MOTD

[VillaTim]

I already told you, because it was 5th v 7th with the winner going 5th, and there was 5 goals in the match. Would they have been first if it was 1-0? Probably depending on the Citeh result because it was still 5th v 7th with the winner going 5th.

The question I asked to you though. Why were you not complaining Fulham should have been first on MOTD last Wednesday? Afterall they won 5-0 the same as yesterday.

i've no idea what the running order was on Wednesday , i'd have had no issue with Fulham being on first. I'm talking about Spurs and the ridiculous BBC bias towards them , probably down to much of the BBC hierachy being Spurs fans

[Simon Page]

Most of them that I encountered were Fulham fans, although with as much interest as you'd expect for Fulham fans.

[Somniloquism]

I already told you, because it was 5th v 7th with the winner going 5th, and there was 5 goals in the match. Would they have been first if it was 1-0? Probably depending on the Citeh result because it was still 5th v 7th with the winner going 5th.

The question I asked to you though. Why were you not complaining Fulham should have been first on MOTD last Wednesday? Afterall they won 5-0 the same as yesterday.

i've no idea what the running order was on Wednesday , i'd have had no issue with Fulham being on first. I'm talking about Spurs and the ridiculous BBC bias towards them , probably down to much of the BBC hierachy being Spurs fans

We were first because it was 3rd v 4th in the league.

And if the Spurs match was 0-0 or 1-0, I might have been more on your side about why that one and not one of the others, especially if it was 10th against 12th. But when complaining about them being first when it was a also a match with five goals and two teams fighting for fifth just seems a moan for the sake of moaning.

[VillaTim]

I already told you, because it was 5th v 7th with the winner going 5th, and there was 5 goals in the match. Would they have been first if it was 1-0? Probably depending on the Citeh result because it was still 5th v 7th with the winner going 5th.

The question I asked to you though. Why were you not complaining Fulham should have been first on MOTD last Wednesday? Afterall they won 5-0 the same as yesterday.

i've no idea what the running order was on Wednesday , i'd have had no issue with Fulham being on first. I'm talking about Spurs and the ridiculous BBC bias towards them , probably down to much of the BBC hierachy being Spurs fans

We were first because it was 3rd v 4th in the league.

And if the Spurs match was 0-0 or 1-0, I might have been more on your side about why that one and not one of the others, especially if it was 10th against 12th. But when complaining about them being first when it was a also a match with five goals and two teams fighting for fifth just seems a moan for the sake of moaning.

are you sat there in a Spurs tracksuit or something 

[PaulWinch again]

Chappers bigging us up on the Monday Night Club. Richards continuing to just cackle away though.

[Brazilian Villain]

Chappers bigging us up on the Monday Night Club. Richards continuing to just cackle away though.

Whilst not giving us a hope in hell of winning the title ahead of his beloved Citeh.

[PaulWinch again]

I didn’t think he was saying that.

[olaftab]

He's a twat in any case, whatever he says.

[Brazilian Villain]

I didn’t think he was saying that.

I thought he was, he sounded quite incredulous when the possibility of us being title contenders was raised. Not that I'm particularly bothered what the buffoon "thinks".

[ChicagoLion]

I didn’t think he was saying that.

I thought he was, he sounded quite incredulous when the possibility of us being title contenders was raised. Not that I'm particularly bothered what the buffoon "thinks".

Why do they need this clown ?

[PaulWinch again]

Can’t say he upsets me that much, seems reasonable enough.

[kippaxvilla2]

We aren’t title contenders.  Not after this many games. 

[Axl Rose]

He's a twat in any case, whatever he says.

This.

Dump him in a piranha tank.

[Dave]

We aren’t title contenders.  Not after this many games. 

In which case, nobody is.

We're title contenders until we stop being such.

[chrisw1]

I think a lot of Villa fans get over-sensitive about what pundits say about us, whether that's if they believe we'll finish in the top 4 or are title challengers etc.  There are even conspiracy theories about the graphics TV companies use to show the top of the table and the MOTD running order.

The truth is, for most people under 50, their living memory of Villa is of us being pretty shit.  Yeah, we won a couple of league cups in the 90's, but then Swansea, Blackburn, Middlesborough and Leicester have all won it since us.  Portsmouth, Wigan, Everton and Leicester (again) went one better with the FA cup.

The teams we want to be talked about in the same breath as have mostly won 15 or more trophies since our last.  They have budgets 2 or 3 times what we have.  So yes, Emery is brilliant and we are playing great football, but it's hardly a surprise that pundits / non Villa fans remain sceptical about whether this is sustainable or a bit of a streak of form.  For the same reasons, until recently we have simply been less interesting to viewers than other more successful clubs so it follows we got less airtime and attention.

It's not a conspiracy.  It's because we've been shit.  Emery looks like he is capable of putting it right and the attention will follow.  In the meantime, relax and don't get too upset if a PL table graphic excludes us, or a pundit thinks we're more likely to fall away than challenge Man City and Liverpool.  The truth is I agree with them and think 4 or 5th would be an incredible achievement this season.