It cant just be me who cares little about Villa this year? Last year mattered as we hadnt finished as the top Midlands side for years but now we are in such different places that im looking more at clubs like Fulham and Liverpool as this years aim where as Villa are looking at staying up as their aim for the season.
Maybe if I thought they might finish above us I would are more but at the moment the odds are on us being in different "mini leagues", our at the bottom of the European chasers, theirs trying to stay in the division.
Things im sure will change next season as they start to build again but at the moment, for this season at least, we arent really rivals.