My Club - My View
With the new season coming up, RAWK asked several of the sites’ notable writers to send in a shortish piece that could be anything they liked so long as it vaguely adhered to the words “My Club - My View”. We’ve asked opinionated voices and representitives from the SOS and so on to contribute. Here are their thoughts:
My Club-My View
1. royhendo
Next season? On the one hand, if Lady Luck’s on our side, we’ll win silverware, and maybe even the league. On the other hand, who knows? Mass wailing and gnashing of teeth, pundits calling for heads on platters, and endemic insanity? Either way, it’s going to be another emotional rollercoaster.
Off the field, I’d like to see the American owners ousted from the club, and a truly ‘worthy’ custodian installed in their place (with a minimum of fuss, and evidence that we’re planning for the long-term with genuine investment). I don’t see it happening though - I have a horrible ’sinking feeling’ about it.
On the field, other than hoping we win every trophy we enter, I hope this season brings a more consistent shift to dominant play-making football - something we’ve seen glimpses of in recent months.
More specifically, I want to see us imposing our football on teams in the final third, and evidence of true ‘pass and move’ to break down sides that park the bus. I feel Rafa’s recruited with that in mind this summer.
It’s time to see a new ‘crushing machine’ emerge from the strong foundations we’ve laid - not necessarily all season long (I don’t think we quite have the quality-in-depth for that yet) - but in a consistent way, and certainly against the sides we ought to dominate.
We’ll see the odd blip here and there… so with that in mind I’d hope our fans can see the bigger picture, recognise the improvement in the quality in our play, and see where it’ll take us in the seasons to come.
Having said that, the media will ramp up the pressure on Rafa if things don’t run on rails - journos and pundits both. Net spending will be ignored and perspective will be set to one side. We’ll hear how our owners have lavished cash on the squad, and how it’s this season or bust for Rafa. Why bother with facts? They’ll do everything they can to derail our progress - even the ones who profess to love the club.
We’ll also see hysteria take hold if Man United find a strong position in the league come the Autumn, and I’ve a bad feeling people will lose the plot. There’s a danger we’ll forget it’s our own progress we need to concentrate on, and the fact we’re tantalisingly close to something special.
August 6th, 2008 at 10:50 pm
Nice honest piece that hits the nail on the head on many aspects of the club. A realistic view about our chances of silverware and definitely no unnecessary ludicrous predictions or trumpet blowing here.
I can see royhendo looking back on this article in 9 months time saying “I told you so”
August 7th, 2008 at 12:22 am
Don’t forget about Rick Parry & David Moores - who were the cause of us wasting 2 seasons for their shortsightedness & greed. They should just voluntarily go as they have shown that money is more important than loyalty to the club. They should just leave it to more loyal, dependable people to take care of the club. Remain as fans if they can but should not even dare open their mouths.
August 7th, 2008 at 3:21 pm
dont worry i heard your two yanks need to finance alot of their business loans this autumn with no banks willing to come fwd this does not concern loans for your club
that is why barry is sitting at home until raffa sells more players
that is why oneil let the shackles off the deal last week
he knows unless you can sell barry is a villa player come next week when he plays in uefa cup
cheers
up the villa