Popular Post Greenfly Posted January 3, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 3, 2021 I've been thinking about this a lot lately, especially after browsing Villa twitter. I know that place is an absolute cesspool, but there's a running theme of our fans getting spoilt by our good form this season. I'm seeing it all over; talk of some players not being good enough, despite us residing in the top six half a season after avoiding the drop by one point. People saying anything less than an EL spot this season would be a failure, considering the general consensus originally was an upper bottom half finish with no relegation concerns would be a successful season. We're in danger of becoming a spoilt fanbase, and I'm worried it's going to happen soon. Look at Wolves - they've tasted some success, now they've hit hard times there all turning in Nuno. That could easily happen to us too. I don't know where I'm going with this, but it's something that needs to be said and remembered. We're doing extremely well. This next month will be very tough, probably the toughest period of the whole season. Things might not go well, but it does not erase the good work we've already done. Let's just temper or expectations a little, ok? 10th would've been a fantastic finish at the start of the season, and that hasn't changed. 37 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WallisFrizz Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Yep. All of that (still secretly wishing for a EL spot though). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Well said Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenfly Posted January 3, 2021 Author Share Posted January 3, 2021 Just now, WallisFrizz said: Yep. All of that (still secretly wishing for a EL spot though). That's fair. I think it's achievable. I just don't want us all turning on Deano if it doesn't happen, which is likely. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 I agree. It's been spoken about on here before. Smith's streaky results + social media weirdness has led to some very entitled fans. When we were robbed at West Ham the moaning was surprising bearing in mind the good performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_eristic Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Nope. Champions League or bust (.......again). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sne Posted January 3, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 3, 2021 (edited) Missed opportunity to not name the thread Curb Your Enthusiasm? Edited January 3, 2021 by sne 7 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turvontour Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 7 minutes ago, Greenfly said: I've been thinking about this a lot lately, especially after browsing Villa twitter. I know that place is an absolute cesspool, but there's a running theme of our fans getting spoilt by our good form this season. I'm seeing it all over; talk of some players not being good enough, despite us residing in the top six half a season after avoiding the drop by one point. People saying anything less than an EL spot this season would be a failure, considering the general consensus originally was an upper bottom half finish with no relegation concerns would be a successful season. We're in danger of becoming a spoilt fanbase, and I'm worried it's going to happen soon. Look at Wolves - they've tasted some success, now they've hit hard times there all turning in Nuno. That could easily happen to us too. I don't know where I'm going with this, but it's something that needs to be said and remembered. We're doing extremely well. This next month will be very tough, probably the toughest period of the whole season. Things might not go well, but it does not erase the good work we've already done. Let's just temper or expectations a little, ok? 10th would've been a fantastic finish at the start of the season, and that hasn't changed. That's the problem with social media. I find that the most vocal, extreme and frequent posters are absolute morons. Everything's very short termist and immediate nowadays, again not helped by the media searching for and giving opinions rather than reporting news. Off topic a touch, but the articles of whether Arsenal are in a relegation fight were ridiculous at this stage of the season. And look even more stupid now they've won a few games. How can you be in a relegation battle after one third of the season? Equally, now it's all about Man U challenging for the title. A couple of months ago, it was that Ole needed to go. I'd hate to be a football manager nowadays. Answer your original point, I think most villa fans would be OK with mid table. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdman Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 I know what you are saying and I am realistic however I still have expectations and ambition. I want top 10 at least! As long as our effort doesn't drop I'll be happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheltenham_villa Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 i dont think its a villa thing, i dont think its a this season thing, its just a football thing and the internet gives us a platform to share extreme views. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loxstock92 Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 I think some fans would see finishing 10th as a wasted opportunity after the start we’ve had. normally you would have a very well defined top 6 by now, so unless some drastic happened fans would generally know their teams place. However this season as been anything from typical so far. With how tightly packed the top half is and being well in the mix, some fans would think this is a good opportunity to break into Europe (I’ll put my hands up and say part of me thinks along that line) however if we didn’t achieve it I wouldn’t be massively disappointed considering where we’ve come from. I’d actually be slightly concerned about getting that much success so soon after staying up (but what a story) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam-AVFC Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 If any fans are allowed back in VP before the end of the season I'd be willing to bet money we hear some boos at some point. This is one of the most reasoned places to discuss Villa and there are still numerous people who only ever to post to criticise. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaJ100 Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 (edited) Thing is the league is so tight we could easy find ourselves finishing below pool, man u, Leicester, spurs, City, arsenal, soton, Everton, and if they keep getting results urgh west ham and finish about 12th. That would still be a great result but be gutting after doing so well for so long. We should really have beat the scrub teams like Brighton and Burnley Edited January 3, 2021 by VillaJ100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted January 3, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted January 3, 2021 4 hours ago, Greenfly said: I've been thinking about this a lot lately, especially after browsing Villa twitter. I know that place is an absolute cesspool, but there's a running theme of our fans getting spoilt by our good form this season. I'm seeing it all over; talk of some players not being good enough, despite us residing in the top six half a season after avoiding the drop by one point. People saying anything less than an EL spot this season would be a failure, considering the general consensus originally was an upper bottom half finish with no relegation concerns would be a successful season. We're in danger of becoming a spoilt fanbase, and I'm worried it's going to happen soon. Look at Wolves - they've tasted some success, now they've hit hard times there all turning in Nuno. That could easily happen to us too. I don't know where I'm going with this, but it's something that needs to be said and remembered. We're doing extremely well. This next month will be very tough, probably the toughest period of the whole season. Things might not go well, but it does not erase the good work we've already done. Let's just temper or expectations a little, ok? 10th would've been a fantastic finish at the start of the season, and that hasn't changed. Great post, I'd go a bit further too and say that a lot of people who all of a sudden acting like we should bet everyone every week seem to be the same that were calling for Smith to go last season about this time of year and when we had the losing run in the Championship after the Forest 5-5. Whereas a lot of the people who were saying to keep the faith in Dean are those who've been consistently saying not to get too carried away with our early season form. It's pretty obvious that expecting our thin squad (we have little beyond a competitive well coached first eleven) to win every week will turn into being massively pissed off when we have the inevitable bad run and the usual overreactions about the head coach begin again. It's not just Villa fans, it's all football fans these days, I really don't know how you can say that Smith hasn't earned our faith yet. He's done everything that has been asked of him, probably a year or two before the owners thought realistic and he's shown he can turn a bad run around twice. I think he will only get better and I think if we can build a team around Jack that grows together under his coaching this club has no limit. That is long term though and to keep it all together long term it would be good if the fanbase doesn't collectively shit the bed if we finish 12th this year. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenjiOgiwara Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Yup. Agree with this. Top 10 for me would be fantastic. But I can sort of understand those who dream of Europe, cause we've looked fantastic thos season. Even against the so called best sides we've been solid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 4 hours ago, Greenfly said: browsing Villa twitter. I bask in the sunray of never doing this, and recommend to everyone on here to follow suit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-Carlsen Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 (edited) We've not exactly been spoilt during the years, so can understand the relief of actually performing well at the top level. That said, i've been around a bit too long to fall in the "optimist trap". We have an exiting team atm, but are over-archieving compared to some teams that are even better on paper. All honour to Deano and staff for that, but honestly, we are only a Jack injury away from dropping down again. Let's see what happens. Im preparing for the worst, and ofc hoping for the best. UTV no matter what. Edit: The last time we played in europa we had a very good side. Carew, Milner, Young etc. Then we sold our best players, Laursen retired and the downfall started. Memory also brings me back to a time where I thought Nathan Delfouneso was going to be next Pele Edited January 3, 2021 by K-Carlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenjiOgiwara Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Think the best big about quitting Facebook a few years ago was avoiding the fan base there. Amazing amount of morons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonesy7211 Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 I think most sensible Villa fans realise we're performing way above expectations at the minute. We very nearly went down and it's like watching a different team this season. Like most, i was hoping not to be in a relegation scrap this season, and to carry on improving year on year. I'm still sticking to that as we're only a couple of injuries away from a crisis, like we experienced last year. Anything else is a bonus and another reason to be proud of the club. I'd argue the fans on twitter probably aren't as invested as the majority of sensible villa fans, and should stick to winning the league this season firmly on FIFA or football manager. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 The other thing is that we are actually joint 10th at the moment... so if we keep performing like we have been, 10th is probably a fair result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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