Hi! Villa fan here.
I can't speak for Villa fans in the Midlands, as I've never had to live with them. Most of my experience comes from VillaTalk and, just based on them, there's definitely quite a few who lack all of those in spades, though they don't lack in making things out to be considerably worse than they are before doing an about turn when we win (and this was true even when we weren't in this dire situation). It's not the worst football forum for discussion by a long shot, but by god they're a bunch of boring, entitled $&%*s when they want to be. The European Cup was over 30 years ago, lads! We've been an unexceptional team for a long time, and the board and management deserve everything that's about to come at them. These recent events have really brought out the "didn't we tell you so?" hindsighters too, which is usually the point when I take a break from the forum. I can't stand people like that, especially when I suspect some of them were among those who saw Xia as our golden goose when he took over.
On the brighter side of things, I'm really looking forward to see how Wolves will do in the PL. I hope you throw the cat among the pigeons, in a good way, and I hope you give the top six a good run for their money. Growing up in West Yorkshire, I also have the benefit of a second team to follow (Huddersfield Town). Last time I went to see them, during their last season in the Championship, the style of football I saw under Wagner was completely unrecognizable from the hoofball tactics I grew up watching. As soon as Town had stopped all that, they transformed into a very decent outfit, and you can see how well it paid off. When has hoofball ever worked? Villa always looked at their most dangerous when they passed the ball on the ground, but there you go. Some managers must get some kind of kick from it, I suppose. Was it like this for you before Santo became your manager?
