I think we are in a similar situation to Man U where when Fergus took over, we are not where we should be, and admitting that does not make us losers, we all want to get back to where we believe we should be, but you have to earn the right to be competing at the top, not live off the name Aston Villa. Ellis made that mistake, believing players would come just because we are Aston Villa, it doesn't work like that anymore. Wake up.
With the new board/ manager I think we will get back to being genuine challengers, but it ain't gonna happen overnight. At least we are moving forward now,for the first time in way too long. We are a great club with fantastic history, no disputing that, celebrate it, enjoy it, talk about it, but we know that because we love the club, talented players from around the world probably don't, so realistically that means we have to move forward step by step. This does not make us losers.