Is the Villa making you depressed?

[Legion]

There's very few of them at my place. Mainly Gloryhunters and Villa fans.

[villa1]

Same here. An even split of Villa, Albion and Wolves at ours. I think we've only got 2 noses in the whole school, and I end up with one of them!

[TimTheVillain]

There's clinical depression and being pissed off - two different things !

I'm 'just' pissed off here ....

[JJ-AV]

I tell you what, Albrighton, Clark and Bannan are something I'm clinging too. I can't wait to see how they'll develop and impress over the next few years. I still harbour hopes Gabby will start to look convincing. I love the little bugger and hope he hits his annual tally of 'more than 10 but less than 15' with relative ease this year, as opposed to struggling into double figures like most years.

Suppose as he has none in the league it's not gonna happen this year anyway.

[Legion]

Sorry to be pedantic, but shouldn't that be 'are' the Villa making you depressed.
Sorry, if you are depressed then I guess that didnt help.

Or, "Do the Villa make you depressed?"

[villaledge]

Villa are doin me ed in now like but !!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

[Martyn Smith]

This is one advantage of living in S Wales. People round here tend to be Cardiff, but more usually Man U or Liverpool fans...so no local rivalry pisstake going on. Yes I am depressed about the fact that we are in the bottom 3 and are bottom of the consecutive clutch of W Mids clubs. It is perfectly possible to be depressed about one particular fact without suffering medically from depression.

Regarding is/are. Grammaticians would tend to side with 'Is Villa making you depressed?' as whilst it consists of a multiple of people, Villa is and of itself a single entity.

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

Yes.

4th season in a row of having a season ticket and was so close to cancelling it when MON left, but thought against it because I thought I would still enjoy myself sitting in the Holte...

[Greg N'Ash]

certainly depressed about who we're signing so far. looks like we've given up

[philthebar]

Another pedant here.

Aston Villa is a single entity, therefore, the title is correct as written. 

I understand that this has fallen out of common usage but…..

[Irreverent ad]

Get ready for more then...Peter Lansbury from The Times says another dressing room row story is on it's way tomorrow!!!

[Simba]

I am ten thousand miles away and I am "depressed" about our position. Not suffering from depression and respect to those that are. Seen it. Lived with it. Not easy.

BTW I still think Villa is a collective noun.

Villa ARE, not IS the best the World has ever seen.

[philthebar]

Thanks Simba, we beg to differ, but like you I am sitting thousands of miles from our spirtual home and  thought I would respond to something other than our collective depression.

BTW, regardless of right or wrong 'Villa is' sounds ugly and I would not use it in conversation :-)

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

I`ve been going since 1966.

This is a walk in the park.

[PaulWinch again]

I'm pretty depressed about Villa the moment, but hopefully we'll turn it round.