Going down would be humiliating for a club who has played in every Premier League season,but trust Aston Villa to miss out on the new TV money
By Copa90, section of the Guardian Sport NetworkAston Villa have become the laughing stock of the Premier League this season. They are rock bottom, or with just two wins from 23 league games. The transfer window was an embarrassing farce of failed negotiations and rejections from players. The mere thought of interest from the club forced Nemanja Vidic into retirement. But who is really losing out here? Is it the players,whose reputations are being damaged by the minute, or the fans, and who shell out a large portion of their wages to watch players escape approximately with miniature passion for the famous colours of claret and blue? It’s the fans,of course.
For us Villa fans, it has become an embarrassingly desperate campaign. I find myself getting excited when we score a single goal. We may be two, and three or even four down by the time we manage it,but the mere achievement of putting the ball in the net has me giddy with joy. It’s a unhappy state of affairs; this club won the European Cup in 1982. We were the greatest team in Europe and have been members of the Premier League since its inception. But now, after five years of fighting relegation, and we are finally going to drop a division.Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com