Fair play, at least a few of their fans are able to laugh at themselves. Here's a few of the jokes they've posted on their own forum:
I bought a claret and blue sledge today, never seen anything go down hill so fast!
"Master!" cries the genie, "I can grant you any wish you want, Tell me your desire!"
*Paul [Lambert] says, "Can you fix it for my dog to win at Crufts?"
*The genie looks at the dog. It is very very old indeed, with mangy fur, a gammy leg, one half-bitten-off ear, and a glass eye.
*"Blimey", says the genie, "I said I could grant a wish, not work miracles. is there anything a bit easier you want?"
"Could you fix it for Villa to stay up with their current squad?" says Paul
*The genie looks at him for a while and then says, "Right, let's have another look at that dog..."
Paul Lambert was wheeling his shopping trolley across the supermarket car park when he noticed an old lady struggling with her bags of shopping. He stopped and asked, “Can you manage dear?” to which the old lady replied, “No way you got yourself into this mess, don’t ask me to sort it out!”
Villa are in talks with lenny henry to be the new head of logistics...
Only chance*they got of staying in the premier!..
We've changed our name to Aston Vanilla... always getting licked...
Villa have made an approach to sign the Swansea ball boy. Apparently they were impressed with his ability to retain possession for more than ten seconds.
I was driving past Villa Park earlier and someone was sellotaping their season ticket to the gates. I thought, I'm fucking having that.. you can never have enough sellotape!*
2 policemen are patrolling outside VP on matchday when they see a couple of fans climbing over the fence.
So they made them climb back in.