The days when Villa was a decent team are long gone.
They have struggled for many years now and will never be a competitive premier league team until they have been relegated a division or 2, cut out everything that is rotten at the club and maybe come back in 5 or more years time with a fresh outlook on what makes a football club.
As far as I can see, there's nothing 'rotten' at the club, the owner wants shut and won't invest, that's all.
As Ronnie says Steve, the players for quite a few years now just don't seem to give a toss about the club
It doesn't matter who the owners sign, there is no pride in the shirt anymore.
Players have come and gone, same with managers too but the club and results just seem to stagnated at best or over the last 2 or 3 seasons, just get steadily worse