Quote from: dave.woodhall on December 24, 2012, 02:28:09 PMQuote from: Villadroid on December 24, 2012, 02:04:17 PMIt is stupid question really because it is not like there is a choice. And the fact that Villa have under-achieving for a hundred years now, is something you just have to get used to.Read the history and it is all bad news from the end of WW1 and nothing has changed.The same repeated mistakes and always one step behind every innovation in the game.There have been some moments to take pride in but it is hard to take much pride in a club which has been so badly run for so long.Whether it is 1967, 1987 or 2013, it's very much a case of: same shit, different year.And always the sentimental appeals to pride and loyalty, while the guilty men take the piss.Troll alert. Do not feed.There is no need for that Dave.There is nothing factually to dispute about that opinion and so I did not expect a response.
Quote from: Villadroid on December 24, 2012, 02:04:17 PMIt is stupid question really because it is not like there is a choice. And the fact that Villa have under-achieving for a hundred years now, is something you just have to get used to.Read the history and it is all bad news from the end of WW1 and nothing has changed.The same repeated mistakes and always one step behind every innovation in the game.There have been some moments to take pride in but it is hard to take much pride in a club which has been so badly run for so long.Whether it is 1967, 1987 or 2013, it's very much a case of: same shit, different year.And always the sentimental appeals to pride and loyalty, while the guilty men take the piss.Troll alert. Do not feed.
It is stupid question really because it is not like there is a choice. And the fact that Villa have under-achieving for a hundred years now, is something you just have to get used to.Read the history and it is all bad news from the end of WW1 and nothing has changed.The same repeated mistakes and always one step behind every innovation in the game.There have been some moments to take pride in but it is hard to take much pride in a club which has been so badly run for so long.Whether it is 1967, 1987 or 2013, it's very much a case of: same shit, different year.And always the sentimental appeals to pride and loyalty, while the guilty men take the piss.
It was a lame line and I'm not proud of swearing at a stranger in front of my son (football brings out my inner hooligan) but I'm as proud to be a Villa fan today as I ever have been.
Quote from: john e on December 24, 2012, 02:55:11 PMQuote from: Stu on December 24, 2012, 02:52:01 PMQuote from: john e on December 24, 2012, 02:48:56 PMthere can be no other fans on the planet (of a certain age) that have seen there team play in the 3rd tier of English football, got dicked 8 nill in the top tier and also won the european Cup and League ChampionshipLoads of Villa fans can't say that though. All we have is the humiliating batterings.and your youthThat's slipping away! Villa are bloody ageing me even quicker as well.
Quote from: Stu on December 24, 2012, 02:52:01 PMQuote from: john e on December 24, 2012, 02:48:56 PMthere can be no other fans on the planet (of a certain age) that have seen there team play in the 3rd tier of English football, got dicked 8 nill in the top tier and also won the european Cup and League ChampionshipLoads of Villa fans can't say that though. All we have is the humiliating batterings.and your youth
Quote from: john e on December 24, 2012, 02:48:56 PMthere can be no other fans on the planet (of a certain age) that have seen there team play in the 3rd tier of English football, got dicked 8 nill in the top tier and also won the european Cup and League ChampionshipLoads of Villa fans can't say that though. All we have is the humiliating batterings.
there can be no other fans on the planet (of a certain age) that have seen there team play in the 3rd tier of English football, got dicked 8 nill in the top tier and also won the european Cup and League Championship
Bollox . If people want to take the piss then let 'em. My level of pride (I am not even sure pride is quite the right term) has very little to with whether we win or not. Anyway I'm off to find a Charlton fans forum, being pre internet we never properly took the piss out of them for losing 11-1 to us.
Quote from: Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air on December 24, 2012, 02:57:15 PMBollox . If people want to take the piss then let 'em. My level of pride (I am not even sure pride is quite the right term) has very little to with whether we win or not. Anyway I'm off to find a Charlton fans forum, being pre internet we never properly took the piss out of them for losing 11-1 to us.That is more like it.Now that is a proper grown-up response.I don't seem to remember the fans needing a group-hug every time the Villa lost in the Third Division.But these days everyone has to re-take their wedding vows every fortnight, and the same seems to apply to football.
Had some serious shit today from people who don't normally come out of the woodwork, I must admit I was a bit aggressive in my response Christmas or not, but I am and always will be proud to be a Villan.We are like wounded lions at the moment , but we all know how dangerous they can be, anyway what is a group of lions called ?