Originally Posted by belfastkid:
“Dont want to start anything in a Villa thread but the roy situation was completely different. It wasn't just the results it was his lowering of expectations, the things he said in the media, his woeful signings bar Raul etc. And the reason we complained was because we were meant to be challenging for top 4 and yet we were 19th.
Villa were never so bad under Houiller. I think some Villa fans on here hve delusions of grandeur that they are a top 4 team...well you're not quite frankly. 10th-6th is where I see Villa.”
No, we were never so bad. We could have been relegated mathematically with 3 games to go.
And learn your facts before spouting crap. I absolutely detest arrogant individuals who spout facts yet they clearly do not know the facts.
Houllier was a public embarrassment thanks to his many interviews in which he said Villa should finish 10th, after we finished 6th three years on the trot.
And Liverpool were supposed to challenge for the top 4? Catch yourself on mate, they were never challenging for the top 4 under Benitez or Hodgson. They would be fighting for the Europa League spot.
Where have Villa fans said anything about we deserve top 4? The only one that has delusions about a right to the top 4 is yourself. :yawn:
We don't keep harping on about past glories do we? Not at all. "Paisley this, Shankly that". Yeah, live in the now not the past.