Mic09 Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 45 minutes ago, rodders0223 said: Micah Richards is completely spot on. I hope he's wrong but I don’t think he is! we have averaged just shy of 2ppg with Emery who only made one addition to the team, I think it's not unreasonable to assume we will be pushing into top 6. And that means fighting for CL football. Laughing it out of the room is unreasonable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 3 minutes ago, Mic09 said: we have averaged just shy of 2ppg with Emery who only made one addition to the team, I think it's not unreasonable to assume we will be pushing into top 6. And that means fighting for CL football. Laughing it out of the room is unreasonable. It bugs me that they think we and Brighton have hit a ceiling, but Newcastle haven’t. Just their flavour of the month. The disrespect from the media is tiring. I’m glad someone on the panel was talking sense about us though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 3 minutes ago, Mic09 said: we have averaged just shy of 2ppg with Emery who only made one addition to the team, I think it's not unreasonable to assume we will be pushing into top 6. And that means fighting for CL football. Laughing it out of the room is unreasonable. How often do you see teams like us get into Europe with players and squads that don't have the size of experienced or travelling half way round Europe every other week? It's taxing mentally, physically, you train less, the details per game become less. We've got a hell of a lot of work to even stand still next season with our current squad. I have faith in Emery but if we stand still next season that's a hell of a job. We've overachieved massively. It'll be a hell of a job to build a squad with 6 or 7 new faces I imagine and stand still in the league. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted May 30, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted May 30, 2023 Bloke on Sky Sports earlier says everyone he has spoken to connected to the club and various agents have all said we are going absolutely massive in the Transfer Window this summer. Hope to god he's reliable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 (edited) 56 minutes ago, The_Steve said: It bugs me that they think we and Brighton have hit a ceiling, but Newcastle haven’t. Just their flavour of the month. The disrespect from the media is tiring. I’m glad someone on the panel was talking sense about us though. They don't even talk about Newcastle and very briefly say "...and it'll be the same for Brighton". There's literally no disrespect there at all - they're discussing the merits of us challenging for a Champions League spot. Every single point raised there is valid. We haven't been tested at all on the Saturday-Thursday-Sunday-Wednesday or whatever pattern. Chelsea, Spurs and to an extent Liverpool have all had disappointing seasons and you'd expect them to improve. This weird outrage from "the media" is getting so **** tiresome. I thought we were better than that. Edited May 30, 2023 by bobzy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 23 minutes ago, sidcow said: Bloke on Sky Sports earlier says everyone he has spoken to connected to the club and various agents have all said we are going absolutely massive in the Transfer Window this summer. Hope to god he's reliable. Fed up of the disrespect in the media, we're not just some money club like Newcastle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmygreaves Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 1 hour ago, bobzy said: Fed up of the disrespect in the media, we're not just some money club like Newcastle. Having regular positive mentions in the press is hugely beneficial. The profile of the club quietly increases without the team on the pitch necessarily playing well. You wonder if high profile pundits are in "off the books" employ of some of the larger, shady clubs. Just a cheeky 100 grand a year to say a few nice things in the press. Here you go Micah, and you Jamie. Just wondering.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Zatman Posted May 30, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted May 30, 2023 1 minute ago, jimmygreaves said: Having regular positive mentions in the press is hugely beneficial. The profile of the club quietly increases without the team on the pitch necessarily playing well. You wonder if high profile pundits are in "off the books" employ of some of the larger, shady clubs. Just a cheeky 100 grand a year to say a few nice things in the press. Here you go Micah, and you Jamie. Just wondering.... We gave Micah enough bloody money to do nothing 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted May 30, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted May 30, 2023 2 hours ago, sidcow said: Bloke on Sky Sports earlier says everyone he has spoken to connected to the club and various agents have all said we are going absolutely massive in the Transfer Window this summer. Hope to god he's reliable. I would bet my houses on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted May 30, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted May 30, 2023 2 hours ago, rodders0223 said: How often do you see teams like us get into Europe with players and squads that don't have the size of experienced or travelling half way round Europe every other week? It's taxing mentally, physically, you train less, the details per game become less. We've got a hell of a lot of work to even stand still next season with our current squad. I have faith in Emery but if we stand still next season that's a hell of a job. We've overachieved massively. It'll be a hell of a job to build a squad with 6 or 7 new faces I imagine and stand still in the league. With the backing of multi billionaire owners who are prepared to put their hands in the pocket and the manager who can make average players to look like world beaters in less than six months, I have every faith we will be pushing that top 4 hard next season, I believe in the Villa, and for the first time in over 40 years not only in song format Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted May 30, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted May 30, 2023 Solid fact checking there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted June 8, 2023 Share Posted June 8, 2023 **** BT Sport Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted June 8, 2023 Share Posted June 8, 2023 6 minutes ago, The_Steve said: **** BT Sport British Channel cheering on a British team Whats the issue? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuwabatake Sanjuro Posted June 8, 2023 Share Posted June 8, 2023 37 minutes ago, Zatman said: British Channel cheering on a British team Whats the issue? Think it's the writing European cups out if history as they are somehow less valuable when they didn't include non champions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djdabush Posted June 10, 2023 Share Posted June 10, 2023 Only thing worse than having McManaman on commentary is having Lescott twerking for City every few minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 BT Sport will remember that football didn't begin in 1992 when it suits them The erasure of us and Forest again and again. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerCollins29 Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 Rio Ferdinand is dislikeable 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villa_Vids Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 16 hours ago, djdabush said: Only thing worse than having McManaman on commentary is having Lescott twerking for City every few minutes. Then having Rio on punditry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 2 hours ago, GingerCollins29 said: Rio Ferdinand is dislikeable Decided to brief the media on what a Representative for Wellingborough he thinks Balotelli is . . . the morning after his first ever appearance as a pundit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jono62 Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 How Murphy is going to spin Gerrard going to the Saudi league as a benefit will be fun to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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