Title: Villa Post by: yeo on Saturday, July 15, 2006, 21:18:08 Found this on another forum
Villa player release a statement Quote VILLA PLAYERS BLAST ELLIS OVER SPENDING By John Curtis, PA Sport Aston Villa players have questioned the ambition of chairman Doug Ellis after a series of financial cutbacks. The first team squad took the unprecedented step of issuing a joint statement voicing their concerns at the stance being taken by Ellis who put the club up for sale last October. But attempts to find a buyer for the midlands club have floundered and the players are unhappy at the extent Ellis has tightened the purse strings. The players, in a statement, said: "People talk about Aston Villa being a big club and winning the European Cup in 1982. "We feel it should be a big club but if the chairman has got ambition, he needs to start showing it. It has to come from the top. "So many other clubs are doing so much to show their ambition apart from us. As players we're all ambitious and we want to improve on last season. "The chairman should be behind the club and not working against what we're trying to achieve. There have been a series of cutbacks and we feel we have to mention this because they are now starting to affect us. "At the end of last season, the chairman refused to pay #300 for the pitches to be watered. The training ground development, which we were all looking forward to working in, has stopped. "Now we have lost a masseur because the club refuse to pay for one and are clubbing together to pay for our own. "We have also heard that the physio, who was on his way to see Martin Laursen, could not claim back for a cup of coffee at the airport. "We've had no explanation for the cutbacks and we feel if the manager (David O'Leary) can't get one, then we have no chance. "Maybe the chairman thought he would have left by now because of the takeover. Supporters are concerned with what happens on the pitch and rightly so. "But we feel with all the cutbacks, it is difficult to attain the targets we all share. "In the second half of last season, there was no investment in the team, a loan player - Eirik Bakke - was sent back to Leeds, and now we're unable to sign James Milner from Newcastle. "There are no positives coming out of the club. We need to see a plan where the club is going and all the players feel the same. Every penny is being watched." I wonder what price Villa are to go down? Title: Villa Post by: SwindonTownFC on Saturday, July 15, 2006, 21:18:58 all the players have denied this tho, they didnt release that
Title: Villa Post by: OOH! SHAUN TAYLOR on Saturday, July 15, 2006, 21:19:01 I think Villa and Newcastle will be right in the shit this season.
Title: Villa Post by: yeo on Saturday, July 15, 2006, 21:19:47 Quote from: "SwindonTownFC" all the players have denied this tho, they didnt release that Have they..bottlers Title: Villa Post by: reeves4england on Saturday, July 15, 2006, 21:45:00 Quote from: "OOH! SHAUN TAYLOR" I think Villa and Newcastle will be right in the shit this season. If Newcastle don't get a striker they are screwed! They have assigned squad numbers but currently have no number 9. Says it all!Title: Villa Post by: RobertT on Saturday, July 15, 2006, 21:48:17 If he showed real ambition, and spent money on new players, they wouldn't get a game....are they crazy (if they did say it)!
Title: Villa Post by: SwindonTownFC on Saturday, July 15, 2006, 21:49:31 Juan Pablo Angel has to have a good season if Villa are to do anything this season
Title: Villa Post by: STFC_Chris on Sunday, July 16, 2006, 11:44:47 I thought this was going to be about us signing David Villa :cry:
Yeovil Out! Title: Villa Post by: Iffy's Onion Bhaji on Sunday, July 16, 2006, 13:07:41 i wouldnt play for Villa. no ambition are they even still going? the most boring team in the premiership. does anything exciting ever happen there?
Title: Villa Post by: oxford_fan on Sunday, July 16, 2006, 15:01:20 Quote from: "Rich" i wouldnt play for Villa. no ambition are they even still going? the most boring team in the premiership. does anything exciting ever happen there? the topic of this thread?Title: Villa Post by: Iffy's Onion Bhaji on Sunday, July 16, 2006, 16:05:43 but thats the point though. the players are pissed off because nothing is going on at the club and the chairman has no ambition
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