The importance of being Villa

[dave.woodhall]

As it says - what do the Villa mean to you in the wider scheme of things? Life and death? Or something to pass the time?

[pauliewalnuts]

B. for me.

Anyone who selects the first one is either insane or lying to themselves.

[Karl Bridges]

B for me too.

[TheSandman]

C.

[PaulWinch again]

B or C for me.

[Toronto Villa]

Mainly it's C, a little bit of B, but it can feel like A sometimes.

[JJ-AV]

Somewhere inbetween B and C I'd say.

[Dave Cooper please]

I've slipped from B to E slowly but surely since about 1992.
In fact I am still about D and a half to be honest, I still get a buzz when he Villa do something great, and I can still argue about them until the cows come home so I must care a bit more than E? Or maybe I'm closer to a C?

Damn you Woodhall, I don't know, I'm confused!

[TaxDodger]

B/C for me too.

[adrenachrome]

I've slipped from B to E slowly but surely since about 1992.
In fact I am still about D and a half to be honest, I still get a buzz when he Villa do something great, and I can still argue about them until the cows come home so I must care a bit more than E? Or maybe I'm closer to a C?

Damn you Woodhall, I don't know, I'm confused!

You got to F in 1993, you F*.

[Dave Cooper please]

You got to F in 1993, you F*.

I don't get it, sorry.
I have had wine.

[adrenachrome]

You got to F in 1993, you F*.

I don't get it, sorry.
I have had wine.

F as in Fail.

Only winding you up, Dave.

The only time I have attained DC5 type attendance levels was in the Division 3 days when I went to most away games. Since then, it has been around 10 games a season.

Still, maybe because my Dad who died this year was the one who insisted on taking me to my first game on Boxing Day, 1966, and because it is a major link with my 2 brothers, AV is far more important to me than it should be in a rational scheme of things.

[eamonn]

I think I care as much as I always have but defeats don't upset me half as much as when I was growing-up.

[VillaZogmariner]

18 months ago, I'd have said A. I'm single with no kids and had the ability to do what I wanted. As such my family visits home were scheduled around Villa, as were other commitments.

Now, having been travelling since September 1st, and not having the ability to attend Villa games it's dropped down to B, and if/when I return to the UK I think it will remain at around that level.

When I said I was going to travel the world for a couple of years, my family and friends all thought I'd last about 3 months before I missed Villa too much and came back home, and to be honest I sort of agreed. However, what I have learnt though is that there is a lot more to life than Aston Villa.

[Greg N'Ash]

B is probably nearest, but i'd modify it to other things have equal priority depending on their urgency. For example i'd stay on here if the club was about to annouce a major signing and miss a dentist appointment, but i'd probably leave early if i knew the signing was Robbie Keane.