I hope Tony is now actively looking for a new manager right now/

[picasso]

45 years a villa fan Picasso! seen it all and maybe your right at my age should calm down!
No prawn sarnies where I come from either but come on, I hear SB now saying, were getting there! Where, league 1?

Sorry but his football and man management was suspect last term and he has just carried it over. Tell me, why is the Captain not speaking out in his defence? Something is clearly not right and I am sure Xia will not let it carry on much longer.

Ha, sorry TD. Couldn't help winding you up a tad. You're right of course, things are going really badly at the moment and something is not right behind the scenes but ''twas ever thus with Villa over a good number of years. Let's face it, even after another 45 years of your support we probably won't be a much different team to what have been over over the last 45. Just remember, the bad times make the good ones all the more sweeter!

[TrianonDave]

Ha, sorry TD. Couldn't help winding you up a tad. You're right of course, things are going really badly at the moment and something is not right behind the scenes but ''twas ever thus with Villa over a good number of years. Let's face it, even after another 45 years of your support we probably won't be a much different team to what have been over over the last 45. Just remember, the bad times make the good ones all the more sweeter!

No problem Picasso.

Cooling down a tad now but i'm looking to what is right and I just see many things wrong, yes I want to see us up there obviously then I could not give a dam who is the manager but Wolves changed their Manager and where are they?
Today Bruce has said MacCormack will not feature this season, why, Both Leeds and Sunderland fans want him, with no strikers and I cannot call Gabby a striker, just who is he going to play? If I was RMc I would stay put and wait for Big Sam to come in, he will be back in the team as quick as you can say " Bruce who"

Just a bit of hope, that's not asking for blue sky now is it. As I have said, the rot set in at the back end of last year, just what is his WDL record now or just % win rate? I cannot be bothered to work it out.

Bruce today still saying up to the goal there was nothing in it, WTF, We had 17% possession and one shot on goal. Putting in 5 mins of effort at the end of the game is just not good enough.

All the pressure on us now, we are now out to 16/1 for promotion. A defeat against Norwich and I cannot see him in charge after the international break

But maybe I will give him a chance but will others? once he loses the away support we all know he will be gone.

[mondaze]

brucie said we all got over-excited about john terry signing... really? where was i when this happened? as far as i could see fan reaction was mixed. from what i saw last night he was a total waste of money and space! we may have expected him to be caught out by pace, but could have at least expected some passion and a level of organisation from him, he is supposed to be captain fantastic, mister grit and determination, yet not once last night did i see him bawl out any of his team... to be fair he looked out of his depth, elphick x2. baker will come back to bite us when terry and samba are crocked and we are left with one centre half, and hutton as a make weight... i did so enjoy our years in division 3... soon to come back with a vengeance.

[TrianonDave]

brucie said we all got over-excited about john terry signing... really? where was i when this happened? as far as i could see fan reaction was mixed. from what i saw last night he was a total waste of money and space! we may have expected him to be caught out by pace, but could have at least expected some passion and a level of organisation from him, he is supposed to be captain fantastic, mister grit and determination, yet not once last night did i see him bawl out any of his team... to be fair he looked out of his depth, elphick x2. baker will come back to bite us when terry and samba are crocked and we are left with one centre half, and hutton as a make weight... i did so enjoy our years in division 3... soon to come back with a vengeance.

Bravo mondaze, just listening to radio WM and all the4 fans who went last night saying Bruce is out of his depth! never in the game until the final 5 minutes, so what game was he watching?

Being repeated from many supporters, no tactics, no formation, no forward thinking, no chance, it is only a matter of time before he goes.
Johnstone, Taylor Terry Bjuornsen, Landsbury, Hourihane, Elmohamady, Whelan Hogan All Bruce signings and all just average at best!

That performance last night could have done with Elphick, Baker, Gardner and Maccormack tell me different?

[mondaze]

since we lost 3-2 to leicester from being 2-0 up, which lead to leicester winning the league and us going down, we have looked like a team who don't know how to play football. It's totally perplexing, each player we bought last season was the best player in their team, yet when they put on a villa shirt they suddenly become inept... why? i suspect that being at villa park and all that glorious past and future expectation simply overwhelm them... i don't know what the answer is... maybe we should shut down the old ground and play at st.andrews. there the level of expectation would be comensurate with their level of skill.

[stateside]

Keep watching the Benitez/Ashley saga at St James Park. If the FSW walks get him signed up before he can even realise where he is

[TrianonDave]

How come Xia is not saying anything via Twitter? How come the great and wonderful Terry is not saying anything?

So on Saturday just what team will Bruce put out? does he know his best 11, what formation will he try and will he as expected mainly because it does not make sense, Drop Hourihane in favour of Samba and bring back gabby, had he got rid of gabby instead of giving him the MacCormack treatment I am sure another striker would be in by now?

So what's the goss on Newcastle

[stateside]

Ashley won't spend the money he promised. Rafa has a slim squad and injury after injury and a suspension piling up.

[bongosdad]

No let's try some consistency Dave. What is getting in the next merrigo round manager going to achieve? New manager syndrome where suddenly here belends remember how to play for a couple of weeks?

The problem is gabby. It is Hutton. It is those players who are some how still at the club after being shown to be beyond ****.

Hogan is obviously injury prone but we still have hepburn Murphy. We still have O'Hare and mccormack. Kodija will be back soon. Get rid of Bruce the you have a new guy who gets all the same "...it's not my team" excuses to use. And gabbys amazing private investigator will still make sure he is in the team by dragging up whatever dirt he managed to find on the last 5 guys in charge

To be fair Sam, we have only scored two goals and Gabby scored on of them and set up the other.
Let's stop the witch hunt eh and realise there are 11 players on the pitch.

[yubbywelch]

That's correct Bingo. But Gabby is getting paid more than all of them, except I assume Terry