Amarsdd
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I recently stumbled upton this Aston Villa podcast around the restart and have listened to their recent episodes.
Obviously all fans have some amount of dillusions about their club, but for me they sounded a lot more sensible than fans of big clubs. I don't know whether its the mindset of supporting a small club or just they have been beaten down by disappointments and failures over a long period of time. It made me think how would it be like to support a "smaller" club. What is it like to rest your hopes on players like Samatta and Wesley? What is it like to see a brilliant player coming through the club knowing full well he is going to be poached by a bigger club? How is it like having an always changing roster of players? How is it like going into most games having no hope of winning?
I know we have some members here and members who have family and friends that support these types of clubs. It would be great to know how is it actually like to support these clubs.
P.S. By "small" I don't mean short history, small stadium, small fanbase etc. I just mean clubs that are lower-midtable PL or yo-yo clubs that bounce between PL and Championship or even lower.
Obviously all fans have some amount of dillusions about their club, but for me they sounded a lot more sensible than fans of big clubs. I don't know whether its the mindset of supporting a small club or just they have been beaten down by disappointments and failures over a long period of time. It made me think how would it be like to support a "smaller" club. What is it like to rest your hopes on players like Samatta and Wesley? What is it like to see a brilliant player coming through the club knowing full well he is going to be poached by a bigger club? How is it like having an always changing roster of players? How is it like going into most games having no hope of winning?
I know we have some members here and members who have family and friends that support these types of clubs. It would be great to know how is it actually like to support these clubs.
P.S. By "small" I don't mean short history, small stadium, small fanbase etc. I just mean clubs that are lower-midtable PL or yo-yo clubs that bounce between PL and Championship or even lower.