Mark Bakewell - gone? - now confirmed

[CitizenSmiff]

Still no official news. The media blackout nonsense upsets me more than the on-field dross; at least losing is an accepted part of sport, this head in the sand rubbish is just bad manners!

[TigerBoy1880]

Haven't the Villa won a couple of league matches this year?

They have and no one is talking about how Villa shouldn’t be down near the bottom of the league.
They’re expected to be there.

A big thing is made from Tigers being near the bottom.

This is why you cannot compare Aston Villa to Tigers.

[Flash]

Haven't the Villa won a couple of league matches this year?

They have and no one is talking about how Villa shouldn’t be down near the bottom of the league.
They’re expected to be there.

A big thing is made from Tigers being near the bottom.

This is why you cannot compare Aston Villa to Tigers.

Based on last season I expect most people expect us to be there. At least we theoretically have the players capable of turning it around.

[TigerBoy1880]

Still no official news. The media blackout nonsense upsets me more than the on-field dross; at least losing is an accepted part of sport, this head in the sand rubbish is just bad manners!

The incessant moaning on here upsets me more than our results

[JP14]

Haven't the Villa won a couple of league matches this year?

They have and no one is talking about how Villa shouldn’t be down near the bottom of the league.
They’re expected to be there.

A big thing is made from Tigers being near the bottom.

This is why you cannot compare Aston Villa to Tigers.

This is comparable to nationalistic imperialism and is laughable.

[DeadlyDunc]

That escalated quickly...

[loretta]

That escalated quickly...

Didn't it though.

I do wish someone would invoke Godwin's law so we could all get on with something else...

[Tiglon]

That escalated quickly...

Didn't it though.

I do wish someone would invoke Godwin's law so we could all get on with something else...

No chance. Hitler was very good at propaganda, Tigers just stay silent.

[TigerBoy1880]

Haven't the Villa won a couple of league matches this year?

They have and no one is talking about how Villa shouldn’t be down near the bottom of the league.
They’re expected to be there.

A big thing is made from Tigers being near the bottom.

This is why you cannot compare Aston Villa to Tigers.

This is comparable to nationalistic imperialism and is laughable.

Go on?

[Tiglon]

They have and no one is talking about how Villa shouldn’t be down near the bottom of the league.
They’re expected to be there.

A big thing is made from Tigers being near the bottom.

This is why you cannot compare Aston Villa to Tigers.

This is comparable to nationalistic imperialism and is laughable.

Go on?

I'll have a crack at this.

Villa are expected to be near the bottom of the league and re-join the Championship next season, so everyone is happy for them to do so - it's where they belong, it's like they're going home. However, Tigers are not expected to be in a similar position, the Championship is not where they belong and therefore if they do enter the Championship it will be treated as an invasion of said competition and part of a greater plot to create a Tigers nation as the focal point for a new empire.

[JP14]

They have and no one is talking about how Villa shouldn’t be down near the bottom of the league.
They’re expected to be there.

A big thing is made from Tigers being near the bottom.

This is why you cannot compare Aston Villa to Tigers.

This is comparable to nationalistic imperialism and is laughable.

Go on?

I was merely using a comparison that Tigers have a self-idealistic sense of greatness like how we all are supposed to think that the Brits are the best because we had the largest empire known to man. Your basically saying that they deserve to always be at the top of the domestic league and that this slump is just a blip and we’ll be back at it in no time, this type of blind idealism will see us fall even further if we’re not careful.

[CitizenSmiff]

Still no official news. The media blackout nonsense upsets me more than the on-field dross; at least losing is an accepted part of sport, this head in the sand rubbish is just bad manners!

The incessant moaning on here upsets me more than our results

Ah yes, you prefer to moan about the moaning which is obviously much more productive.

[Traveller]

Still no official news. The media blackout nonsense upsets me more than the on-field dross; at least losing is an accepted part of sport, this head in the sand rubbish is just bad manners!

The incessant moaning on here upsets me more than our results

What is the 'incessant' moaning? It isn't 'moaning' to comment on the fact that for the second year running the club are favourites for relegation in spite of the fact that a team lower than us have been given a 35 point deduction.

It isn't 'moaning; given the scale of operation of the club, the fact that 1/3rd of a World Cup final losing team are wearing the clubs colours. to question how this has been allowed to happen, by the people charged with the leadership of the club.

It isn't 'moaning' to suggest that in an information age, the clubs complete inability to communicate effectively, not even ineffectively, but not at all, is an embarrassment.

It isn't 'moaning' to comment on the chaos around the clubs repeated inability to recruit a competent coaching staff.

It isn't 'moaning' to question the motivation of the major shareholders to put the club up for sale given what has happened over the last five years.

It isn't 'moaning' to question why it is only people who have played for Tigers that are deemed capable to coach them, or to consult for the club.

It's not moaning. It's an expression of concern for a club that is loved by lifelong supporters who can see it disappearing down the pan before our very eyes.

Or maybe not. Maybe there is a plan. Maybe the future is bright. Maybe the future is Orange. But we know what happened to Orange.

[ay2oh]

Agree that there are a number of “supporters” on here that seem to take great delight in our struggles over the past few years and take the glass half empty view on whatever the club does.
No true supporter would take delight in our current predicament and the levels of negativity and although I am not a happy clapper will continue to support the team regardless of what happens this season.
Perhaps the club do have a plan going forward and maybe just maybe it will all come to light in the fullness of time

[longlivethecrumbie]

Just a thought, but maybe there's legal or contractual reasons that were negotiated within the severance that prevent the club from releasng the information? No, that's be too sensible wouldn't it. Let's just get the knives out instead......