'When Saturday Comes' on Villa

[Richard E]

As a (misguided) tribute to God, it sort of had merit at the time.

After he went walkies and missed the Exeter cup match in 1994, he could have received far worse stick.

But it sounds dreadful, and the tacked on 'shit support' and all the other bobbins don't redeem it in any way, shape or form.  It does us no favours at all.

 I'd love to see that dirge drowned out with a good hearty boo -something we normally excel at.

'Shit support' that gets sung even when the away end is rammed full for a midweek game against a team from the Outer Hebrides or similar.

[Dave P]

This 'we are shit' singing has to stop.  OK, pretending we've scored a goal when we are getting stuffed may have been funny once.  It isn't any more.

At Selhurst Park last season I was walking towards the away end when a Palace fan started signing "Going Down, Going Down, Going Down" to us.  I responded with "So are we, so are we, so are we".

We both laughed. I thought it was quite quick for me.

[amfy]

i'm not a great fan of negative chanting but given how shit we have been recently, I actually do think it is understandable.

Joining the opposition fans in putting down your own team is not.

[pauliewalnuts]

On the piss, m'lord needs to go down for the dirt nap too.

All the "How shit must you be....." chants at last have some humour about them. "On the piss" is an embarrassment and insulting

The "how shit must you be" thing at least has an element of self deprecatory humour about it. Even the "you're nothing special, we lose every week" thing has a likeable, typical football thing about it.

The "let's pretend we scored a goal" thing is just unfunny and cringeworthy.

Then again, I recognise that it's a bit hypocritical of me to judge what is and what is not proper support at a match which I spent slouched on my sofa, watching something else so I didn't actually have to pay attention to what was happening at the match.

[Witton Warrior]

The "let's pretend we scored a goal" thing is just unfunny and cringeworthy.

On the whole I agree but for the notable exception when we were losing 3-0 at Liverpool, sang it 4 times and then started "3-0 and you fkd it up" to the bemusement of the scousers - silver linings and all that...

[passport1]

“Garde would be a gamble given his lack of Premier League experience,” says Villa season-ticket holder Chris Manion. “You can't help thinking we're going for him because he's out of a job and would be cheaper. I'm yet to hear any convincing explanation as to why he should be top of our list, apart from the fact we signed a lot of French players.”

Why is it that, whenever a publication quotes a Villa fan, they invariably pick the one that speaks the most bullshit?

A season ticket holder that goes both home and away. Inexplicable.

[HertsVilla]

This "How rubbish are we?" chanting is just embarrassing in my opinion and not very funny.  It's sixth form level, self -indulgent shite.   I can appreciate the counter argument that these people have paid their money to follow the team to all corners of England - fair enough - but if you're going to all that time and expense to "support" the club, lift the players as opposed to going along with the prime intention of making the rest of the stadium think you're a cool bunch.

"We've scored a goal, we've scored a goal...how shit must you be, we've scored a goal..."   *Cringe*.

I think you're being unfair to 6th Formers!
The chanting at Southampton and Tottenham was extremely embarrassing and not in the least amusing. The point of chanting, surely, is to encourage the players, and that sort of negativity has the opposite effect. Contrast this with the tremendous support during our good spell in the 2nd half at Spurs and the effect that must have had on the team.
"On the piss" may not affect the players but it's crude and insensitive. It says nothing about Villa and quite a lot about the idiots who sing it.

Absolutely bang on.

[DaveD]

"We've hit the post" was quite funny on Monday night, quickly followed by "We've scored a goal" which was considerably less so.

Neither likely to be an issue on Sunday..."We've got in your half" maybe

[Boz]

Win a couple of games and the sad, sick Villa ridicule will disappear faster than Fabian Delph up the M6.

Totally agree Brian. These morons are not Villa fans really, just a class of lower intelligence, go with the current trend idiots.

If Garde turns out to be the catalyst who gets Villa progressing positively again, all the idiots will conveniently forget their earlier non supportive attitudes.

[Chico Hamilton III]

Win a couple of games and the sad, sick Villa ridicule will disappear faster than Fabian Delph up the M6.

Totally agree Brian. These morons are not Villa fans really, just a class of lower intelligence, go with the current trend idiots.

You mean these morons who watch Villa home and away? The snobbishness of some people annoys me more than the daft songs a few kids like to sing at games.

[Boz]

Win a couple of games and the sad, sick Villa ridicule will disappear faster than Fabian Delph up the M6.

Totally agree Brian. These morons are not Villa fans really, just a class of lower intelligence, go with the current trend idiots.

Chico I'm not a snob, just a working class bloke, but fans? who go to games to then sing songs that deprecate their team can hardly be true fans. They just seem to want to demonstrate how "cool" they are to the other team's supporters. Doesn't seem to fit with genuine fan displeasure of the often justified criticism the team deserves.



You mean these morons who watch Villa home and away? The snobbishness of some people annoys me more than the daft songs a few kids like to sing at games.

[Nev]

I think the gallows humour of the last couple of games will vanish due to the optimism that comes with the arrival of a new manager. Let's hope it doesn't return anytime soon.

[peter w]

Why spend all that money, investment in your own time in the event and the two way journey to not support your own team that early in the game? I respect anyone who makes the effort and goes to away games, but that just seems completely stupid.

I suppose they took a look at the team selection and thought if the club have surrendered pre-kick off what's the point.

That may well be so, but we actually started the game playing quite well. If it was 3-0 to them go at it.

we were a goal down after 2 minutes. How's that starting well?

[passport1]

Win a couple of games and the sad, sick Villa ridicule will disappear faster than Fabian Delph up the M6.

Totally agree Brian. These morons are not Villa fans really, just a class of lower intelligence, go with the current trend idiots.

You mean these morons who watch Villa home and away? The snobbishness of some people annoys me more than the daft songs a few kids like to sing at games.

It comes with the gentrification of the game.Prawn sandwich anyone?

[LeeB]

If you pay top dollar to travel to London on a Monday night and watch the shite we've been serving up for years, you can sing what you like as far as I'm concerned, you're a better fan than me.