Relegation Possibility

[Steve67]

Without a doubt, he will act all I am if we stay up on the final day. The reality is he should be given his marching orders within 20 minutes of the final whistle at carrow road. Paul Faulkner should be doing his homework now on the next man in.

Judging by how satisfied he looked after we scraped past Fulham the other week, then I am certain he will extremely pleased with himself if such events happen on the final day. 

That is no where near as shocking as his thumbs up and punching the air after achieving the heroic home draw against Stoke.

That was horrific.

His salute to the executive seats reminded me of a previous manager of ours.

Even worse, before the game, I saw him turn to the exec seats and put his arms out wide in a "where the fuck are thay all" type way.  I am probably wrong about this, but it seemed a very odd gesture to make before the game.  I am also convinced that there was nowhere near the 30,000 at the Stoke game that the club are reporting.  Perhaps they have claimed the season ticket holders as part of the crowd? VP was half empty.

[dave.woodhall]

Perhaps they have. After all, it's been standard Premier League procedure since about 1996.

[Hoppo]

Whats this McLeish doing thumbs up Inbetweeners style..

[saunders_heroes]

Perhaps they have. After all, it's been standard Premier League procedure since about 1996.

Why do so many on here excitingly claim our crowds are lower than announced?

[pauliewalnuts]

Perhaps they have. After all, it's been standard Premier League procedure since about 1996.

Why do so many on here excitingly claim our crowds are lower than announced?

I don't konw why people get so excited about it, but they're right, they are always lower than announced.

[saunders_heroes]

Perhaps they have. After all, it's been standard Premier League procedure since about 1996.

Why do so many on here excitingly claim our crowds are lower than announced?

I don't konw why people get so excited about it, but they're right, they are always lower than announced.

True, but it just irritates me that some fans seem to wallow in it.

[john e]

Funny how Sheff Wed's always get mentioned when people talk about Villa getting relegated, something that happened donkey's years ago, yet Newcasle would be far more appropriate comparison,

As for all that shit about waiting till your old and grey before we will see Villa in the top flight again is just garbage

[saunders_heroes]

Funny how Sheff Wed's always get mentioned when people talk about Villa getting relegated, something that happened donkey's years ago, yet Newcasle would be far more appropriate comparison,

As for all that shit about waiting till your old and grey before we will see Villa in the top flight again is just garbage

Very true. I still don't want to take a chance though.

[villasjf]

just think how many Villa fans haven't seen us win at home at all this season if they either missed those 4 games or left early as in the Fulham game, that stat confirms why I can't remember a worse season and I've been to most home games since 1967.

The bloke who sits next to me in Lower Holte was bought a season ticket by his other half, first one since 1982, he complained at the last match he hasnt seen us win at home this season and he has only missed a few matches.

[pauliewalnuts]

Perhaps they have. After all, it's been standard Premier League procedure since about 1996.

Why do so many on here excitingly claim our crowds are lower than announced?

I don't konw why people get so excited about it, but they're right, they are always lower than announced.

True, but it just irritates me that some fans seem to wallow in it.

Arsenal always seem to be the club where it is really noticeable - in their bad spell this season, their non-showing-up season ticket holders were really obvious.

Yes, though, it's insane to wallow in it, if that's what people are doing. Hopefully the main thing that will be happening is that the club will notice them, and think about what the reasons are.

They also (obv) have figures to hand about the number of season ticket holders who are missing games, which in turn should give them an idea of how hard they're going to have to work to shift them this summer.

[saunders_heroes]

Perhaps they have. After all, it's been standard Premier League procedure since about 1996.

Why do so many on here excitingly claim our crowds are lower than announced?

I don't konw why people get so excited about it, but they're right, they are always lower than announced.

True, but it just irritates me that some fans seem to wallow in it.

Arsenal always seem to be the club where it is really noticeable - in their bad spell this season, their non-showing-up season ticket holders were really obvious.

Yes, though, it's insane to wallow in it, if that's what people are doing. Hopefully the main thing that will be happening is that the club will notice them, and think about what the reasons are.

They also (obv) have figures to hand about the number of season ticket holders who are missing games, which in turn should give them an idea of how hard they're going to have to work to shift them this summer.

The only way they'll get fans back on their side is to spend big money in the summer. I'm clinging onto the Collymore tweet from last week for a bit of hope. In fact I've got a death grip on it.

[pauliewalnuts]

To be honest, I'm not even entirely sure that much would be enough to make a real difference.

Obviously, it'd feel better when we started signing them, but at the moment it's all a bit depressing.

[saunders_heroes]

To be honest, I'm not even entirely sure that much would be enough to make a real difference.

Obviously, it'd feel better when we started signing them, but at the moment it's all a bit depressing.

I haven't felt this low about Villa since '87, and I'm usually one of the most optimistic of Villa fans. Hopefully this season has frightened the life out of Lerner as much as its frightened the life out of the rest of us. He has to invest or we will continue to decline.

[cdward]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_McLeish

Did you know that McLeish was given his first team debut in 1978 by non other than Billy McNeill.  Bad omen?

[Phil from the upper holte]

Perhaps they have. After all, it's been standard Premier League procedure since about 1996.

Why do so many on here excitingly claim our crowds are lower than announced?

I don't konw why people get so excited about it, but they're right, they are always lower than announced.

True, but it just irritates me that some fans seem to wallow in it.

Arsenal always seem to be the club where it is really noticeable - in their bad spell this season, their non-showing-up season ticket holders were really obvious.

Yes, though, it's insane to wallow in it, if that's what people are doing. Hopefully the main thing that will be happening is that the club will notice them, and think about what the reasons are.

They also (obv) have figures to hand about the number of season ticket holders who are missing games, which in turn should give them an idea of how hard they're going to have to work to shift them this summer.

The only way they'll get fans back on their side is to spend big money in the summer. I'm clinging onto the Collymore tweet from last week for a bit of hope. In fact I've got a death grip on it.

What did he say?