The last paragraph!
I would admit to a pang of regret as we wave ta-ra (but not though the a-bit) to the Championship. If I'll miss anything, it's decent, traditional, historic clubs, without the tourists and a sense that every match could go either way. It's what the Premier League could have been if the money hadn't got crazy and then concentrated in a few hands.
But we're Aston Villa and we have to be part of the top division. Our absences are historical aberrations and we're back where we should be.