Things to look forward to...

[mikeb1982]

Walking down Trinity Road thinking "I fancy us today..."  Genuinely can't remember the last time that went through my head. 

[Godfrey Brian]

Starting over.
The new fixture list being published and the novelty of games which we look like we could win.
Not knowing what to expect good or bad.

[ozzjim]

Prays...

Never seeing Richards or Agbonlahor in a Villa shirt again

[mr underhill]

sadly it's not going to happen though is it? GabtheFlab at least is going nowhere until 2018

[Proposition Joe]

Starting over.
The new fixture list being published and the novelty of games which we look like we could win.
Not knowing what to expect good or bad.

Not knowing what to expect is a good shout.  Sometimes a change of any kind is needed, because the status quo has brought you into such a rut.

[mrbrightside]

Well I've already arrived at a pretty good place and one I never thought I would arrive at. I actually am looking forward to Match of the Day tonight and can watch it as a neutral would watch a game. Previously I could only watch MotD if Villa won or drew and any game I'd watch would be enjoyable because we played a part in that game on some level. But now I've no interest in us I can look forward to seeing the North London derby, Leicester, West Ham's comeback. Just enjoy the football. I have no emotional attachment to it.

Let my family enjoy it. A few more months where Villa are unable to ruin my weekend and by association become a thorn in theirs. I'm also kind of enjoying it. Like being weaned off a drug I guess. I know that come next season I'm going to be right back in it and suffering again but for now I can just kick back and chill.

That's exactly where I am with it all now. Before I would have been eaten up by jealousy just watching the West Ham game, but now I can appreciate what a great job Bilic has done.

I've started watching so much more football in recent weeks, because I've detached myself completely from it.

[Ads]

I am looking forwards to the argy bargy outside the away end at St James' Park for a third year running. This time we can remind them that we relegated them twice.

[SoccerHQ]

Not playing either Manchester club home and away. My least favourite 4 fixtures of the season.

Anyone braver than me want to tot up our aggregate score in Manchester over the last 10 years?!

After a quick look through the results of the last ten seasons, including this nightmare, I'd hazard a rough guess at the following:

Goal difference of -15 at home and -32 away. 6 draws and 3 wins all up?

Apologies for any errors but our eldest had a sleep over last night. We now have a house filled with feral over-tired kiwi kids whose parents are refusing to acknowledge that their offspring are still here.

No just meant at Old Trafford and Eastlands!

[tim]

I'm actually looking forward to a much more enjoyable league.
The Premiership has little to offer the mid-to-lower table teams, with very little chance of European places being available to anyone but the same, obvious teams. But drop down a league and there's something worth playing for, week in, week out. It's a far more evenly matched league overall which should mean consistently entertaining games, quite a few 'unknowns', as in teams we've got no specific history with and something to aim for in promotion.
I genuinely think it'll make a nice change particularity after the last few years. A new start, and hopefully one with a bit of optimism thrown in!

[mr underhill]

that'd just bravado though Tim isn't it? I'd much rather we didn't drop out of the top league

[tim]

that'd just bravado though Tim isn't it? I'd much rather we didn't drop out of the top league

Hmmm - I don't know to be honest. If we weren't in the position we are, then I'd certainly feel different, but I think that with the way things are I can't help but feel that dropping down really isn't as a big a disaster as it could be. We presently have no prospects of achieving anything in the Premiership, so why not have a go elsewhere, somewhere that brings a bit of enjoyment back to the weekly games.

If we win the next three games though I'll be backtracking pretty swiftly, mind!

[pbavfckuwait]

Rewriting our records, i.e worst parts of our records outside of the top flight, Randy wants to do this properly.

[preston28]

The away game at Fulham.  Its on my to do list!

[AVH87]

I'm actually looking forward to a much more enjoyable league.
The Premiership has little to offer the mid-to-lower table teams, with very little chance of European places being available to anyone but the same, obvious teams. But drop down a league and there's something worth playing for, week in, week out. It's a far more evenly matched league overall which should mean consistently entertaining games, quite a few 'unknowns', as in teams we've got no specific history with and something to aim for in promotion.
I genuinely think it'll make a nice change particularity after the last few years. A new start, and hopefully one with a bit of optimism thrown in!

Try telling that to Leicester and West Ham.

[Jimbo]

that'd just bravado though Tim isn't it? I'd much rather we didn't drop out of the top league

Hmmm - I don't know to be honest. If we weren't in the position we are, then I'd certainly feel different, but I think that with the way things are I can't help but feel that dropping down really isn't as a big a disaster as it could be. We presently have no prospects of achieving anything in the Premiership, so why not have a go elsewhere, somewhere that brings a bit of enjoyment back to the weekly games.

If we win the next three games though I'll be backtracking pretty swiftly, mind!

Again, by this rationale, we'd have so much fun as a non-league club.