The_Rev Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Ah, the Glastonspur defence! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 West Brom showing real class here: https://twitter.com/...093196755361792 It's bad enough their fans hijack our Petrov tribute but for the official club media to revel in it is pathetic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimzk5 Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 It's bad enough their fans hijack our Petrov tribute but for the official club media to revel in it is pathetic. **** em. Let them have there moment in the sun, they've spent a large part of the last 30 years in the lower leagues, of course there gonna take the piss. The fact they spend all there efforts on chanting about how shit we are instead of cheering there own players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted January 2, 2013 Administrator Share Posted January 2, 2013 I quite like seeing them do well. Don't really feel any animosity towards them at all. Thats a good analogy really 'little friendly club round the corner' thats pretty much how I think of them too, I just couldn't put it into words. I used to go and watch the Baggies when we were away; them or Kiddy Harriers. I've no feelings about them at all. I don't watch for their results. If they're doing well, then good for them. If they think success is being better than us, then that's a bit sad but hardly surprising given the last 20 years. I feel similarly about Coventry, except that I probably dislike Coventry just a little bit because of just how bad we were treated at Highfield Road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djdabush Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 most successfull clubs in the west midlands surely have to be 1) villa. 2) Wolves . 3) west brom 4) Blues 5) walsall You missed Coventry who I'd argue are also ahead of sha in terms of honours seeing as they are past FA cup winners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roonst83 Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 Due to the constant anti-Villa abuse on Facebook that im seeing, they're fast becoming a club I despise...but aside from their fans I think they're decent to watch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leebarnett2004 Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 You missed Coventry who I'd argue are also ahead of sha in terms of honours seeing as they are past FA cup winners. totally forgot about coventry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfTimePost Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 totally forgot about coventry So has everybody. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jadenb42 Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 It's a one sided rivalry. I don't mind WBA grew up a few streets away from the hawthorns when living in Handsworth. They just gloating and don't blame them. They are better than us and have been last couple of season. But like blues they base their success on how we are doing.... They will never be a proper derby match only SHA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leebarnett2004 Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 So has everybody. haha since we relegated them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingsombrero Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 (edited) If it doesn't take hold it certainly won't be through lack of trying on their part. I don't think I've ever seen a group of fans so desperate for attention. They're like a toddler, a z-list celeb and a psychotic ex-girlfriend all rolled into one. I'm surprised Shane Long isn't leaving me voicemail's at 4 in the morning. Those Baggie Boilers sure do miss us so. Edited January 3, 2013 by flamingsombrero Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Lions_Roar Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 did anyone else get sent pics of the empty seats at VP from saturday with comments such as "hahaha you only had 33k fans #bigclub" etc the obvious reply of course gets "yeah but if we had a 42k stadium we'd fill it" it feels more desperate than the blues rivalry I don't think they've once sold out their pathetic little stadium this season. Always a nothing club and getting as bad as the blues with post on Facebook like " still top team in the midlands" even after losing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 Yam yam fucktards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 I don't think they've once sold out their pathetic little stadium this season. Always a nothing club and getting as bad as the blues with post on Facebook like " still top team in the midlands" even after losing. The favourite one by them at the moment is we know what we are..pride of midlands... Hmm yeah ok then....apparently they booed Chris brunt against fulham... And we're called fickle.. Booing your captain and one of your best players because you lose one game, in your best ever season.....plus that 8 minute thing is pathetic... Proper smalltime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted January 8, 2013 Moderator Share Posted January 8, 2013 Gera will miss the rest of their season. Hah. Good enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted January 9, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted January 9, 2013 I've got 2 Baggies fans on my FB and they're infuriating at the moment. What's more, my mom is a baggies fan. I'm even getting stick from her! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Who beat us the other night? Was it Bradford or West Brom? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaAndLoyal Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 I think someone on the last page mentioned the word 'desperate' and I think that sums up the current state of this rivalry. I have never come across another club who are so desperate for another club to hate them back and, sadly, because of the state of the Villa on the pitch at the moment some of our younger supporters are (naturally, I guess) beginning to bite. But looking at the rivalry on the whole, it is very one-sided and certainly not a patch on the Second City derby. Between Villa and Blues (whether you like it or not) there is genuine hatred, on both sides, and I don't mind admitting that despite our superiority over them for practically our entire history. We share the same city and I can't stand them or anything about their grotty club. But with Albion they are so obsessed with us - they so want to reignite the rivalry of old - and I guess that is borne out of a club based in a place where it is difficult to have an identity. Are they in Birmingham? Are they in the Black Country? Is Wolves their biggest rivalry? Even their own fans don't know the answers to these questions so we are hardly likely to. Make no mistake though, their fans hate us with a passion. But it's more a jealous hate whereas Blues' fans are just, mainly, barbaric animals. And to be fair, as other have said, some of our fans are only too happy to reciprocate, They (Albion) literally never stop singing about us, and that 8th minute applause is honestly the most small-time thing I've ever seen from any club. To think WBA's media department thought tweeting that was in any way sensible, productive, balanced, or professional is, well, just scary. I'd not be wanting to highlight or promote anything as downright petty as that but I guess that is the mentality which runs right the way through that club. Albion, of course, are not the only other Midlands club (other than Blues) to sing about us as Coventry still do to this day. In fact, at a match with Shrewsbury Town last month their loudest chant heard by the away fans was 'SOTV' - so make of that what you will. What it comes down to is that Aston Villa have, for a long time, been by and away the West Midlands most successful club. That is down partly to our own success but also the failure of our local rivals collectively. It is natural, now that we seem to be on a decline of sorts, for the other teams to revel in our apparent demise and I guess they have every right to. I don't like Albion at all, and I think this 'friendly club' tag is getting a bit old now. I'd describe them as a bitter club, full of bitter individuals, and come the game later this month I will treat it as a full-blown derby game. But, in reality, I don't hate them and Albion will always play second fiddle for myself and many other Villa fans in the derby stakes. Reading that last sentence, I realise, will anger many Tesco shirt-wearers but it's the truth. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Lions_Roar Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Agree with that. Most of my wife's family support the albion and constantly Ho on about the rivalry, and I just have no idea what they're talking about. Until now they have always been that small harmless club down the road. Maybe tines have changed and we'll have to accept that we're currently not the top Midlands team as we've been used to. I hope they enjoy that honour as it won't last long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turnbull Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 In the late 70s, early 80s, the rivalry was pretty intense and there were some cracking games between the two clubs. Mind you, I think a lot of people hated the Albion for a particular reason back then, ie the 3 Degrees. I can remember the shower of fruit that greeted Laurie Cunningham at the Hawthorns back in 1978 (Hugh Johns on Star Soccer commented that supporters were "throwing missiles" onto the pitch. It wasn't just the "R" word though, the fact that they were a bunch of dirty b*stards helped too, particularly Ally Brown who was responsible for breaking Alex Cropley's leg amongst other things. They were a tough team to play against back then. BTW, I'm not condoning the racism that was directed at Regis, Cunningham and Batson, I'm just saying what went on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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