Relegated

[itbrvilla]

https://twitter.com/StanCollymore/status/721371675137286145

That's one of the dumbest statements I've heard.

I heard it was his pockets not him.

[tomd2103]

Well, that's that then. The club is an utter disgrace.

Indeed. It takes an incredible amount of fuckwittery to relegate a club as big as Aston Villa but somehow they managed it.
Shame on you, Randy Lerner. Shame on you.

It is similar to a battle, you can retreat but at some point you have to set up a defensive position and you go no further, otherwise you will be routed.  Lerner failed to sanction what was necessary at the beginning of Lambert's 2nd season.  The result is that we have been routed.

Agree.  All in hindsight of course, but Lambert should have gone at the end of that second season.  It was clear there were problems behind the scenes then that could have been nipped in the bud with he right appointment then.  As it was he was allowed to carry on drifting aimlessly along, destroying every the club as he went.

[Nunkin1965]

I'll renew next season but I've serious doubts that we'll return to the Prem at the first time of asking. Its going to take one huge turnaround.

Does anyone know the figures about recent instances of sides coming straight back up? There are plenty of cases of teams stuck in the mess that is mid table mediocrity. I wonder if the success rate is that good.

[old man villa fan]

I'll renew next season but I've serious doubts that we'll return to the Prem at the first time of asking. Its going to take one huge turnaround.

Does anyone know the figures about recent instances of sides coming straight back up? There are plenty of cases of teams stuck in the mess that is mid table mediocrity. I wonder if the success rate is that good.

It will all depend on the Club's attitude to the current squad.  Probably more so than the manager we appoint.

[ez]

I'll renew next season but I've serious doubts that we'll return to the Prem at the first time of asking. Its going to take one huge turnaround.

Does anyone know the figures about recent instances of sides coming straight back up? There are plenty of cases of teams stuck in the mess that is mid table mediocrity. I wonder if the success rate is that good.

The trouble is it's probably going to take more than a year to clearout so many bad players.

[oswald funkletrumpet]

https://twitter.com/StanCollymore/status/721371675137286145

That's one of the dumbest statements I've heard.

just sums up what a c*** lescott is

we couldnt really be arsed during the last nine games when there was the faintest glimmer but now we are down we may try a bit if we can be arsed

Sums up just how out of touch some of these clowns are.

im just hoping the useless lump gets picked next saturday, as if he thought he has had pelters before he hasnt seen anything yet

[FrankyH]

How long before the first nose posts on here?

Well half of them seem to be on this site 24/7 , so it shouldn't be long !

[CT]

How long before the first nose posts on here?

Well half of them seem to be on this site 24/7 , so it shouldn't be long !

Let them at least get back from the Home game I'm sure they've all been to.

[Jon Crofts]

How long before the first nose posts on here?

Well half of them seem to be on this site 24/7 , so it shouldn't be long !

Let them at least get back from the Home game I'm sure they've all been to.

Or parole meeting.

[old man villa fan]

How long before the first nose posts on here?

Well half of them seem to be on this site 24/7 , so it shouldn't be long !

Let them at least get back from the Home game I'm sure they've all been to.

Yes, lost to claret and blue again.

[AV89]

Let's get things straight here.  We weren't relegated because of losing today.  We are relegated because of six years of complacency, arrogance and piss poor decision making.

It's ok pointing the finger, but everyone has played a part.  Randy Lerner has to take some blame, so do Tom Fox, Paddy Reilly, Henrik Almstadt, Tim Sherwood, Remi Garde  and all of the executives, coaches and playing staff (past and present).  Standards have been allowed to drop to the point where not enough people care.  Even today with the drop confirmed, most just shook hands with the United players and strolled off the field.

As desperate as things are, I've no doubt that Aston Villa will come back.  It may take a year, two years or even longer, but this remains a great club.  It's part of being a fan of any club.  You have good times and bad.

Now the work must start to get us back.  Anyone who has no stomach for the fight must go.  We've lacked passion in the team for so long.   We need players who we can relate to and can trust.   Players who you know will leave the field with nothing left to give.  A united club can go far, a club divided has no chance.

In short, this is the hard lesson we face for coasting along. 

[Holtemeister]

To be fair ... there will be be very few tears as weve known its been coming for so very very long...in truth it should / could have been any of the last 3 or 4 seasons.

Its been like losing a long suffering loved one... part of you dreads the day they are taken but for the other part of you, as there is only one outcome,  to end their suffering that day cant come soon enough.

We can know look back on the memories of happier times and look to the light at the end of the tunnel.

There is always light ... just matter of time

[enigma]

I don't even feel angry right now. Haven't for a while in truth. The half a decade of shit knocked that out of me some time ago. It was obvious we were going down months ago so it's no great shock. We are one of the very worst teams this league has seen. We're rotten to the core so I can't see us making the turnaround necessary to come straight back up. It's going to be a painful few years until this is all sorted out.

It'll hit home more when next seasons fixtures come out and we go off to places we've never been before.

[Villa in Denmark]

To be fair ... there will be be very few tears as weve known its been coming for so very very long...in truth it should / could have been any of the last 3 or 4 seasons.

Its been like losing a long suffering loved one... part of you dreads the day they are taken but for the other part of you, as there is only one outcome,  to end their suffering that day cant come soon enough.

We can know look back on the memories of happier times and look to the light at the end of the tunnel.

There is always light ... just matter of time

Just as long as the light at the end of the tunnel isn't a bloody train coming straight at you.

[kippaxvilla2]

Thanks Joleon.

http://www.espn.co.uk/football/aston-villa/story/2852106/aston-villas-lescott-relegation-a-weight-off-the-shoulders