Welcome Bruno Lage

[PuntsWolf]

I’m pretty excited.

But there’s probably multiple reasons for that. 1) was massively fed up with the style of play 2) I reckon with backing from the board we can start heading in the right direction again 3) it will be great for him to make some of you look stupid

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

I reckon Point 2 is a serious problem before we even get into anything else.

Agree that I would not have enjoyed next season if we'd carried on the same way.

I hope I do have to concede I was wrong.

 

[PuntsWolf]

Theyll get plenty of “where’s the money gone” etc. chants in September/October if we haven’t spent anything I’m sure

Edit - and we get off to a poor start

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Just follow the messaging. We need to increase revenue through tickets (bollocks, obviously), we can't spend too much because of FFP (again, nonsense), we are not going to have a large net spend.

Would wager that Lage's wages are lower than Nuno's too by some margin and he won't have as many support staff.

 

[Freddeno]

Yeah, has FFP being put in place yet and clubs fined, I remember Man City getting away with it...so, would be odd if we wouldnt

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

It's back of a fag packet maths but we wouldn't be anywhere close to in trouble, UEFA or PL rules. The club are throwing out a line, it's important that our fans don't bite and accept it.

 

[Quirkafleeg]

It's back of a fag packet maths but we wouldn't be anywhere close to in trouble, UEFA or PL rules. The club are throwing out a line, it's important that our fans don't bite and accept it.

You could get a lot more done on a box of Berkley Superking you know,

 

[AndyWolves]

It's back of a fag packet maths but we wouldn't be anywhere close to in trouble, UEFA or PL rules. The club are throwing out a line, it's important that our fans don't bite and accept it.

They've been pretty honest about everything else, why would they pick FFP to lie about?

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Why lie about anything?

They're lying if they say Lage was appointed after a rigorous process. They're lying about tickets and what other teams cost.

 

[Templeton Peck]

They've been pretty honest about everything else, why would they pick FFP to lie about?

My view is they've realised what it will take to break top 6 and thought 'fuck that'. I think they'll be happy if we can tick over in the prem.

 

[Templeton Peck]

As for Lage he'll get my support and I hope he wins us the champions league. If I was neutral though and this was Villa I'd say that Mendes was clearly in charge and that it was a high risk appointment.

 

[AndyWolves]

My view is they've realised what it will take to break top 6 and thought 'fuck that'. I think they'll be happy if we can tick over in the prem.

They've pretty much said we'll need to be self sufficient though.

I just don't think that Jeff is outright lying

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

He is about FFP, the maths don't add up.

I don't owe anything to Jeff Shi, there's no need for him to be defended blindly.

 

[prawnking]

It's when every thread ends up talking about the same point and the same posters reiterate the same point over and over and over again it all just gets a bit tiresome.

Again, that's just your opinion, which you're entitled too. Plenty of repetitive opinions on here, of all varieties, and not all negative.

As an example, you think people banging on about others moaning on the matchday thread (even before they spoke about the game themselves) is really less tiresome than the actual people moaning?

What I'm saying is less policing and opinion shaming is preferable imo, as we can all be critical and negative when the situation arises, and you can't just be precious when some people do it and ignore it when others do it

 

[redvictor]

My view is they've realised what it will take to break top 6 and thought 'fuck that'. I think they'll be happy if we can tick over in the prem.

We were ticking over in the prem. If that is all Fosun want i can't see why we've gone through with the process they set off.

 

[Tony Towner]

They've been pretty honest about everything else, why would they pick FFP to lie about?

"Scott will lead the recruitment"

 

[Freddeno]

Get the best scouts in, so we can recruit good and fairly cheap then if FFP is an issue..dont fully understand the rules though and im not alone i guess

 

[sycophantia]

My view is they've realised what it will take to break top 6 and thought 'fuck that'. I think they'll be happy if we can tick over in the prem.

This my current thinking

 

[AndyWolves]

Again, that's just your opinion, which you're entitled too. Plenty of repetitive opinions on here, of all varieties, and not all negative.

As an example, you think people banging on about others moaning on the matchday thread (even before they spoke about the game themselves) is really less tiresome than the actual people moaning?

What I'm saying is less policing and opinion shaming is preferable imo, as we can all be critical and negative when the situation arises, and you can't just be precious when some people do it and ignore it when others do it

I find people banging on about Fabio Silva being shit, Semedo being shit and our summer recruitment being shit across lots of different threads when those people are saying that same thing over and over and over again incredibly tiresome.

Having an opinion is absolutely fine, endlessly repeating that opinion is very boring.

I'll leave it there otherwise I'll just be repeating myself

 

[Tony Towner]

This my current thinking

Nuno leaving doesn't tally with that. I think they believe they have a magic formula of squad regeneration and youth that will get us there and believe another manager will do that.