25 Sep 2015 21:25:42
I wrote a similar post a few weeks ago showing my disgust at some Villa "fans" and their expectations and demands.
It is so refreshing to read posts from some sensible, realistic, football supporters.
I my heart Aston Villa is the greatest team in the world and has been and will be the team for me - but- I know where we are in the pecking order of premier league football teams. I believe that by the end of this season we will be an ok mid table team that will only get better.
However, some fans believe we have a God given right to win 30 games a season by just turning up because we're Aston villa, and if that's not happening then sack everyone and moan and moan and moan.

Let's just put something into perspective. We are in the TOP flight of the BEST league in the world. We have just bought some real quality youngsters that given time will flourish and in my opinion will then have one of the best young managers around. One that when other teams come knocking for him the"moaners" who want his head now will be calling him a judas because he goest a club where fans want him and appreciate him.

I've not known fans like it. We have the biggest team in the midlands and we will have the best team too. But do we have the greatest fans in the Midlands anymore. We boo our players at 0-0 but small Heath cheer and applaud their team off after they lose. The baggies sing and show real passion and togetherness. Even Walsall fans, all 3500 of them sing their hearts out for their team. Yet us Villa fans can't sing for 90 mins without moaning, without throwing their toys out because it's not 1981/82 anymore. Some villa fans need to get their heads from up their backsides or just stay at home.

We win together and we lose together. It's called loyalty, and we moan about Delph because there's no loyalty yet boo our own players?? How does that work? Look at rangers fans, started again in the lowest level of football but all come back up together.

I love my club, win, lose or draw and when I'm at villa park and I sing villa till I die it's because I mean it.

1.) 26 Sep 2015
26 Sep 2015 08:46:16
Here here

2.) 26 Sep 2015
26 Sep 2015 11:32:31
I'm with you comrade
Generally speaking, I have no issue with people whingeing on here (I've done enough of it myself)
That said, we seem to have turned it into a sport of it's own
However, booing at half-time, whatever the state of the game, is just poor
If this goes on we'll have to start calling ourselves customers rather than fans
We are slowing becoming Man U fans/customers without the trophies (Newcastle fans in other words)

3.) 26 Sep 2015
26 Sep 2015 11:48:23
Mike, I confess I booed at Half time and having read your message confess to feeling regret, however the tactics and skill showed in the first 45 were very poor, TS said it was planned but I think even he was shocked at the performance.
The professionals get paid so much these days, us low earners have no other way to show frustrations and disappointment. If we vote with our feet we miss out on the game and team we love.
Out of interest I have held a season ticket for 30 years and travel 50 miles to home games alone, does that give me a right to show my frustration? I think so but You have got me thinking so good on you mate!

4.) 26 Sep 2015
26 Sep 2015 12:58:40
Excellent posts from the hearts of you guys,nature of game these days puts mega amount of pressures on managers,players,board due to cost of going to see the beloved villa,we also have to understand not everybody will be happy even if results were different,let's see this correctly dominated Sunderland easily should of won but unlucky -2 points,crystal palace rash errors by Guzan,Amavi -2 points,absolutely imploded at Leicester -3 points so my calculations we would be on 11points flying high. This team needs time RB is major problem and keeper plus we have missed gueye big time last 2/3 games,second half against that team tue in cup was was exciting to see grealish,ayew especially ayew best 45 mins since joined and a glimmer of the player we hoped,I still think TS is struggling knowing best 11 so many players in/out in/out TS has also made so mistakes but come on he's young still got a lot to learn TBH. I got a feeling of 3 points today at Anfield UTV

5.) 26 Sep 2015
26 Sep 2015 13:15:51
Sorry everyone the -2 points at palace was wrong we was on course for a hard earned draw so threw away 3 points my bad lol :)

6.) 26 Sep 2015
26 Sep 2015 14:27:26
i admit i'm not happy with the way its looking and i said i think the fact not including league we won one game in 10 i think it is was starting to look bad on sherwood and if we had lost the derby i think it would have looked even worse,

quite a lot the games its not just the losing that been the problem its been the all round play has been shocking at times too.

but one thing i will never agree with is booing your team off at half time, as you say how the hell is that going to help the team in the slightest? if anything that might make it worse