"We are a humble club." Says Chris Wilder

[Th!stledo]

The point about Uriah Heep is that his supposed humbleness is a pretext for exercising power over others. He is not truly humble, he just manufactures a situation where his apparent lack of social esteem becomes an advantageous quality. What he really wants is power.

As others have pointed out, humility would be a better word to choose (and is a better trait). No-one can brag about having humility - but you can brag about being humble. Given that, in this context, it's an excellent word to choose if you are going to have a bit of a dig. It's a way of showing your actual superiority to those that think you are beneath them.

I do get the "Uriah Heep - grasping manipulation and insincerity ". Hence why I mentioned it, although I don't believe that was CW's intention.

To me, humble implies that the apology was because Aston Villa are a big club and we're not. I would like to think it was for showing disrespect and would have been made if it was Manchester United or Accrington Stanley.

 

[super_pig]

CW was just dampening down potential contoversy imho. it is good management
i reckon behind the scenes he was laughing as much as anyone else