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The New Arena

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  • Bread

    Votes: 23 17.6%

  • Circus

    Votes: 33 25.2%

  • Aggro

    Votes: 75 57.3%
  • Total voters
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Villa_Fan said:
Football is wonderful. I am 54 and football has been part of my life and one that brings so much joy and tribulations. '95 when Everton was on a low and Utd on a high and to beat them in the FA Cup was magic. When Villa was relegated I was absolutely gutted, but promotion from the Championship was one of the best footballing days for me in the previous 10/15 years. It's the bad times that make the good time even sweeter. Look at City this year, They wouldn't have been happy with 'only' winning the league, their fans needed the treble for their footballing high. I don't want to be like that (I hope). Villa finished 7th and qualified for the Europa Conf Cup which is as about low grade as u can get and it made me so happy.
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I wish I had your romanticism for the game. It's become nothing but a shell for moving dirty money to buy distraction or influence.

I hate the play acting, the out and out gamesmanship.

I've got a couple of girls, personally I am delighted they are both happier watching ice hockey and swerving football altogether.
 

As an American who loves NASCAR and holds the county record for best "hog call", let me see if I can get this straight--hold on, damn pistol's stuck in my sofa...ergh...hueh...futh...GOT IT--anyways, are the home nations the ones who play the away nations in that stupid-ass roundball game you all play with the loud horns, shin-clutching pansies, and too few refs on the field? My friend Bernie, who is quite worldly and watches CNN, told me ya'll can't even drink in the stands. Gee look, the two teams tied 0-0 after playing for like 2 hours and I've only had 2 beers all game...HAHAHAHAHAHA 'Member when we saved you from the Japanese in WW2?
 

Bohemian Toffee said:
I wish I had your romanticism for the game. It's become nothing but a shell for moving dirty money to buy distraction or influence.

I hate the play acting, the out and out gamesmanship.

I've got a couple of girls, personally I am delighted they are both happier watching ice hockey and swerving football altogether.
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Yeah, the money is ruining it, I can't deny that. I think we will have another 4 or 5 years of excitement with football but I suspect we may see some radical changes in the not too distant future. The Super League is something that will come back to haunt us. Sometimes I think I would prefer Villa to be a Championship club again but there is always the feeling inside to see the club we support win the league and the Champions League and its annoying that that means joining the money train of football
 
Villa_Fan said:
Yeah, the money is ruining it, I can't deny that. I think we will have another 4 or 5 years of excitement with football but I suspect we may see some radical changes in the not too distant future. The Super League is something that will come back to haunt us. Sometimes I think I would prefer Villa to be a Championship club again but there is always the feeling inside to see the club we support win the league and the Champions League and its annoying that that means joining the money train of football
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The Saudis are going to stick a revamped super-league on us, just deserts for our clubs breaking the original pyramid and screwing over the other clubs all those years ago.

But they are going to make a mockery of all our shared values - football will roll over and have it's belly tickled and all those rainbow laces and knees before games will be shown up for the hollow virtue signalling we were promised it wasn't. Those same badly run, well marketed clubs will chase social media likes over actual footballing prowess and hoover up any semblance of talent.

Tottenham will be light years ahead of both our clubs, sealed from any peril of being overhauled. Kids following players, not clubs.

Villa, Everton as relevant as Rotherham are now.
 
Bohemian Toffee said:
The Saudis are going to stick a revamped super-league on us, just deserts for our clubs breaking the original pyramid and screwing over the other clubs all those years ago.

But they are going to make a mockery of all our shared values - football will roll over and have it's belly tickled and all those rainbow laces and knees before games will be shown up for the hollow virtue signalling we were promised it wasn't. Those same badly run, well marketed clubs will chase social media likes over actual footballing prowess and hoover up any semblance of talent.

Tottenham will be light years ahead of both our clubs, sealed from any peril of being overhauled. Kids following players, not clubs.

Villa, Everton as relevant as Rotherham are now.
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The money ruining football is exactly why we need FFP to save football. Yes, I know it has problems and it needs to be enforced better but having a system that restricts spend is the only way to stop the Saudi / PIF / Sports Washing from taking over imo
 

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