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Cuellar staying put?

http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/aston-villa-fc/aston-villa-news/2011/08/13/aston-villa-transfer-latest-carlos-cuellar-set-to-stay-at-villa-as-rangers-deal-collapses-97319-29226345/

Hoping this is true. We can't afford to lose ANY player, let alone a quality defender such as Cuellar. AM is crazy for even considering letting him go back to Rangers. Good news, I hope.

posted on 15/8/11

Sorry, mate. With respect, the standard is bad. I have seen many times, SPL games on telly (never actually thought to go see one)- although would love a Rangers/Celtic derby for the atmosphere. Standard is really poor and I honestly think Rangers/Celtic would be relegation fodder (or thereabouts) year in, year out. Certainly wouldn't qualify for Europe, not even Europa League.

comment by deBear (U8633)

posted on 15/8/11

Nether Rangers or Celtic have won the Champions league.

I have heard the theme many times through the years.

Give us the £50m and I can assure you we would not be relegation fodder.

If teams that have no chance of winning a comp shouldnt enter it then why are AV in the Premiership?

posted on 15/8/11

Ha ha, we founded the league you muppet, it was our idea, and we provided the first chairman. Fans include the next king and the current prime minister. You get a place for basically winning a league like Finlands. Joke club in a joke league that survives on hate. Wouldn't do well in the EPL and most importantly, we don't want you or your country. Please leave the UK and take your rubbish football with you, instead of barking on about scrounging our cash, both on and off the field.

posted on 15/8/11

Nether Rangers or Celtic have won the Champions league.

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Celtic won it in 1966-67 beating Inter 2-1. Or do you just wish they hadn't? Still, you get to hear the theme music for a bit I suppose.....

posted on 15/8/11

Or let me guess, your going to get me on semantics; 'wasn't called the Champions League' then, was called the European Cup... same thing.

Villa 1982 European Cup winners!

UTV

comment by polloks (U2971)

posted on 15/8/11

the champions league is nothing like the european cup

it shows your knowledge of the champions league pal

celtic once got to the semi finals of the european cup by beating boldklubben,silema wanderers and ujpesti dozsa

now it is imposible for one of us to go that far

Rangers and celtic regularly appear in the champions league

aston villa have appeared in the european cup once and never got near the uefa champions league

i hope you savoured it in 1981

it's never coming back

comment by deBear (U8633)

posted on 15/8/11

What he said! ^

Why you so grumpy anyway?

comment by TEMPLAR (U5027)

posted on 15/8/11

cuellar is worth every penny if not more than 2mill.
anyone who signs him for that will be rubbing there hands, daylight robbery for that kind of money.
i really do hope he stays even if it means running hes contract down and leavin on a free.

posted on 15/8/11

Polloks,

Obviously the European Cup was a different format to the CL. I am not disputing it was different. All I am saying it, Celtic have won a European Cup (now known as the Champions League). Have Rangers?

Villa beat Bayern Munich in 1982, not 1981. But I suppose, Bayern Munich are pretty hopeless aren't they. Celtic beat Inter Milan in the final, Inter who? I hear you say.

So, what you are really suggesting is teams like Liverpool, Real Madrid, Bayern, and even us, our European Cup is not the equivalent to the Champs League? Wake up buddy. You tell any Liverpool fan that anything won in those days is worthless, and I bet you will find your TV missing the next day.

Are you really that deluded to think that you get into the CL every year because you are good? You play in the worst league in Europe FFS! As I said earlier, teams like Wigan, or even Blackpool would probably win your league and thus qualify. How far do you normally get anyway? Rangers and Celtic just make up the numbers for a few weeks until the wheat is sorted from the chaff. You will never win it at all- because you play rubbish football in a joke of a league. If you came to the EPL, you wouldn't get out of the relegation zone.

AVFC- 1982 European Cup winners

Rangers- First round CL fodder.

comment by deBear (U8633)

posted on 16/8/11

Rangers- UEFA cup finalists 2008

See what I did there?

Nobody was saying those trophies are worthless - jeez o.

I'm never gonna change the team I support any more than you are.

If course there will be a lot more CL exits than decent runs, but I'll be able to tell my grandkids (if I have any) that I saw my team play in a Euro final and the fact that they played in the worst league in Europe (your words)just made it all the more special.

PS Celtic getting to thier UEFA cup final was arguably harder to achieve than winning the big one in 1967.

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