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The Villa fans I know were all delirious when Gerrard was appointed, ‘the best manager we’ve ever had’. But that’s Villa fans for you. Now they are saying the same about Dick Emery although on this occasion they may be closer to the truth. I’d still suggest Ron Saunders remains in pole position...

Not great. Can’t really be down to just him after 2 games, but he wasn’t a popular appointment in the first place and then when you lose back to back games …..

It’s a well known fact that all Villa supporters have 6 fingers (well technically 5 and a thumb) per hand and 12 toes, due to the inbreeding I understand!

It’s all based on alphabetical order. How unlucky that we are in a group where 2 teams start both their first and second names with A! 😂

There was a kid sat near me, 12 years old if you are being generous but all in Stone Island gear already, boasting to his 12 year old mates about getting into something with the Ajax fans on the way to the game. Pathetic.

I fancy getting to a game over there at some point. Are tickets easy enough to get? And, as I might drive, any top parking tips would be appreciated too!

Pouring with rain in Hove currently

Definitely a politician in the making, asking a question you already know the answer to.

Not sure about that. It’s a stretch at the moment to think it, especially as they are doing well this season, but when they went up in the playoffs they were not that far away from having major FFP issues and avoided them through promotion. First Randy Lerner and now the current owners appear...

I’d be interested, up to a point, in your reasons why some of these random teams have rubbed you up the wrong way! Not sure of the logic as to why you’d dislike both Birmingham and both Sheffield teams, for example, unless you liked their rivals or just disliked those cities? Oh and 0/10 for...

If you wore your new Albion smelly Europa League shirt with those 4 day old pants, there’s a decent chance you'd have a bit of extra space around you in your seat and on the train home!

Now that’s a stadium that hasn’t aged well, having been to it a couple of times in the last few years!

Crystal Palace Plucky underdogs from a deprived part of the country, decaying stadium and never won anything. It would be nice to see them fulfill that ‘team of the 80s‘ tag one day ……🤪

I maintain that Villa haven’t had real competition in the West Midlands at least for many years. When that looked possible in the early 2000s, Blues were actually filling the ground at 30,000 each week which was about the same as Villa were getting. So that gap is as wide as it’s been for a...

Aston historically was not part of Birmingham, hence why they were called Aston. They attract supporters from out of the city in a way that Blues do not. I wouldn’t take the word ‘always’ in there, they haven’t really been challenged by the other clubs in the West Midlands, not in recent years...

Terrible start for Rooney, the fans up there are splitting blood at the moment as most didn’t want him appointed in the first place. Sounds like he is trying to change the formation with players not good enough to do that.

The smell is not permanent, and should go away after one wash. Now they’ve just nicked that line from customer service at Smellhurst it being their standard response to complaints they get regularly about fans sat in and around them!

Me too!

I went to see Russia v the Netherlands in Basel in Euro 2008, and it was just like that in the city. I was just about the only one not dressed in orange!

Did he give any idea of roughly when they will try to get the game abandoned? Seems quite popular in the Eredivisie these days!