Alternative view from Lawrenson? - no, not really!

[Mister E]

Lawrenson repeats many of the old arguments about Villa's place in the world.

[Phil from the upper holte]

He's still a cock

[Shrek]

Unfortunately he is spot on on nearly everything he said.

[Rigadon]

Pushing for a top half spot eh?  Ooh the giddy heights

[olaftab]

He has said what Faulkner should say and that would leave no one under any illusions.

[AV82EC]

The truth sometimes hurts.

[Iago]

This is a stupid article, and I could careless what this guy has to say on Villa matters.

AM knew the circumstances before he came to the club, and he still has players on the bench who are attacking minded. No sympathy from me.

[Monty]

Well he spouts a few cliches and misunderstands the problem. It's a piss-poor excuse for an article really.

[andyh]

It is very depressing to see in print.
When we were being called a selling club 2 or 3 years ago, most of us were up in arms, but quite comfortable in the knowledge that the so-called experts were all wrong and that we knew our club better than them.

Now ? yes, the truth does hurt.

[CJ]

And he's completely missed our main ambition to be in the Deloitte top 20

[Iago]

It is very depressing to see in print.
When we were being called a selling club 2 or 3 years ago, most of us were up in arms, but quite comfortable in the knowledge that the so-called experts were all wrong and that we knew our club better than them.

Now ? yes, the truth does hurt.

We were competitive three years ago that is the major difference.

[andyh]

It is very depressing to see in print.
When we were being called a selling club 2 or 3 years ago, most of us were up in arms, but quite comfortable in the knowledge that the so-called experts were all wrong and that we knew our club better than them.

Now ? yes, the truth does hurt.

We were competitive three years ago that is the major difference.

Precisely.
Our fall from grace is nothing less than spectacular.

[Iago]

It is very depressing to see in print.
When we were being called a selling club 2 or 3 years ago, most of us were up in arms, but quite comfortable in the knowledge that the so-called experts were all wrong and that we knew our club better than them.

Now ? yes, the truth does hurt.

We were competitive three years ago that is the major difference.

Precisely.
Our fall from grace is nothing less than spectacular.

What fall? We finished 6th then 9th, no huge difference in league positioning.

[andyh]

just read the piece again, then look at the first 9 lines...seems about right to me.

[TimTheVillain]

Summed up well.

We are where we are, and where we are is as Lawro describes.