West Ham United vs Aston Villa STAYING UP!!!! - Post Match Thread

[Legion]

Would be nice if we could get back to expressing relief at our draw and survival in the Premier League.

Sorry, I would've put my last post in the Wolves thread, if I could find it. So inconvenient. Thankfully they have no such problem finding the Villa thread on their forum.

That was not aimed at you. Just a generic post.

[olaftab]

As days go its been a pretty good one, Villa stay up and Deeney goes down.

Should sleep well tonight.

I think Deeney is a great guy in how a cares about other people and considers himself very fortunate. Tonight his interview underlined that when he said it's not the players at Watford who'll be affected by relegation its those who work at the club and the fans.

[jcsutv]

Forget what other teams are saying. It is unimportant.

We stayed up. In a very positive manner.

Absolutely. I always loved it when the local teams were in different leagues. No derbies as they just take points away. We are Aston Villa...

[olaftab]

Couldn’t watch it anyway but went into full media lockdown. Around 5.55 My wife, with a long face, said it was finished and I could check the scores.......let the celebrating begin

And I was only saying the obvious when I said Bournemouth could win at Everton Enjoy the next few days mate I know I will.

[Pat McMahon]

I spent the game decorating ( started on Tuesday for the Arsenal game so decided it’s my new lucky hobby) and decided to do without the radio ( I haven’t got sky / BT and radio commentary makes me shit myself)  though I was receiving texts constantly. Every one making me more nervous than the last....

A very stressful afternoon but massive sighs of relief. I just hope we can consolidate now and avoid this last minute stressfest next season. Well done to all the players and staff - a great escape.

[littleoldme]

Absolutely made up,well done all at the club,A lad i work with(50 year old actually,from Wolverhampton,Wolve's fan),We are both on furlough,Since May,whatsapped me after the game,Hi mate,how are you,U.T.V,lovely man.

[olaftab]

https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/12036846/keane-unimpressed-by-villas-changing-room-celebrations

I totally agree with him. Players of Aston Villa Football Club should not be celebrating finishing  fourth from bottom and escaping relegation by a point.

[Pat McMahon]

As days go its been a pretty good one, Villa stay up and Deeney goes down.

Should sleep well tonight.

I think Deeney is a great guy in how a cares about other people and considers himself very fortunate. Tonight his interview underlined that when he said it's not the players at Watford who'll be affected by relegation its those who work at the club and the fans.

My take too Aftab. He’s a pantomime villain when they play us but I like his honesty and the fact he has had to work his way up makes him seem to genuinely appreciate where he is now.

[olaftab]

I spent the game decorating ( started on Tuesday for the Arsenal game so decided it’s my new lucky hobby) and decided to do without the radio ( I haven’t got sky / BT and radio commentary makes me shit myself)  though I was receiving texts constantly. Every one making me more nervous than the last....

A very stressful afternoon but massive sighs of relief. I just hope we can consolidate now and avoid this last minute stressfest next season. Well done to all the players and staff - a great escape.

Did something similar by trimming...well murdering the hedge. Waited for sarcastic texts to arrive from friends who support other local team and nothing came so I sort of knew things were not going disastrously wrong.

[RichardBatchelor]

My take on the last two posts; Deeney’s a really decent bloke. Roy Keane really isn’t, he’s a sociopathic narcissist.

[Steve67]

https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/12036846/keane-unimpressed-by-villas-changing-room-celebrations

I totally agree with him. Players of Aston Villa Football Club should not be celebrating finishing  fourth from bottom and escaping relegation by a point.

Sorry Aftab but I really disagree.  A thrown together group, seven points from safety with four games to go, cannot celebrate just because we think we are better than we are?  Like I said about Roy Keane, this is an utterly joyless thing to say.  If we finish 17th again next season, I would agree but given the circumstances outlined, I think it's ok to celebrate this time around.

[Nunkin1965]

https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/12036846/keane-unimpressed-by-villas-changing-room-celebrations

I totally agree with him. Players of Aston Villa Football Club should not be celebrating finishing  fourth from bottom and escaping relegation by a point.

The opposite for me.
Nobody wants to go through what happened today.
The players and staff turned around a hopeless situation so I’m not expecting my team to sit quietly and beat themselves up over where they’ve finished.
You show me any side that hasn’t celebrated a last day reprieve?

[Toronto Villa]

We shouldn’t be celebrating in the grand scheme of things. But in the context of it all, where we were 18 months ago, how we got up, how we had to rebuild, how we lost key players to injury, how we looked dead and buried two weeks ago, escaping by a point is a massive achievement. So for one day, fuck it. Let them and us celebrate. 

[hilts_coolerking]

Doesn't matter which football club it is: you get yourselves out of a deep hole by turning around your form to a remarkable degree, thus avoiding a "£200M catastrophe", you're entitled to celebrate your socks off.

[Small Rodent]

I agree. We should celebrate.

Keane has no joy in anything football
related.

He is every person that denigrates a ribbon for just competing in a school sports day for some wee kid who is trying their hardest.

He has no ability for empathy. He probably hates himself.

The king of the bullies.