This is my first post on this forum for years and can I first say that I totally support the” out the door “protest.
I live in Perth Australia, now and my last game I went to see was McDonalds first game in charge after MON’s surprise departure (We spanked Wet Spam 3 – 0). So I left the UK thinking that it would be all right after all. (A few days later the Barcodes put 7 past us )
I think it was this point in time that the seeds of the present state of affairs were sown. (So I do apologise for emigrating and leaving the Villa in the S**T)
But I would caution , be careful what you ask for …… remember those heady days when the buy out was announced and Martin O’Neill named new manager and O’dreary left the Fickle faithful…. Oh how we rejoiced and all went to the start of the season with hope and cheer in our hearts… and for a few years we basked in the glory of being a top 6 team . But our new owner couldn’t continue to splash the cash and we started the cycle of selling our best players and not replacing them with quality. Which has steadily worsened until this year Timmy was let loose in the sweetie shop and went straight past the Quality street and into the Pick n mix, no All Gold just dolly mixtures
Now who was it that demanded this, who was it that protested against HDE and his type leadership… we did ….. The Villa Faithful ….. and I was probably one of the worst offenders (I met the guy a couple of times and thought he was a dreadful old T**T).
I never thought I would be saying this but who was it that had the North Stand built, the Witton Lane seats re-done, Bodymoor Heath built, Generally made Villa Park such a great stadium….. and kept the Villa in the BLACK…. And did just enough to keep the Villa in the hunt
The problem the Club face now is that they have missed the bus in terms of playing staff, we are not allowed anymore to lash out huge wages to keep “star” players…. (Not that we have any)… But the point at which MON said his farewell was the point where VILLA had the chance to go that further step just to maintain OUR status as a top Premier league team, AND IT IS THAT , THAT , I WOULD BE PROTESTING ABOUT.
Our only hope now is that we can establish ourselves in the championship for a few years and then rebuild enough to return to the top flight hopefully with a GT MK1 type manager and an owner with more FOOTBALL business acumen.
Please excuse me if I have strayed off topic but I have 6 years worth of pent up frustration (And staying up until silly o’clock) watching my club slide into a decline only matched by the Tommy Docherty debacle.
Good Luck with the OUT THE DOOR ON 74 and UTV
