Jinxed

[dublinvilla2014]

Just as it looks like where putting a squad together to challenge for a trophy 2 ACL injuries in few days anytime we seem to be moving forward something goes wrong we take  astep backwards are we destined to never win a trophy again seriously how many finals we lost since we won  one feels like I might never get to see us win anything again

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[Marka Ragnos]

41 minutes ago, dublinvilla2014 said:

Just as it looks like where putting a squad together to challenge for a trophy 2 ACL injuries in few days anytime we seem to be moving forward something goes wrong we take  astep backwards are we destined to never win a trophy again seriously how many finals we lost since we won  one feels like I might never get to see us win anything again

Ah, the Jinx. That strange vestige of our pagan past -- a kind of secular mysticism. How does Collins define it? "... an unlucky or malevolent force, person, or thing."

But any past thread related to Villa's "bad luck" or such really isn't quite the Jinx. A Jinx is its own thing. It's not bad luck. It's not a curse, really.

The Jinx can only be the Jinx.

You have thus invoked the Jinx as a Villa fan. That is a bold move, mate. There is no turning back. It remains to be seen whether we are indeed Jinxed, but I feel you, that's for sure. 

I do not, persoanlly, think we're Jinxed. I don't believe in Jinxery, myself, although I respect others' right to believe it. It's a curious thing. I think some 10% of Britons now go to church weekly. More far more believe in Jinxes, I would suspect.

But isn't the Jinx also something someone does, too, like cracking open an egg. Like because a random VTer said we would place in the Champions League this year, they created a Jinx? I think many, many football supporters think this way. Have we cracked open an egg this year? I do not know. It does appear we may hire one soon, ie, Acuna.