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Title: Reasons to be cheerful (another one just for a bit of fun)
Post by: Legion on February 04, 2020, 10:36:09 PM
Still the only team in England to beat Liverpool so far this season.
Title: Re: Reasons to be cheerful (another one just for a bit of fun)
Post by: Damo70 on February 04, 2020, 11:12:27 PM
Still the only team in England to beat Liverpool so far this season.


Funny how everyone suggested they helpfully conceded the cup tie to us by playing the kids. Not so many mentions of the kids also beating Everton and Shrewsbury.
Title: Re: Reasons to be cheerful (another one just for a bit of fun)
Post by: cdbearsfan on February 05, 2020, 12:59:34 AM
It's certainly a point for us next time we get drawn into that age-old "which club is bigger, Villa or Shrewsbury?" debate.
Title: Re: Reasons to be cheerful (another one just for a bit of fun)
Post by: robleflaneur on February 05, 2020, 09:52:30 AM
Messi has had a public spat with his sporting director at Barcelona.His contract allows him to leave for free this summer.His and our dream of him and Jack playing in the same Villa side could be realised.
Title: Re: Reasons to be cheerful (another one just for a bit of fun)
Post by: Ads on February 05, 2020, 10:16:11 AM
We're in a cup final!

We're not in the relegation zone.
Title: Re: Reasons to be cheerful (another one just for a bit of fun)
Post by: OzVilla on February 05, 2020, 11:12:28 AM
If we can emulate our form in our last 5 league games over the next 13 we’ll end up on 43 points.
Title: Re: Reasons to be cheerful (another one just for a bit of fun)
Post by: Border villan on February 05, 2020, 12:48:05 PM
It's certainly a point for us next time we get drawn into that age-old "which club is bigger, Villa or Shrewsbury?" debate.
Not so clear cut, we play at a park while Shrewsbury have a meadow.
Title: Re: Reasons to be cheerful (another one just for a bit of fun)
Post by: Archbishop Herbert Cockthrottle on February 05, 2020, 01:03:01 PM
Anyone can say Villa correctly. The same cannot be said for Shrewsbury.
Title: Re: Reasons to be cheerful (another one just for a bit of fun)
Post by: cdbearsfan on February 05, 2020, 01:23:16 PM
Some people call us "Veeya",  "Virra" or "Weela", depending on where they come from.
Title: Re: Reasons to be cheerful (another one just for a bit of fun)
Post by: dcdavecollett on February 05, 2020, 06:47:20 PM
...or even da f*ckin' Vi-Yull!!
Title: Re: Reasons to be cheerful (another one just for a bit of fun)
Post by: walsall villain on February 05, 2020, 07:22:25 PM
Some people call us "Veeya",  "Virra" or "Weela", depending on where they come from.
Or even Billa, we’ll that’s what my granddaughter calls us.
Title: Re: Reasons to be cheerful (another one just for a bit of fun)
Post by: CT on February 05, 2020, 07:47:45 PM
Paul Brietner used to call us Aston Willa.
Title: Re: Reasons to be cheerful (another one just for a bit of fun)
Post by: brian green on February 05, 2020, 08:18:30 PM
If you count Egyptian players as African which you can, we have an excellent chance of luring the ACR into revealing himself again.
Title: Re: Reasons to be cheerful (another one just for a bit of fun)
Post by: dave.woodhall on February 05, 2020, 09:10:18 PM
Paul Brietner used to call us Aston Willa.

Paul Brietner said a lot of things that never came true.
Title: Re: Reasons to be cheerful (another one just for a bit of fun)
Post by: Damo70 on February 05, 2020, 10:37:58 PM
It's certainly a point for us next time we get drawn into that age-old "which club is bigger, Villa or Shrewsbury?" debate.
Not so clear cut, we play at a park while Shrewsbury have a meadow.


Not only that but they have a new meadow.
Title: Re: Reasons to be cheerful (another one just for a bit of fun)
Post by: Damo70 on February 05, 2020, 10:40:13 PM
It's certainly a point for us next time we get drawn into that age-old "which club is bigger, Villa or Shrewsbury?" debate.


I wish they had been big enough to resist our bid for their waste of space shit manager in 1984.
Title: Re: Reasons to be cheerful (another one just for a bit of fun)
Post by: Damo70 on February 05, 2020, 10:44:12 PM
Paul Brietner used to call us Aston Willa.

He also called us the worst team to ever win the European Cup.

Which doesn't say much about the team that lost to the worst team ever to win the European Cup.
Title: Re: Reasons to be cheerful (another one just for a bit of fun)
Post by: KevinGage on February 05, 2020, 11:16:38 PM
There was footage of him being interviewed before the final saying we were a far more dangerous opponent than Liverpool as we were the only English side that played like a European team.
Title: Re: Reasons to be cheerful (another one just for a bit of fun)
Post by: Pat Mustard on February 06, 2020, 11:57:11 AM
Reason to be cheerful?  The last time we played Man City we scored the last goal, so clearly we are the team with momentum going into the final.
Title: Re: Reasons to be cheerful (another one just for a bit of fun)
Post by: Hinckley Dave on February 09, 2020, 02:39:00 PM
It's still, like last season, exciting going to the game or watching on telly. All the games are important and mean something so the build up during the week and the atmosphere at the ground is great. If we were mid table and pretty safe the games wouldn't be so crucial and have that must win feel about them. The feeling too that knowing if we do just manage to stay up, which we will, then we could be on the start of something big happening with our new owners, their money and ffp freed up a bit.
Title: Re: Reasons to be cheerful (another one just for a bit of fun)
Post by: Damo70 on February 09, 2020, 03:08:21 PM
It's still, like last season, exciting going to the game or watching on telly. All the games are important and mean something so the build up during the week and the atmosphere at the ground is great. If we were mid table and pretty safe the games wouldn't be so crucial and have that must win feel about them. The feeling too that knowing if we do just manage to stay up, which we will, then we could be on the start of something big happening with our new owners, their money and ffp freed up a bit.

Since I started going in 1979 I think I have seen far more top six and bottom six seasons than mid table seasons.
Title: Re: Reasons to be cheerful (another one just for a bit of fun)
Post by: PeterWithesShin on February 09, 2020, 03:19:58 PM
By my reckoning starting with 79/80, 12 top 6, 11 bottom 6, 13 other top flight finishes, 4 outside the top flight.
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