Aston Villa & Houllier.

[Leekbrookgull]

The club look to be in serious free-fall and must be considered a relegation bet,should Villa go down you would have to think thats is for Houllier. Would a relegated Villa be the 'biggest' Prem team to go down ?

 

[seagullondon]

its hard to say what can be defined as the 'biggest' team. If you look at the history of Forest or Wedensday they are far bigger teams than Villa or Newcastle. But i can not see Villa going down. Blackpool and Wolves will go down and then maybe one suprise

 

[Tricky Dicky]

its hard to say what can be defined as the 'biggest' team. If you look at the history of Forest or Wedensday they are far bigger teams than Villa or Newcastle. But i can not see Villa going down. Blackpool and Wolves will go down and then maybe one suprise

Still anyone's guess, but I would say Wigan are odds-on to drop. Kinda hope Wolves survive, as I like McCarthy, would prefer West Ham to go.

 

[Leekbrookgull]

its hard to say what can be defined as the 'biggest' team. If you look at the history of Forest or Wedensday they are far bigger teams than Villa or Newcastle. But i can not see Villa going down. Blackpool and Wolves will go down and then maybe one suprise

Maybe Aston Villa will surprise you ??

 

[Pavilionaire]

No, pound for pound I think Clough's Notts Forest team was the "biggest" team to get relegated.

Prior to May 1993 they'd reached 3 Wembley Finals in 2 years and only finished twice outside the top 8 since 1977/78 (9th and 12th places) so had never even flirted with relegation.

 

[Mellotron]

its hard to say what can be defined as the 'biggest' team. If you look at the history of Forest or Wedensday they are far bigger teams than Villa.

Not far bigger than Villa at all. Look through history, Villa's natural place is around 7th in the Prem, along with Everton they're a team with a HUGE history in the top flight.

Also one of a very select band of sides to have won the European Cup (Champions League for you younglings).

 

[seagullondon]

oh i forgot about Wigan! But Villa definitely wont go down in my opinion. They have the experience and are far better than some of the other teams down there.

 

[Sussex Nomad]

Villa are definitely a big club without a doubt, but they have flirted outside the top table even to the point of going up with us from the old Div 3 in the 70's.

 

[Pavilionaire]

Villa normally flirt with relegation once every 5 years - they finished 18th in 94/95, 16th in 02/03 and 16th in 05/06. Therefore this "crap" season was expected and bang on time.

Forest never finished anywhere near relegation in 15 seasons before they got relegated, so it had a big shock factor that they were down there in the first place. That said, Villa going down would be huge, bigger than the recent relegations of Leeds and Newcastle.

 

[Del Boy]

I like McCarthy

I didn't know it was possible to like him, 100% Boring Knobber!

 

[Simster]

I didn't know it was possible to like him, 100% Boring Knobber!

He's quality, and fell out with Roy Keane. That's good enough for me.

 

[tonymgc]

I'd say Nottingham Forest personally. Their position isn't really as bad as it looks given how tight the league is this season a couple of wins & they'll have no concerns.

 

[strings]

I didn't know it was possible to like him, 100% Boring Knobber!

I've met him in actual real life. I thought he would be a twat, but, rather surprisingly, he is a really nice bloke. He likes a laugh and is nothing like the 'Mick McCarthy off the telly'.

 

[Peever]

Its a scary thought that Villa might go down. I of course do not want to see this happen! Though it appears more and more that it will happen. Houllier has lost the plot, the players and the supporters. This past weekend against wolves the supporters erupted into ``You dont what your doing`` when subbing off Marc Albrighton (Are best player that day and many days before) to put Agbonlahor on. Gabby is being wasted on the wings just how Young is being wasted in the hole behind Bent. Takes Chris Herd and throws him at LB when he is a natural DMF. He takes our lads on a ``bonding`` session during our break and Dunne and Collins end up getting into ah eated exchange of words and get fined. He fields a reserves side against Man City in the FA cup and esstentuially rolls over and dies. How did he justify loss, well apparently we cant beat Manchester City.....Ummm Houllier we just beat them 1-0 not too long ago. Then there was the whole Liverpool disaster.... Evan was right when he told me he said Peever Houllier will f*** Villa royally! Boy has he....french tit

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

its hard to say what can be defined as the 'biggest' team. If you look at the history of Forest or Wedensday they are far bigger teams than Villa or Newcastle. But i can not see Villa going down. Blackpool and Wolves will go down and then maybe one suprise

Forest or Wednesday FAR bigger teams than Villa or Newcastle? ... really?.