Not only have we not performed anywhere near as badly as we did that season we haven't plumbed the depths of Newcastle away just over 12 months ago.
Quote from: Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air on December 20, 2011, 07:00:52 AMQuote from: dave clark five on December 19, 2011, 06:44:56 PMQuote from: eastie on December 19, 2011, 03:39:38 PMDocherty , Mcneill and mcleish -relegation maybe ?Wihout Tommy Docherty where would we have been today?His first season woke Villa up from the doldrums. Admittedly it went wrong but it still got people interested in the club again, in no small way.Agree 100% about The Doc. His first 6 months at the club were absolutely vital. Crowds were down to 13,000 and within weeks we had over 40,000 for a league game and nearly 60,000 for a cup game. The Doc also brought in Rioch, Hamilton and McMahon. Although we got relegated the following season after a horrendous start, those players stayed with us under Vic Crowe to promote us back out the 3rd division onwards towards ultimate glory 10 years later.Docherty lifted us from the doldrums at a time when we had lost our way.He is exactly the sort of character we need today.
Quote from: dave clark five on December 19, 2011, 06:44:56 PMQuote from: eastie on December 19, 2011, 03:39:38 PMDocherty , Mcneill and mcleish -relegation maybe ?Wihout Tommy Docherty where would we have been today?His first season woke Villa up from the doldrums. Admittedly it went wrong but it still got people interested in the club again, in no small way.Agree 100% about The Doc. His first 6 months at the club were absolutely vital. Crowds were down to 13,000 and within weeks we had over 40,000 for a league game and nearly 60,000 for a cup game. The Doc also brought in Rioch, Hamilton and McMahon. Although we got relegated the following season after a horrendous start, those players stayed with us under Vic Crowe to promote us back out the 3rd division onwards towards ultimate glory 10 years later.
Quote from: eastie on December 19, 2011, 03:39:38 PMDocherty , Mcneill and mcleish -relegation maybe ?Wihout Tommy Docherty where would we have been today?His first season woke Villa up from the doldrums. Admittedly it went wrong but it still got people interested in the club again, in no small way.
Docherty , Mcneill and mcleish -relegation maybe ?
Quote from: Chris Smith on December 20, 2011, 09:15:09 PMNot only have we not performed anywhere near as badly as we did that season we haven't plumbed the depths of Newcastle away just over 12 months ago.I sense it's not far away though.Why are they so pasionless against bigger teams in particular.
Another similarity with 1986 is that the Krankies were in the papers.