waddle, gazza, ferdinand, fox, ginola, bassong all leaving us to sign for them and yet from them we sign garry brady and stephen carr
them beating us to woodgate and modric and being linked to everybody we tried to sign.
the fact that their fans never get called deluded
the media's permanent soft spot for them
harry redknapp
i think that's it off hand
i'd like to see villa finish 4th in answer to the original question though