So close, but never felt so far....

[Vegas]

We’re giving up our STs next year. I think apart from very recently the football’s been good over the last 3-4 years.

Not much to add to the other excellent posts above, but for us it’s a bit of costs and kick off times, but mainly that the dream is dead. You need to believe in football that you can build to something big, that better times are around the corner. The current financial rules just means that’s finished. This summer we’ll sell Rogers to the Big 5. Newcastle will sell Tonali to the Big 5.. Forest will sell Anderson to the Big 5. Palace will sell Wharton to the Big 5. Then we’ll all play another season against the Big 5 and see who’s the best at football.

Plus, I’m a match going fan over 50 that’s been a regular for 40 years so no-one gives a fuck what I think - it’s not about me.

[cdward]

Re: selling of our best players to the "big 6".
Yorke, Bosnich, Barry, Milner, Delph, Young, Benteke, Grealish, you just know that Rogers will be next. Even losing out on the likes of Gallagher to Spurs.
This has all slowly chipped away at the enthusiasm we all had at one point.
When you look at the amounts being spent by the big 6,(without the cheating), it's hard to see how we will ever be able to compete.
We need some silverware to keep the dreams alive.
Newcastle, Spurs, Palace, West Ham have all won something recently.
If it's not this year in the Europa, i can't see us winning another trophy.

[kippaxvilla2]

They never seem to mention us on the Shipping Forecast either. Like, never. It can't be a coincidence.

Bailey regularly gets a mention so that’s not true.

He’s a dogger of a player.’

[ez]

This makes me think back to the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s when I was a regular attender at Villa Park. I would see the old blokes among the crowd still enjoying watching the Villa and thinking that will be me one day. Now I am one of the old blokes except you will rarely find me at Villa Park. Sad really.