The one that broke my heart was the stupid defeat by Bournemouth at home. Full house, VP rocking, back in the Premiership still euphoric from the Wembley play off final. An exprienced, mature England international goalkeeper gives away a needless penalty in front of the Holte in the first minute. Suddenly the old, insecure, inferiority riddled Villa were back. This has been the season from hell. I have done several relegations, including down to the third division but the sheer endless agony of uncertainty makes this the worst.
Quote from: brian green on July 07, 2020, 08:54:18 AMThe one that broke my heart was the stupid defeat by Bournemouth at home. Full house, VP rocking, back in the Premiership still euphoric from the Wembley play off final. An exprienced, mature England international goalkeeper gives away a needless penalty in front of the Holte in the first minute. Suddenly the old, insecure, inferiority riddled Villa were back. This has been the season from hell. I have done several relegations, including down to the third division but the sheer endless agony of uncertainty makes this the worst.I'd forgotten about all the excitement at the start of the season. Seems a long time ago now.
Something else that makes this season even harder to bear is all the smoke and mirrors of responsibility around its awfulness. Back in the day our pain could be eased a little by having bogeymen we could blame for us being so shit. Doug Ellis, Tommy Docherty, Vic Crowe, Bingo Billy, O'Leary, Graham Turner, Eric Black, Kevin McDonald, Lambert's brother in law. We knew they were not individually and personally responsible but they acted as lightning conductors for our pain and anger.Fast forward to the present day. Who is to blame for all this? Who actually said Wesley Moraes was worth £22.5 million? Who actually decided that Danny Drinkwater should be shoehorned into a failing side? Who actially thought we could survive in the Premiership without a proven goal scorer? Who failed to pick up on Nyland's neurosis? Who actually decided that RHM, Green and O'Hare should be got rid of while equally bad players on massive wages keep getting get out of jail cards? We shall never know and that is the way those responsible like it to be.
The one that broke my heart was the stupid defeat by Bournemouth at home. Full house, VP rocking, back in the Premiership still euphoric from the Wembley play off final. An exprienced, mature England international goalkeeper gives away a needless penalty in front of the Holte in the first minute. Suddenly the old, insecure, inferiority riddled Villa were back.
Quote from: brian green on July 07, 2020, 08:54:18 AMThe one that broke my heart was the stupid defeat by Bournemouth at home. Full house, VP rocking, back in the Premiership still euphoric from the Wembley play off final. An exprienced, mature England international goalkeeper gives away a needless penalty in front of the Holte in the first minute. Suddenly the old, insecure, inferiority riddled Villa were back. This, this and thrice this.After a promising performance at Spurs, a win against Bournemouth would have been a massive boost and given us the momentum a promoted side needs, boosting the confidence of players in their ability to play at this level. That stupid error by Heaton, compounded by Luiz’s mad dummy had me despairing after the vibrant build up. That game, followed by a ridiculous refereeing decision at Palace and shite decision making at Arsenal meant we were 3-5 points down on where we could have been, with a completely different platform for the season. Since then I have been nervous for every Villa match as they have all been so crucial.The Everton home game on a sunny Friday night in August though gave me one of my favourite nights at Villa Park. The atmosphere was spine tingling.