The Aston Villa Thread

[davek]

Valur - easy game

Dinamo Berlin - One of the toughest teams to play around that time. Was virtually the East German national team.

Dynamo Kiev - As above. Had Oleg Blokhin one of the best players around at the time. Many Soviet Union team players.

Anderlecht - again, one of the best teams around. Had many of the Belgium national team laying for them.

Bayern - you may have heard of them and their brilliant players.

At a time when players didn't move as much and top players tended to be concentrated around a country's top team(s) winning games was a lot harder than it may appear. A tournament that didn't invite lots of teams in and was just for champions also meant that talent stayed usually at one club, or in one country. It was also extremely rare for players from behind the iron curtain to move anywhere else. Concentration of talent. Also, you couldn't lose games outside of a two-legged tie and expect to get to a final, never mind win it.

Fair do's though, I suspect you're even more disparaging about Everton's CWC in 85 because of who they had to play.

All teams either rubbish or well past their best. The eastern bloc teams in the early 80s were seriously degraded - even the police and army teams - as their respective Stalinist systems lurched toward crisis.

Bayern had slipped out of the top 3 in the Bundesliga for years before they played Villa. Only Anderlcht were in their pomp. That tie against Anderlecht was the hurdle.

As said: you beat mostly tat.

 

[Creek]

The so called “ease” in f the current Europa league is well over stated. Everyone last year kept banging on about how lucky we were to play Bodo in the Semis - they had just knocked out Lazio and lost once at home in 3 years. Then this season they beat Man City, Inter Milan and Atletico in the CL and make the Knockouts.

Truth is that it’s still a great competition and has been enhanced, not devalued by stopping the CL dropdowns.

 

[st.domingo]

Emery talking about winning titles, I see

We’ll have none of that kind of clamour around these parts, thank you very much.

Unai Emery gives one-word verdict on Arsenal and then warns Mikel Arteta: ‘That's my goal’

🔴 ‘Make those dreams a reality’

www.football365.com

 

[Nymzee]

Emery talking about winning titles, I see

We’ll have none of that kind of clamour around these parts, thank you very much.

Unai Emery gives one-word verdict on Arsenal and then warns Mikel Arteta: ‘That's my goal’

🔴 ‘Make those dreams a reality’

www.football365.com

I mean that is the logical next step for them? Why would it be the logical next step for us?

 

[COYBL25]

I mean that is the logical next step for them? Why would it be the logical next step for us?

Because, despite this being the first season we`ve seen daylight from relegation for a good number of years, we should be expected to be talking about title challenges ?

 

[Nymzee]

Because, despite this being the first season we`ve seen daylight from relegation for a good number of years, we should be expected to be talking about title challenges ?

CHAMPIONES

Honestly, some people post things on here and I’m like why are you allowed internet access.

 

[ArtetaMoney]

Hope they win tonight, I have a lot of time for Villa and Emery. They've done what we need to do, would love to progress as much as they have over the next few seasons.

 

[JLW]

Hope they win tonight, I have a lot of time for Villa and Emery. They've done what we need to do, would love to progress as much as they have over the next few seasons.

Similar club to us and have shown the way how to get back in the mix of competing a the right end of the table.

Emery has done a great job there.
Who'd of thought you could sign an elite manager while being in a relegation battle.

 

[ArtetaMoney]

Similar club to us and have shown the way how to get back in the mix of competing a the right end of the table.

Emery has done a great job there.
Who'd of thought you could sign an elite manager while being in a relegation battle.

Definitely, mate. It’s all about timing and theirs worked perfectly for signing Emery, they’ve backed him well which also works, they’d probably have backed him more if it wasn’t for PSR.

 

[st.domingo]

I mean that is the logical next step for them? Why would it be the logical next step for us?

You put words in my mouth to make a point that really isn't there. I believe this may be known as a "straw man".

Whatevs.

No, I do not see that as our logical next step - apparently that is another season of "stability".

Looking forward to it. You?

 

[Nymzee]

You put words in my mouth to make a point that really isn't there. I believe this may be known as a "straw man".

Whatevs.

No, I do not see that as our logical next step - apparently that is another season of "stability".

Looking forward to it. You?

Nope, I'm looking forward to a season fighting for Europe, our next step

Unless you're wanting Moyes to start talking about titles?

 

[st.domingo]

Nope, I'm looking forward to a season fighting for Europe, our next step

Unless you're wanting Moyes to start talking about titles?

Amigo, I must confess I have rather lost faith in the current regime and fear you may be disappointed.

 

[FCBarça]

I'll be watching tonight, Freiburg has a wonderful 20 y.o. Suisse attacker Johan Manzambi that is a breakout star - a name to watch in WC and in Europe

 

[davek]

Despise this lot. I hope they get turned over.

Brummie Kopites.

 

[duncs pigeon]

Hope they win tonight, I have a lot of time for Villa and Emery. They've done what we need to do, would love to progress as much as they have over the next few seasons.

Same here matey, proper club are The Villa. Been done over by FFP and still manage to imorove and progress