Signs of Loser-dom

Figured there are a couple of signs of how far we've fallen:

1. That we're keeping a watch on Everton games, and that we're thankful for a 0-0 draw with Newcastle.

2. That on the Actim Index, our highest ranking player is Denilson. He's at #18. Villa have four players above us. Our next highest ranking player? Adebayor - he who scores only on leap years, and then in spurts.

3. That Wenger still complains about teams that defend. (Defending sure beats not defending in my book).

4. That I'm starting to think of the years when finishing 5th was a good showing.

5. That I used to watch highlights of Arse games even if we lost - just to watch the goals. Now, there aren't even any to watch.

There are others of course - like this one, of Ade getting into a little debate with a fan. It seems the exchange went something like this:

“The guy started getting personal about how he should try harder.

“Ade tried to laugh it off. But the man started hurling abuse at him and used the F-word.

“He screamed ‘You get paid £80,000 a week to put the ball in the back of the net and you’re still f***ing rubbish. I pay good money for a season ticket to pay your wages.’

“Emmanuel completely lost it and had a right go back. He said ‘I get £110,000 a week if you must know’. It just made the guy even more angry."

Well, except for the fact that (a) I don't have a season ticket, and (b) this happened in Lagos, it could've been me. £110,000 a week. Mmmm. Just great.

That's it for tonight then. It's been one helluva year to be an Arse fan. Right from that Eduardo injury one year ago now, it's been nothing but a chronic dull pain. There's always next season, but that's what we said last time round. So...let's just say, there's still the FA Cup and Champions League. But that's what we said last year too...

Nighty night.