(14-12-2015, 11:09)silverbaggie Wrote: In 1954 they [Wolves] pipped us to the title when we had led the old Division 1 for most of the season but, lost form at the end. They also stopped us from becoming the first team ever to win the league and cup double and, it was to be some years before Spurs finally did it.
Preston North End were the first club to do the double way back when Australia was still connected to Gondwanaland or something, before even you and I were born.
(19-12-2015, 01:27)TheBaggieMan Wrote: Who would like to see the Villa relegated ?
Not I, and nothing like the schadenfreude I felt watching Wolves implode their way to League One as Morgan and Moxey made one awful managerial appointment after another, starting with Terry Connor, and not even giving Steve Bruce an interview when he applied for the job.
Martin O'Neill started the rot for Villa's current situation with his hugely expensive buys on massive contracts. I think I read somewhere that his net spending was of the order of £75 million - for what, exactly, two, three or four top-six finishes? Then Lerner saw fit to appoint the awful Alex McLeish, who surely couldn't believe his luck and just as predictably failed miserably.
Villa's second problem next season might be keeping their best players to make a push for immediate promotion back from the Championship. Their first problem is that those players have already left. I can't see the likes of Jack Grealish doing it in the Championship.