Clubs that have been relegated

[danlanza]

Firmly of the opinion that if we do go down we are in for a big shock.
Our lot will get torn to pieces in the Championship, just not strong enough physically.

[Risso]

Anyway accounts fans, today's the big day!  Assuming they're lodged on time of course.....

[pauliewalnuts]

Anyway accounts fans, today's the big day!  Assuming they're lodged on time of course.....

Which period do these cover?

[Clampy]

Anyway accounts fans, today's the big day!  Assuming they're lodged on time of course.....

Which period do these cover?

1986-1987 i think.

edit. My apologies, i thought Risso was talking about Small Heath. I was right probably though.

[eastie]

Anyway accounts fans, today's the big day!  Assuming they're lodged on time of course.....

Which period do these cover?

1986-1987 i think.

Morning clamps, yes lets see how depressing todays accounts are - braced for more bad news.

[Greg N'Ash]

I love Accounts Day me.  Knowing us the wage bill has gone up not down.

[tomd2103]

I love Accounts Day me.  Knowing us the wage bill has gone up not down.

You should pitch that idea to Jim White on Sky Sports News Greg.

[Damo70]

I love Accounts Day me.  Knowing us the wage bill has gone up not down.

You should pitch that idea to Jim White on Sky Sports News Greg.

What a great idea for people who can't be bothered to read them but would love to hear them shouted at them.

[citizenDJ]

Anyway accounts fans, today's the big day!  Assuming they're lodged on time of course.....

[Greg N'Ash]

I love Accounts Day me.  Knowing us the wage bill has gone up not down.

You should pitch that idea to Jim White on Sky Sports News Greg.

Nah. In-house subscription-only Villa Accounts TV Channel on Sky I reckon

[fredm]

Firmly of the opinion that if we do go down we are in for a big shock.
Our lot will get torn to pieces in the Championship, just not strong enough physically.

This is what I am very afraid of. How many people have said that we are outmuscled in matches - well it would be even worse if we drop.

[SoccerHQ]

Well you can loan lots of players in, Watford aren't doing too badly on that front!

[supertom]

It's quite scary looking at how far some clubs fall. Plymouth at the minute for example. Granted they're not a big club with a big pedigree by any stretch, but they've gone from fairly solid in the championship to propping up the entire football league. Just shows how quickly you can plummet. Obviously finance had a big part in that.

Though our financial position has improved somewhat, if we go down that will mean very little given the hit we'll take. We'll certainly need to start selling our prized assets. May even lose a few players like Delph who might have a few suitors. Westwood may have caught the eye already, though I think he'd be happy enough in The Championship given we got him from L2.

Coming back up depends on how Randy deals with going down. He can sell off the bigger earners who will be easy to shift. Benteke should cover a lot of money.
Or if he deems it necessary, to remain financially stable he might just have a firesale. We wouldn't be the first. If that's the case we'll struggle to come back up straight away. You'd also hope that he doesn't reduce the efficiency of the youth development and pull money out of that. Our kids coming in could well be the difference between stabilising or just sinking further.
Ideal world we'll go into next season with a front two of Wiemann and Aggy if we're down. Fonz and Bowery as cover should do okay. There's a couple of promising lads who seems to be doing well too, but I'm sure others will know more about them than me.

[KRS]

We are Aston Villa...if we go down, the better Championship and fringe Premier League players will want to play for us and get us back up. On the other hand, if the club are not prepared to pay the wages then we'll have to get used to life down there.

[Pete3206]

We are Aston Villa...if we go down, the better Championship and fringe Premier League players will want to play for us and get us back up. On the other hand, if the club are not prepared to pay the wages then we'll have to get used to life down there.

Spot on. Has a bigger club than Villa ever been relegated? I know Utd and 'The Mighty Reds YNWA' have been down there, but were they that big at the time?