Positives for next season

[PeterWithesShin]

27) It will not be anything like as bad as some of the doom merchants will have us believe.

I always get the picture of the doom merchants sitting in a corner of dark room muttering to themselves while rocking back and forth. The room has smooth surfaces, contains nothing they can hang or cut themselves with for their own good. The windows are barred. Light rarely gets in. With complete randomness they'll shout "Fuck off you nose McLeish", or "Just sell the club Randy", and then go back to their little world of misery.

You forgot that the room also has a computer with internet connection.

with a reinforced keyboard to account for their fits of rage. The monitor is behind thick plexiglass so that they can't smash it when the red mist comes down.

My monitor has a windscreen wiper on it for when i'm screaming at the screen apoplectic with rage.

[jonzy85]

A clean slate to all of the squad, even the bold kids from last year.

Good players in all of them, if Eck can bring out the best in them, he will have started well.

[Brend'Watkins]

Their wont be that nonsensical applause when the attendance is readout on the tannoy.

[JUAN PABLO]

33)    players signing because they wanted to play for Mcleish and Aston Villa...

[Pat McMahon]

Not stressing on Saturday nights about where to find the Villa on TV in Shanghai..

[PeterWithesShin]

34) Not worrying about when we'll be on MoTD as we'll be on last 36 times. The other 2 will be our annual mullerings.

[not3bad]

35) Not having to worry about Match of the Day at all.  Because we'll never bother re-watching a match that has no highlights.

[Damo70]

Every victory being like a dagger through the hearts of the Bluenoses.

[Concrete John]

Every victory being like a dagger through the hearts of the Bluenoses.

You know, if he does do well that will be such an added benefit it'll be unreal.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Watching Fletch and Paulie trying to out-do Risso with negativity. Fucking wonderful, can't wait! Bring it on, girls.

30) No more of Kelly banging on endlessly about why Houllier should bring in Patrice Bergues.

36) McLeish teaming up with Patrice Bergues.

[ozzjim]

Watching Fletch and Paulie trying to out-do Risso with negativity. Fucking wonderful, can't wait! Bring it on, girls.

Clappy..... now you mention it?
30) No more of Kelly banging on endlessly about why Houllier should bring in Patrice Bergues.

36) McLeish teaming up with Patrice Bergues.

[hipkiss92]

I'm (hopefully) going to University in Sheffield, so won't have to put up with any 'Agent McLeish' jibes if we do do badly.

[villa `cross the mersey]

27) It will not be anything like as bad as some of the doom merchants will have us believe.

I agree - it will probably be worse

[jembob]

I struggling to think of many positives at the moment. Over the summer it would have taken a top manager to fill our squad with players good enough to help us move up a level. The ginger twat doesn't stand a hope in hell of bringing in any good players at all, leave alone a number of them. It's difficult to see next season being anything else but a soap opera and the fans finally turning on Lerner after this disastrous appointment. My season ticket is already bought and I would have probably gone for it anyway but I might have had a serious think about whether I make that sort of financial commitment based upon my expectations for the year.

[paulcomben]

No Villa manager has ever been under more pressure to win games to survive, so motivation will be high.