do defeats hurt as much

[nornironvillain]

anymore?

or have we really given up caring?


im in my late 30's and last week this place done my nut in - people were proud of us being 2-0 up at home and then bending over, taking the pants down and assuming the position.

yet people were still fantastically proud of being 2-0 up v Utd etc etc

have we really fallen that far?

im still hurting, i musnt have used enough lube

[adrenachrome]

If we did bend over, you would have a point.

But we didn't, and so you don't.

[Percy McCarthy]

On the other hand, adrenachrome, you do have a point. A very good one.

[Ducksworthy]

We didn't bend over at all.

As to the original question? Yes. It will always hurt when Villa lose. I expect the team I love to walk onto the pitch and care as much as I do. I expect, for all my folly, a win. If we don't get it, it hurts. But that's the price of loving the Villa.

Love will tear us apart, I suppose.

[Legion]

Yes, defeat does hurt.

No, we didn't bend over.

[Matt Collins]

Not as much as it used to. If we win, I choose to reflect on the game more. If we lose I just try to think about other things. Didn't quite manage it for an hour after last weekends game though!

[greenwichvilla]

Haven't we had this same discussion with about 397 slightly different thread titles since we stopped being a top six side?

[gervilla]

Of course defeats hurt.
If we have given up caring, I doubt we would be on here.

[Rigadon]

Haven't we had this same discussion with about 397 slightly different thread titles since we stopped being a top six side?

Yes, but it never gets any less fun.

[PaulWinch again]

Defeats still hurt, although I have grown accustomed to them. However we did not 'bend over' last week, and that's why it hurt more.

[Chipsticks]

Haven't we had this same discussion with about 397 slightly different thread titles since we stopped being a top six side?

Maybe the orange banner was wrong.

[Percy McCarthy]

Bannan 'bent over' a beautiful ball for Weimann's header when it was 2-2. If we can get him in those positions (not as difficult as getting someone to the by-line) more often it will bear a lot of fruit for us methinks.

[Pete3206]

Perhaps the OP should lighten up a bit.

[jeowje]

That defeat last week hurt as much as anything I can remember almost, which is weird because for years now it has seemed easier to accept when we lose, defeats don't ruin my weekends anymore normally.

In all honesty, unlike some I don't take any particular pride in the perfomance if it has ended in a 3-2 home defeat, but I wouldn't fault any of the players for their efforts, and it was a great feeling when our goals went in.

Most teams raise their game against Manure, so I don't necessarily see that level of perfromance as 'where we're at' (the attacking sense), but it does demonstrate at least what we are capable of.

[pauliewalnuts]

Ah, the perils of posting in the early hours of the morning whilst, errr, tired and emotional.