from now to the end of the season I think we will win a few and lose a fewthen we will have to see where we are and decide whether we 'go again' with Brucethere are those like me who have already decided against and also others who have decided to go again no matter what, and then maybe the sensible ones who are waiting and seeing before they judgebut none of us will make that decision, only Xia and the board do that and as Bruce is the boards pick as long as he has an average to good finish results wise as no one seems to bothered about performances I think he will get the go aheadnot my choice but as Tony Soprano would say 'whadya gonna do '
Thats the thing, you can afford a 5/6 game winless run in this division during a season and still make the play offs but you can't afford to have two of them. Personally, we were always a long shot from the end of September.
Quote from: OzVilla on March 12, 2017, 10:58:12 AMThats the thing, you can afford a 5/6 game winless run in this division during a season and still make the play offs but you can't afford to have two of them. Personally, we were always a long shot from the end of September. 29th Dec - 20th Feb - 10 consecutive matches without a win (2 draws 8 losses) - I take your can't afford a 5/6 game winless streak theory and double it ;-)
The thing is, the only clubs we can really compare Villa to in this league are Leeds and Newcastle. Even in these cases, Villa in terms longevity and recent history in the big league, and crucially size of fanbase / home city is a much bigger club. Against these criteria, Villa should be competing with most European clubs, but we're stuck in the championship. That is why Xia bought the club when he did, at etc price he got due to circumstance. Half the battle with managing this club appears to be making the club and fans comfy with our true size and capability, without ballooning fan expectation to a point where it becomes problematic. Like him or not MON was the last to do this. Bruce completely understands the size of the club and also knows how to get out of this league. I'm still scratching my head as to who is better placed than him to manage us.
I hope your point about Newcastle proves correct.