If it does happen, we will be the best team it has ever happened to?

[villa for life]

I know the old saying is that "you are never too good to go down" but take a look at our players...it's littered with talent.
Gabby, Young, Warnock on the fringes of the England team...not forgetting Heskey and Luke Young who have chosen not to be part of it... add to these all the other Internationals we have... and the names on paper are really good decent players.
Good teams have gone down, but have any with quite so many talented players?

[SoccerHQ]

The West Ham that went down had Di Canio, Kanoute, Defoe as three of their strikers and also Joe Cole and David James in their team.

The Newcastle team that got relegated had Owen, Viduka and Martins plus Nolan and all the other expensive players.

So not sure really.

[cdbearsfan]

West Ham went down with 42 points (a Premieeeeer League record). With the way the bottom teams (except us) keep springing surprise results I expect it might take at least that amount to stay up this year. Worrying.

[Legion]

It should be 'will we', not 'we will'.

No we won't be and we won't be relegated anyway.

[cdbearsfan]

There can't be too many teams who have finished in the top 6 one season and gone down the season after that's for sure.

Ipswich?

[Dave]

There can't be too many teams who have finished in the top 6 one season and gone down the season after that's for sure.

Ipswich?

What were Forest or Sunderland's descents like?

[Risso]

I'm just waiting for the "relegation wouldn't be the end of the world" nonsense to start.

[VillaAlways]

It should be 'will we', not 'we will'.

No we won't be and we won't be relegated anyway.

tenner says we will be

[TaxDodger]

There can't be too many teams who have finished in the top 6 one season and gone down the season after that's for sure.

Blackburn finished 6th 97/98. They were relegated 98/99.

[Zhong Yi]

There can't be too many teams who have finished in the top 6 one season and gone down the season after that's for sure.

Good point. In 'The Holte's Last Stand' edition of H&V (1994, obviously), there is a piece that talks about the highs and lows of being a Villa supporter. It points out that not many teams - if any, bar AVFC - have won the European Cup and been relegated from the top tier of their respective leagues within 5 years...

[Dave Cooper please]

I'm just waiting for the "relegation wouldn't be the end of the world" nonsense to start.

It wouldn't though would it?

Unless you are going to stop going or maybe top yourself then you will still be supporting Villa, just in the second division, along with a whole host of other fans who also think their team should be in the Premiership.

[darren woolley]

No team is ever too good to go down i really hope it does not happen and i don't think it will but we have got to start and put some results together i never thought we would be where we are at the start of the season worrying times for us.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

No.

Whatever the circumstances, if we are relegated it means we are one of the poorest 3 teams out of the 20 this season.

I would add that of those 20 teams in this years competition they have overall been of a lower standard than most previous recent seasons.

[Olneythelonely]

I'm just waiting for the "relegation wouldn't be the end of the world" nonsense to start.

Already heard some rumblings about "at least we'd stand a chance of winning something if we went down" tonight.  And "seasons tickets will be cheaper".

I also heard these phrases muttered, generally as jokes though.

It wouldn't be the end of the world, hiring Big Fat Sam would be though.

[eastie]

Our keeper is past it- our defence concede goals galore , the midfield create fuck all and the strikers don't score goals- best team to go down, -NO!