Next Manager Speculation/Hopes

[Rigadon]

I just want us to put a team out that we can enjoy watching. Finish 6-10th with the occasional foray up or run to cup final, and enjoy being a fan. Short of 2 brief periods, promotion run and lock down run, the last ten years have been quite torture filled.

Nah.  I want more.  I see no reason why we can't compete with Spurs, Arsenal & Chelsea.

Same here.  10th-7th is a good managerial appointment away.  Add another £200m or so in transfer fees and the rest is also quite possible.  The trouble is, you won't get the former without being able to offer the latter. 

[Hookeysmith]

Xia is as rich as me.

Possibly but at the time it was stated he was the real deal (even with shit shoes)

[Clive W]

I’m retired so I have too much time on my hands

In the last 100 years we have been in the top flight for 80 seasons and 2nd/3rd tier for 15 (5 years lost during WW2)

We have won:-

2 league titles (top flight only)
1 European Cup
1 F A Cup
5 League Cups

At the start of each season, my expectations (positive ones) are now zero.
My only hope is that we manage to cobble together 38/40 points by the time we reach 2 to 3 games from the end of the season.

And yet each season I still hang on in there - another year older but not wiser

[chrisw1]

But in my lifetime Villa have won

1 league title (top flight only)
1 European Cup
4 League Cups
1 UEFA Super Cup

In addition we haveplayed in 2 FA cup finals and 3 further league cup finals.   

We have finished in the top six 13 times.

There are clubs who would kill for that record.  Form is temporary, class is permanent. 

[Clive W]

But in my lifetime Villa have won

1 league title (top flight only)
1 European Cup
4 League Cups
1 UEFA Super Cup

In addition we haveplayed in 2 FA cup finals and 3 further league cup finals.   

We have finished in the top six 13 times.

There are clubs who would kill for that record.  Form is temporary, class is permanent.

And in the last 25 years?

2 losing FA Cup finals

[Clive W]

But I agree with you about class

No one can ever take that away from us

[cdbearsfan]

But in my lifetime Villa have won

1 league title (top flight only)
1 European Cup
4 League Cups
1 UEFA Super Cup

In addition we haveplayed in 2 FA cup finals and 3 further league cup finals.   

We have finished in the top six 13 times.

There are clubs who would kill for that record.  Form is temporary, class is permanent.

And in the last 25 years?

2 losing FA Cup finals

Quite, that's why we need to stop accepting mediocrity. Start by sacking the useless manager and getting somebody amazing in.

[Chris Smith]

But in my lifetime Villa have won

1 league title (top flight only)
1 European Cup
4 League Cups
1 UEFA Super Cup

In addition we haveplayed in 2 FA cup finals and 3 further league cup finals.   

We have finished in the top six 13 times.

There are clubs who would kill for that record.  Form is temporary, class is permanent.

And in the last 25 years?

2 losing FA Cup finals

Quite, that's why we need to stop accepting mediocrity. Start by sacking the useless manager and getting somebody amazing in.

Mr Blunden?

[villadelph]

Personally, I don't think there's even a 1% chance that Poch lands here. While I believe it would be a decent fit, I can't see him chomping at the bit to join (what looks to be from the outside) a relegation fight.

I'm more worried about the lack of investment from here on out, considering how much we've spent already in the transfer market. Clubs are going to start circling around Ramsey, Cash, Ollie and Martinez to try and pry them away from a failed rebuild/retooling project and entice them with European football. There is no loyalty in this game, and I'm unsure as to why we are awarding it to Gerrard.

[Axl Rose]

But in my lifetime Villa have won

1 league title (top flight only)
1 European Cup
4 League Cups
1 UEFA Super Cup

In addition we haveplayed in 2 FA cup finals and 3 further league cup finals.   

We have finished in the top six 13 times.

There are clubs who would kill for that record.  Form is temporary, class is permanent.

And in the last 25 years?

2 losing FA Cup finals

Quite, that's why we need to stop accepting mediocrity. Start by sacking the useless manager and getting somebody amazing in.

This.

I've just explained all of that to my wife and she agrees with you, mate.

I'm sat here in a 49ers jersey, on my 7th beer, ranting away.

I demand escaping the reek of mediocrity that surrounds the Villa.

[Villan82]

But in my lifetime Villa have won

1 league title (top flight only)
1 European Cup
4 League Cups
1 UEFA Super Cup

In addition we haveplayed in 2 FA cup finals and 3 further league cup finals.   

We have finished in the top six 13 times.

There are clubs who would kill for that record.  Form is temporary, class is permanent.

And in the last 25 years?

2 losing FA Cup finals

And two losing league cup finals. The past 22 years have been barren for us but have still included four cup finals, four or five European qualifications, at least 4 top six finishes. And we think it's been a period of doldrums.

[London Villan]

4 trophy chances in the last 25 years - (2 FA Cup, 2 League Cup finals) - outside the "big 6" I'd guess only Leicester would come close to that?

We do spend money (badly), in the last 10 years we are one of the top 10 spenders in world football. We were a second division team 4 seasons ago - that is a lifetime in football.

No matter what way it's looked at we are massively under-achieving - nobody should be wiping the floor with us and it is down to our own poor decision-making as a club that we are bumbling around the bottom 6 with a poor rookie manager in charge.

[Rotterdam]

I remember a few years ago listening in to a Radio Five Live phone in. An Arsenal fan phoned in complaining about their lack of recent trophies, Wenger not playing good football, poor European performances, not liking the Emirates...a proper moanfest.
10mins later a fella phoned in replying to Arsenal 'fan' and challenging him to try supporting Hartlepool.

Food for thought.

[Nunkin1965]

I remember a few years ago listening in to a Radio Five Live phone in. An Arsenal fan phoned in complaining about their lack of recent trophies, Wenger not playing good football, poor European performances, not liking the Emirates...a proper moanfest.
10mins later a fella phoned in replying to Arsenal 'fan' and challenging him to try supporting Hartlepool.

Food for thought.

Its a fair point indeed but if that Hartlepool fan was in the situation we're in I'm pretty sure he'd have the same issues as us Villa fans.
Its a first world problem let's face it but I'd say we should be much further on in the progression stakes.

[villadelph]

I remember a few years ago listening in to a Radio Five Live phone in. An Arsenal fan phoned in complaining about their lack of recent trophies, Wenger not playing good football, poor European performances, not liking the Emirates...a proper moanfest.
10mins later a fella phoned in replying to Arsenal 'fan' and challenging him to try supporting Hartlepool.

Food for thought.

Its a fair point indeed but if that Hartlepool fan was in the situation we're in I'm pretty sure he'd have the same issues as us Villa fans.
Its a first world problem let's face it but I'd say we should be much further on in the progression stakes.

Challenging for trophies would be great.. but I would settle for some 6-12th place stability for three years beforehand.

Our play is poor, our recruitment is proving to be poor, our leadership and management is poor.. but the support is fantastic.