Aston Villa v Everton. 1st March at 1945.

[chicoazul]

Good write up from a Villa perspective here.

They give EFC fans '10 out of 10' and call us the best English fans they've seen at Villa Park in a long time.

http://www.myoldmansaid.com/north-stand-narrative-everton-fans-show-support-villa-fan-protest/?

They've really annoyed me as they are making us warm to them just before the point we should be celebrating their relegation.

We've always had a soft spot for them, we show our affection by insults.

Ok prepare the fireworks for just Newcastle then.

 

[BoysInBlue]

They've really annoyed me as they are making us warm to them just before the point we should be celebrating their relegation.

We've always had a soft spot for them, we show our affection by insults.

Ok prepare the fireworks for just Newcastle then.

I still want them to go down (mainly because they've been badly run and some of their players are bad whoppers), although the banter at that game on Tuesday was the most fun I've had at a match for a long time. First 2 mins set the tone:

Us: "We're F'N RICH, We're F'N RICH!"
Them: "What a waste of money!"
<We applaud them>
Us: "Going down, going down"
<They applaud us>

Then we scored. From that point on, they just protested about their board, whilst we sporadically applauded their efforts, ostensibly out of pity.

 

[silent bob]

They've really annoyed me as they are making us warm to them just before the point we should be celebrating their relegation.

We've always had a soft spot for them, we show our affection by insults.

Ok prepare the fireworks for just Newcastle then.

Are you mellowing in your old age?

 

[blulouie]

I still want them to go down, although the banter at that game on Tuesday was the most fun I've had at a match for a long time. First 2 mins set the tone:

Us: "We're F'N RICH, We're F'N RICH!"
Them: "What a waste of money!"
<We applaud them>
Us: "Going down, going down"
<They applaud us>

Then we scored. From that point on, they just protested about their board, whilst we sporadically applauded their efforts, ostensibly out of pity.

I could think of quite a few teams I'd like to see relegated before Villa.
To me they are on the same standing as the team we support.
Make no mistake we are talking about 2 giants & pioneers of the English game.

Clubs i would love to see in thier position
Liverpool obviously.
Chelsea who I detest.
& City ...lets not even go into that.
Great stadium , great fans ...will be sorely missed in the prem.

 

[Aar_the_Toffees]

The day Villa get relegated will truly be a sad day for English football. It shows how far we've fallen. Money runs the game, and the clubs that built the foundations of the game can't keep up. Truly terrible.

 

[chicoazul]

The day Villa get relegated will truly be a sad day for English football. It shows how far we've fallen. Money runs the game, and the clubs that built the foundations of the game can't keep up. Truly terrible.

The thing is that it's not money or a lack of it that's ruined Villa.

It's their continued succession of really crap managers they've appointed that have spent the money on utter bilge.

 

[bluerobert]

The thing is that it's not money or a lack of it that's ruined Villa.

It's their continued succession of really crap managers they've appointed that have spent the money on utter bilge.

To be honest I actually thought they had followed a pattern of selling their best players and not spending the money to replace them but that isn't actually the case. I looked up their transfer history for the past 6 years.

2015/2016
Ins - £48 million
Outs - £40 million

2014/2015
Ins - £10.5 million
Outs - £4.5 million

2013/2014
Ins - £17.2 million
Outs - £0

2012/2013
Ins - £25 million
Outs - £2.5 million

2011/2012
Ins - £13 million
Outs - £20 million (Liverpool bought downing for £20 million)

2010/2011
Ins - £32 million
Outs - £43 million (Milner and Young both left)

As you say mate, shows the difference a good manager can make in making the best of what you have. They never really recovered from selling Milner, Young and Downing over that 2 year period.

 

[chicoazul]

To be honest I actually thought they had followed a pattern of selling their best players and not spending the money to replace them but that isn't actually the case. I looked up their transfer history for the past 6 years.

2015/2016
Ins - £48 million
Outs - £40 million

2014/2015
Ins - £10.5 million
Outs - £4.5 million

2013/2014
Ins - £17.2 million
Outs - £0

2012/2013
Ins - £25 million
Outs - £2.5 million

2011/2012
Ins - £13 million
Outs - £20 million (Liverpool bought downing for £20 million)

2010/2011
Ins - £32 million
Outs - £43 million (Milner and Young both left)

As you say mate, shows the difference a good manager can make in making the best of what you have. They never really recovered from selling Milner, Young and Downing over that 2 year period.

I think the plotters can pipe rar down mate.

 

[bluerobert]

I think the plotters can pipe rar down mate.

Looking further back the previous 2 seasons they spent more then they got in transfers. In 08/09 they spent £32 million and got £600K in fees the year they bought Milner, Young, Curtis Davies and Big Emile Heskey. I mean if you can't progress to the next level of challenging for top 4 when you go and sign Heskey what hope do we have with our new Overlord! We're doomed!