by debaser Thu Feb 26, 2009 7:59 pm
BoBo Vieri 32 wrote: debaser wrote: BoBo Vieri 32 wrote: debaser wrote: BoBo Vieri 32 wrote: When Villa can get into the CL next season, do they really give a shit about the UEFA cup?
IF Villa get into the CL, they will be KOed in the group stage and most likely go back into the UEFA cup.
They are a UEFA cup level team (plus if they wanted to have a better chance in the CL they could actually do with the coefficient points).
Also a European Cup winning team, once upon a time. Seriously, what is wrong with trying to make progress? Villa is a bigger club than, for example, Chelsea - barring the success Abramovich bought in recent years. Even if we went out straight away, it'd be a big step to finish in the top 4, given how the league has been for the last 5 yrs.
I'm not talking about history though. In the long run, Villa won't be able to maintain that top 4 position.
Why not? We got very good backing in terms of money, quite a few young players who could stick around long term, a stable management set-up, and large potential fanbase. Do you really think the 'big 4' will
never change? How can you ignore history on one hand...and then suggest you know what will happen long-term? You can only have any conception of long-term future by looking at historical trends - the teams at the top don't stay fixed forever.
Generally speaking they do though - look at Barca and Real Madrid in Spain or Juventus. Milan and Inter in Italy.
But we're talking top 4. I doubt there's been any major league where the same 4 teams have occupied the top 4 as long as has happened in the PL recently. Of course, Utd, Liverpool, Arsenal will always be big clubs, in and around the top of the league - but you've yet to give a convincing argument why Villa couldn't establish themselves in the top 4 for a few seasons.
Chelsea are a smaller club than Villa, and managed to establish themselves. They did it by mass spending in short period of time. Villa are trying to do it by a more gradual method. It might work, might not. You don't know and nor do I.