The future looks bright.........well at least brighter.

I went to Birmingham City Centre a couple of weeks ago and was surprised at how many kid there were wearing Villa Shirts.

 In the past its would be far more common to see the red of Manchester United or Liverpool and to a lesser extent Chelsea and Arsenal but in recent months I see more and more Villa shirts.

 I'm a great believer that you should support a local team, I have great respect for supporters of West Brom, Blues and Walsall, it would be far too easy for them to support one of the so called big 4 especially kids they're not really interested in history and loyalty they want to be on the winning team.

 Its a great testament to how far Villa have come in the past few years, its not just about winning on the field its about winning hearts and minds, which is exactly what Randy and Martin are doing.

 Aston Villa Football Club are cementing their future and I have no doubt that in the coming years we will be a force to be reckoned with, I don't expect over night success as long as long as enjoyable football and progression continue, you can keep your sheiks and Russian billionaires because when the bubble bursts there are going to be few clubs in real trouble.