Fans Worried Over Villa Future

[LamBeast]

So many civil servants,soo much time.he!he!bedwetter.

[ROBBO]

Just read the last two pages and thought I was on the wrong thread. Enough of handbags and shoes I want to read posts from the worried and depressed, and where did Mystic appear from? do we really want part time cross dressers on this thread?

[JD]

I'm now worried as we are having a restructure at work and I will have to reapply for my job.  ](*,) I'm worried that I'll never get back home to see Villa.  8-[

[ROBBO]

When they ask you to re apply it usually means they want to pay you less.

[JD]

Not in my case it doesn't.  O:)  My jobs been upgraded to a more senior level with more scope and responsibility. Now I just have to try and find out who else is likely to apply for it.  8-[

[peter w]

I'm worried that I've only 18 months left in Islamabad. I shudder at the thought of having to return to the UK. Is it still cold during daylight hours there? Does everything still cost the earth?

[ROBBO]

Your timing will be perfect. We will be winning everything.

[ROBBO]

Not in my case it doesn't.  O:)  My jobs been upgraded to a more senior level with more scope and responsibility. Now I just have to try and find out who else is likely to apply for it.  8-[

Okay they want you to do more for the same money.

[peter w]

Your timing will be perfect. We will be winning everything.

Never thought of that. But, by then the johnnie-cum-latelies will be everywhere and I'll never get a ticket. And, as we know from reading this site, the johnnie-cum-latelies are not real fans. Hang on, would the fact that i've been away for a while make me a johnnie-cum-lately? I haven't lived in Brum since 98, so have not been a regular goer for a while. In fact I haven't been a regular goer since the early 90's.

[ROBBO]

I havn't been to Villa Park for 30 years but as i attended nearly every game during the dark ages i feel i am entitled to think of myself as an ever present, in spirit if not physically. My rellies all still go so they represent me.
Think of yourself as a world traveller spreading the gospel of Aston Villa wherever you go preparing to make a triumphant return. Does that make you feel better?

[peter w]

Erm, yes. Actually it doesn't bother me how other people may or may not see my supporting the Villa. I know how it hurts when we lose, I know how it feels to be hate to think about football, and a defeat for about 3 days after we've lost. I know how my day/night/weekend/week feels after we've won. (So does the missus). So, I'm not bothered by others.

All I care about is when I get my one trip a year pencilled in for the UK I want see the Villa. The strange thing is as much as I yearn a victory. Its enough just being there. If we lose I'm peed off, but I'm just happy to have been to the Ruskin Hall with the old man for our pre-match drinks. To have walked past Aston Hall. To have seen the ground. To have climbed the steps into the Upper Holte. To take my seat and look at the 4 stands. To take in the atmosphere. To get right back into it. To hopefully celebrate a goal. Even the opposition scoring gets you right back into it. Then to have our pint or two back in the Ruskin Hall after the game. reliving every bit of the game and pulling apart every aspect of our performance. Chips on the way home. Then out on the evening. MOTD taped if we haven't lost. Great wind-up from A lbion and Nose mates. Then a ruby.

Its what its become to me. I miss it. I'm itching to get to Villa Park again. It has become an event rather than a day now due to the time away from the place. Rather than the real supporting of thousands of miles away where I can feel physically nauseous watching us hold on to a 1 nil lead from the first minute onwards.

Wouldn't swap it for the world.

Next game pencilled in is Watford at home in mid-late Jan.

[ROBBO]

I totally understand, when nostalgia grabs i think of home games in December leading into xmas, years ago there was a greengrocer that had his xmas trees outside his shop and everyone gearing up for the holiday. That was back when you would slide down the embankment at the back of the Witton end.
Just this week the rellies implored me to fly back for a few weeks, it's such a long bloody way. Maybe next year then you might be back and i'll buy you a pint.

[peter w]

For sure. I'll be back for a couple of weeks in Jan. If you're back for the Watford game then we could have a couple in the Ruskin hall. Start our own worriers meeting place. Come on JD, get over.

[JD]

For sure. I'll be back for a couple of weeks in Jan. If you're back for the Watford game then we could have a couple in the Ruskin hall. Start our own worriers meeting place. Come on JD, get over.

I will probably be over in about three years. As per your excellent earlier post above Peter about the experience of passing Aston Hall, going into the Holte, having some beers before and after etc, that is what I want my boys to experience as well. So when I do come over, I want my two boys to come with me, so I am waiting until my youngest is around 17-18 before I come over.

[peter w]

Are they looking forward to it JD? Hopefully you've got them champing at the bit to go to the home they've never been to. Personally, I cannot wait to get back down there.