Spoony

I slagged him off when he was poor and all that stuff came out of him wanting more time (because I’m a fickle, naive, impatient Villa fan).

Ive learnt my lesson these days. I think he’s superb. Say it quietly but he’s better than Buendia…

Thank god tbh. Glad the players showed up 

Why must we smear a bit of poo on it right at the end 

I know it’s irresponsible but I wish we just went out to dick them 9-0

2 minutes ago, Davkaus said:

The tragic thing about completely dicking a team so comfortably in the first half an hour is that if it finishes 5-0 it's going to feel a bit underwhelming now  

Yeah always happens!

Honestly just relieved. Glad the rot has stopped. Also slightly furious we couldn’t do this AT HOME to go top at xmas. But so happy to have turned it around 

5 hours ago, Woody1000 said:

 

This is completely insane!

I quite like it. Therefore I no longer give much of a shit and can move on. 

6 hours ago, Hank Scorpio said:

He's the new Diaby.

Diaby is dead, long live new Diaby.

*2 months later *

"Rogers shit mate. Bin him off."

The sad thing is i can predict who will be saying it too.

“No mate give him time to settle. Look at Diaby - he was written off and now he’s unplayable”

just to complete the loop

29 minutes ago, MaVilla said:

tbh, ofc we would always want CL football this year if we could get it, and im sure there will be ups and downs this year, but to be brutally honest, once the season is over and the dust has settled, i would be very happy if we got Europa League.

I think, considering where we are, the minimum we should expect of ourselves right now is Europa League, but it would also be a good finish regardless, especially considering where we were, when Emery took over.

Im sure there would be some disappointment if we didnt manage CL this year, due to how the first half of the season went, but eh......in reality, CL league is wildest dreams stuff, Europa league would be a very good season, weirdly i would be disappointed by anything less than that, but thats only because of how the first half of the season went, if you had offered me Europa league at the start of the season, i would have been extremely happy with that.

i guess expectations adjust based on current form, and we performed way, way beyond expectations in the first half of the season tbh.

Yup I agree that’s the case but that's so unfair on Emery. Definitely a victim of his own success. 

Looking at Twitter I honestly despair at our fanbase. Ive seen someone say that top 8 and winning a cup would be “not bad”.

We haven’t won a cup in over two decades. Before Emery took over we were something like 16th? The fact we are even discussing anything other than mid table or relegation is all because of him. 

I know a lot of Arsenal fans and I’m getting messages on the lines of told you so re Emery. Bright hopeful start and then diminishing returns. Don’t buy that shit and not sure that’s even true of his time at Arsenal or anywhere else  

I will never not support Emery fyi and if we lost to Shef Utd I’m going to be pretty gutted once Emery out gets going, which it will because our fan base can be really insufferable. 

6 hours ago, Leeroy said:

Absolutely this is a must win. They are bottom for a reason and the f*ckers jammed a point against us at VP by playing ultra defensive Wilder tactics.

 

Basically if we can't beat these at least once this season we may as well pack up and go home. Unai needs to show that he's an elite manager by putting an end to this horrific run we're on.

I wouldn’t say they jammed a point. WE jammed a point. We had absolutely no answer to their defensive tactics. 

1 hour ago, Delphinho123 said:

Our form has long suggested a result like last night was a matter of time. I thought we’d get well beaten in the cup by Chelsea (which we should have been by ht), it it’s just a shame it came against Newcastle at home. 

If we continue to play like we are, we’ll do well to finish in the top 7 quite frankly. At what point does a bad run of form no longer become form and more the ‘norm’? It’s bizarre we can play fast, free flowing football like we did against City and against Newcastle at home last season but now we’re reverting to this timid, slow approach play. 

There’s nothing ‘I told you so’ about this post. We’ve been rubbish since we scored against Arsenal and it’s only a matter of time before we drop down the league. It’s all very obvious. 

Sounds pretty “I told you so” if you ask me. Besides the reverse is also true. When did our great form become “the norm”? Form comes and goes. We are in a shit period but we won’t be here forever. We probably will finish 6-7th because that’s where we belong. We were massively over achieving and couldn’t keep that up. If we are actually allowed to strengthen in the summer by the powers that be we can start thinking about top 4. 

He’s clearly got it in his locker. Like Bailey, he needs time. But he does need to be benched for the time being til the team as a whole stops being shite. 

I just don’t see us winning. We have fallen off so bad

Sigh. Just so disappointing. Perhaps now they’ve had the hiding they have deserved for the last couple of months it can be a kick up the arse, but I’m not hopeful 

My overwhelming feeling is just being so gutted. It was such a wonderful run and we have just reverted to type with no sign of it turning back around. 

Just absolutely raging that they’ve waited this long to get into the game 

He looked off 

Well I was there when we turned around a 3-0 deficit against Sheff Utd…

Well all the feel good is firmly gone. End of another era. 

Ah it’s over isn’t it. Was a good run 

Just now, flashingqwerty said:

We've been dire since Man City.

Needed some numbers this window to maintain the push.  Not happened.

See us dropping away now like that Gregory season.

With FFP I’m not sure numbers was ever really an option 

Have stopped looking forward to Villa games