Fans Worried Over Villa Future

[peter w]

Whoa whao whoa! I haven't been around for a week or so and NO contributions since Thursday? What is going on folks. Suffice to say that its time to pick up the worried baton again...haven't seen what's happened in the last 8/9 days or so due to a sojourn in Vietnam so I'm worried that we will be in such a parlous state that the game later today will be the 4-0 drubbing of last season all over again. That burst our goodwill optimism then, and the same could happen now. If so, we will have a tough month.

[Legion]

Vietnam!? :shock:  Are you mental?

[peter w]

Great place. I'd recommend it to anyone. Shit, now I'm worried that you'll go en masse and spoil its beauty and turn it into a Benidorm...

[JD]

Did you go into the tunnels Peter? I saw them on a TV programme, they look amazing.

[old man villa fan]

Great place. I'd recommend it to anyone. Shit, now I'm worried that you'll go en masse and spoil its beauty and turn it into a Benidorm...

As you say, great place.  Had two spells working there, '95/'96 working on the extension of a brewery in Ho Chi Minh City and before that in '93 working for the Vietnamese government in Hanoi and Saigon.  The latter time was pre the lifting of the US embargo and it was certainly very interesting in those days!

[peter w]

Did you go into the tunnels Peter? I saw them on a TV programme, they look amazing.

The Cu Chi tunnels are amazing. Sadly they were a 4 hour drive from where I was so didn't get to see them. I was on the South East coast Phan Thiet/Mui Ne area. In a bar talking to a barman- a local- wanted to know if I was into football and surprised with his knowledge. I'm paraphrasing now, " O'Nil, gu manja, you tim plair bear this season then last season. Very good manja". Surprised that he actually liked the baeutiful game in England I asked who he liked in England. Chelsea? Man U? Arsenal? "Por'mou" "Why?" "I like weak team. Not stron team like Manchester or Livepool". Fair play.

Not so weak this season though.

[dave.woodhall]

Morning.

[peter w]

Afternoon.

[stens]

I'm worried that me old ticker might give out when i'm watching us on the telly. Doesn't matter how well or badly we're playing, just get more nervous than i ever do at VP.

[peter w]

I was saying this to the missus just the other day. The more I've been away and having to watch the game on telly the more unbelievably nervous I've got. Not sure if this is because that it is the only time I get to see the Villa and thus it becomes more crucial for me to see a win. Or, having seen a crap Villa team last season, and an average one the season before that, it becomes too painful to see a stream of defeats, and defeatist football. Therefore, the nerves are based on not wanting have that inevitable shit feeling. Being deflated. Either way I haven't had it this season. Which makes me worry about my blood pressure even more..that defeat is coming..

[ianburnip]

painful to admit it, but i got to a stage last season where that, if we were on tv, i'd consider not watching it and doing something more worthwhile with my time, or i'd start watching it, see we were playing like dustbins and turn on the ps2..............now though, its a whole different matter!

[JD]

It is very difficult to watch games on TV and I find it more nerve wracking than being at a game. At least at a game you can share your delight and joy, or anger and bemusement with thousands of other people who are feeling exactly the same way you do.  

Now don't get me started on listening to radio commentary. It's the worst kind.  ](*,)

[We're splat out of luck]

I can't believe 'Strange But True' haven't picked up on this thread yet.

[Somniloquism]

It is very difficult to watch games on TV and I find it more nerve wracking than being at a game. At least at a game you can share your delight and joy, or anger and bemusement with thousands of other people who are feeling exactly the same way you do.  

Now don't get me started on listening to radio commentary. It's the worst kind.  ](*,)

I never listen to radio commentary who ever it is by at home, Match video or nowt  In the car I'll have the radio on as I can beep the hornwhen we score or run over a cat if we are losing.

I watched the game yesterday with a hammer and he was as moaning as we are normally accused of being.

[peter w]

It does make a difference to being able to look forward to watching Villa games at 7/8 pm on a Saturday/Sunday, and being up until 3am mid week,. rather than the dread of last season. It was horrible to have to watch shite week in week out knowing your performance would not be up to it.