avfc456 Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 1 hour ago, It's Your Round said: Is it me or does their kit look like it’s been found in a previously locked cupboard at Ipswich Town’s training ground? its horrible. I like how imaginative and unique it is, and under no circumstances could it possibly be confused with strips from other clubs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 3 hours ago, HanoiVillan said: I was thinking about why they seem to be doing better this season, and came to much the same conclusion - they're the one team in the league who are completely familiar with playing in front of a spookily empty stadium. Every game is a home game for them now. They’ve won 2 out of the last 8 games in all competitions/friendlies, scoring 6 goals. 4 of the games they didn’t score at all. I don’t think they’re doing all that well tbh. I’m optimistic they’ve got another relegation battle on their hands. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 1 minute ago, Genie said: They’ve won 2 out of the last 8 games in all competitions/friendlies, scoring 6 goals. 4 of the games they didn’t score at all. . . . I’m optimistic they’ve got another relegation battle on their hands. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted October 1, 2020 Moderator Share Posted October 1, 2020 1 hour ago, Genie said: They’ve won 2 out of the last 8 games in all competitions/friendlies, scoring 6 goals. 4 of the games they didn’t score at all. I don’t think they’re doing all that well tbh. I’m optimistic they’ve got another relegation battle on their hands. Don’t think they will be in relegation fight with their manager, it’s just a question on how long he lasts... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MNVillan Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 14 hours ago, HanoiVillan said: I was thinking about why they seem to be doing better this season, and came to much the same conclusion - they're the one team in the league who are completely familiar with playing in front of a spookily empty stadium. Every game is a home game for them now. Genuine question, haven’t been to Brum (yet, plans are in the works). Do they seriously struggle for attendance or is this just a Villa fan joke? I know that Villa dominate the city, but surely a championship club who have had a couple cups of tea in the Prem have some sort of (stupid) following? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan-scott Posted October 2, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted October 2, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, MNVillan said: Genuine question, haven’t been to Brum (yet, plans are in the works). Do they seriously struggle for attendance or is this just a Villa fan joke? I know that Villa dominate the city, but surely a championship club who have had a couple cups of tea in the Prem have some sort of (stupid) following? They generally only get about 50% capacity. The stadium holds 29000-ish and their average attendance last season before lockdown was around 15k. (After a quick Google) They have a decent number of fans but they tend to only come out the woodwork for Villa games! Edited October 2, 2020 by villan-scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenfly Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 48 minutes ago, villan-scott said: They generally only get about 50% capacity. The stadium holds 29000-ish and their average attendance last season before lockdown was around 15k. (After a quick Google) They have a decent number of fans but they tend to only come out the woodwork for Villa games! I genuinely think most of them aren't even football fans. It's just an excuse for them to get tribal about something. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 5 hours ago, MNVillan said: Genuine question, haven’t been to Brum (yet, plans are in the works). Do they seriously struggle for attendance or is this just a Villa fan joke? I know that Villa dominate the city, but surely a championship club who have had a couple cups of tea in the Prem have some sort of (stupid) following? No, they really do struggle for attendance. They are almost never anywhere close to full. It is actually weird how empty they are; there are plenty of other clubs in the division who have been shit for roughly as long that still get better attendances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 1 hour ago, villan-scott said: They generally only get about 50% capacity. The stadium holds 29000-ish and their average attendance last season before lockdown was around 15k. (After a quick Google) They have a decent number of fans but they tend to only come out the woodwork for Villa games! Even forest and derby have more fans than them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TreeVillan Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 7 hours ago, Greenfly said: I genuinely think most of them aren't even football fans. It's just an excuse for them to get tribal about something. They've moved on to being peaky blinders now. Gives them identity I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 23 hours ago, Genie said: They’ve won 2 out of the last 8 games in all competitions/friendlies, scoring 6 goals. 4 of the games they didn’t score at all. I don’t think they’re doing all that well tbh. I’m optimistic they’ve got another relegation battle on their hands. Sadly, not a chance IMO. They've only conceded one goal in the league - having played two of the promotion favourites, too - and that was a penalty. They'll be absolutely fine and have a realistic hope of making the playoffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 7 hours ago, Demitri_C said: Even forest and derby have more fans than them Derby, Nottingham Forest, Leeds (in the championship), Middlesborough, etc are all the one big team in their city. Whereas SHA are a small team in the West Midlands which have 3 bigger teams surrounding them - Villa, Wolves and West Brom. Plus they have generally been shit for their whole existence, so who would start supporting them? Only if they were forced to by their parents. I would suggest that's the main reasons why they don't actually have many fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Xela Posted October 2, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 2, 2020 How can this be? I thought all 'proper brummies' supported small heath? "Blues fans are the true brums Tom, real salt of the earth Tom, they break yer 'eart Tom,. What about the time we took 80,000 to Wembley Tom, for the Leyland Daf final, I know there was only 50,000 in the stadium but we took 200,000 that day Tom, proper brummies we are, us blues fans, Tom" 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenfly Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 https://www.smallheathalliance.com/read.php?1,2916921,page=10 I've had a lovely time reading their Villa thread from this point on this evening. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperTed Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 1 hour ago, Greenfly said: https://www.smallheathalliance.com/read.php?1,2916921,page=10 I've had a lovely time reading their Villa thread from this point on this evening. They can all go word removed themselves, frankly. We are worlds above them at the moment and barring a cup draw, we won’t be playing them anytime soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MNVillan Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 6 hours ago, Greenfly said: https://www.smallheathalliance.com/read.php?1,2916921,page=10 I've had a lovely time reading their Villa thread from this point on this evening. Spent 5 minutes over there for my first time ever. Feel like I need a shower now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 2 hours ago, MNVillan said: Spent 5 minutes over there for my first time ever. Feel like I need a shower now. I needed a dictionary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubbs Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 10 hours ago, Greenfly said: https://www.smallheathalliance.com/read.php?1,2916921,page=10 I've had a lovely time reading their Villa thread from this point on this evening. Its amazing how many of them actually have us credit. Although what's more amazing is they were able to type when their fingers are usually buried in their sisters. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mottaloo Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 15 minutes ago, dubbs said: Its amazing how many of them actually have us credit. Although what's more amazing is they were able to type when their fingers are usually buried in their sisters. I hopped over to sha s(h)ite after the game and boy they were REALLY struggling not to give us credit. A few did and the odd one or two snapped back which lead to a bit of in house squabbling. One nose made me laugh by bleating that 3 of our goals were deflected and Liverpool should've had a pen at 1-0 "which wouldve changed the game...." - desperate straw clutching if ever i read it ! At least "Greasy" was largely left alone by the bitter blosers last night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted October 5, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted October 5, 2020 10 hours ago, Greenfly said: https://www.smallheathalliance.com/read.php?1,2916921,page=10 I've had a lovely time reading their Villa thread from this point on this evening. without reading i'm guessing theres about 100 posts about how 'spawny' and 'jammy' we are and how we shouldn't even be in the league due to the failed hawkeye? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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