Goodbye Aston Villa

Fair enough if it's making you unhappy but why would getting knocked out of the EFL Cup be the final straw? Villa were relegated a few years ago, so they've been in worse situations.

I feel out of love with the team at the end of the Martin O Neil era, up until the got relegated to the championship.

I think it was a blessing that the relegation happened - think we are a better club (not a prefect club) for it

Can understand anyone being feed up with a team, but hopefully its just temporary

So Martin O'Neil, Gerard Houllier, Remi Garde, Alex McLeish, Steve Bruce and Steve Gerrard were fine but losing to Utd in the league Cup after beating them in the league last week in his first week in charge is too much

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I understand the sentiment :( but why after that particular match?

You may as well give up on football, it's mostly disappointment except for a select few.

I've seen this happen before.

It's very often age related and can be tied into other priorities in your life taking over.

A friend of mine was Coventry City through and through, a season ticket holder, and his highlight was an FA Cup win in 1987. he let the season ticket go first, and then the club. He had kids and was looking at the time, effort and despair involved in supporting a club, and committing to it. The long away hauls on a Wednesday night or being stuck in motorway traffic on a Saturday evening, neither experience improved by a defeat!

I can also see more of this happening as the Man City and Newcastle funded clubs lessen the chances of your club being successful. Slightly, but not totally, off-topic, but if you remove Liverpool from the last 5 years tables then Man City are 100 points better than the 2nd place team - that's 20 points per season. Considering that, would have you give up on a title challenge straight away. It's worse in the lower divisions, where your chances of getting up to the "hallowed land" are affected by yo-yo clubs like Norwich, Watford and WBA, buoyed by their parachute payments (shocking analogy, I know!).

Eventually your spirit can just go, and you just have to decide "enough is enough". I know it was tough for my buddy as he is Coventry born and bred, but over his 40 years of fandom, he had one day in the sun. He didn't even get to pass the love onto his son, as they were living in Birmingham when he was born and after starting school there, he became a Blue.

Imagine supporting Sunderland and your nearest rivals are now the richest club in the world.

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