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

[PeterWithesShin]

You stay up when everyone has you written off with 4 games to go, they've pretty much all taken some right pelters in the media, you're going to celebrate, it's a spontaneous thing to do even if staying up shouldn't be seen as an achievement for Villa. It's an outpouring of relief for the players and staff, think of the pressure they've been under, of course there'll be a release. I like seeing that togetherness.

I just don't want the club milking it, that would be small time.

[Small Rodent]

Absolutely correct. Watch when they walked down the tunnel after the game, the players were not jubilant. They were very thoughtful.

In the last 4 games they have climbed a mountain of mental and physical endeavour. They even threw a spanner in the works for the last few minutes to keep themselves on their toes mentally!!!

Celebrating is totally appropriate.

[Risso]

I don't think they will.  They rightly celebrated after the play off final last year, but then just got on with business.  I expect they'll do the same this year.

[Small Rodent]

I don't think they will.  They rightly celebrated after the play off final last year, but then just got on with business.  I expect they'll do the same this year.

Yes. The players can celebrate. Tomorrow the focus on the business that needs to be done starts.

And a very tight schedule too.

[cdbearsfan]

I hope Eastie comes back for a day to tell us where the players are going for their holidays.

[Damo70]

Noses taking the piss out of us for celebrating a last day relegation survival. That lot have celebrated more last day relegation survivals than they have Christmases.

[PeterWithesShin]

Noses taking the piss out of us for celebrating a last day relegation survival. That lot have celebrated more last day relegation survivals than they have Christmases.

Brought to by the fans that have a mirror celebrating draws, produced a keyring for an FA Cup 3rd round tie, and consider the game at Bolton (avoiding last day relegation to division 3) as one the great moments following their club.

[Pat McMahon]

Noses taking the piss out of us for celebrating a last day relegation survival. That lot have celebrated more last day relegation survivals than they have Christmases.

Brought to by the fans that have a mirror celebrating draws, produced a keyring for an FA Cup 3rd round tie, and consider the game at Bolton (avoiding last day relegation to division 3) as one the great moments following their club.

I am old enough to remember those jizzgoblins celebrating beating Norwich to stay up on the last day of the season around 1975 with a pitch invasion and lap of honour.

If they played in Lilliput they would still be small.

[Damo70]

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

I think Roy Keane is good value as a TV pundit. Which is lucky for him because he has about as much chance of being a manager in the Premier League or Championship in the foreseeable future as I have.

[OzVilla]

The most relieved I think I've ever been after a football match - now got a whole days work ahead of me on 3 hours sleep. Worth it though. UTFV.

[Hillbilly]

A month ago, I really thought we were gone and was an absolute bundle of misery. Very happy to be proved wrong.

[robbo1874]

The most relieved I think I've ever been after a football match - now got a whole days work ahead of me on 3 hours sleep. Worth it though. UTFV.

same! Wfh helps 😉

[Matt C]

That wasn’t pleasant viewing but we got it done. Players and manager proved me and plenty others wrong. Fair play to them. Now we must kick on.

[SoccerHQ]

Keane got relegated at Nottingham Forest in 1993 at the start of his career. I'm sure he'd have taken an cook-a-hoop dressing room to stay up.

He was also part of our woeful run under Lambert when even scoring a goal would mean a mass conga in the dressing room.

[OzVilla]

Left the midlands in 96, then 10 years in London and now 15 years in Oz - in that time, hand on heart, i've never met a Wolves fan - not fecking one of the deluded twats.