This season actually ended a long time ago, probably as early as December, but Villa were finally put out of their misery as the curtain came down on the shocking 2015/2016 season.
It was a season of unprecedented failure in the history of the club
Villa finished an amazing 64 points behind Leicester City. Villa’s three wins in the whole season is what a decent team could have pulled off in just a week, if they had a mid-week game. It was a season of unprecedented failure in the history of the club.
The buck is very much at the feet of Lerner and his false messiah, Tom Fox. The ex-Villa CEO ultimately failed in his overhaul of the club, while Lerner sought a buyer. Unfortunately, Lerner was as good at selling a club, as he was at running one.
A massive overhaul is needed for this club to make it’s way back. To swing a club from winning only three games to one that will need to win a majority of games next season, will be no mean task. For starters, a new owner and manager need putting in place and the latest rumours of the past week don’t exactly fire-up much encouragement that we’re about to get some miracle workers.
While we continue to limp along in limbo, here’s five reasons to be cheerful as Aston Villa fans…
3. Superheroes
If the Villa team deserve to be relegated this season, the biggest injustice is that based on their performances this season, the Villa supporters deserved to have at least qualified for Europe.
While the home fans have had to endure the worst season recorded at Villa Park in terms of the most defeats and lowest number of wins (after a bunch of more very poor seasons of home form), the away support has kept the party going and been first class. Many clubs and opposition fans have sung our praises, and quite frankly, Villa supporters deserve better.
There is only so far that self-depreciating humour can go though and what happens when the novelty value of the new grounds of the Championship runs out?
While the hardcore will always remain, the club know that if it remains starved of any relative success, the club’s fanbase will not expand and take advantage of the growing international interest in the English league.
Still, the Villa ‘players’ of the season were unquestionably the claret and blue supporters.
Agreed, how you have managed to find inspiration to do it for the last 4 years is a miracle.
Something we need at the club pretty soon if villa want to stay in the championship let alone win it…
Great round up David. How you’ve done it for 5 seasons on the trot…amazing achievement, and so optimistic too! You’ve earned a break, more than anyone in the Villa squad….
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