Comments for Gloss it over any way you want, we just didn't want it enough today at http://www.avfcblog.com , comment 1 to 45 out of 20 comments http://www.avfcblog.com Sun, 20 Jul 2008 17:25:41 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.avfcblog.com/content/view/2327/70/#comment-20075 flabster - while I agree 6th (if we get it) is good, considered with the squad we have. Lets get serious, we aint no top 4-6 yet with the quality we have. My point is that we all want The Villa to be in that top 4 when we can generally expect to be be challenging for top 4 places and cups. The only we we are ever, ever, ever going t be in that top 4 is if we spend on quality players. The ones that are generally the bigger names. While I hate the big fat salaries, transfer fees and footballer lifestyle we have to get real. It's the top 4 premiership we want to gatecrash. Thats whats been said about The Villa more than any other club this year. I'll tell you the only way we are going to do it is invest. We should have invested in January. Yes like I say we may have spent and been in the same place, as you alude to Flabster, but none of you can tell me we did not at least try to gatecrash the top 4. I'd be the first to be brassed off if we spent and that player underperformed, but we are never going to get anywhere if we are scared of that scenario are we? Randy, give me the money and I'll invest it for you. I'll give you a decent return on your investment. UTV. - andyarkitekt Sun, 04 May 2008 21:22:49 +0100 http://www.avfcblog.com/content/view/2327/70/#comment-20067 I disagree with you Andy, we deserve european football and its only by unlucky circumstances that we are not garenteed(sp) it for certain in some form already. Any other year 8th would have been enough to Intertoto and we would have been fighting it out for one of the 3 UEFA cup places. MON has brought some quality, Young is amazing, Reo Coker seems to be fitting in very nicely, Carew when fit is a handful Petrov is playing well at the moment. Ok so we probably wont get 5th but I think 6th would be an amazing second season for MON. Im a negative fan but why would I get on MON's back over this. Yes he should have brought more but he doesnt want to waste money. Would everyone be happy if he spent alot more and we still ended up in the same position because the prices were so inflated? No! Ill be gutted if we dont get europe but this has been a really good season for us regardless. We arnt just going to march into the top 4. We need to establish ourselves in the UEFA cup attracts quality players then we can attack the top 4. Right now what we need is consistency and also a good few more players. We dont really have much to bring on. Wherever we finish I will definatly be one happy Villa fan. - the_flabster Sun, 04 May 2008 18:17:32 +0100 http://www.avfcblog.com/content/view/2327/70/#comment-20066 terribe result but if this had of being any other year it would have been europe for sure we are still moving in the right direction. UTV!!! - Myles Sun, 04 May 2008 17:30:41 +0100 http://www.avfcblog.com/content/view/2327/70/#comment-20065 Well the agony is back on for another week! It's either boom or a fig fat bust, especially if we lose and Blackburn win! Then theres not even he Tin Pot Cup to have a warm up on!!! A win next week, plus Toffees losing will do it. I don't think goal diff comes into if we win and they lose cos they will be at least a goal down and us one up at least of they lose and we win. Whhooo Uhhhh, bring on the good times! Yes I am feeling positive and my 12 year old lads says, 'stop worrying dad, were going to do it!' live in Sheffield and get to take him to about 3-4 games a year. When I have taken him (he lives between his mum and me) we have never lost in I think 6 years of taking him! We have had the odd draw, but but I would say over 80% have been wins! I don't know how thats managed, but it's true! So if he says it's gunna happen I have every faith. Ony problem is I don't have a ticket for the West Ham game to take him. I'll leave you all to ponder on that conundrum! UTV - andyarkitekt Sun, 04 May 2008 17:28:56 +0100 http://www.avfcblog.com/content/view/2327/70/#comment-20063 i think we will nab 5th... - celtic_villian Sun, 04 May 2008 16:12:07 +0100 http://www.avfcblog.com/content/view/2327/70/#comment-20062 At the end of the day I think that it was just a terrible day at the office.I did'nt see the game,but from what i have read on BBC.CO.UK website we came close to scoring on numerous occasions & hit the woodwork once or twice.As a Villa fan till my dying day,I still believe we have a slim chance of getting into Europe,although losing to Wigan hardly helped our cause!If the Gunners can do us a favour and drill the Toffees by 2 clear goals or more our goal diff should be superior to theirs again,then a win next week at the Hammers and if Everton lose their last game,we are in!MON has done a brilliant job with such a small squad,we can only go from strength to strength & if Barry leaves then so be it -bitching & moaning will not bring him back,we will just sign another,better player.UP THE VILLANS!!!!!!!! - villa4evaza Sun, 04 May 2008 15:18:45 +0100 http://www.avfcblog.com/content/view/2327/70/#comment-20061 I'm so upset i don't know what to say, I wanted to be positive and not just think our last good games were against the worst teams in the division but after that and the one true fact that MON not signing a right back when anybody on here would have done it is unforgivable. We needed europe to get good money I bet we will now have half of the funds that would have been available and MON will squander them on more dross, at least next season it will be open season on the men in charge if the goods promised are not delivered. Really upset, I wanted europe so much. - taglor Sun, 04 May 2008 15:14:53 +0100 http://www.avfcblog.com/content/view/2327/70/#comment-20060 remember even if we finish 7th and pourtsmouth finish 6th we can still get an intertoto place cus its likly dat porstouth guna win the cup and therefore they have their european place.. i think that intertotto is good but u need a larger sqaud becvasue there would be a lotmore matches, den we can win the uefa cup - Gazzar Sun, 04 May 2008 15:03:02 +0100 http://www.avfcblog.com/content/view/2327/70/#comment-20059 Well guess we can't win them all, lots of progress still ahead. Disappointing really. - satch Sun, 04 May 2008 14:55:04 +0100 http://www.avfcblog.com/content/view/2327/70/#comment-20056 We'll never break into the so called top four if we keep performing like that. Disappointed sure I am and perhaps its better we don't qualify for europe as I don't think we're ready for it unless there is massive spending. We're gonna miss Mellberg as for Barry it's probably best if he takes himself up the M6 in his big Bentley and sits on a bench for half a season. Just a bit worried if manure or arsenal come in for the webcam kid. Better season than last and I for one am hoping for a very interesting summer. - Oscars Arse Sun, 04 May 2008 13:52:31 +0100 http://www.avfcblog.com/content/view/2327/70/#comment-20055 Wigan got it spot on and we just didn't have the quality to overcome them. They out fought us; they were first to every ball; they got men behind the ball and doubled up on Carew. They then did to us what we've done to others this season - they kept hitting us on the break and put a couple in. Young was not his usual self, which meant we had very little creativity. Kirkland played very well for Wigan and they deserved the win. It could have been a few more when we started playing 3-4-3 and we started to look like we didn't have the energy or determination to track back and stop their counter-attacks. It was disappointing that we showed such a lack of quality and fight in our last game of the season. Let's hope we can get a result against West Ham and get ourselves a top 6 finish. Mellberg's children got the biggest cheer of the day with some fine dribbling skills after the game. - PaulE Sun, 04 May 2008 13:06:56 +0100 http://www.avfcblog.com/content/view/2327/70/#comment-20053 Will we beat or get a draw at WHam? Possibly. Will Blues beat Blackburn at home? Possibly. I will feel a bit strange willing on Blues to get at least a draw next week, but for the sake of getting that Intertoto place, then what the hell. - 2eq Sun, 04 May 2008 12:10:11 +0100 http://www.avfcblog.com/content/view/2327/70/#comment-20052 Barry's performance yesterday coupled with not coming to the media and telling us he is staying says it all. he is off to liverpool and in a way I'm pleased. MoN has made him in the last two seasons and if he would rather head to a debt ridden club crumbling with boardroom revolt to play half a season of games rather than lead a promising young team up the league next year then that shows his true colours. Goodbye Barry. - steve sutton Sun, 04 May 2008 12:04:56 +0100 http://www.avfcblog.com/content/view/2327/70/#comment-20051 Sorry, but we were doing rather well upto January. Boxing above our weight I would say and an opportune time to buy in some quality. It was there to be had. OK, we may have had to spend a few bucks over he odds, but the only way to inves, especially in the Premiership is spend some money on quality. You generally get what you pay for. If we aint going to be in europe have we missed he boat, because now we may well not be seen as a club going to the top. Some of you say we have done well, but we did not make one single strenthening move in January, so could we have done better. I'm sorry but I'm in the camp where I think we should have at least tried to do better, even if it untimately failed for one reason or another. I would actally rather have won the Bolton, Derby and Birmingham games one - nil. It always seems to happen that the Villa have a feak result, they get to big for their boots and then play like it's expected they should win and that the win shuld be given to them. How many times does that happen - loads of times! It's time for a spring clean MON. Get some motivated individuals that want to play to better themselves. I don't mind if we are a feeder club at themoment, because get real, thats all we are at the moment. I'll start an 'If I Was Manager' thread. And if I was manager, get rid of the midfield, except for Reo, at least he's up for it. Get rid of the defence, except Laursen. Sell Carew, while he's worth anything. Spend at least £60 million at the start of the summer and use Tin Pot Cup to get them bedded in. There you go, easy peasy in't it. - andyarkitekt Sun, 04 May 2008 11:41:03 +0100 http://www.avfcblog.com/content/view/2327/70/#comment-20050 I'm not even going to bother talking about the match, other than to say that this is typical of Villa. On an entirely different note, Barcelona are looking for an English club to take Henry. Yes please. - Az_ Sun, 04 May 2008 11:33:39 +0100 http://www.avfcblog.com/content/view/2327/70/#comment-20048 As someone who usually rants and raves a bit - I think maybe a bit of perspective is needed. On saturday morning - practically everyone was happy with our season (at least results wise anyway...) while after the wigan match its all doom and gloom. The trouble for MoN is he has given many of his doubters, myself included, justifiable reasons to be unhappy - lack of rb, tiny squad and lack of quality signings which is all his responsibility. Next weeks game is absolutely massive. As MoN said himself months ago - if we dont get european football then this season will be a failure. I am more worried what missing europe will do for our chances of signing big name quality signings than actually playing in europe iitself!!! So the success of our whole season boils down to one match and thats the harsh reality - eoin1981 Sun, 04 May 2008 10:13:41 +0100 http://www.avfcblog.com/content/view/2327/70/#comment-20047 Where's Taglor? Surely it's crying out for some ranting. - nan was a fan Sun, 04 May 2008 08:39:56 +0100 http://www.avfcblog.com/content/view/2327/70/#comment-20046 Although I was cheering or Wigan and am delighted that you boys pretty much fucked yourselves by losing to them, I still respect what you have accomplished this season and want to give credit where credit is due. You will get 6th, maybe even 5th if we play like we did against you in the 1st half. An Evertonian - Komnenos Sun, 04 May 2008 08:19:18 +0100 http://www.avfcblog.com/content/view/2327/70/#comment-20045 I think we still have a little hope of getting to the Uefa cup , it just might happen through interto cup or even atomatic ...I believe in this team I just hope Barry and Laursen will not be lost and with a little more reinforcement we will get there - soccerfanbase Sun, 04 May 2008 08:13:04 +0100 http://www.avfcblog.com/content/view/2327/70/#comment-20044 I still believe the team has a chance to get to the Uefa cup , and hopefully Barry will not be lost...this team is good just some little reinforcement will do the trick...any soccer lover who will like to interact with other fans and dicuss any soccer related issues should check out Soccer fan base dot com it is free to join. - soccerfanbase.com Sun, 04 May 2008 07:57:30 +0100