Giro Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 10 hours ago, tinker said: I take no pleasure in West broms demice, after villa its local clubs all the way for me . The baggies owners are shit and we have had that feeling, they don't deserve it and nor does the city of Birmingham. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amsterdam_Neil_D Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 14 hours ago, fruitvilla said: So what? As a Villa "fan" I like to think I have some class. Perhaps I should revise my opinion. All the local teams hate us, they all hold hands and sing about how much they hate us. Quite unique I would guess. We are and always have been different to all of them IMO. The hate is strong in them. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 7 hours ago, fruitvilla said: Just curious ... is this banter or are you serious? Serious, absolutely. I am a Villa fan, generally speaking I only want villa to do well. I don’t get this ‘modern’ fan approach but I guess it’s fallout of a more globalised fan base. We are Villa, we hate the blues and we dislike wba, wolves, Coventry etc, that’s just the way it is. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rino8 Posted January 10, 2021 Visiting Supporter Share Posted January 10, 2021 I kind of get the sympathy personally. For smaller/lesser local rivalries as long as they're doing worse than your club I don't necessarily want to see them self destructing, appointing Big Sam and refusing to play since. I.e Sheffield United aren't our main rivals and while it's a bit funny to watch them be fully shit I'd prefer they just finish 17th every year for more local representation in the league. Maybe it's a Yorkshire thing, though. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post villa4europe Posted January 10, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 10, 2021 (edited) I agree that if you're from the west Midlands I've got far more time for you if you are baggies blues or wolves But what that means is that if you are baggies blues or wolves I am going to ridicule you and take the piss when we are on top and argue with you when you are not, we will have a footballing relationship good or bad If you're a utd, Liverpool, Chelsea, man City, Leeds etc living in the West Midlands then I'm going to ignore you, your football opinion means absolutely nothing to me I'm currently hammering my baggie supporting mates on a weekly basis Edited January 10, 2021 by villa4europe 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenfly Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 51 minutes ago, Rino8 said: I kind of get the sympathy personally. For smaller/lesser local rivalries as long as they're doing worse than your club I don't necessarily want to see them self destructing, appointing Big Sam and refusing to play since. I.e Sheffield United aren't our main rivals and while it's a bit funny to watch them be fully shit I'd prefer they just finish 17th every year for more local representation in the league. Maybe it's a Yorkshire thing, though. I'd say it is a little different in the West Midlands. Earlier this season during an interview, John McGinn said that before he came to Villa, his understanding of the rivalries here is that everybody just hates us. I've noticed this amongst a lot of local fans. Blues are obviously the major ones, but Baggies fans consider us the "true enemy" despite Wolves being their derby rivals, and even Wolves seem to have now decided we're their biggest enemy despite us usually having a pretty amicable relationship in the past. They'll deny it forever, but the only reason I can think of for this is that we're the biggest club in the region by every conceivable metric and they can't abide that. A lot of them seem to genuinely hate us; they're almost unified by it. Only envy can cause that sort of situation. As for us, while I can't speak for every Villa fan the general consensus is disdain for those clubs, but general indifference towards the fans themselves. Let them fester in their jealousy if that's what they want to do, it really doesn't matter. It's lonely at the top. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 Charlie Austin gone back to QPR Wasn't up to much last year in the championship from what I saw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 10 hours ago, fruitvilla said: Just curious ... is this banter or are you serious? Are you seriously asking this in a aston villa forum? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAZZAM Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 2 hours ago, Rino8 said: I kind of get the sympathy personally. For smaller/lesser local rivalries as long as they're doing worse than your club I don't necessarily want to see them self destructing, appointing Big Sam and refusing to play since. I.e Sheffield United aren't our main rivals and while it's a bit funny to watch them be fully shit I'd prefer they just finish 17th every year for more local representation in the league. Maybe it's a Yorkshire thing, though. And your main rivals are? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaAlex Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 It must have been painful for them on Friday night seeing Barry score and Raikhy play well. I think there is another we have from their books as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 18 minutes ago, KAZZAM said: And your main rivals are? Leeds say man utd don't they? Then the obvious Yorkshire clubs plus Chelsea and Millwall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAZZAM Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 2 minutes ago, villa4europe said: Leeds say man utd don't they? Then the obvious Yorkshire clubs plus Chelsea and Millwall So no proper rivalrys then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 1 hour ago, villa4europe said: Leeds say man utd don't they? Then the obvious Yorkshire clubs plus Chelsea and Millwall Harrogate Town maybe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinker Posted January 10, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted January 10, 2021 10 hours ago, bobzy said: Got to be kidding me - our local rivals can **** right off to the lower divisions. Well thats your way and I have mine, life's to short to waste energy on hating things , don't get me wrong in the heat of the moment I cus at other teams but after I have calmed down I don't give a flying shit . FWIW and if I was to hate a team it would Manure , Arsenal, Liverpool and their plastic fans who live in Brum, Coventry and such places and support teams from other City's, **** idiots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 5 hours ago, villa4europe said: Leeds say man utd don't they? Then the obvious Yorkshire clubs plus Chelsea and Millwall What's the rivalry there, 'who has the most fash supporters?' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 17 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said: What's the rivalry there, 'who has the most fash supporters?' Who kicked whos head in the most during the 70s Not sure if it's a general rivalry or something that pisses them all off, the restrictions over the Millwall games a few years back was laughable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted January 10, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted January 10, 2021 (edited) I actually don't think Snodgrass will be a great signing for them. He's been past it for a couple of years ago now. A shadow of the player we had. Edited January 10, 2021 by sidcow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 15 minutes ago, villa4europe said: Who kicked whos head in the most during the 70s Not sure if it's a general rivalry or something that pisses them all off, the restrictions over the Millwall games a few years back was laughable Those three plus Blues and Cardiff are, in my mind anyway, the fan bases with most fash and most hooligan supporters, but maybe I'm out of date. Don't really have a problem with Baggies fans. I enjoy taking the piss out of them of course, but I don't mind them being in the top flight although I don't like their current incarnation under these Chinese owners, the owners seem to have robbed them of their identity and ambition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 On hooligans and the baggies thread I always found them to be the worst for throwing coins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Platt Posted January 10, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted January 10, 2021 I wonder if now they have Wolves to play again they can go back to hating them. Would be interesting next weekend if fans were allowed and it was another Villa hate love in like they have with blues. I mean Wolves Baggies blues all seem to see us as their rivals these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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