Relegation?

[dave.woodhall]

Has anyone said it's acceptable? Has anyone said they'd be happy to stay where we are now?

[saunders_heroes]

Has anyone said it's acceptable? Has anyone said they'd be happy to stay where we are now?

Well we've had 4 seasons of this. When will it change?

[dave.woodhall]

Has anyone said it's acceptable? Has anyone said they'd be happy to stay where we are now?

Well we've had 4 seasons of this. When will it change?

You mean when will we start improving our league position? For the past two years I'd guess.

[old man villa fan]

Has anyone said it's acceptable? Has anyone said they'd be happy to stay where we are now?

Well we've had 4 seasons of this. When will it change?

If we could keep improving by 3 points and a place or two a season, I would accept that for a couple more seasons if we do have a lot of cash to spend. 

[Irish villain]

Just to amend my previous post, we actually finished with 45 points in 2002/2003 not 42.

And for context, we finished eight points clear of the relegation zone in 2005-06.

And Dave, I know you don't think it's acceptable, you are an Aston Villa man and know it's not. I was responding to your reply to a previous poster about if he keeps on predicting doom he will be right one day.

I was trying to show that we are in fact lucky that he has not been right yet because we have come as close to relegation as I can remember in twenty years.

[dave.woodhall]

Just to amend my previous post, we actually finished with 45 points in 2002/2003 not 42.

And for context, we finished eight points clear of the relegation zone in 2005-06.

And Dave, I know you don't think it's acceptable, you are an Aston Villa man and know it's not. I was responding to your reply to a previous poster about if he keeps on predicting doom he will be right one day.

I was trying to show that we are in fact lucky that he has not been right yet because we have come as close to relegation as I can remember in twenty years.

Twenty years includes a time when we went into the last day needing a result to stay up.

[Legion]

Was that the Allback goal?

[Big Dick Edwards]

Was that the Allback goal?

Had to go to Norwich to get a point.

[dave.woodhall]

Was that the Allback goal?

No, 1995 at Norwich. Allback was 2003, the match before the final day.

[Ad@m]

Just to amend my previous post, we actually finished with 45 points in 2002/2003 not 42.

And for context, we finished eight points clear of the relegation zone in 2005-06.

And Dave, I know you don't think it's acceptable, you are an Aston Villa man and know it's not. I was responding to your reply to a previous poster about if he keeps on predicting doom he will be right one day.

I was trying to show that we are in fact lucky that he has not been right yet because we have come as close to relegation as I can remember in twenty years.

Twenty years includes a time when we went into the last day needing a result to stay up.

Exactly. There have been plenty of seasons in the last 20 years where the writing has been on the wall only for Herbert to hit the panic button and take the gaffer for a walk in his garden. Whilst it's not acceptable this season really isn't that unusual.

[saunders_heroes]

Just to amend my previous post, we actually finished with 45 points in 2002/2003 not 42.

And for context, we finished eight points clear of the relegation zone in 2005-06.

And Dave, I know you don't think it's acceptable, you are an Aston Villa man and know it's not. I was responding to your reply to a previous poster about if he keeps on predicting doom he will be right one day.

I was trying to show that we are in fact lucky that he has not been right yet because we have come as close to relegation as I can remember in twenty years.

Twenty years includes a time when we went into the last day needing a result to stay up.

It's been a long long time since we had 4 relegation battles on the trot though.

[saunders_heroes]

Has anyone said it's acceptable? Has anyone said they'd be happy to stay where we are now?

Well we've had 4 seasons of this. When will it change?

You mean when will we start improving our league position? For the past two years I'd guess.

This is progress then?
Brilliant!

[curiousorange]

I think if we had achieved the position we're in because of consistency rather than sporadic high points, most fans would think it was progress. The fact that we can look woeful at times blinds people to the fact that we're far from being the worst team in the league; one of the most frustrating, though.

[PeterWithesShin]

I'd say we're probably the most frustrating.

[dave.woodhall]

Just to amend my previous post, we actually finished with 45 points in 2002/2003 not 42.

And for context, we finished eight points clear of the relegation zone in 2005-06.

And Dave, I know you don't think it's acceptable, you are an Aston Villa man and know it's not. I was responding to your reply to a previous poster about if he keeps on predicting doom he will be right one day.

I was trying to show that we are in fact lucky that he has not been right yet because we have come as close to relegation as I can remember in twenty years.

Twenty years includes a time when we went into the last day needing a result to stay up.

It's been a long long time since we had 4 relegation battles on the trot though.

Indeed. Good job it isn't happening now.