bannedfromHandV Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 4 hours ago, JamesBCFC said: Of all teams in the league, Villa should find FFP a problem least. Parachute payments give yourself- and the other relegated sides- a distinct advantage as that's 40m odd the others don't have. You also have bigger crowds than most teams, which adds up too. What it is that's "strangled" you is the obscene wages players were on prior to relegation. That, and a poor decision to appoint Di Matteo and back him substantially. It may have made no difference, it may have in fact been even worse, but I'd liked to have seen what Bruce would have done with £60m or so to spend. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted March 5, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted March 5, 2018 RDM was a total imposter if you ask me. No one asked me, but you know. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weedman Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 8 hours ago, JamesBCFC said: Of all teams in the league, Villa should find FFP a problem least. Parachute payments give yourself- and the other relegated sides- a distinct advantage as that's 40m odd the others don't have. You also have bigger crowds than most teams, which adds up too. What it is that's "strangled" you is the obscene wages players were on prior to relegation. I really don't like this attitude to the "parachute payments", you do realise that they aren't just some hand out so that relegated teams can out spend everyone and come straight back up right? They are literally there because that's how much extra teams spend on wages for largely the same players in the PL, they are there to help with those wages while teams either find buyers for those players or their contacts run down. Its not mismanagement either (well, you could argue for us and Sunderland it was, but we're the exceptions really), take someone like Hourihane, moving to a top championship team he's probably on about £25k a week (ish), had he moved to a low end PL team instead of us that exact same player would probably have cost them £50k a week, soley because they are in the PL where £10m transfer and £50k a week would probably get you a decent backup player. The £40m parachute payment is not just chucked onto the budget, it's instantly absorbed by bloated player wages, leaving relegated teams with no discernable advantage over current championship teams. For example, of the 3 relegated last season, 1 is bottom, 1 is in a relegation fight and only 1 is close to the top 6, although miles from top 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 5 hours ago, alreadyexists said: RDM was a total imposter if you ask me. No one asked me, but you know. Hey @alreadyexists, what did you make of Roberto and are you psychic? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 10 hours ago, JamesBCFC said: Of all teams in the league, Villa should find FFP a problem least. Parachute payments give yourself- and the other relegated sides- a distinct advantage as that's 40m odd the others don't have. You also have bigger crowds than most teams, which adds up too. What it is that's "strangled" you is the obscene wages players were on prior to relegation. you're right just you're being a tinker in the lions den Anyway, there's 3 teams in this league who get more than even us so GTFO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted March 6, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted March 6, 2018 7 hours ago, VILLAMARV said: Hey @alreadyexists, what did you make of Roberto and are you psychic? #mysticmarv 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omariqy Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 Still can't believe Fulham have managed to go on this run. Fair play to them. However, win today and they are still 4 points behind us. The issue we have is that they have a much much easier set of fixtures left. Those 4 games at home against Cardiff, Derby, Wolves and Leeds are massive. They could easily catch us up and we could easily fall further behind Cardiff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picicata Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 14 minutes ago, omariqy said: Still can't believe Fulham have managed to go on this run. Fair play to them. However, win today and they are still 4 points behind us. The issue we have is that they have a much much easier set of fixtures left. Those 4 games at home against Cardiff, Derby, Wolves and Leeds are massive. They could easily catch us up and we could easily fall further behind Cardiff. We could. But we're not going to. We're going to win them all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 I'm expecting a controlling, dominating performance tonight against the worst side in the division. I want to see a signal of intent from us that we mean business and are going up automatically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 36 minutes ago, AshVilla said: I'm expecting a controlling, dominating performance tonight against the worst side in the division. I want to see a signal of intent from us that we mean business and are going up automatically. Kiss of death ffs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Platt Posted March 6, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted March 6, 2018 yep any win will do. I don't expect it to be easy tonight they are fighting for their lives and possibly the future of their club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 4 minutes ago, S-Platt said: yep any win will do. I don't expect it to be easy tonight they are fighting for their lives and possibly the future of their club. I expect it to be easy. Sunderland are bottom of the division for a reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesBCFC Posted March 6, 2018 Visiting Supporter Share Posted March 6, 2018 We're currently giving Preston their annual home win againt us. Their goal being literally passed to them by one of our defenders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC44 Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 My God Sunderland are awful. We look like we're playing in first gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesBCFC Posted March 6, 2018 Visiting Supporter Share Posted March 6, 2018 (edited) 20 minutes ago, AVFC44 said: My God Sunderland are awful. We look like we're playing in first gear. They are woeful. We went 3-0 up without getting out of first gear. Then we had a 4th disallowed, scored 2 own goals and gifted them another. Edited March 6, 2018 by JamesBCFC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazzap24 Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 Squeaky bum time now. Can't see Fulham slipping up and Cardiff just keep on trucking. We've got to grab second, if not then I really hope it's Fulham. I'd back us to beat Cardiff, but not Fulham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 been saying for a while but you just can’t predict this. Wolves now only 3 clear, albeit with a game in hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 My word Sunderland are bad. Good work by all to give them the spanking they deserve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 Derby have conceded 33 shots at QPR. Even by their bottling best this is bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesBCFC Posted March 6, 2018 Visiting Supporter Share Posted March 6, 2018 (edited) Flint sent off for sliding in to try and score from a cross Laughable when it isn't you though. Edit- apparently he hit a PNE player, in which case a deserved red. Radio commentary can be useless at times Edited March 6, 2018 by JamesBCFC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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