http://astonVilla.blogFootball.com/duffnort1/ en-us Wed, 21 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMT Wed, 21 Sep 2005 20:52:11 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss UserLand Frontier v9.1b4 rssUpdates duffnort@heroesandvillains.net (CathN and Steve D) duffnort@heroesandvillains.net (CathN and Steve D) <img src="http://www.cybersaps.org/images/static/images/duffnort1/ellisruss.jpg" height="263" width="322" border="0" alt="The Russians are coming: <i>You're looking well... Are you really older than me?</i> That's the problem being a plc. <i>Anyone </i>can own your football club. And in the &quot;global game&quot; that could mean literally anyone. You don't have to have an attachment to Aston, Birmingham, the UK, or even an interest in the game. Making money is really the only common denominator and making money, usually, costs us the fans. How far would you go to see &quot;success&quot; or that could be millions wasted on yet more &quot;talent&quot; who don't give a toss? Short term gain but in the long term? "> <i>"You're looking well..."</i> <i>"I invented embalming fluid you know"</i> Not yet certain I want Russians running the club, even if they have trillions of roubles. It spells trouble, a few years down the line. Short term gain and all that. A few tanks in B6 might sort out the parking problems in Priory Road though.