[St Charles Owl]

Villa eventually playing the likes of Alan Hutton, after his loan spell with Real Mallorca, was absolutely baffling. He is a reasonable player but never anywhere close to Premiership standard. There are other AV players who 'were in the same boat' but the restrictions on any of Lerner's managers were self evident as well as a no comment contractual clause that shut them up when they eventually left the club. Definitely one of the worst downward spirals of any failed Premiership footie club.

Not sure the bottom of the spiral has been reached by Villa yet!!!  Prem teams that do well the following year tend to do so with essentially the same side that comes down, this Villa team would get relegated in the Championship!!  Going to be a massive summer for them!!