Optimistic OR pessimistic?

[Ian.]

I'm hoping Kevin McDonald can get the changing room buzzing and put a team out with confidence for today.
The rest of the season is going to depend on who comes in of course.
I think I'm sitting on the fence.

[Jane]

Optimistic now that fuck face has gone.

Your heartbreak over his departure never fails to make me smile

I'm strangely optimistic. A fresh start and at least I'm looking forward to the football this afternoon rather than expecting the same old, same old.

[steve.t]

I think this is a fresh start for the squad and I can see some players being motivated to do a good Job. We will also have a better balanced side now old stubborn bollocks has gone!

[PaulWinch again]

I'm more optimistic than if M'ON was in charge, but we do need to get the right man in to replace him. We need to clear the deadwood as much as we can, and get in the right players. That will be difficult in a couple of weeks, but we are not far off a very good side. Ireland for Milner, suits me fine.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

As I said many times last season, we're not as bad as we pretend to be. Hopefully Kevin Mac can get the lads fired up for this one and working for each other.

[Countryside Villain]

Nervously optimistic.  Certainly more than I was a week ago.  There's such an air of unpredictability about where we now are as a team that I can't fail to be a little excited about todays game.

I'm realistically pessimistic about the season as a whole - I just can't see that we'll be in the race.

[old man villa fan]

It's the first match of a new season. I have just pulled my season ticket out of my wallet for the first time in 3 months and it feels electrified. I am about to jump in the shower and then get ready for the match.

Showering with your season ticket.  You certainly are a dedicated fan or you have a very strange prematch ritual.

[Dave Cooper please]

Pretty fucking optimistic now!

[Greg N'Ash]

Been optimistic since the the clown's departure even it we have to go backwards in the short term.. As someone said to me today,  "its no longer MON's Aston Villa but Aston Villa". How it should be...

[garyfouroaks]

Wildly optimistic!

[Somniloquism]

Been optimistic since the the clown's departure even it we have to go backwards in the short term.. As someone said to me today,  "its no longer MON's Aston Villa but Aston Villa". How it should be...

Did you see Dave Woodhall at the match then?

[Greg N'Ash]

Been optimistic since the the clown's departure even it we have to go backwards in the short term.. As someone said to me today,  "its no longer MON's Aston Villa but Aston Villa". How it should be...

Did you see Dave Woodhall at the match then?

yeah, i see woodhall has said similar. I thought it was quite profound at the time but on 2nd thoughts...:0)