Do villa deserve to get relagated?
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Do you think villa deserve to be relagated?
I think it would be a shame as it was only 4 or 5 years ago they were a top 7 club who had a winning mentality and would fight for European football and did well in the cups .
Since the Americans took over they have been run on a budget which in itself is wise to run your club well but they don't seem to run it well, they know that clubs are getting richer and almost all of the other premiership clubs have invested well over the last few years. Even the promoted clubs know that they need to spend to survive but villa just don't.
As I say it's not great for their fans but purely because the way the owners run the club I think they should be relagated.
It could work in their favour, the owners could decide that once the club are out of the premiership that they should sell them, but they could also realise that they will receive £60 to £100 million in parachute payments should they go down so feel they should keep the club and still not invest.
If the owners don't sell soon and villa do go down I could see them struggling to come back up as their best players will want to leave, the only player that would bring in any decent money would be Delph, who could join any top 6 club.
I think it would be a shame as it was only 4 or 5 years ago they were a top 7 club who had a winning mentality and would fight for European football and did well in the cups .
Since the Americans took over they have been run on a budget which in itself is wise to run your club well but they don't seem to run it well, they know that clubs are getting richer and almost all of the other premiership clubs have invested well over the last few years. Even the promoted clubs know that they need to spend to survive but villa just don't.
As I say it's not great for their fans but purely because the way the owners run the club I think they should be relagated.
It could work in their favour, the owners could decide that once the club are out of the premiership that they should sell them, but they could also realise that they will receive £60 to £100 million in parachute payments should they go down so feel they should keep the club and still not invest.
If the owners don't sell soon and villa do go down I could see them struggling to come back up as their best players will want to leave, the only player that would bring in any decent money would be Delph, who could join any top 6 club.
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It's quite simple...any team no matter who & regardless of what happens off pitch, then any team that finishes in the bottom three deserves to get relegated, no excuses.
Likewise those that avoid the bottom three deserve to stay up.
One thing under Lambert, Villa had a superb points per goal ratio ( maybe unmatched in PL history? ) Pity it was based on so few goals!
Only 13 goals scored in 26 PL matches.
Haven't won a league game since 7th December
The answer is surely yes.
They probably need to win at least 3 home matches to survive relegation. So they need to go from a record of 2 wins in 13 home matches to getting 3 wins in just 6 home matches.
I think you are Right that he has been trying to sell for the last few years, If I remember correctly he was trying to sell for £200 million which is crazy. I think I also read that he had been forced to reduce the asking fee to around £120 million.
I actually think villa would be a great team to Invest 100s of millions into. They have a decent ground that fits 40,000 + loyal fans , they are based in a massive city and could attract some good players and possibly be a decent mid table club with scope to go higher
They have a pretty decent history aswell I think they are in the top 10 most successful clubs in British football ( maybe england)
That's just it though. Their most successful periods are now history. They're the 5th most successful UK club however their last league championship and their sole European Cup were back in the early 80's. Since then they've had a couple of League Cups in the mid 90's and a couple of Intertoto Cups in the 2000's.
The last few seasons they've been pretty rubbish only avoiding relegation because there have been teams even worse. I don't think they'll escape this season.
Would take my mind off our own dire situation
If they didn't get the Commonwealth Stadium would any of the new investment have come?
No club finishes in the bottom three that didn't derserve it and sometimes it is better for a struggling club to get relegated in order to re-group. Just a shame for supporters that a former 'big club' like Villa has declined to such an extent.
Do we deserve to go down? As it stand yes, 13 goals in 26 games, only won two matches at home, 2 x six consecutive games losing streak. 6 games without scoring a single goal.
I could go on with the horrific stats we've been posting. I'm AMAZED we are still long odds against to go down. We'll be lucky to get to 30 points.
Being a massive club gives you no divine right to be playing in the top league, but I think everyone knows that.
If Villa are not a massive club who in your opinion are?
The Tic ...... will do for me
wot you done with the little thread tcar then on tS ?
For example Real, Barca, Man U, Liverpool
If liverpool are included, so should Forest
What kind of stupid logic is that. Forest are not even close to being as successful on the pitch as Liverpool, nor are they close to being as well supported off it.
18 leauge titles vs 1
7 FA cups vs 2
5 european cups vs 2
3 UEFA cups vs 0