Can we complete the Ironic double.

[ted1965]

The ironies of football will once again come into play this Saturday, when Martin O’Neil brings his Villa side to the Britannia stadium for our first home game back in the top flight after 23 years it will be the same manager who thwarted our promotion hopes to the Premier league as the then manager of Leicester. We all know what they went onto achieve under him and that we were left in their wake and suffered another spell in the wilderness before we finally climbed back to the top. The ironies continued as we know, as Leicester were our last Championship game and delightfully we gained an ironic revenge in our promotion ensures their relegation.

So while I have no animosity towards O’Neil it would be fantastic if we could mark our first home game back in the big time with a victory over the manager who’s side condemned us to more misery over the last decade or so, this is a chance for us to complete an ironic double having sent the side down now hopefully on Saturday we can take three points from the manager who was responsible as well.

The pain and disappointment of Saturday is now gone but not forgotten, with some new faces and 28,000 passionate supporters behind the players 100% hopefully we can kick start our campaign for survival. We all knew when the season began that home form was going to be the key to this season, if we can get something this weekend it will give everyone a confidence boost. We may have lost the first battle but the war is very much still there to be won.

So lets complete our ironic double promoted in our last home game while relegating Leicester and now Martin O’Neil, three points from the manager of that same Leicester side all those years ago. It wont be easy as Villa are a decent side but that’s what we wanted for so many years, to test ourselves against quality opposition and to see the Britannia rock to Delilah as we lift off it’s roof. The first step to those ten wins starts this weekend.

Can we do it Saturday, you bet we can but we all need to stay behind the club 100%.

[knowles]

Mark McGhee was NOT Leicester manager for the play-offs

Fingers crossed we can win though!!

[ted1965]

thought he had moved on by then Knowlsey, maybe my mind has blocked out the memory.

[Southstander]

D'oh!

[LH_SCFC]

Aug 20, 2008 11:00:53 GMT knowles said:

Mark McGhee was Leicester manager for the play-offs

How ironic!

[knowles]

Bollocks!! Many apologies. I always thought it was Mark McGhee. Looking at Wiki it was O'Neill.

Sorry Ted.

Like I said, we CAN complete the ironic double

[knowles]

Sorry Ted!

[Southstander]

How dare you blaspheme the mighty Ted, Knowles!

Damn your edit!

[knowles]

A lesson to be learned- never try and remember things that happened over ten years ago!!

[ted1965]

no worries mate I had to recheck as well

[baggiejp]

Is this really ironic? Or just coincidental?

[thepremierbanksy]

It'd be nice, I think VILLA might get honky tonked.

[Dr Oetcake]

Leicester didnt condemn us to anything, we did it to ourselves, by failing to capitalise on chances at Filbert St and a lacklustre performance at the Vic. Not to mention selling one of our top goalscorers before the end of the season!

[Dr Oetcake]

Its funny though, Leicester do seem to sail accross our bows at key times in our history

[dexter97]

Ah, the old "irony vs coincidence" debate - A favourite among grammar fascists like me!

I believe that in this case, Stoke relegating the team that once prevented our promotion does indeed qualify as ironic.

[Dr Oetcake]

Perhaps some sort of song could be written featuring it?

[Not_Nick_H]

Personally I always curse Gary Parker for scoring the goal that thwarted us. I guess he's long since dropped out of the game and there will never be any chance for recourse.

edit (is he on the coaching staff at Leicester? - Maybe we did have sweet vengeance in the end).

[Dr Oetcake]

To the tune of ironic by Alanis Morissette

An old man turned ninety-eight
Stoke City reached the Prem and he died the next day
It's a black fly in your Cheese oatcake
It's a Ricci consolation goal twenty-two minutes too late
And isn't it ironic... don't you think

It's like no trains on your first home day
and the work permit, that you thought would be ok
It's the good signing, that TP didn’t make
Who would've thought... it figures

Mr. Play It Safe was afraid of short players
He wanted beefy work aarders, not a team of small gayers
He waited the whole close season his check book to wield
And thought as he signed 20 lads for the central mid-field
"Well isn't this nice..."
And isn't it ironic... don't you think

It's like no trains on your first home day
and the work permit, that you thought would be ok
It's the good signing, that TP didn’t make
Who would've thought... it figures

Well the Premiership has a funny way of sneaking up on you
When you think everything's okay and everything's going right
And Harry Renknapp has a funny way of helping you out when
You think everything's gone wrong and everything blows up
In your face

A traffic jam when you're already late
An agents fee, when you thought we were orate
It's like ten thousand right wingers when a left would give you a thrill
Nearly making the signing of our dreams
And then he goes to West Brazil
And isn't it ironic...don't you think
A little too ironic...and, yeah, I really do think...

It's like no trains on your first home day
and the work permit, that you thought would be ok
It's the good signing, that TP didn’t make
Who would've thought... it figures

Tony Scholes has a funny way of sneaking up on you
Harry Rednapp has a funny, funny way of helping you out
Helping you out

[dexter97]

Too much time on your hands, Doctor?

[Dr Oetcake]

Possibly, it only took 15 mins though, I retained Ms Morissette's menstrual warblings where possible to maintain the overall structure of the song....

[eriksson74]

Aug 20, 2008 11:24:12 GMT Dr Oetcake said:

Leicester didnt condemn us to anything, we did it to ourselves, by failing to capitalise on chances at Filbert St and a lacklustre performance at the Vic. Not to mention selling one of our top goalscorers before the end of the season!

Bloody Graham Potter, I still have nightmares over that header - the bottle merchant !!

[redstriper]

Dr Oetcake, - as Richie Benaud would say:- "what a marvellous effort" [:-]

[OldStokie]

A lesson to be learned- never try and remember things that happened over ten years ago!!

...or in my case, anything that happened last week.

BTW, good post, Ted. Wouldn't it be ironic.

OS.

[bandini]

I'm afraid the only irony present is the unexpected result that I now know the definition of ironic thanks to Ted's post.

Thank you, Ted.

[Dr Oetcake]

Could you imagine Alanis Morrisette being taken roughtly from behind by Richie Benaud - now wouldnt that be ironic! (according to Ms Morrisette's rather loose definition of the word which shows she actually doesnt undertsand what ironic means, which in itself is of couse ironic, which is what she might have meant in the first place. Or not.

[Dr Oetcake]

Did you hear about Steve Austin, the bloke who robbed $6 million dollars from a bank, then he crashed the getaway car. They ended up spending all of the money on his medical fees. he became know as the.... Ironic Man.

[bandini]

Or that guy who died of dehydration cause he only drank Lucozade Irotonic

[Pretty Little Boother]

Fuckin' hell Ted, how many times can you include the word "irony" or some variation of it in one post?