0% Villa: Benitez sacked (Confirmed p.6)

[TheSandman]

aye. he's like the scouse chris smith

I just clicked on a link to RAWK and the way they are all defending Rafa it's like it's a city of Chris Smiths.

"The media keep mentioning he spent £260million on players whilst ignoring the fact he sold £160million."

[not3bad]

I can remember Villa going from Div 3 through to Div 2 then Div 1, winning Div 1 and then winning the European Cup and managing a few Cup wins along the way. Decent year on improvement I thought at the time.

You honestly think such a feat would be possible in today's game (at least without Man City standard riches)?

[TelfordVilla]

We have improved year on year for 4 straight years - not dramatically but moving forward.

And in the meantime, while we've been inching forward, Spurs and Man City have made quicker progress - meaning that the club's ambition of finishing 4th is getting harder, not easier, to achieve.

Incremental improvement is all well and good in isolation but if it's not keeping pace with our rivals' progress then it's a problem.

we used to say that about Leeds and Newcastle.
Why cant we keep pace with them ? Look what happened to them.
Steady sustainable year on year progress is the only way forward for Villa.
We will all just have to be patient for another year or two.

[Risso]

We have improved year on year for 4 straight years - not dramatically but moving forward.

And in the meantime, while we've been inching forward, Spurs and Man City have made quicker progress - meaning that the club's ambition of finishing 4th is getting harder, not easier, to achieve.

Incremental improvement is all well and good in isolation but if it's not keeping pace with our rivals' progress then it's a problem.

we used to say that about Leeds and Newcastle.
Why cant we keep pace with them ? Look what happened to them.
Steady sustainable year on year progress is the only way forward for Villa.
We will all just have to be patient for another year or two.

I don't care how many points we've got each year.  6th, 6th and 6th is what the history books will record, and there isn't a whole heap of progress in that.  It's not like the football has improved at all in that time either.

[hilts_coolerking]

we used to say that about Leeds and Newcastle.
Why cant we keep pace with them ? Look what happened to them.
Steady sustainable year on year progress is the only way forward for Villa.
We will all just have to be patient for another year or two.

Why, what's going to happen in a year or two?

[Summers]

6th, 6th. Probably.

[dave.woodhall]

we used to say that about Leeds and Newcastle.
Why cant we keep pace with them ? Look what happened to them.
Steady sustainable year on year progress is the only way forward for Villa.
We will all just have to be patient for another year or two.

And then another year or two because our best players have gone again. And then maybe another year because who could have guesed THEY would be taken over bya zillionaire consortium? And then another year because we had such bad luck with injuries.....

And we're no better off than we were when we started.

[Chris Jameson]

I can remember Villa going from Div 3 through to Div 2 then Div 1, winning Div 1 and then winning the European Cup and managing a few Cup wins along the way. Decent year on improvement I thought at the time.

I wonder if there is a Nottingham Forest forum where Billy Davies is getting stick for failing to get them promoted in order for them to win the Premier league next season which will inevitably lead to them being crowned European champions?

I doubt it somehow.

[JUAN PABLO]

Have they appointed Jimmy Corkhill yet?

[montague]

I can remember Villa going from Div 3 through to Div 2 then Div 1, winning Div 1 and then winning the European Cup and managing a few Cup wins along the way. Decent year on improvement I thought at the time.

nothing like as good as Mon's achievement of course, oh no, definitely not.

Nice sarcasm.

I remember the 70s as well. Up from Div 3. Couple of mediocre seasons in Div 2. Promoted. Then nearly relegated. 4th. Back to 8th. 8th again. Upto 7th. Saunders almost forced out by the board. Won the league.Lost the Manager. Bottom half of table most of next season. Slight rally under Barton for a couple of years then into the abyss. Since when its been a constant roller coaster of up and downs, probably more downs, rarely 2 good seasons in a row, god knows how many change of Manager, and here we are moaning about 3 consecutive top 6 finishes.

Just think the Manager deserves a bit more time but its only an opinion.

[pauliewalnuts]

We have improved year on year for 4 straight years - not dramatically but moving forward.

And in the meantime, while we've been inching forward, Spurs and Man City have made quicker progress - meaning that the club's ambition of finishing 4th is getting harder, not easier, to achieve.

Incremental improvement is all well and good in isolation but if it's not keeping pace with our rivals' progress then it's a problem.

Not long ago we were congratulating ourselves on providing the rump if the England team and being 'best of the rest'  

Fast forward to now and Spurs have actually made it to.the CL and are supplying more than one fifth of the England squad.

Football does not stand still. It isn't just a case of build on what we have, in a vacuum.

[Clampy]

we used to say that about Leeds and Newcastle.
Why cant we keep pace with them ? Look what happened to them.
Steady sustainable year on year progress is the only way forward for Villa.
We will all just have to be patient for another year or two.

Why, what's going to happen in a year or two?

I agree Hilts, why did'nt we just ring Mourinho's agent before he went and joined one of the biggest clubs in the world?

[hilts_coolerking]

we used to say that about Leeds and Newcastle.
Why cant we keep pace with them ? Look what happened to them.
Steady sustainable year on year progress is the only way forward for Villa.
We will all just have to be patient for another year or two.

Why, what's going to happen in a year or two?

I agree Hilts, why did'nt we just ring Mourinho's agent before he went and joined one of the biggest clubs in the world?

I think that's what is called a non sequiteur.

[Percy McCarthy]

Just popped in to see if there was any Villa-related news, only to find the same people moaning about the same things over and over again ad nauseum. Honestly, if I was as pessimistic and bereft of hope as some of you I don't think I'd bother any more.

How did you all cope with Ellis?

[Clampy]

we used to say that about Leeds and Newcastle.
Why cant we keep pace with them ? Look what happened to them.
Steady sustainable year on year progress is the only way forward for Villa.
We will all just have to be patient for another year or two.

Why, what's going to happen in a year or two?

I agree Hilts, why did'nt we just ring Mourinho's agent before he went and joined one of the biggest clubs in the world?

I think that's what is called a non sequiteur.

I think it's called sarcasm.

Maybe after he leaves Real Madrid eh?