The 2011/12 Gary Speed Memorial Thread

[Sam]

Villa have been well and truly sucked into the fight now, especially with QPR and Wigan in decent form.

[Adam]

They're doing a Birmingham, funnily enough.

Will be gutted that we went down and missed out on Villa Park if they do get relegated.

[Hobo]

Alex Mcleish must really hate Birmingham

[therockbox]

Nah, he's just shite.

[Summers]

Really shite.

[Colly]

Like, even worse than Steve Bruce shite, and even Wolves didn't want him.

[brenchill]

I've got a feeling we will lose at West Brom and draw our other two games against Spurs and Norwich. Will 2 points be enough? Probably not.

[Summers]

Nil poit.

[Sam]

Could be QPR have tough games and Wigan have 2 very winnable games to end the season with, it just depends if the team is in the place where they can get the points, I imagine they feel pretty deflated right now.

[METALMAN]

it's weird, cause McLeish was really good at one point, but he lost it real bad. Now he's the shittest.

[Steeb]

The very, very worst. Ugh.

[Manifest]

As former champions I think Blackburn would be a bigger loss to the Premier League than say, Villa.

[Guest mr. potato head]

Premier League survived just fine without Blackburn last time :/

[Manifest]

Premier League survived just fine without Blackburn last time :/

And it would again. My point is Blackburn have won the league before whilst Villa are the epitome of mediocrity and have been for years.

Edited April 25, 2012 by Manifest

[METALMAN]

I dunno. Villa are clearly a bigger club than Blackburn. After all, football didn't begin with the onset of the Premier League. Even if not for that, I think their presence in the Premier League is important, simply by virtue of them being from Birmingham.

[Manifest]

I dunno. Villa are clearly a bigger club than Blackburn. After all, football didn't begin with the onset of the Premier League. Even if not for that, I think their presence in the Premier League is important, simply by virtue of them being from Birmingham.

Bias aside, they did look capable of climbing the league a few seasons ago and for awhile it was "Who is going to be the next big team - Villa, Spurs or Newcastle?". Spurs went north, we went south and Villa.... Well, mid-table mediocrity... Again.

Edited April 25, 2012 by Manifest

[Hobo]

I'm not sure that is accurate. Newcastle were pretty much just there for a few seasons before they went down. Spurs were too before Harry came in.

[Twist]

When Rednapp took over Spurs it was a question of who was getting relegated Newcastle or Spurs? We know how that panned out in the end ... But we've recovered and prospered, Spurs have prospered, Villa have taken step after step backwards. It's a crying shame because they seem to advocate British talent and really could have been something.

[Dingle]

I'm not sure that is accurate. Newcastle were pretty much just there for a few seasons before they went down. Spurs were too before Harry came in.

No, Spurs were bottom of the table when Harry joined. Don't you play FIFA?

[Matt]

As former champions I think Blackburn would be a bigger loss to the Premier League than say, Villa.

Yeah a team that bought the title that one season 17 years ago, has done nothing since and has a relatively small fanbase would be a bigger loss than a team that's been in the top flight for 100 years and are one of the bigger sides in the country.

That's not a knock at Blackburn, it's just that Villa are one of those teams that are part of the top division