The Barclays Premier League Thread 2014/2015

[Matt]

I hope we do go down. Perhaps then we might see some change.

Or your club could go tits up and you are out of the premier league for years. Wanting to get relegated is stupid

[Gazz]

I doubt Villa would come back up straight away if they went down.

[TCO]

Yeah for every Newcastle relegation success story, there's a Leeds. Going down is never something that should be desired.

[9 to 5]

A relegated club would also scare off investors.

[brenchill]

A relegated club would also scare off investors.

Nobody wants to invest now either. Which I find weird, were the biggest football club in the 2nd biggest city in England. Why doesn't anyone want to buy us? Investors would rather go to fucking Hull and Manchester than us.

[Colly]

I'd rather go to fucking Hull or Manchester than you. :/

[Ant]

Birmingham is the 2nd biggest city

Unfortunately over half of the area is filled with roadworks and/or traffic cones.

Oh and boarded up pubs.

And thats the nice part.

[EddieG]

Fucking hell Colly, on your period or something?

[brenchill]

There's nothing at all wrong with Birmingham. It's a great City.

[9 to 5]

A relegated club would also scare off investors.

Nobody wants to invest now either. Which I find weird, were the biggest football club in the 2nd biggest city in England. Why doesn't anyone want to buy us? Investors would rather go to fucking Hull and Manchester than us.

Manchester is argubly the 2nd most important city in England.

And you have to wonder why Everton have never attracted serious takeover plans too.

[brenchill]

Isn't Everton's stadium falling apart? Probably has something to do with it.

And what's so important about Manchester?

[Ant]

He said biggest not important.

[9 to 5]

Isn't Everton's stadium falling apart? Probably has something to do with it.

And what's so important about Manchester?

Goodison Park does need doing up, and/or a new stadium which could be a stumbling block. But the initial investment should be low enough and an established brand like Everton, you would have thought after being on the market for so long they would have been at least been serious talks about a change of management there.

Manchester is the fasting growing and improving big city in many areas in the UK and has been for nearly 20 years.

[Ant]

Yes but it is still not bigger than Birmingham

[Colly]

Size isn't everything.

[Ant]

Of course it is in terms of football. Bigger city, more population, more potential fans etc.

Don't wanna keep dragging this on though.

Rodgers has just been quoted saying he is favourite for the sack. Keegan style Rafa return perhaps?

[Rafael]

Nope. Not interested.

[Colly]

Of course it is in terms of football. Bigger city, more population, more potential fans etc.

Don't wanna keep dragging this on though.

If you're talking in terms of a new owner coming in to exploit the size of a potential fanbase aren't you completely ignoring two other clubs in spitting distance and a load more in the surrounding area? The likes of Abramovich don't go to London because it's big, they go because it's London.

[Ant]

...that's exactly the point.

Villa is the biggest club in Englands second city steeped in history that none of the other Midlands teams have. Its kinda mind boggling nobody has cone forward with an offer as yet.

[Colly]

I genuinely can't work out what your point is, it's anything but mindboggling. It's not as if billionaires are popping up and buying clubs willy nilly but inexplicably missing out Villa.