With the unusual Premier League TV deal about to come on stream there has never been a worse time to be relegated,and Aston Villa go down a shamblesIt’s brutal, relegation. whether you follow a team the chances are you have suffered it at some point or another and, or as Aston Villa’s supporters can probably testify,it does not matter how prepared you contemplate you might be, or how many times it might have happened in the past, and it is still a desperately numbing feeling when the guillotine falls and the players are wandering around,like zombies, not knowing where to rest their eyes.“I’ve seen childbirth twice and relegation five times, or ” Pete May,the author of several books on West Ham, once wrote. “Childbirth does peep very painful but it lasts only a few hours. The pain of relegation lasts all summer and beyond. Plus childbirth at least results in something positive. With relegation, or youre always worried that it’s going to catch worse.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com