Clueless misrepresentations of our club

[bluethrunthru]

Its all about history. And history is actually something in the present.... being made.... right now. Our history is dotted with ups and downs as are all clubs. Villa's trajectory has been downwards for some time - despite the fact they have had wealthy owners when we didn't ( conveniently forgotten by most ) who chose not to invest is part of the Villa history. What puzzles me now is the modern phenomena ( begun in the Premier League era I am sure ) where there is a refusal to accept that history is fluid and things change. So the rags and the dippers and in this instance Villa refuse to accept we are in a different era and that their times - possibly only for now - are gone.

I think most blues - probably because we have been down a coupe of rungs in the recent past - understand that this is likely to all be transient and we just hope it lasts for as long as possible and brings as much success and trophies as possible. I hope that when we have a change in fortunes we don't display these levels of bitterness that we have seen in the last few days.

 

[The Count Of Monte Cristo]

rumours are saying that he failed a medical at city

Was his heart abnormally small?

 

[patrickblue]

Had to laugh whllst driving home from MCWFC and listening to Georgie Bingham and Stewart Robson discussing Micah Richards.on Talksport

Robson was talking sense, only for Bingham to interrupt: "Richards was an England regular until he joined Man City"

My reaction too. Her very words were "he was first choice England RB under Steve McClaren, and then what happened?" At that point I seriously expected one of them to say "Cappelo arrived". But no, she said "He joined City".

 

[We're not really here]

It really is astonishing how bad the media is today! Jaw dropping stupidity!

 

[Mikejl]

And another load of bile..... Clue is in the headline

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/.../obscene-manchester-city-strike-100m-6054167?


THE fee, combined with a reported £45million in wages over five years, takes the deal to around the £100milllion mark and ends a long and unseemly squabble between the 20-year-old and his club.
MANCHESTER CITY have struck a £49million deal with Liverpool for their unsettled forward Raheem Sterling.

Combined with a reported £200,000 wage packet over five years, it takes the deal to around the £100m mark.

The 20-year-old has been at loggerheads with the Anfield club since turning down a new contract earlier this year and was left out of their squad for the pre-season tour of Thailand, having missed training last week citing illness.

Now the England winger is on the verge of completing his move to the Etihad Stadium.

City had already failed with two bids for Sterling, the second reported to be in he region of £40m.

Liverpool were holding out for £50m and City have now upped their bid to meet the exorbitant price tag.

Assuming the 20-year-old now agrees terms with City and passes a medical, his acrimonious departure from Anfield will finally be sealed.

Sterling has been at loggerheads with the Reds since February, when manager Brendan Rodgers claimed he had been offered "an incredible deal".
Two months later Sterling angered the club by confirming, in an unsanctioned interview with the BBC, that he had turned the contract down.

The impasse deepened when Sterling's agent, Aidy Ward, claimed the player would not sign even for "£900,000 a week".

He became embroiled in fresh controversy after photographs emerged of him appearing to puff on a shisha pipe, and then allegedly inhaling laughing gas.

Sterling missed the start of pre-season training earlier this week, citing illness as he sat out Wednesday and Thursday's sessions before returning on Friday.

It had been reported that he had asked Rodgers if he could be excused from the pre-season tour, although he was initially named in the squad until Sunday's developments.

His actions have prompted criticism from a host of former Liverpool stars with Steven Gerrard the latest to speak out, the former Anfield skipper revealing he is" not happy with all that carry-on".

Sterling joined Liverpool from QPR's academy in 2010 and has made 129 appearances for the club, scoring 23 goals.

He made his senior England debut in 2012 and has scored one international goal in 16 appearances.

Liverpool fly to Bangkok on Sunday ahead of their first friendly against a Thai All Stars side next Tuesday.

 

[Phil1]

anyone who goes against the grain is an imposter pal.......RAWK gets laughed at for the same thing......

Only the obvious ones..

 

[Shirley]

What he fails to point out is Villa share a city with Birmingham City, we share a city with the worlds biggest attraction for almost 60 years.

 

[Vienna_70]

Had to laugh whllst driving home from MCWFC and listening to Georgie Bingham and Stewart Robson discussing Micah Richards.on Talksport

Robson was talking sense, only for Bingham to interrupt: "Richards was an England regular until he joined Man City"

Oh dear!

 

[The_Maverick]

Villa fans I know are very fickle and only go to games when they are doing (relatively) well. They also seem to complain the most about City having rich owners; distorting the game etc. and conveniently forget being taken over by the billionaire Randy Lerner when we didn't have a pot to piss in.

Too right, ask them who Pat Matthews is and the general response is "Wasn't he a centre half?"

 

[ROCKET80]

Are Villa a big club?

I suppose it depends on how you define what makes a club big. Our perceptions of which clubs are big is probably skewed by our football watching experiences growing up.

Ask anyone under the age of 18 today and I'm sure they'd state that the likes of Villa , Forest and Leeds and small clubs.