Terry Jones has submitted the following, which I’m sure will wind a few of you up. I certainly found it, er, interesting;
I have just been reading the papers on line and noticed our league position of 13th after three games and no talk of PL doing any more business before the transfer window closes.
Now what I am wondering is, is that it until January or even next Summer? If so then are our expectations for this season going down the pan?
Yes, we did have a memorable win against the Arsenal and we were robbed against Chelsea. Liverpool showed we still have a problem with the defence and particular one player whom is slow always out of position and could not lead a horse to water in some fans eyes.Oh and we beat Rotherham.
But looking at the league table I am now beginning to wonder if Paul Lambert does not bring in anyone else in this window, are we going to have the same scenario as last season, with our strike force which is second to none having to score more goals than the opposition to win games just because PL has failed to address our defensive problems?
With me looking at the table this morning I am thinking a lot of us whom were optimistic when PL went on his buying spree early on, well that optimism will begin to fade if we are not going to see even a little improvement on last year.
But it looks as though thats it. Our expectations of more players coming in are over. We are not going to see the improvement we all expected. I hope I am wrong. But unless a miracle happens between now and midnight tomorrow we are just going to be a club that is happy to survive in the lower half of the table.
Your thoughts please.
Geoffery Paine has just submitted a feedback saying Sky Italia have said we have signed Kozak
Did we get stavros too! 🙂 great another forward Ffs
2players I would like to see us sign is tom ince from Blackpool and jothathan Williams from place a winger and cam
Haha, talk about taking it. A few Villa threads on facebook claim Bookmakers are making us favorites to sign Lukaku. Now that’s taking the piss.
The only way that would happen is if benteke goes the opposite way. I wouldn’t rule that out
Benteke’s not leaving. Lukaku’s not coming. You’re going to hurt yourself…
Have read your reply,s to my post and concerns with great interest.But for the life of me i cannot see how finishing 14th is showing any sort of improvement when after managing to keep hold of our star player { Benteke } gave us all hope that we could sign the hurt of the last three seasons to history.As i think myself and quite a lot more fans had expectations that by holding on to him that PL was going to build the team around him and by that i mean player,s were going to be bought in to address the problems we have i;e midfield and defense.But it seems that this transfer window we are not going to see that happen and we are still going to rely on one of the best strike forces in the league to score enough goals to keep us out of another dog fight unless by midnight tomorrow there is a flurry of activity the same as last year if not i think any improvement if any will be minimule.A top half finish would be what the club should be aiming for to give us hope that maybe in a few years time PLs vision will pay dividends and once again put VILLA back where we belong and midlands football in general.
Well said mate to spend just £9m is a complete and utter piss take and show no regard for supporters. So glad I didn’t buy st
Oohah mate never a truer word said and if those whom think we are building a team for the future are going to have their expectations dashed it,s building a team just for future profit.Bring in young unkowns give them the best training in the world make their name in the best league in the world and sell them on without a second thought for the fans whom support the club and have been craving success for a long time and that is why we support Aston Villa as some of us have done through good and bad times the club are just not showing any ambition.PLs vision maybe the way to go forward but if the club are only going to take players and produce them just for profit then what is the use of being a Villa fan.
I agree the club should be aiming for a top half finish, which I believe internally they probably are. Plus I agree it is still early days for PL’s vision of the club. The club has heavily invested in youth and potential talent and because of this we haven’t seen the same spending as, lets say, Spurs.
As for the comments of 14th, it really is just simple math and looking at the table 14th is higher than 15th, which would be an improvement on the past two seasons. Although I never said we would finish 14th.
Crystal Palace in talks with Bannana! Please I’d love this to happen.
Marvin my point is that PLs vision maybe different to that of the board.His plan maybe to have a young team that in two or three years can and will be challenging the so called big boys.But at the same time us older fans whom are in our twilight years may not be around to see this come to fruition and especaly if those young players he as bought in are sold on after one season if they make the grade and we are not looking at any real improvement in that direction.Villa stood still for years under Sir Deadly Doug is it not about time the fans expectations was met with a team that is showing real progress.
Talk about over reaction. We have played 3 PL games. We lost by the odd goal to the team who are top, by the odd goal to the team who are 2nd and beat the team who have won both of their other games. Lets play a few games before you gloom merchants weave your spells of misery. We are not potential champions, or even euro candidates but I like how we have played for most of this season. With the exception of the first 45 minutes of the Liverpool game we have looked far better than at any time last season.