Champions League Contention

[Drummond]

Jesus. you wouldn't think we'd won 5-0 at the weekend.

[dave.woodhall]

Behave, please.

[paul_e]

Oh do go away Paul.  I said I'm not sure why pundits get so much stick for thinking we won't make top 4.  I imagine most football experts would agree with them.  If they're wrong then great, it won't be the first time.  That's it really. 

I haven't got much else to say on this now.  Have a great day.

Is it really so hard for you to imagine that some people don't like that we've been in and around the top 4 all season but pundits don't even mention us a lot of the time?

Personally I don't care all that much but you (in particular) moaning about other people being bothered by it is a bit sad given how often you go super defensive if anyone disagrees with you.

I don't mind people disagreeing with me.  It's condescending pricks I don't really like.

Exactly the sort of response I'd expect, you're so easily ruffled. Of course, you could just explain why you think it's ok for you to be condescending towards anyone who is bothered by pundits not mentioning us, you risk looking like a bit of a hypocrite otherwise.

[chrisw1]

Hi Paul, before you got involved my two posts on this were:

I don't see why pundits get so much hate for doing their job.  If you look at Footy's thread before the Sheffield game I think the majority had us 6/7th.  The truth is they have a deeper squad and don't have the distraction of Europe.  I'd imagine the vast majority of football followers would expect them to finish above us, probably including the majority of Villa fans.  What's the problem with him saying what most people think?

and

I do get annoyed how much exposure the 'so called Big 6' get and how it gets referenced even when Chelsea are floundering and Spurs' are deemed to have a rightful place in it despite never really winning anything.

But in terms of chat about the top 4, league winners etc, I can't really get worked up about pundits saying something I agree with. 

I'm not sure what you found condescending about this, but apologies to anyone offended by the above.

[Drummond]

Jesus. you wouldn't think we'd won 5-0 at the weekend.

Yeah imagine if we'd lost.

[Clampy]

Drummond's above post made me laugh out loud. LOL and all that.

[paul_e]

Hi Paul, before you got involved my two posts on this were:

I don't see why pundits get so much hate for doing their job.  If you look at Footy's thread before the Sheffield game I think the majority had us 6/7th.  The truth is they have a deeper squad and don't have the distraction of Europe.  I'd imagine the vast majority of football followers would expect them to finish above us, probably including the majority of Villa fans.  What's the problem with him saying what most people think?

and

I do get annoyed how much exposure the 'so called Big 6' get and how it gets referenced even when Chelsea are floundering and Spurs' are deemed to have a rightful place in it despite never really winning anything.

But in terms of chat about the top 4, league winners etc, I can't really get worked up about pundits saying something I agree with. 

I'm not sure what you found condescending about this, but apologies to anyone offended by the above.

1 - I think Spurs have a better and deeper squad than us, if you don't then great.  Well done.

2 - If a thread on a reasonably balanced forum leans towards us not making top 5, I'm not sure how you can sit there and fire shots at a pundit who thinks we probably won't get top4.

3 - I think their job is to say what they think, not appease a precious fanbase who meltdown because they're not getting the attention they think they deserve (I don't necessarily mean posters on here)

The problem is that anytime I post you get so defensive that you instantly flip into this sort of nonsense. Even how you wrote "Before you got involved" says a lot about you, I read a comment that I disagreed with and I replied to it with nothing aggressive or personal towards you. The first line in particular is weird, I simply said they don't have much squad depth given how badly the coped with a handful of injuries to get so arsey over something that is an objective fact was just odd.


Maybe me questioning what you think the job of a pundit is could be twisted into me having a go if you really wanted to but it was more a dig at the fact that Jenas is shit at his job, just like most pundits, their job isn't to be fans of a specific club, but that gets forgotten far too often and is why people get fed up of the bullshit they come out with.

[SamTheMouse]

Please Chris, for the love of god don't reply mate. We'll be here until Christmas.

[ChicagoLion]

Anyway, that win was much needed but we must not lose to those twats from TTOD sic.
Beat them and it starts to look like a lot closer.

[kippaxvilla2]

Although it goes against my grain somewhat, when I heard what that twat of a Sky Sports (w)anchor said about it being a three horse race, I hope Citeh absolutely run away with it now so that it is all over by April.

[Drummond]

Although it goes against my grain somewhat, when I heard what that twat of a Sky Sports (w)anchor said about it being a three horse race, I hope Citeh absolutely run away with it now so that it is all over by April.

Eh? Why not us?

[The Edge]

Please Chris, for the love of god don't reply mate. We'll be here until Christmas.

Made me lol

[The Edge]

Just listening to WM phone in and people are calling in about the total disrespect being shown to Villa in the media so its not just on here and we have every right to feel pissed off about it. The presenter (a wolves fan think) said he was shouting at the radio listening to a sky podcast talking about the PL race. Apparently they were debating about the title being a race between Liverpool Arsenal and Man City and one of them interrupted and said "hold on you should show some respect to SPURS" and we didn't get a mention. I get that for some it's a minor irritation but I'm firmly in the camp that it's a big irritation to me when people show utter disrespect and contempt for my club.

[PaulWinch again]

It’s annoying, but I pity them for their ignorance more than anything.

[Sexual Ealing]

It's a conspiracy.