Villa Today

[wittonwarrior]

One of the original 12 founding members of the football league.  McGregor a giant of a man, 7 times  we won the cup no one should have caught us up.  On the day great support, some great players have managed and played  for the Villa. 

The club lies within the boundaries  like or not Bloose of Birmingham the 2nd biggest city in the country.  The ground with the exception of the rebuilt Old Trafford being the best original in the country. 

European Cup Winners.

All the above is true so why are we continuing to struggle and  what of our immediate future.  In my opinion Ellis refusing to let go of the crown jewels and being  in the wrong hands at the wrong time - e.g. the birth of the Premiership has had a continuing influence on every aspect of the club.  Not helped by more leadership, overspending in the name of Martin O'Neill has not helped.  Maybe because it is a Birmingham team puts people off our club. 

Clearly things have not been rosy for sometime.  Up steps Sherwood papers up some cracks but then for some apparent reason loses his go for it attitude.  We then finish 2014/2015 with 3 losses and continue then to lose three of the better players  from the season. 

Replacements come in and even someone with the most claret and blue eyes  would be hard pressed to say they are adequate for what is a tough league.

Sherwood then goes onto have panic attacks and  draws into his own shell in  terms of going for it.  At the same time things are obviously been leaked by the club and I wouldn't be surprised to see TS leave the club this week. 

Moyes is tapped up in the media for the job - surely he would not want another failure on his CV.  When he took over at Everton he had a stronger squad, a team that had the weekend  before reached the 1/4 final of the FA  Cup (3 out of the past 4 years).  Moyes would struggle with what is possibly our weakest squad since relegation in the 60's.

The only way forward to save  our bacon this  season would now be to buy experienced heads in the January window. 

Sherwood is not the failure some would lead you to believe no more than Moyes will be the messiah. 

The only way to keep our position is to tap in the pan number of the Villa credit card, otherwise we might just change places with the unwashed.

Depressing very much so.

[Stu]

Sherwood is failing, the results show that. No one thinks Moyes is the 'messiah' either, so quit with the melodrama. What he definitely is, is a manager with a proven track record.

There is no way I would let Sherwood have any more money only to hear his excuses again when it all goes to bits and watch as he throws the players under the bus.

[Nelly]

I think when we were flying higher under MON that we were suddenly popular and seen as a vibrant club, going in the right direction. If we could just settle the club down and actually move forwards instead of lurching from drama to drama I'm sure we will be seen in a better light. I can't blame neutrals for passing us over or actively disliking us right now, we're awful. But I don't think it would take much to get us gunning again.

[Jimbo]

Our stock as a club is as low now as it's ever been in my lifetime. I was too young to remember our third division days, but I get the feeling we were still seen as a big club back then. I still think we can turn it around with the the right owner / manager combination, but it looks more and more like that old wurzel was right with his half-arsed-club-that-used-to-be-famous comment.

[richard moore]

God, do we really need another thread to debate the same old same old? How many ways can we carry on telling the same story, one we are all so familiar with?

[Stirchley Villain]

Who knows..?