| Looking at Villa's squad... 18:05 - Apr 21 with 2980 views | judespiveyg |
We might as well forget financial fair play. I mean sure, they have the money to spend so they're perfectly entitled to spend it, but compare it to a team like us say, or millwall, it doesn't seem very much like 'fair play'. |  |
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| Looking at Villa's squad... on 18:08 - Apr 21 with 2951 views | Illinoisblue |
A Burton fan could say the same about us. |  |
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| Looking at Villa's squad... on 18:11 - Apr 21 with 2923 views | Mach_foreignBlue |
Conor Hourihane let go for free by Jewell. |  | | |
| Looking at Villa's squad... on 18:16 - Apr 21 with 2892 views | ElderGrizzly |
£81m to put that squad together i read earlier today |  | | |
| Looking at Villa's squad... on 18:19 - Apr 21 with 2881 views | Garv |
| Looking at Villa's squad... on 18:11 - Apr 21 by Mach_foreignBlue |
Conor Hourihane let go for free by Jewell. |
Ones that like really grind. He went elsewhere and albeit in a lower league excelled immediately.
Strange that Keane brought him in and didn't play him for a whole season, and strange to think Jewell and whatever coaching staff at the time didn't see anything to suggest he might be worth keeping. I don't think he was particularly young either (might be wrong there). |  |
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| Looking at Villa's squad... on 18:31 - Apr 21 with 2837 views | floridaboy |
Their spending will only matter if they go up
Just ask Derby!! |  | | |
| Looking at Villa's squad... on 18:37 - Apr 21 with 2816 views | Herbivore |
| Looking at Villa's squad... on 18:08 - Apr 21 by Illinoisblue |
A Burton fan could say the same about us. |
Is our budget several times higher than Burton's? We're WAY closer to Burton financially than we are to Villa. |  |
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| Looking at Villa's squad... on 18:39 - Apr 21 with 2808 views | Mullet |
| Looking at Villa's squad... on 18:19 - Apr 21 by Garv |
Ones that like really grind. He went elsewhere and albeit in a lower league excelled immediately.
Strange that Keane brought him in and didn't play him for a whole season, and strange to think Jewell and whatever coaching staff at the time didn't see anything to suggest he might be worth keeping. I don't think he was particularly young either (might be wrong there). |
He was in the youth team when we got him in. |  |
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| Looking at Villa's squad... on 18:42 - Apr 21 with 2803 views | RegencyBlue |
I’m not sure the rest of football ever took FFP seriously in the first place.
It provided a useful smokescreen for the lack of investment in our squad for a few years but even Evans doesn’t seem to mention it much now. |  | | |
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| Looking at Villa's squad... on 19:03 - Apr 21 with 2742 views | homer_123 |
| Looking at Villa's squad... on 18:16 - Apr 21 by ElderGrizzly |
£81m to put that squad together i read earlier today |
For the first 20, they looked decidedly ordinary. |  |
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| Looking at Villa's squad... on 19:13 - Apr 21 with 2714 views | homer_123 |
| Looking at Villa's squad... on 18:37 - Apr 21 by Herbivore |
Is our budget several times higher than Burton's? We're WAY closer to Burton financially than we are to Villa. |
Are we starting to see what we already knew, I think. Mick is able to get a very average group of players to perform way above their collective ability. Not surprised.
I hope that whoever comes in is able to make some proper changes and invest, properly. I doubt that latter. | |
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| Looking at Villa's squad... on 22:10 - Apr 21 with 2563 views | Bent_double |
| Looking at Villa's squad... on 18:42 - Apr 21 by RegencyBlue |
I’m not sure the rest of football ever took FFP seriously in the first place.
It provided a useful smokescreen for the lack of investment in our squad for a few years but even Evans doesn’t seem to mention it much now. |
Or the idea of could be to prevent clubs from overspending, going into administration or even being liquidated.
Of course it isn't working, in the Championshop, Leagues 1 & 2 and the PL. There are always going to be richer clubs and poorer clubs in the same league, how things are evened-out is a mystery to everyone in football it seems, which is a shame.
I wish that money wasn't a factor, that the league could employ the players and divvi them up between the clubs for example, then it would come down to the better manager/better club.
Can't or won't happen of course. |  |
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| Looking at Villa's squad... on 22:13 - Apr 21 with 2552 views | ArnieM |
| Looking at Villa's squad... on 18:16 - Apr 21 by ElderGrizzly |
£81m to put that squad together i read earlier today |
And they’re still not guarenteed promotion! |  |
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| Looking at Villa's squad... on 13:06 - Apr 22 with 2355 views | Garv |
| Looking at Villa's squad... on 18:39 - Apr 21 by Mullet |
He was in the youth team when we got him in. |
19 when he arrived from Premier League Sunderland. What I meant was I'd like to think he would at least have been involved in the first team. | |
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| Looking at Villa's squad... on 20:31 - Apr 22 with 2186 views | No9 |
| Looking at Villa's squad... on 19:13 - Apr 21 by homer_123 |
Are we starting to see what we already knew, I think. Mick is able to get a very average group of players to perform way above their collective ability. Not surprised.
I hope that whoever comes in is able to make some proper changes and invest, properly. I doubt that latter. |
MM rarely had to play without the skipper.
We are seeing what the skipper is worth on the field | | | |
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