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[ez]

Signing McLeish as manager , he'd just relegated Birmingham City Ffs .

I do believe that was Randys 'fuck you , this is my club' statment to the fans & it was only a matter time before the inevitability of relegation.

Yes, absolutely this. The honeymoon was over and he showed he was going to run/mis-manage it as he saw fit, in spite of the strong concerns of the supporters. Y'know? The lifeblood of the club.

And the 6-0 versus Liverpool, who didn't even (and to be fair didn't need to) get out of first gear that afternoon.

Yes it has to be the McLeish appointment for me too. There was just no logic to it at all. What also sticks in my mind is McLeish punching the air after a 1-1 draw at home to Stoke.

[Joshua Fineman]

That Christmas that contained the 8-0 at Chelsea.

I think we lost 3-0 at home to Wigan a week later.  That was a bit of a hard bottom...

[VillaAlways]

Steve Bruce for me

Yep. Those 5 consecutive home wins have been a really low point for me too.

[olaftab]

The 10 days that spanned between Bradford twice and Millwall. Just can not get worse.

[AV82EC]

That Christmas that contained the 8-0 at Chelsea.

I think we lost 3-0 at home to Wigan a week later.  That was a bit of a hard bottom...

And 4-0 to spurs a few days after that. Followed a week later by a 3-1 defeat to League 2 Bradford.

The 6-0 at home to Liverpool was the nadir for me. The whole rotting corpse on show for everyone to see. Even Klopp who'd only been in England a few months could see something was amiss and his kind words made me realise that maybe this club means something which wasn't apparent to that clown Fox or his paymaster man baby Lerner.

[tony scott]

I would love to think it was the Mcliesh appointment, but really dragged our heals over that so our options became limited. For the awarding of a 4 year contract to P Lambert last season was the low point but I could never envisage a season with 3 wins I still can't believe it happened.

[Des Little]

It's a bit like falling down the stairs and being asked which one hurt the most. Far too many, each with differing reasons.

[Fasth56]

The atmosphere at games last season. From booing, to outright unpleasantness, to mockery and laughing at the players. never experienced anything like it. That also led into not looking forward to games and never, ever, expecting to win.

Yeah, I think that was my lowest point - the Southampton game at home where no-one cared.  There was more interest in the 300 paper planes dotted behind the goal - that will be my enduring memory of a poor season.

I thought the paper planes were one of the high points especially the one that "flew" to the 18 yard line. However whilst agreeing with most of the other low points, I thought Wycombe away was the lowest along with the couldn't give a shit attitude of the players.

[Axl Rose]

It feels like we bumped along the bottom for years, dragging through the silt, the detritus, the downright shit, week after week with the odd dalliance with a foot or so off the bottom hoping and praying that it was a corner turned only to have those hopes and dreams crushed a week later by a team like Wigan or Bradford or Watford. The axis of stupidity, Lerner, Fox & Lambert grinning their way through the whole sorry affair completely clueless as to how to reverse the slide or just completely unwilling to do so in the case of Lerner.

Where were the real depths in all this? Liverpool 0-6, FA Cup Final, Bradford, 0-3 Wigan, Houillier at Anfield, the McLeish appointment, the McLeish fist pump after Bolton at home, Micah Richards Christmas video, Lescott's tweet, the bomb squad, how Lambert destroyed Darren Bent, Chelsea 8-0, Erik Black, the Delph video. I'm sure you can add more.

All of these, mate. Saddening and infuriating.

Genuinely hating players didn't sit well with me at the beginning, but my emotions took over. I'd never genuinely hated a Villa player before last season.

Lambert must get a special mention. An utter ******. The garbage he served up, and the garbage he's spouted since being sacked. I look forward to him being torn apart on his next visit to Villa Park. Champions League wanker.

Great post by the way, Jon.

[kippaxvilla2]

For all that happened last season it was sort of inevitable once Christian and the snake went.

However, I just couldn't stand Lambert.  His 'excellent' post match bollocks week in week out, his constant boasting about his German trips to get the very latest in total football styles which manifested itself at The Yawnthorns with his infamous goalkeeper passing backwards techniques.  His constant post exit barbed comments aimed at trying to make out he didn't do a bad job,  completely ignoring the fact that subsequent managers had to do without Christian and the snake.

However his utterly repugnant tenure was no more summed up in one inglorious month between 22nd December 2012 and 24th January 2013.  Chelsea, Spurs, Wigan - 0-15 then Swansea taking the lead making it 0-16 before we scored a goal - yet another record.  Then Bradford - the sheer and utter incompetence of it simply defied belief.  Thank God I was out of the country for the 2nd leg.

One other candidate would be Spurs fans yes Spurs fans joining in with 'Randy Lerner out' song last season at home.  Fcukin Spurs fans for Christs sake.

[London Villan]

There have been so many, but Christmas 2012. Chelsea, Wigan, Bradford, Milwall. Shame on everyone involved.

[kippaxvilla2]

Just how was he not sacked after the Millwall game.

[ciggiesnbeer]

Keeping our ''powder dry'' in January when we decided to choose hard relegation and go down without a fight whilst screwing over the manager we'd bullshitted in to joining us.

This for me. Unforgivable. It still makes me angry.

[robbo1874]

Toss up between Wembley 2000 and 2015.

2000 I actually thought we had a 50/50 chance and was crushed by the insipid no-show. Totally numb on the way home. Fucking hate Chelsea because of that day.

2015 was more the financial blow of flights back from Aus and the 250 quid club Wembley ticket. I didn't think we'd win, but didn't anticipate getting bent over in the potting shed like we did.

If we make an FA cup final every 15 years, I reckon I've probably got a 1 in 3 chance of ever getting to see us lift the fucking thing.

I've a good mate here who is a Spurs fan who I'll watch the match with. Kevin Keegan wouldn't have have loved winning the league as much as I will if we beat the cockney c***s 😄

[j66acd]

But don't look back in anger, I heard you say.

I was excited when I saw this thread thinking it was going to be about WWE and favourite finishing moves.