lapal_fan Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 12 hours ago, maqroll said: The last five years have been like watching a relative slowly die from disease. A preventable one. I have a feeling of disgust in my stomach today that I've never had with regard to Villa. We are essentially relegated already. That a small handful of men could do what they've done to an institution like Aston Villa is staggering. My heart goes out to the true hardcore Villans who travel with the team week in, week out. We all deserve so much better, but especially them. What a disgrace. Sooooooo... Aston Villa have become a metaphoric parallel to the American Healthcare system? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 39 minutes ago, lapal_fan said: Sooooooo... Aston Villa have become a metaphoric parallel to the American Healthcare system? Na, I would say more on par of a failure like the NHS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanO Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 Just think this summer the pre season excitement, new manager along with a few freebies and loans....then the season kicks off. I remember feeling a little excited before the Bournemouth game, that soon end after the 1st 5mins it was apparent that we were bloody awful. I just hope that Lerner goes sooner rather than later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dounavilla Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 I'm sure once it's a mathematical certainty we are down we will go on an unbeaten run, score loads and show real effort. It's the same in most of our matches when we are2-0 down with ten mins left. Aston Villa serial killer of dreams. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PussEKatt Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 Does anyone believe we will get proper support from this board next term ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 nope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PussEKatt Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 In that case.Keep on going down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 9 minutes ago, PussEKatt said: Does anyone believe we will get proper support from this board next term ? Any support witnessed by these words removed will be as much use as chocolate scaffolding! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderPower_14 Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 14 hours ago, PaulC said: 15 pts adrift of Bournemouth now. In fairness a smalltime club like ours was never going to be able to keep up with the real Premier League giants like Bournemouth, Crystal Palace and Watford. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 9 minutes ago, PussEKatt said: Does anyone believe we will get proper support from this board next term ? We're going to need a net spend higher than what we've had for the past few seasons in the premier league. We're seeing good championship strikers costing up to, or even more than, £10m (Afobe, McCormack, Rhodes etc). We are going to need to sign one of those to fire us back up, let's not even attempt to rely on Gestede, not only is he shite but he has also demonstrated for Cardiff that he can be pretty impotent at that level. I frankly see this board underestimating the required spend for us to bounce straight back up, and thus, I see us falling short of what should be the absolute goal of automatic promotion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 (edited) I came across this while googling "Aston Villa RIP". Time for a new cartoon maybe.... http://www.handinglove.co.uk/the-death-cartoon-of-aston-villa/ Faithful supporters in a painful scene at the graveside This cartoon belonged to my father and originated from way back in 1959. It commemorates a day at the Hawthorns, on 29th April 1959, that West Bromwich Albion held Aston Villa to a 1-1 draw, and in doing so, condemned the Villa to relegation to the old 2nd division. I can find very little information regarding this match except that Aston Villa were leading by a Gerry Hitchens goal and Ronnie Allen scored the Baggies goal. The Death Cartoon Of Aston Villa I know nothing else about this cartoon, if the cartoonist was a Baggies fan or a Villa fan, or where the cartoon came from. I doubt if the cartoonist would get away drawing the guy on the far right saying “I’ll knock ell o’ t’ missis for this” in these politically correct times. If you know any-more please leave a comment below… The Death Cartoon of Aston Villa Edited February 3, 2016 by Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 'Put a sock in it you frowsty old Baggie' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam3773 Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 Just saw that were already favourite at Paddy Power to come up as champions next season. Optimistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHV Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 6 minutes ago, Sam3773 said: Just saw that were already favourite at Paddy Power to come up as champions next season. Optimistic. We will come straight back up, no problems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 No chance of promotion until we have a new owner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 I do think if we can keep the likes of ayew, okore, richards and veretout we can challenge top 6.At least they cant hide behind we need the money garbage If sunderland go down I think they are in big trouble as they wont be able to afford all these players they have purchased Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weedman Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 Just saw that were already favourite at Paddy Power to come up as champions next season. Optimistic. Where are those odds?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLDVILLAIN Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 I personally cant see us coming back up in the first season,the club is going to sell off some of our players in the summer and thats for sure. They will have to invest in a squad that can win in this division..I have the impression they think the championship is a walkover. The going rate for proven championship strikers is all too apparent with the likes of jordan rhodes and afobe just to name two,will the board be ready to shell out? im not too sure. A rebuild of the team in the championship could be a blessing in disguise..but with randolph lerner still heading this im more inclined to say its going to be more misery until he sells. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdulaziz1 Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 If we could keep our best players our team would be ok. We are in a much healthier position than the likes of Sunderland. Some of our players have a good potential as Ayew,Traore,Amavi,Veretout,Gueye,Okore and Grealish. Richards and Lescott are doing fine. Add quality upfront and we would have a good team. Its arguably better than our teams of the last couple of seasons, the difference was Benteke. The key is to keep the best players who are adapting. And I dont think the board wont pay anything. Theyve paid around 20m as an average. Its some of the signings that were terrible. Some positions really needed investment were it havent. Im not saying we are definitly due a promotion definitly. But just saying we are not tge worst squad ever to go down there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimzk5 Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 The championship is a poor league with the odd exception, the biggest challenge is having a squad of 20 players capable of playing Saturday & Wednesday most weeks & at the moment we have a squad only capable of playing for 45 minutes a week 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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