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Post by cozmick on Apr 16, 2016 20:21:08 GMT
Once the drama has settled down a bit I'm looking at the premier league table feeling a bit saddened that a fellow Midlands team has been relegated.
For all the years of "rivalry" between our two clubs I can't see them bouncing back up anytime soon.
Shame really. The horrible cunts.
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Post by luke2u on Apr 16, 2016 20:32:01 GMT
Would have liked them to stay up. We've got many points playing them in the Premiership.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2016 6:55:47 GMT
Would prefer to see London Clubs getting relegated myself
far too many of them in the premier league nowadays
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Post by nik80 on Apr 17, 2016 7:02:00 GMT
Would have much preferred Sunderland, Swansea, Newcastle or West Brom over Aston Villa. That club's been totally bled dry sadly, team they started the season with was never going to be strong enough. I spend a fair bit of time in Warwickshire, have a good handful of Aston Villa supporting mates and a reasonably strong disliking of Birmingham City. IMO there are plenty of far more deserving supporters I'd have liked to have seen endure the shite they've been served up. It's a game I'm going to miss next season.
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Post by alansuddick on Apr 17, 2016 7:10:43 GMT
No good away day, and I have no dislike for villa huge club whose fans (the ones I know) dont bang on about it , unlike them northeast twats both of who I would love to see go down.
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Post by nicholasjalcock on Apr 17, 2016 7:11:18 GMT
A Vanilla and a chocolate brownie always go down well!
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Post by chiefdelilah on Apr 17, 2016 7:14:29 GMT
Given their songs about 'we'll meet again' and 'empty seats m'lord' and living and working in Birmingham as I do, I'm enjoying it.
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Post by basingstokie on Apr 17, 2016 7:18:09 GMT
Only 9 teams who have played in prem and never been relegated from it now
Man Utd, Liverpool, Everton, Chelsea, Spurs, Arsenal, Swansea, Bournemouth and Stoke!
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Post by cobhamstokey on Apr 17, 2016 8:28:29 GMT
Not me I don't mind villa would much rather palace, Sunderland or Newcastle went
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Post by malteser68 on Apr 17, 2016 8:36:51 GMT
Not me I don't mind villa would much rather palace, Sunderland or Newcastle went Completely in agreement |
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Post by werrington on Apr 17, 2016 8:42:31 GMT
Would prefer to see London Clubs getting relegated myself far too many of them in the premier league nowadays In the 70/80s that used to be as a reason for no London clubs ever winning the title Tony as their were too many " derbies " Arsenal and Chelsea blew that one out of the water |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2016 8:47:26 GMT
INTERESTING POINT - does not change my point of view
last thing anybody wants is a totally London Centric premier league surely ?
sadly its heading that way
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Post by werrington on Apr 17, 2016 8:52:31 GMT
INTERESTING POINT - does not change my point of view last thing anybody wants is a totally London Centric premier league surely ? sadly its heading that way It's a location thing for the many foreign imports these days and puts them top of the pile when chasing them WHU are no bigger than Stoke but the pull they would have over us with players stands London clubs in good stead Southern clubs in general tbh |
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Post by sheikhmomo on Apr 17, 2016 8:52:36 GMT
When we were promoted they were seen as genuine Champions League contenders. It's been an unbelievably rapid decline.
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Post by Staffsoatcake on Apr 17, 2016 8:58:14 GMT
Sorry to see them go, that's at least 4pts we will be losing out on next season.
Sunderland need to go too, no matter how bad they are, every season they take 3 pts off us at their place.
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Post by werrington on Apr 17, 2016 9:16:14 GMT
When we were promoted they were seen as genuine Champions League contenders. It's been an unbelievably rapid decline. They had the lot under Oneill mate....pace power and youth and were destined for big things before Lerner inexplicably changed tact regards recruitment and Oneill got out It's all led to where they are now and ANOTHER close away day taken from us to be replaced by a fucking Brighton etc |
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Post by chiefdelilah on Apr 17, 2016 9:19:32 GMT
Think O'Neill has to take a bit of the blame for starting the rot Wez. Reduction in the budget was in large part a response to him spunking loads of nonentities like Nicky Shorey and Zat Knight.
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Post by werrington on Apr 17, 2016 9:28:15 GMT
Think O'Neill has to take a bit of the blame for starting the rot Wez. Reduction in the budget was in large part a response to him spunking loads of nonentities like Nicky Shorey and Zat Knight. Every manager makes poor purchases mate but in reality he had a fantastic explosive squad with Milner Young Agbonlehor etc leading the way Even though Oneill got out he still gave Houllier £24m to spend on Bent but nobody else to go with him |
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Post by chiefdelilah on Apr 17, 2016 9:33:54 GMT
Think O'Neill has to take a bit of the blame for starting the rot Wez. Reduction in the budget was in large part a response to him spunking loads of nonentities like Nicky Shorey and Zat Knight. Every manager makes poor purchases mate but in reality he had a fantastic explosive squad with Milner Young Agbonlehor etc leading the way Even though Oneill got out he still gave Houllier £24m to spend on Bent but nobody else to go with him Would you like to wheel out the 'every manager makes poor purchases' line about another manager mate, whose exit led to spending being significantly reigned in?  The Knights, Sidwells and Harewoods were his Kightleys, Palacioses and Arismendis. There really weren't a lot of tears shed when he left. There was the perception he was a one trick pony, overly cautious and ignoring a promising youth set up. They cocked up the succession massively. If they'd appointed Hughes instead of McCleish I think there's a good chance things wouldn't be quite this bad for them. They've got every single appointment wrong since MON went. |
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Post by werrington on Apr 17, 2016 9:41:45 GMT
Every manager makes poor purchases mate but in reality he had a fantastic explosive squad with Milner Young Agbonlehor etc leading the way Even though Oneill got out he still gave Houllier £24m to spend on Bent but nobody else to go with him Would you like to wheel out the 'every manager makes poor purchases' line about another manager mate, whose exit led to spending being significantly reigned in? The Knights, Sidwells and Harewoods were his Kightleys, Palacioses and Arismendis. There really weren't a lot of tears shed when he left. There was the perception he was a one trick pony, overly cautious and ignoring a promising youth set up. They cocked up the succession massively. If they'd appointed Hughes instead of McCleish I think there's a good chance things wouldn't be quite this bad for them. They've got every single appointment wrong since MON went. Without a doubt mate I suppose his time was up was when he played the reserves in Russia to concentrate on our game on the Sunday and blew a 2-0 lead Lambert came in and they went the lower league purchase route Westwood Lowton etc to nurture and sell big but sadly for them it went tits up |
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Post by Kenilworth_Stokies on Apr 17, 2016 9:51:23 GMT
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Post by TinkerT on Apr 17, 2016 9:58:37 GMT
I'm glad they've gone. Our first season up there fans were arrogant fuckers trying take the piss out of stoke, now look at them. Good riddence.
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Apr 17, 2016 10:22:46 GMT
As I prefer to go to away games in the North of England (i.e. games closer to my home than the Brit) geography says that I would prefer both Sunderland and Newcastle to stay up but, sadly, I can't see that happening and the best I can hope for is that one of them pips Norwich to survival and that the one who gets relegated is replaced by Boro, who would become my closest Prem Club together, hopefully, with Burnley. As regards Villa, I have no particular dislike for them but I do think the fairly regular loss of bigger clubs in the Prem is good for the league system in England. When we arrived in the Prem, the two clubs I most wanted us to match were Everton and Villa. It is a while now since either of them have finished above us and that is a measure of our progress as well as their decline. Villa are now gone but I won't be unhappy to see them back in a year or so. Hopefully Everton will follow Villa down next season - again, I'll have no problems if they bounce back fairly quickly. If either the Premier League or the Championship start to become too predictable as regards promotion and relegation we will have lost what sets us apart from so many of the European Leagues - and even more from the US system where promotion and relegation is replaced by the horrible "franchise" system where nothing matters apart from how much money you can pay for the right to play at the top level.  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2016 10:32:05 GMT
Not arsed either way really, we've had some good games against Villa (1st home game in the Prem springs to mind) but we've also had some awful games (that 0-0 on boxing day) and they are one of the those that I have absolutely no interest in watching unless they are playing us.
I'd rather see some new faces in the league next season, or teams that haven't been there in a long time. Ideally we'll see the Geordies and Mackems relegated and replaced by Middlesbrough, Brighton and Sheffield Wednesday.
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Post by chiefdelilah on Apr 17, 2016 10:43:49 GMT
Would you like to wheel out the 'every manager makes poor purchases' line about another manager mate, whose exit led to spending being significantly reigned in? The Knights, Sidwells and Harewoods were his Kightleys, Palacioses and Arismendis. There really weren't a lot of tears shed when he left. There was the perception he was a one trick pony, overly cautious and ignoring a promising youth set up. They cocked up the succession massively. If they'd appointed Hughes instead of McCleish I think there's a good chance things wouldn't be quite this bad for them. They've got every single appointment wrong since MON went. Without a doubt mate I suppose his time was up was when he played the reserves in Russia to concentrate on our game on the Sunday and blew a 2-0 lead Lambert came in and they went the lower league purchase route Westwood Lowton etc to nurture and sell big but sadly for them it went tits up Absolutely mate. They tried to go from one extreme to the other almost overnight. It's sort of a shame but living here it's nice to see a reality check dosed out to some of the more deluded who won't shut up about 1982 and all that. |
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Post by WhyDelilah on Apr 17, 2016 10:44:49 GMT
I'm happy to see anyone go down so long as it's not us.
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Post by terrorofturfmoor on Apr 17, 2016 10:46:06 GMT
The only satisfaction for me is seeing a big club go down....but in truth, I'd have preferred to see Villa stay up!!!
Anyone from Castle, Sunderland, Norwich, Swansea, Palace and West Brom before Villa!!!
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Post by broomey1983 on Apr 17, 2016 11:01:50 GMT
They overcharge for tickets. The 2 away games i went, they didnt sell beer so that gives me enough of a reason to be happy they have been relegated
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Post by senojbor on Apr 17, 2016 11:48:02 GMT
I'd rather see Newcastle and Villa over Watford and Bournemouth any day.
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Post by staffsvilla on Apr 17, 2016 12:05:17 GMT
Every manager makes poor purchases mate but in reality he had a fantastic explosive squad with Milner Young Agbonlehor etc leading the way Even though Oneill got out he still gave Houllier £24m to spend on Bent but nobody else to go with him Would you like to wheel out the 'every manager makes poor purchases' line about another manager mate, whose exit led to spending being significantly reigned in? The Knights, Sidwells and Harewoods were his Kightleys, Palacioses and Arismendis. There really weren't a lot of tears shed when he left. There was the perception he was a one trick pony, overly cautious and ignoring a promising youth set up. They cocked up the succession massively. If they'd appointed Hughes instead of McCleish I think there's a good chance things wouldn't be quite this bad for them. They've got every single appointment wrong since MON went. Could not of put it better myself  |
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