Football

Lerner and his various associates had more than five years to put right what went wrong between 2008 and 2010 but they haven’t come close to doing so. At some point before May they will experience relegation and the anger of the majority of supporters is not inspired by the fact of relegation itself, but by the belief that it’s a consequence of years of neglect – buried within that unjustifiable neglect is the absence of hope and the tiny piece of the club that has died.

From this excellent piece. http://www.theguardian.com/football/in-bed-with-maradona/2016/feb/25/aston-villa-relegation-premier-league-championship?