Feidhlim

I don't think Martinez would get us relegated, but conversely I don't think he'd transform the club which is what we really need right now.

Martinez/Lambert = evolution. OGS = revolution.

Agreeed, OGS is hugely ambitious.

He has been saying for some time now he wants to manage in the premier league. Villa are a massive club in need of complete reform.

He will be ideal for us. Last thing he wants to do is mess up the opportunity that Villa WILL give him. I say WILL for a number of reasons... Villa know they messed up on AML. He was unpopular from the start. Even if he got top half of the table a lot of Villa fans would stay away in protest. OGS is hugely popular with the sane Villa fans

In addition, Villa have obviously already shown a liking to him. We have little or no evidence they are even considering others outside of what MM and Kendrick say.

He gets my vote. Exciting. Young. As much of a risk as anyone else. Viva Le Villa.

Can we stop talking about Mick McCarthy getting the job since all credible contacts have said it's not going to happen? Villa statement suggests they want someone completely different anyway.

Please. Enough.

For those saying AVB, he is currently on the same wage he was on at chelsea until he gets a new job. He will not want to take much of a paycut , rules him out afaic

Kidding ourselves if we thought we could get him anyway

Bilic.

Cracking manager who wants to manage in premier league and has said he will quit after euros...

N'Zogbia = average mid table signing. He's been a consistently average preformer that will help us maintain our midtable status, BUT, instead of being 6th with Ashley Young under MON, we'll be a little worse off with N'Zogbia under McCleish.

McCleish I beg you to look further afield then these slightly below average mid table players. Europe is a big continent lets look there!!

Total rubbish.

At times he was devastating last season. Perfect option to replace young.

Great pace, good skills and can rip the back of the net out with some great shooting. Any bad points....of course which player doesnt but he improves all the time.

Yeah he has the stroppy git label, and it's all his own fault. But he's knuckled down, got regular football at wigan and is ready for the next step.

We are that step. Think he'll thrive here.

+1

In any case, I don't think McLeish has the connections or knowledge of Europe to find any real gems.

I take it Randy has gone back to Corsica today to chat with McLeish?

Is it confirmed that the plane went to Corsica?

Maybe RL has gone to visit his good friend GH as he continues his convalescence in Corsica?

Or maybe it's gone out to pick up RL, who may have been dropped there last time the jet visited the island?

Or maybe we should all just blindly panic based on the stronger than oak word of Sky Sports News?

I am not panicking. I am the sole individual that thinks he would do a good job.

I'm not sure, but I'm willing to give him a chance should he be appointed.

Unlike almost everyone else who is slating Lerner and McLeish before a manager is in place. Madness.

Take a step back everyone, relax, let Lerner choose the manager. When he does, lets give that manager a minimum of 6 months and then decide whether it was a good appointment.

Chill.

General

There is very little integrity in football these days and, sometimes, I wonder why I continue to bother with it at all. However, reading some of the tripe in the daily papers and watching the nonsense being spewed out on TV I wanted to write to congratulate the Villa Board for, at last, bringing integrity back into the game.

Whether or not I agree or disagree with the appointment when it is made is irrelevant. I support this club unconditionally. What is beyond doubt though is that the Villa Board have conducted themselves throughout this process with honesty, integrity and professionalism. No backhanded 'dripping' of information to the media and no prima donna outbursts either. While this has clearly irritated the media and thus the current backlash, when the dust settles I think all Villa fans will rightly be proud that our club have gone about their business in the right way.

So many thanks from me - affirms all the money and time I invest into supporting this great and proud club.

General, I want to second that. I recall we recently tried to sign a player and the club we negotiated with said publicly how professional we (read you) were.

For the life of me I can't remember what player or club that was...

In any case, its great to see and hear about.

I also wanted to voice my concern that we didn't interview McClaren due to the reaction of fans. It is pretty clear that initially he wouldn't have been a popular choice.

However, the problem is each fan is an expert. (insert sarcasm here)

We do not get to sit in the interview. We don't get to spend hours reviewing targets. We don't get to talk to people actually involved in football. We don't see behind the scenes what the club needs.

To this end, I personally don't believe that the fans should have this much power. To influence a decision of his magnitude is, again in my opinion, wrong.

The club is nothing without the fans, but equally we need Mr Lerner and his expertise, along with everyone he employs. It's the people employed by Aston Villa who should be making the decision.

I would expect this post to go down rather negatively with some fans.

Anyway, whomever we hire, whether I think they are good enough or not, I will give them the opportunity to prove themselves. Unfortunately, some will not.

Aston Villa? - Its SIMPLE

Andre Villas-Boas

Maybe he will get Dean Ashton out of retirement and sign David Villa.

Then we will have Villa Ashton up front.

Wait, I've done this joke wrong....

anyone asking about suspending betting should be hit with as many your mum jokes as poss.

why is betting suspended?

the bookie has gone round your mums house for a fish supper.

Pray tell good sir, why has betting been suspended?

the bookie has taken a bag of 16 dicks round to your mums house

that should see her through the next half hour

Really? Is this what VillaTalk is about?

sorry am i meant to be running round like my arse is on fire in a blind panic. its after the watershed. robson jerome said f*ck on extreme fishing the other day were living in a cruder ruder world deal with it.

Dude, I'm an adult - I've heard it and can deal with it. My point is, if I wanted to read it I wouldn't have signed up for VillaTalk. Let me repeat. Villa-Talk.

anyone asking about suspending betting should be hit with as many your mum jokes as poss.

why is betting suspended?

the bookie has gone round your mums house for a fish supper.

Pray tell good sir, why has betting been suspended?

the bookie has taken a bag of 16 dicks round to your mums house

that should see her through the next half hour

Really? Is this what VillaTalk is about?

Any chance of some constructive comments rather then

Benitez is a fat ****

Owen Coyle LMAO

Please?

We can't have Rafa. How can we have a manager to whom for years we sang 'You're just a fat Spanish waiter'? It just won't be right.

Wouldn't it be funny to keep it going if he did turn out to be our manager?

Probably shouldn't though... it would be a little impolite

No matter how you slice it and dice it, Rafa as Villa manager would not be a bad appointment on paper. No one knows how it will turn out, but he's got the CV and silverware to his name.

Agreed. And he is 'high profile' enough to suggest we may be able to attract better players or at a long shot, convince some to stay.

I'm tempted to make an "education in football" video and post it on youtube for some of you lot to view.

Go ahead. I need a laugh.

The amount of bickering on this forum is shocking. You kids really need to settle down. All of you (not just the two quoted).

Can't people play nice?

Is there an SLA with Nike whereby there is financial implications if they can't deliver on time?