Which side was worse - 1987 or this seasons?

[levico]

This side definitely worse but the 1966/67 team was worse than both.

[Damo70]

The '87 side finished rock bottom with 36 points from 42 games and eight points from safety so they were the worst. So this Villa team are only the second worst in my lifetime.

[Reuben]

The 86/87 side were awful, far less than the sum of their parts, and weren't capable of the odd good performance.  At least this season the side have shown flashes of potential against some good sides.

I don't recall the performances of that season (my first conscious season was the year after) but a couple of draws v Liverpool sounds good.  Were they deserved?  I appreciate we were thrashed by Forest, Norwich, Charlton etc

[oldham_villa]

86/87 for me, though the defensive frailties are very similar.

Elliott is still the worst centre half I've seen at the Villa, though Baker is neck and neck with him.

Lowton's defending is probably worse than a hybrid of Bernie Gallagher, Andy Comyn and Steve Watson.

El Ahmadi adds as much to the team as Neale Cooper did.

Holt is as mobile as Andy Gray

Weimann is doing a good impression of Simon Stainrod too

[He wears a magic hat]

Statistically 86/87 side was the worst but I voted for this years side purely on yhe fact that I can never remember coming out of a match feeling so bored and deprived of any entertainment so often.
Maybe times a great healer and uou forget hut I don't remember feeling that way in 87

[Damo70]

In '86-'87 we were pretty poor until we beat Charlton on Boxing Day and that changed everything. After that we were absolutely abysmal.

[supertom]

87 was a little before my time as a Villa fan. But honestly I'm not sure any side in our history could play as cluelessly as we have for the vast majority of Lamberts time here. It's not just the poor standard of player we have here, it's just how utterly clueless they look on the pitch and devoid of any ideas and organisation which is worse.

Certainly in my time 90-present, Lamberts side has been the worst. He's making McLeish look competent at the moment.

[Steve R]

Maybe there should be a voting option for McLeish's team. I am struggling to think of the redeeming feature that makes them better than this season's offering.

Other than that the 86/7 team, although the worst I have ever seen was the 66/7 outfit.

[LeeB]

87 was a little before my time as a Villa fan. But honestly I'm not sure any side in our history could play as cluelessly as we have for the vast majority of Lamberts time here. It's not just the poor standard of player we have here, it's just how utterly clueless they look on the pitch and devoid of any ideas and organisation which is worse.

Certainly in my time 90-present, Lamberts side has been the worst. He's making McLeish look competent at the moment.

Trust me, 86-87 was worse.

[London Villan]

Weren't we outside tips for the top places in the league is 1986/87...

[supertom]

87 was a little before my time as a Villa fan. But honestly I'm not sure any side in our history could play as cluelessly as we have for the vast majority of Lamberts time here. It's not just the poor standard of player we have here, it's just how utterly clueless they look on the pitch and devoid of any ideas and organisation which is worse.

Certainly in my time 90-present, Lamberts side has been the worst. He's making McLeish look competent at the moment.

Trust me, 86-87 was worse.

Jesus mate. If that's the case you must have only just recovered from the 87 season. This season has been so bad it feels like I'll take about 30 years to get over it.

[Witton Warrior]

I think the reason this lot seem worse is that we have had 4 seasons of decline - '87 we crashed and burned not this slow lingering death by ineptitude

[Colin B]

1987 by a Country Mile

[PeterWithesShin]

What makes 87 so much worse, for me it at least, is that it was so soon after being the best in England and Europe. 5 years after lifting the European Cup we finished bottom of the league, and deserved to be bottom.

[Colin B]

1985-86 was terrible too

West Brom Finished Bottom and Blues second bottom which saved us but Blues still beat us 3-0 at our place

At least according to this website

http://www.espn.co.uk/football/sport/match/index.html?event=3;season=1985%2F86;team=242

I honestly can't remember that game at all