Your interest in the villa

[Percy McCarthy]

A bloke at work who had a season ticket for years just stopped going when due to an oversight (on Villa's part according to him), they sold his seat to someone else. Ever since he's been going to see the Moors, and he's always evangalising about how cheap it is, pint in the clubhouse etc. Thing is, no matter how cheap it is, it would be a waste of money for me, because I wouldn't give a shiny shite who wins.

If I want to spend less and still have an interest in the result, I can go to the reserves.

[levico]

I can recall being mortified at the thought of missing even one minute of a Villa match, home or away. Lately I have been in damage limitation, still going to most games but expecting the worst whilst hoping for the best.

Got a glimmer back after Sunday though. Dare I be optimistic? Probably not yet, but there's some hope.

[Brend'Watkins]

As much as I like all forms of football it doesn't compare to how I feel about the Villa.  All the real ale you can drink in a pleasant pub and holding hands with opposition supporters at non league grounds sounds okay but it doesn't get anywhere near to one of ours in a claret and blue shirt bulging the net with a shot from outside the area. 

On a scale of happiness, when Villa win it's right at the top.  Blues/ManU and more recently Liverpool losing it's around the middle as is England/Ireland winning internationally which gives me the same level as Andy Murray winning a gold medal at tennis.

[damon loves JT]

Andy Murray winning the tennis I'd rate somewhere below having a really good fart.

[Brend'Watkins]

Andy Murray winning the tennis I'd rate somewhere below having a really good fart.

Ha ha.

I knew that would draw someone out.  Perhaps I was more happy for him than happy in myself.

[dave shelley]

As much out of love with the game in general as I am now, the day Villa lose and it doesn't ruin my weekend will be the day I am laid to rest.  I hope that's a long time coming BTW!

[mrfuse]

A bloke at work who had a season ticket for years just stopped going when due to an oversight (on Villa's part according to him), they sold his seat to someone else. Ever since he's been going to see the Moors, and he's always evangalising about how cheap it is, pint in the clubhouse etc. Thing is, no matter how cheap it is, it would be a waste of money for me, because I wouldn't give a shiny shite who wins.

If I want to spend less and still have an interest in the result, I can go to the reserves.

Might be just me but is the Moors that cheap at £12 a ticket?  I'm a season ticket holder at villa and regularly buy tickets for my brother and a lot of the time get good deals for a ticket.  £19 for the Albion game I thought was decent for a Derby.

The money involved in football annoys me as does the overpaid brats that play in the premiership, but I sense a bit of optimism in the fact that Villa are trying to build a team in a way that sits better than a lot of the teams in the premiership

[Chris Jameson]

When I first met my partner 13 years ago she knew how Villa had got on due to my mood. The only reason she knows they've played these days is when our son tells me what the score was.

[The Left Side]

Feeling a whole lot better than last season, still work to do but going inthe right direction

[damon loves JT]

I was pleased for Andy Murray too, I just really like farting. England cricket results, now they are utterly meaningless to me. Unless they're playing Australia.

[supertom]

My interest is back right up again. I love the direction we're going in. To be honest I'm hitting the level of excitement as O Neills first couple of years. As good as we had it in the Cup final and FA Semi year (and decent push for 4th) I was getting somewhat bored with the ever predictable brand of football. I mean so many of us spent, what retrospectively, was a ridiculous amount of time on here moaning about that season. We'd not had it so good since the mid 90's, but we moaned (me included).

Now though. I like the lack of wasters, average players on huge wages, and the positive action taken by Lambert. Houllier and particularly McLeish's appointments bought nothing but a sense of impending "meh" or in the latters case, doom. I was about ready to give up last season. It was fucking horrific.

I've watched all three games so far and, though it's been tough in the first two, there was still some indication that we were trying to play football. Against Newcastle it just clicked. Still work in progress, but we look like we're in the right direction. The new signings excite me. O what we've seen, I really like Lowton. KEA looks really good. Vlaar I think will prove as popular as Mellberg, perhaps Laursen. He's big, strong and just that sort of strong character. Holman has impressed me too. He's struggled a little with the pace, but his workrate and attitude are infectious and top class.
There's no slacking. There's no pandering to reputations or to sentiment. Earn you place- keep it. Simple as. Work hard, or fuck off. Some of the football we played against Newcastle was a delight. The more this team gels, the more consistent said football will be. I love we're giving the unknowns a shot. None of those overrated, overpaid O Neill specials, who he'd then not play. We're giving lads a shot who might not have had it somewhere else in the top flight. I think it'll reap benefits. If you're telling me there's not a player in League 2 who can trap a ball (or pass/shoot whatever) better than Harewood, then you're crazy.

And what's annoying is...I'm fucking off to Asia for 6 months next week, so watching the games will be a bit more difficult. Ha ha! Will be going out of my way where possible to catch a few though.

[saunders_heroes]

My interest is sky high again after the Newcastle performance. It was rock bottom beforehand. I'm fickle but I don't care. Up the Villa!

[Toronto Villa]

This might sound non-sensical but it's Lambert's few words that have got me excited again. It reminds me a lot of the great Ron Saunders where he would rather say little and show more. There is a very quiet, no nonsense attitude about Lambert that I like immensely. He has restored a sense of calm and dignity to the club. The players are buying into it and so are the fans. He has brought in by design players that wanted to come to the club. Young, up and coming players that as many have pointed out bring with them an intriguing sense of the unknown. I just like it. He made short work of dumping Collins, Hutton and Warnock and has issued fair warning to others in dropping Given. Nobody is safe for the first time in a long, long time.

I'm not going to enjoy the result of every game but I know full well that at the start we'll have set out trying to win it. That's what I have wanted for ages it seems. For my team not to lie down and take it. If we go down we'll go down fighting. Football has changed and the chance to win the title has likely gone for good. But I just want to enjoy the pursuit of it and the cups again knowing my team will do their best every time. And as for the so called experts. Let's just let the style of play and the results talk for us.

[WarszaVillan]

When I first met my partner 13 years ago she knew how Villa had got on due to my mood. The only reason she knows they've played these days is when our son tells me what the score was.

And the fact that you have over 8,000 posts on a Villa fans' forum. Sorry, this I am so relaxed and don't give a shit routine doesn't wash

[damon loves JT]

There's more to H&V than just Villa. It's like a drop-in facility for social inadequates. And I include myself in that sweeping assessment.