hippo Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 I don't get why buy a football club if you aren't going to turn up and watch them play. Don't get wrong they are still massively in credit for saving us from administration and enabling us to keep our best players - I am still a tad uneasy about absentee owners though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 (edited) 4 minutes ago, hippo said: I don't get why buy a football club if you aren't going to turn up and watch them play. Don't get wrong they are still massively in credit for saving us from administration and enabling us to keep our best players - I am still a tad uneasy about absentee owners though How often does Sheikh Mansoor go to city games? Edit: The way the club is run is more important than his presence at games. Plus if I was a billionaire I’d probably have better things to do than watch Villa scrape past Wigan. Edited August 12, 2018 by Vive_La_Villa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 Just now, Vive_La_Villa said: How often does Sheik Mansoor go to city games? Not sure (But pretty sure he was at the first game remember the MOTD Footage) - and not sure of the relevance....they have poured billions into man city - and they can't be doubted as owners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 9 minutes ago, hippo said: Not sure (But pretty sure he was at the first game remember the MOTD Footage) - and not sure of the relevance....they have poured billions into man city - and they can't be doubted as owners. He has been to one game. The relevance is that if an owner doesn’t go to games it doesn’t mean there’s cause for concern. Tony was paraded around the pitch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daweii Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 I would prefer the owner to state his intent behind the scenes. Keeping Grealish said more about our new owner than attending games and posting on Twitter ever could. After Xia who was all about winning us over with shallow publicity, I am all for an owner that runs us well and never shows up. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheStagMan Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 Please tell me we are not questioning this guy because he may not have been at the Wigan game? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrow1988 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 6 minutes ago, TheStagMan said: Please tell me we are not questioning this guy because he may not have been at the Wigan game? Maybe he was there in disguise in the middle of the Holte gauging the mood of the fans...... Come to think of it I saw someone dressed in this during the highlights that I saw when they showed a shot of the crowd. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 7 hours ago, KevinRichardsonsMoustache said: Noticed the Egyptian and USA flags above VP yesterday. With the owners talking about our history as a club, couldn’t help reading this article and hoping we’d see more about our heritage https://birminghamhistoryblog.wordpress.com/2018/08/12/from-pleasure-park-to-villa-park/amp/ I know it’s not everybody’s cup of tea, but I love this sort of thing and would love to see the club embrace it. The link is not correct in that Villa moved to Villa Park in 1897, not 1887, the year we won the double. And basically its been downhill ever since! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 3 hours ago, Daweii said: I would prefer the owner to state his intent behind the scenes. Keeping Grealish said more about our new owner than attending games and posting on Twitter ever could. After Xia who was all about winning us over with shallow publicity, I am all for an owner that runs us well and never shows up. but he can leak that he got a tattoo and it will be ok 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post nick76 Posted August 12, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted August 12, 2018 4 hours ago, hippo said: I don't get why buy a football club if you aren't going to turn up and watch them play. Don't get wrong they are still massively in credit for saving us from administration and enabling us to keep our best players - I am still a tad uneasy about absentee owners though Does an owner have to be at the game..........it's nice but not a requirement in the modern age. Born and bred in Erdington, I grew up going to the Villa home and away domestically every game (couldnt afford intl away trips). Then I moved to Sydney for work purposes when I was 27 and remained for the last 14 years. I am fortunate that I have to travel to the UK for work roughly 2-4 times a year so get to see Villa play two or three home games a year but mostly I sit at home watching live the games back in Sydney and I get to see 95% of them, generally at some ungodly hour like 2am in the morning. Anyway my point is that I dont feel I am any less of a fan now than I was when I traveled the length and breath of England following Villa. My passion and most often my disappointment is just as strong as it was back then. I know our owners wont have that passion but in the modern age I dont think not being at the games is as relevant. My determination about them will be about their actions with Villa not their attendance to games and more than likely they are watching just as many games, like me. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa_chemist Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 He was probably watching on a dodgy internet stream 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Platt Posted August 13, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted August 13, 2018 2 minutes ago, villa_chemist said: He was probably watching on a dodgy internet stream AVTV then! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 Let’s be honest guys. Watching us play in the Championship isn’t the best way to spend your time. So many basic errors every game. Its painful to watch at times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan-scott Posted August 22, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted August 22, 2018 Rumours that the bosses are in town. And yes, that is the infamous JulieB. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keener window-cleaner Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 7 minutes ago, villan-scott said: Rumours that the bosses are in town. And yes, that is the infamous JulieB. And how about Tony? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 1 minute ago, Keener window-cleaner said: And how about Tony? You can see him selling pork scratchings on trinity road. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Villan4Life Posted August 22, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted August 22, 2018 12 minutes ago, villan-scott said: Rumours that the bosses are in town. And yes, that is the infamous JulieB. Dale Stephens, Defoe, Miguel and kiyotake been freed from her basement so will also be announced tonight 2 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Just now, Villan4Life said: Dale Stephens, Defoe, Miguel and kiyotake been freed from her basement so will also be announced tonight I think Miguel is now in line to be our next manager by this point. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villan4Life Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Rodders said: I think Miguel is now in line to be our next manager by this point. Miguel is now like “mum-rah the ever living” since being locked in Julie’s basement Edited August 22, 2018 by Villan4Life 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferguson1 Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 100% ITK with this one. Sawiris is a baller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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