I was trusting that Villa (with all their injury and suspension issues) would be able to put in a good enough performance today to at least get a draw. But Villa's lack of resources, and with some in the team just not up to it, they were destroyed badly today. So badly in fact that it may well have affected them enough to concede that relegation is now virtually a certainty. Comparison with Leicester's position last season now goes by the board.
It just emphasises even more how the cowardly act of the board in not backing Remi in the transfer window has backfired on them. They effectively put Garde in a position where we are not able to score against any good footballing team. While the owner sits snugly in his American 'shack', he and the board expect the fans to turn out in the freezing cold to watch ... that. The owner and the board's attitude is very shocking to say the least.
And adding to the injury I hear (to be confirmed, note) that a fan and her octogenarian father have had their STs revoked for daring to insult Tom Fox with the truth.
If we don't pick up enough points in the next two matches at Stoke and at home to Everton then that's it. In fact I would say we need to pick up a minimum 4 points from those two matches to have any chance of survival. But now those chances are (as I've said) very depleted: the team will surely now be totally demoralised.
But the board don't seem to mind. It's just a business eventuality isn't it? Nothing to do with torturing the fans for 5 years and taking their money under false pretences.
Is this the same club that we followed even in the 1990s? We moaned then that Ellis was not doing enough to take the club to the top. I suspect we would like the days of the 1990s to return so that at least we might get some entertainment.
So, with barely any good striker available for the match at Stoke next week (Ayew still out, and Gabby possibly through injury) it may be that Gestede is the only real option up front, and he will be coming back after his own injury.
Sad days indeed.
It just emphasises even more how the cowardly act of the board in not backing Remi in the transfer window has backfired on them. They effectively put Garde in a position where we are not able to score against any good footballing team. While the owner sits snugly in his American 'shack', he and the board expect the fans to turn out in the freezing cold to watch ... that. The owner and the board's attitude is very shocking to say the least.
And adding to the injury I hear (to be confirmed, note) that a fan and her octogenarian father have had their STs revoked for daring to insult Tom Fox with the truth.
If we don't pick up enough points in the next two matches at Stoke and at home to Everton then that's it. In fact I would say we need to pick up a minimum 4 points from those two matches to have any chance of survival. But now those chances are (as I've said) very depleted: the team will surely now be totally demoralised.
But the board don't seem to mind. It's just a business eventuality isn't it? Nothing to do with torturing the fans for 5 years and taking their money under false pretences.
Is this the same club that we followed even in the 1990s? We moaned then that Ellis was not doing enough to take the club to the top. I suspect we would like the days of the 1990s to return so that at least we might get some entertainment.
So, with barely any good striker available for the match at Stoke next week (Ayew still out, and Gabby possibly through injury) it may be that Gestede is the only real option up front, and he will be coming back after his own injury.
Sad days indeed.
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