Aston Villa have had a season to forget.
After picking up four points from 10 games under Tim Sherwood, things barely improved under Remi Garde.
The Midlands club, while not technically relegated, will be playing Championship football next season barring a frankly implausible turnaround.
With just 16 points from 33 games, it would have been tough to single out one player as Villa’s star performer. So they’re not even going to try.
Aston Villa: "We will not be holding annual Player of the Year Awards. In current circumstances, we're sure our supporters understand" #avfc
— Kaveh Solhekol (@SkyKaveh) April 13, 2016
It’s arguably the most measured and well-thought-out decision Villa have taken since firing Sherwood.
It’s smarter than appointing Garde. It’s smarter than signing literally nobody in January when survival was still a possibility. And it’s certainly smarter than publicising the fact that your first team lost to your Under-21s.
In fact, we’ll go as far as saying holding a Player of the Year ceremony after the season Villa have had would be the administrative equivalent of posting a photo of your new car to social media in the immediate aftermath of a 6-0 home defeat.
Oh, one of their players did that too, didn’t he.
