Villa fans think they are an elite club that is the problem. They aren't. They are still a big club but they are not as big as they were twenty to thirty years ago. They as a club have fallen a level but their fans don't accept this. They are similar to Wolves who also go on about how big a club they are, truth is they are no bigger than us. Blues fans are more like Albion fans in general they are more realistic. I get the feeling that Wolves and Villa fans obsession with being a "big club" is a mask of their own insecurities they aren't going to convince anyone else, it gives them some sort of feeling of grandeur.