Season expectations 2017-18

[Five Villa Tattoos]

I just hope we're presented with the league trophy at our last game of the season.
I can imagine plenty of friendly handshakes from the home fans and offers of what they call "A right old knees ap".😳

[peter w]

I remember an old Oldham acquaintance of mine who said that he quite liked Villa until we played them when last in the second division. he said that he thought we were a footballing side but we were just a big team that kicked teams off the park. If that gets us up then good.

[brian green]

So long as we don't kick our way straight back down again.  The Premiership is very good at blowing out cloggers.

[MoetVillan]

So long as we don't kick our way straight back down again.  The Premiership is very good at blowing out cloggers.

mmmmmm, not quite right.  WBA and Stoke could argue that point

[brian green]

And plenty who prove it.

[Sexual Ealing]

I remember an old Oldham acquaintance of mine who said that he quite liked Villa until we played them when last in the second division. he said that he thought we were a footballing side but we were just a big team that kicked teams off the park. If that gets us up then good.

And if it worked 30 years ago it'll definitely work now, what with all the relaxation of the laws against kicking people...

[peter w]

So long as we don't kick our way straight back down again.  The Premiership is very good at blowing out cloggers.

I'd hope we'd change and adapt once back.

[Damo70]

I remember an old Oldham acquaintance of mine who said that he quite liked Villa until we played them when last in the second division. he said that he thought we were a footballing side but we were just a big team that kicked teams off the park. If that gets us up then good.

Gage, Evans, Keown Thompson and McInally could all look after themselves, but I wouldn't call any of them cloggers. And I certainly wouldn't call the Gray twins in midfield cloggers.

[peter w]

I remember an old Oldham acquaintance of mine who said that he quite liked Villa until we played them when last in the second division. he said that he thought we were a footballing side but we were just a big team that kicked teams off the park. If that gets us up then good.

Gage, Evans, Keown Thompson and McInally could all look after themselves, but I wouldn't call any of them cloggers. And I certainly wouldn't call the Gray twins in midfield cloggers.

the line up

Nigel Spink

Kevin Gage
Martin Keown
Steve Sims
Bernard Gallacher

Paul Birch
Andy Blair
Mark Lillis
Mark Walters

Warren Aspinall
Alan McInally

[Brend'Watkins]

So long as we don't kick our way straight back down again.  The Premiership is very good at blowing out cloggers.

I'd hope we'd change and adapt once back.

Stoke have mastered the art of kicking their way to safety every season since they've been up so it can be done.

[andyh]

I remember an old Oldham acquaintance of mine who said that he quite liked Villa until we played them when last in the second division. he said that he thought we were a footballing side but we were just a big team that kicked teams off the park. If that gets us up then good.

Gage, Evans, Keown Thompson and McInally could all look after themselves, but I wouldn't call any of them cloggers. And I certainly wouldn't call the Gray twins in midfield cloggers.

the line up

Nigel Spink

Kevin Gage
Martin Keown
Steve Sims
Bernard Gallacher

Paul Birch
Andy Blair
Mark Lillis
Mark Walters

Warren Aspinall
Alan McInally

correct, none of them were cloggers.
We just used to frighten the opposition because they were the ugliest collective bunch of feckers ever to take to football pitch.

[eamonn]

My memory of Hull, and his others clubs, is of not much happening in the majority of the games I saw. My Sunderland supporting in-laws say the same about his time with them and it's how I recall most of last season.

I don't watch much in the way of general highlights in the past few years, but I distinctly remember watching Hull batter Burnley at home the season before last, 3-0 it was around Christmas, with Hull's left winger giving Matt Lowton an absolute chasing.
I think I commented on here after watching it that I'd take almost every player Hull had over the tossers we were watching capitulate every week in the division above.

Sometimes we do anything to get away from family at Christmas.

[Damo70]

I remember an old Oldham acquaintance of mine who said that he quite liked Villa until we played them when last in the second division. he said that he thought we were a footballing side but we were just a big team that kicked teams off the park. If that gets us up then good.

Gage, Evans, Keown Thompson and McInally could all look after themselves, but I wouldn't call any of them cloggers. And I certainly wouldn't call the Gray twins in midfield cloggers.

the line up

Nigel Spink

Kevin Gage
Martin Keown
Steve Sims
Bernard Gallacher

Paul Birch
Andy Blair
Mark Lillis
Mark Walters

Warren Aspinall
Alan McInally

correct, none of them were cloggers.
We just used to frighten the opposition because they were the ugliest collective bunch of feckers ever to take to football pitch.

I would say that our three most attacking players Walters, Aspinall and McInally had boy band good looks compared to the mid eighties Newcastle front three of of Peter Beardsley, George Reilly and Joe Allon. If someone could magic up their pictures from the Panini album around '85-'86 I think everyone will agree.

[LeeB]

My memory of Hull, and his others clubs, is of not much happening in the majority of the games I saw. My Sunderland supporting in-laws say the same about his time with them and it's how I recall most of last season.

I don't watch much in the way of general highlights in the past few years, but I distinctly remember watching Hull batter Burnley at home the season before last, 3-0 it was around Christmas, with Hull's left winger giving Matt Lowton an absolute chasing.
I think I commented on here after watching it that I'd take almost every player Hull had over the tossers we were watching capitulate every week in the division above.

Sometimes we do anything to get away from family at Christmas.

True dat.

[villa kicks]

                           Johnstone
Elmo   Chessie.    JT or Samba.   Tayls

                       Whelan or Jedi

             Hourihane.               Lans
                             Grealish

             Jimmy Danger          Hulk Hogan


I think this line up is first choices so would expect top 6
And if clicks the top 2.