Monday, May 08, 2006

Aston Villa

Another season, another lucky escape for Villa fans. The Villans managed to pull out a fantastic 16th place out of 20, and the only thing to smile about is that Birmingham got the chop down to the Championship.

I have to say, I don't follow the soccer as much as I used to (Note: I hate using the term 'soccer' but here in Oz there are three other far more popular football codes) but I do what I can to keep up. It's also been a long time since I've seen a good Villa game and I was still doing my GCSE's when they were a good top 6 team. Players and managers have come and gone but there seems to be a bermuda triangle in the midlands where football is concerned.

When we can scrape up enough cash to actually buy a player, they were usually doing pretty well at their previous club. As soon as they step foot at Villa they seem to either:

a) Suffer a season long injury in their first game (well, practically - Martin Laursen)
b) Forget how to play football
(nearly everyone)
c) Barely perform well enough to make it to the reserves even though we spent millions of pounds on them (Savo Milosevic, Stan Collymore)


AND to make matters worse, when we finally off-load the muppets who couldn't kick a bucket when in the claret and blue (mentioning no names, Peter Crouch) all of a sudden they are now the man to lead us into the World Cup. Groan.

What is it that keeps us coming back for more? I have no idea, but I'm already looking forward to next season!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ah yes, Milosevic - when he left he became top scorer in the Spanish league! Whilst at Villa he was famous for falling over his own feet.

Not convinced at Crouch leading the line. For god's sake, he's even taller than me - and I'm not exactly "Mr Ball Control".. Some of the other choices for the World Cup squad are a bit... Odd. Walcott? Errr, Sven - he's never played in the premiership!

Did you see the banners at the Villa home game. "We're not fickle, we just don't like you!" addressed to O'Leary (More like O'Blimey!)

LJC said...

Ahhh yes. David "This is a local shop, for local people" O'Leary. I reckon Deadly Doug will have sent him packing back to Royston Vasey within 3 months of tne new season unless he pulls out a stunning turn-around in fortunes at Villa Park. But with the $3.10 he's given him to buy new players, it's not looking likely is it.