Archie Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 If I should express my mood with an idiomatic expression, I'd say that I'm over the Moon. . . chester. After various years of poor football and bitter disappointments, now we have a little series of five games in which: - we have won three, lost one and drew one, wheras we were accustomed to winning one game out of ten, more or less; - we have scored 11, more than two for match, whereas our attack was one of the most sterile of the whole Country; - we try and win the games, home and away, starting to build the play from the back, whereas we were used to play defensive tactics with the only aim to draw 0-0 (and defenders limited to bell the ball clear like 40 years ago). With Paul Lambert all changed. I love our manager, I would have liked him at Villa since he was at Norwich, and I think that in sole three months he has just done a fantastic job, a sort of copernican revolution of our style of play and approach to the game, even if we must have patience as Rome wasn't built in one day (Brian Clough would say: I wasn't called for that job). . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarjei Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 I feeling optimistic about the future too. Not expecting big things to happen quickly, but more importantly I'm enjoying following Villa and absolutely desperate to see the games. Indifference (self-induced to be able to stomach it, I think) has been replaced with love. The previous managers left a bitter cloud of negativity over Villa Park, with the players not believing in themselves and the fans utterly frustrated with the way games were approached. We have an inexperienced side, but they show determination and enthusiasm which is such a delight to see. When we have a good game we will be very hard to beat, and as the mistakes are weeded out we will see less of games such as those against Everton and Southampton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 I am feeling optimistic (Even after the Saints game, strangely) ssssshhhh!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 It's amazing how up and down this place gets but I do agree with a lot of what you say Archie. All I really want this season is for some genuine enthusiasm back at VP and Lambert's giving us exactly that. A decent result against the Baggies would do nicely too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 Based on how the season has gone so far, we'll probably get hammered by WBA then go & win at Spurs. Unfathamable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 I was usually quite positive about things most of the time, but last season just changed me. Made me fear Villa and made me feel negative about things. Lambert is slowing helping me recover from that and I owe apologies for my negativity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 The general consensus on this forum is more up and down than our results but I am happy supporting Villa at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodigan Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 i'm more concerned that PL has turned VTers into people who talk about copernican revolutions!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denis_B Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 This season was always going to belikethis. Young players and a comparitively young manager. They will all take time to adjust especially our longer serving players to new methods as there has been no stability for a couple of seasons. I hope that once it all settles we will all be more positive - just a pain that we all fall into the doom and gloom then euphoria instead of taking a deep breath of reality. We have a plan that seems to me that will work so fingers etc all crossed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 I'm going to be nervous until it looks like we are on a path to avoiding relegation, then I will enjoy the rollercoaster for the rest of the season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danceoftheshamen Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 I was usually quite positive about things most of the time, but last season just changed me. Made me fear Villa and made me feel negative about things. Lambert is slowing helping me recover from that and I owe apologies for my negativity. I would also like to mirror this statement as i too have strayed into negativity on occasion... I think the sheer number of false dawns we have had to endure since those European cup winning days have taken their toll For the 1st time since those days i think we are finally, at the start of, the right road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted September 27, 2012 Moderator Share Posted September 27, 2012 I am feeling optimistic (Even after the Saints game, strangely) ssssshhhh!!!!When you space it like that. I can't help reading it in the voice of William Shatner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
returnofthemac Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 Agree with most comments, with a very up and down season ahead of us. However I think PL will give us a good home record and go for it away from home. If we beat the Baggies then I think we will win more than we lose....a bit of a change from the last 2 seasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumerican Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 Villa Talk is what I imagine Kerry Katona's diary would be like ... Day 1....**** yeah !!!! Day 2 ...**** my life :cry: Day 3...Awesome!!! Day 4 ...Bollocks :cry: And so on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikantcpell Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 I agree..PL is the best thing that has happened to this club for a long long time..we will become a very good side under him,iam 100% sure of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turnbull Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 This season will be a rollercoaster ride of epic proportions. You can't whack a decent rollercoaster!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaslash Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 Agreed! I think we would all prefer the exciting rollercoaster with dreamy highs and scarey lows then the inevitable constant slow descent under McCleish. The key is to not eat too many Puka Pies before jumping on. Last year I watched one of the Villa vs. Man C games with some non-football friends. I spent the entire game explaining how it could be exciting, that both teams usually attack and try to win, that we used to be exciting to watch. I think the team is inconsistent but with alot of room to grow. For me that's exciting. We might hammer a team or they might hammer us but we are going to attack and play to win and that makes the losses much easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 I was traveling all day Tuesday, and couldn't catch any of the game, but when I saw the final score online, my jaw dropped. This is what we've been missing, the feeling that on our day, we can beat anyone. It's been a wild ride, and it's not even October. I'm absolutely loving this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boumasbabies Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 I simply love being competitive. How many games last season we went with the attitude of what we have we hold from the start. Lambert speech before City game.....let's stick it up them. I think Stan Petrov wouldve loved to play under this coach. Let pray he might. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raver50032 Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 I was traveling all day Tuesday, and couldn't catch any of the game, but when I saw the final score online, my jaw dropped. This is what we've been missing, the feeling that on our day, we can beat anyone. It's been a wild ride, and it's not even October. I'm absolutely loving this. Well okay... I really do get what you are saying, and things really are better this season than the previous two... But in terms of 'we can beat anybody on our day,' to be fair, he who should be shot rather than named took a side to Stamford Bridge and beat the cockney upstarts... Totally unexpected. Then of course, we FAILED to build on that, falling down to earth at home against Real Swansea... The rest is history. We've always been able to beat anyone on our day - it just all too rarely seemed to be our day under the previous manager and the one before that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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