People Lining Up To Take Pot Shots.

[Dave]

Once upon a time we were a top-six Premier League side. That didn't stop us from becoming the worst team in the division, despite all the shit clubs down the bottom of the table, in five years.

Don't be too shocked if you find that the same failings that made us a Championship standard outfit in the Premier League make us a League One standard team in the Championship.

I won't. Just as I hope you won't be too shocked if it turns out that Gestede finds it easier to score against Huddersfield than against Spurs and that Clark finds it easier to defend against Dexter Blackstock than he does against Romelu Lukaku.

[Jimbo]

All this 'we could go down to League 1' stuff is just so pointless and media coverage of it is embarrassing. Yes we could go down again, but we could get promoted at the first attempt or we could finish mid-table. Nobody has any clue what will happen to us next season, but if we keep our best players I predict we're more likely to be near the top of the table than the bottom.

It's about as pointless as all the "we could be relegated to the Championship" scaremongering was five years ago. Then we knew even less than we do now.

True, we don't know what's going to happen next season or the season after, but taking the last five years as our yardstick, we'd do well to keep an eye on the downward trend under this owner / board.

[PaulWinch again]

It's a bit different though we knew we were well down the bottom in terms of quality for the top flight, but with the Championship we have no idea. Our useless striker Gestede scored a shit load down there, so it's reasonable to assume our better players might be alright if we keep them.

[Jimbo]

Once upon a time we were a top-six Premier League side. That didn't stop us from becoming the worst team in the division, despite all the shit clubs down the bottom of the table, in five years.

Don't be too shocked if you find that the same failings that made us a Championship standard outfit in the Premier League make us a League One standard team in the Championship.

I won't. Just as I hope you won't be too shocked if it turns out that Gestede finds it easier to score against Huddersfield than against Spurs and that Clark finds it easier to defend against Dexter Blackstock than he does against Romelu Lukaku.

Clark wasn't much cop defending against Bradford City's Rory McArdle and Carl McHugh, but I hope you're right.

[Toronto Villa]

Once upon a time we were a top-six Premier League side. That didn't stop us from becoming the worst team in the division, despite all the shit clubs down the bottom of the table, in five years.

Don't be too shocked if you find that the same failings that made us a Championship standard outfit in the Premier League make us a League One standard team in the Championship.

I won't. Just as I hope you won't be too shocked if it turns out that Gestede finds it easier to score against Huddersfield than against Spurs and that Clark finds it easier to defend against Dexter Blackstock than he does against Romelu Lukaku.

Clark wasn't much cop defending against Bradford City's Rory McArdle and Carl McHugh, but I hope you're right.

And he's played brilliantly at times in the PL and comfortable at international level when he's played.

[Ads]

Steve Sidwell and Paul Merson. Why do we care about the ball boy and the lobotomy club president's opinions.

[kippaxvilla2]

I have a soft spot for Merse - I do think he cares.  I view his dramatics as more of a 'wake up and smell the coffee' call to the owner rather than out of spite. 

[myf]

The bloke from Grimsby has taken the piss on Lawros predictions. We're such an easy target

[PaulWinch again]

He does seem to care, but doesn't make his opinion any more valid.

[SoccerHQ]

http://oatcakefanzine.proboards.com/thread/254577/villa-fans

Some decent words from the Stoke fans at least.

[Jimbo]

http://oatcakefanzine.proboards.com/thread/254577/villa-fans

Some decent words from the Stoke fans at least.

A quote from that page:

"Been there done that.

We made the same mistake in 1990 partying our way down.

Villa fans need to show their anger and show it quickly."

[myf]

Wow. Sympathy from stokies. This is fucking so bad

[pbavfckuwait]

Even worse myf, there were a number of their players playing yesterday that I thought, would not mind him, in fact there was probably comfortably 6, that's how bad we are, wanting 6 of that lot.

[Dave]

Even worse myf, there were a number of their players playing yesterday that I thought, would not mind him, in fact there was probably comfortably 6, that's how bad we are, wanting 6 of that lot.

I'll go with the obvious question - who were the five that you wouldn't take?

[pbavfckuwait]

Exactly Dave