Comments on: 10 reasons why Aston Villa FC are by far the greatest team

By: mark

mark — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 19:52:21 +0000

Your comments and sentiments express far more clearly what is wrong with the Villa and the English game. I agree with every single word.

By: mom

mom — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:41:02 +0000

Great comments, great sentiment,great read. Unfortunately much of what is wrong with Aston Villa is what is wrong with the English game. Our football is too predictable and relies on honest endeavour and not enough guile.In the recent past our better sides contained a real quality player to influence a result. Oh for a Dwight Yorke, a Sid Cowans, a Dean Saunders, a Paul Merson, or a David Platt. Payers of such quality are rare and can make all the difference in the vital final third of the pitch. We have recently seen how much ManU rely on the influence of Wayne Rooney and Liverpool on Gerrard and Torres. Good players make good sides. At best Villa might be regarded as this but great players make great teams and in the English game we simply do not develop enough truly great players. If Milner is a good player and Villa’s best at present I would question how good he really is and if he can achieve the next level up. At times it’s easy to forget just how able and how influential the players I listed above could be. In the summer unfortunately England may fail simply because the current crop of players have been over hyped and fall below the genuine level of class required. We can only hope that Rooney stays fit and that when the hour comes others can prove they have more to offer.

By: Mrs Norbury

Mrs Norbury — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 18:05:55 +0000

And your sister is a Villa fan too! (not that she was ever given a choice – ask Lily/Jemima in 30 years!)

By: mark

mark — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 11:32:11 +0000

The dangers of blogging, I guess. And of relying on Aston Villa, too. A life’s lesson should have been learnt by now…

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 11:17:07 +0000

Another reason:

11. You got thumped 7-1 by Chelsea at the weekend.

Oh.

By: mark

mark — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 12:14:32 +0000

Thanks for the love, Pinkers. Hell, QPR’s history is pretty impressive – certainly a lot more impressive than our neighbour’s history.

By: David

David — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 07:14:02 +0000

That’s beautiful. I even thought about cutting and pasting it as my own and substituting the mighty QPR in there but… We really have not won anything since 1967 (League Cup). We’ve only come close once (’76). Also, no-one else in my family has ever supported the Rs and, er, there’s the whole Birminham thing. One thing I will say is that I don’t like Reading being in the league because they have hoops too, we used to be unique; even Arsenal nicked our away hoops. Poetic name? Maybe. Proper ground? Yes, and engagingly miniscule. We are also the first operator of the ‘guest manager’ scheme and our old chaian was threatened with a gun in the boardroom.