If Gabby had put away that simple chance at Palace when 1 on 1 , if Guzan had lumped it rather than rolling it, if Richards hand not missed sitter of the season against Sunderland, if we'd have held on for 5 more minutes against Leicester. Who knows. Before the surrender there were a number of ifs and buts. It's been coming, 5 years in the making. If we'd have stayed up, we'd only be back here again without change at the top. We have lack direction and a driving hand at the wheel for too long.
Quote from: Ads on May 15, 2016, 08:14:48 PMIf Gabby had put away that simple chance at Palace when 1 on 1 , if Guzan had lumped it rather than rolling it, if Richards hand not missed sitter of the season against Sunderland, if we'd have held on for 5 more minutes against Leicester. Who knows. Before the surrender there were a number of ifs and buts. It's been coming, 5 years in the making. If we'd have stayed up, we'd only be back here again without change at the top. We have lack direction and a driving hand at the wheel for too long.The lack of direction goes on doesn't it? Hollis is happy to admit he knows nothing about football, Brian Little is only an advisor. Even if Lerner doesn't sell, the infrastructure at the club really needs sorting quickly. We really are in the shit aren't we? Never has a pre-season been so important for Aston Villa Football Club.
The answer is simple. If you keep selling your best players and replacing them with worse ones then sooner or later you get relegated. Getting rid of delph/Benteke/cleverly, although not in the same class as the likes of Young Barry and Milner, was the final tipping point that turned us from mediocre to terrible. Add in the bobbins bought from here and abroad to replace them and there's your answer.
The problem begins and ends at the door of wherever in the States the bunker is in which Lerner is holed up. This was a relegation waiting to happen and over a period of years he has done nothing to prevent it, instead brought about the inevitable by either personally selecting or sanctioning a succession of botched appointments both in the boardroom and the dressing room.
Quote from: sickbeggar on May 15, 2016, 07:59:41 PMThe answer is simple. If you keep selling your best players and replacing them with worse ones then sooner or later you get relegated. Getting rid of delph/Benteke/cleverly, although not in the same class as the likes of Young Barry and Milner, was the final tipping point that turned us from mediocre to terrible. Add in the bobbins bought from here and abroad to replace them and there's your answer.Benteke and Delph both wanted to go and Cleverly was only on loan......as you should be aware of!
Losing and not replacing Delph was massive for me.We've spent the entire season playing sideways and backwards!
worst shite ive seen in 50 wankers