Turning points ?

[maidstonevillain]

Stoke's equaliser.

No doubt whatsoever.

[ktvillan]

The signing  of M Harewood for me,
 I remember it well in shear disbelief, as daft as it seems i lost an awfull lot of trust in MON after that,  not really a turning point for Villa as a whole but for me things would never the same

That was the day I realised MON was not the man to take us into the CL places.

[maidstonevillain]

Six league titles and five FA Cups in just over a quarter of a century. Plans in place to expand Villa Park capacity to 130,000.

Then some inconsiderate bastard shoots Franz Ferdinand.

We've never been (consistently) as good since.

Very good, although I assume you missed the original posters..."last five years"

[Risso]

Stoke's equaliser.

No doubt whatsoever.

That and buying Heskey.  Oh and Arsenal buying Arshavin.  If you could sum up the difference between the two managers at that point in time, that was it.

[pooligan]

Buying Heskey instead of Bent is when it started to go wrong for me followed closely by Moscowgate.

[Concrete John]

Stoke's equalise was a huge blow and Heskey was the wrong signing, but despite those two things we went on and had a better season next time around, where we had to great cup runs and ended up closer to 4th points wise.  So was that truely a turning point?

The reason Martin left and we're where we are now is financial, as we all know, so whatever time it was that Randy thought to himself "These sums aren't adding up" is the true turning point.

[Risso]

Moscow, Heskey, Stoke.  Probably the three things that did for us as a top 4 challenger.

[Concrete John]

Moscow, Heskey, Stoke.  Probably the three things that did for us as a top 4 challenger.

Yet we still challenged for the top 4 the season after these things happened?

[remy]

Stoke's equaliser.

The only way this demon will be exorcised will be when we score a goal that sends them down.

For years Wimbledon were our bogey team until 5-0 and 7-1 hammerings put paid to that.

[Brend'Watkins]

The signing  of M Harewood for me,
 I remember it well in shear disbelief, as daft as it seems i lost an awfull lot of trust in MON after that,  not really a turning point for Villa as a whole but for me things would never the same

Some truth in that.  If you're pushing for the top 4 you are not signing the likes of Harewood even as a squad filler.  It made no sense.

[Concrete John]

The signing  of M Harewood for me,
 I remember it well in shear disbelief, as daft as it seems i lost an awfull lot of trust in MON after that,  not really a turning point for Villa as a whole but for me things would never the same

Some truth in that.  If you're pushing for the top 4 you are not signing the likes of Harewood even as a squad filler.  It made no sense.

But we weren't when we signed him - we had just finished 11th!

He'd have been OK as a short term squad filler behind Carew & Gabby, but we put him on too much money and then couldn't get rid of him. 

[PaulTheVillan]

The Carling Cup Final.....

[luke95]

Wolves at home 2009/10 for me as a villa fan .

Knew then that 6/7 would be as good as its ever gona get for Villa/Martin O'neill

[Chris Smith]

Stoke's equaliser.

No doubt whatsoever.

That and buying Heskey.  Oh and Arsenal buying Arshavin.  If you could sum up the difference between the two managers at that point in time, that was it.

Yes, why didn't we use that £3m to sign Arshavin.

[cheltenhamlion]

We didn't even try to sell Harewood, John.