans on their relegation. Seems these spunk trumpets can dish it out but can’t take it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 Real Madrid are after Guimaraes (likely to make a move after the World Cup). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 The government did lobby for the Saudi buyout. Imagine my shock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 14 minutes ago, The_Steve said: The government did lobby for the Saudi buyout. Imagine my shock. I don't think Boris Johnson has ever knowingly told the truth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 Boris must have negotiated some mates rates on bombs following that then Our government got involved in proving that their government isn't involved? Absolutely nothing to see there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OzyBoy Posted May 27, 2022 Visiting Supporter Popular Post Share Posted May 27, 2022 Uh oh. Stumbled on this from another Newcastle thread - I'll have a look back, but I can imagine it won't be pretty. Quote Yes, the Saudis owning the club is pretty horrific and are not the owners I would want. But as fans, it's what we have, so what do we do? Abandon the club that's such a big part of our lives? It's hard to emphasize just how hollow and dead and toxic the club was under Ashley. The football served up by Bruce was horrendous - watching your team lazily chasing the ball for 80% of the game and then lumping it forward aimlessly for the paltry 20% of the time we actually had it, just awful. Zero ambition, no hope. You might mock the post-match dressing room photos, but they embody how Eddie Howe has transformed the spirit of the club. The board has engaged with the fans, there are plans for much more community involvement. None of this obscures the issues with the ownership, but as Bobby Robson said ... "What is a club in any case? Not the buildings or the directors or the people who are paid to represent it. It’s not the television contracts, get-out clauses, marketing departments or executive boxes. It’s the noise, the passion, the feeling of belonging, the pride in your city. It’s a small boy clambering up stadium steps for the very first time, gripping his father’s hand, gawping at that hallowed stretch of turf beneath him and, without being able to do a thing about it, falling in love." 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newry_Villan Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 Browsing Twitter, majority of comments are let them offer massive wages for players we wanted to get us out of relegation, we'll go for better players bla bla bla. I'm thinking you guys are technically in the same boat as us, will have to offer massive wages to get decent players. They really don't like us those Barcodes. Did that stem from us relegating them when their hero was manager of them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 Annoyingly sensible so far. Still hoping they will lose it and spend a fortune bringing in Neymar or Gareth Bale but looks unlikely sadly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewiek2 Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 (edited) 19 minutes ago, sne said: Annoyingly sensible so far. Still hoping they will lose it and spend a fortune bringing in Neymar or Gareth Bale but looks unlikely sadly. It's fine. Once they are bored of Eddie it'll be a king Kev, King Kenny and Wor Alan Shearer super management team, with AI holographic Jackie Milburn and Wor Malcolm as board advisors. Incidentally, regards Boris's shady backing the takeover. Wonder-fan Tony c*****g Blair is an advisor to the middle-east and a good friend of the despots... I mean sovereign state. Edited May 30, 2022 by stewiek2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 On 23/05/2022 at 17:28, Tom13 said: Real Madrid are after Guimaraes (likely to make a move after the World Cup). No surprise. Newcastle can of course turn down any offer they receive. It'll be about if he kicks off wanting to leave. Very worried about Newcastle's buys this summer. Good test for the Gerrard pull I keep hearing about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 Hopefully they go all in for Calvert Lewin. Think that will be the first striker flop of the Saudi era much like Man. City had a few early on with Santa Cruz, Jo and Benjani. Would rather stick with Calum Wilson if I was in their shoes as he obviously fits Eddie Howe's style well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 2 hours ago, Tomaszk said: No surprise. Newcastle can of course turn down any offer they receive. It'll be about if he kicks off wanting to leave. Very worried about Newcastle's buys this summer. Good test for the Gerrard pull I keep hearing about. Why worry about something that hasn’t happened yet 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 20 hours ago, mikeyp102 said: Why worry about something that hasn’t happened yet Common theme lately. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 You paid £25m for Chris Wood Embarassing local media too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 His comments don't make sense That's not ruthlessness that's cutting their nose off to spite their face Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted June 2, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted June 2, 2022 Can we sign Ekitike just so that their fans have to start claiming he's not good enough for them and they're aiming for better and younger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moustache of Teale Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 33 minutes ago, villa4europe said: His comments don't make sense That's not ruthlessness that's cutting their nose off to spite their face Or being beaten to the punch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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