KjParton

Just watched this Laudrup vid would be sick if he could teach that to Villa players

Anyone got any vids of Laudrup's teams playing - don't think i've seen any clips before

Yea i think it was more of a guessing game really

I'm worried that all this waiting will mean our manager won't have enough time to get the players he wants into the squad to thicken it up, and get rid of the dead weight in the squad as well.

Randy to fly in again on Tuesday? Could we have a manager soon ? I bloody hope so

I remember Friedel always used to go to the ground way to easily, and didn't come off his line for example with corner. The worst one being against SHA in the carling cup quarters, with Zigic's shot. If he'd had stayed on his feet he would have caught that easy

No quotes?

All i know is another week has gone by and we have no **** clue whats going on. It's annoying.

Bent said on his twitter that he is staying.

bring on MM.

yep i'm definitely. Lets get a poll mods.

Why does he have alien fingers :'( I don't want him as our manager anymore :'(

Meanwhile Lerners having a beer - and Martinez is sun bathing !

and i'm raging here on VT :@

What was the statement?

Poyet is too risky for me - Martinez it would have to be tbh

Randy - considering he's the one who's splashing the cash on these guys wages. Probably with the advice of other backroom staff/coaches.

My take on events:

1. Three young and "vibrant" targets were identified... AVB as an ambitious 1st choice , Martinez 2nd and OGS as a 3rd option. This ties in with MM's comments about having 3 targets that fit a certain type.

2. Liverpool sacked Daglish and appear to have the same top two targets as us. Lerner invites OGS over for an initial chat while watching the Liverpool situation.

3. TheTrees causes chaos in Norway and Villa fans start masturbating over a youtube video made for MUTV

4. Given the huge support for the appointment, Lerner decides we should probably just hire him instead of the other options. Meanwhile OGS decides this is all too much for him, so pulls himself out for his own sanity.

5. Liverpool decide not to interview AVB.

6. Villa appoint AVB as their new manager

YES YES good say it again!

One of our biggest problems is the whole image of the west midlands which is piss poor

Credit to Manchester and Liverpool some how they have dragged their ghetto images out of focus and spun a vibrant dynamic spin on their geography

When in reality it's not, walk 500m in any direction of the Etihad & you're into a shit heap as bad if not worse than Aston / witton / nechelles / lozelles

**** hell, I agree with CI twice in one day!

Birmingham has always struggled with an identity compared to Manchester and Liverpool. The nightlife, bands and football teams all go to shaping an image of a city.

Birmingham and the Midlands in general, has always had a problem with self promotion, and this rubs off on the club too.

Led Zepplin are always touted as a London band, despite Robert Plant being from the Midlands and John Bonham being a proper Brummie.

No **** outside Brum new OCS were from here - assuming another Manchester band - despite their album being called The Moseley Shoals.

Can't escape bloody celeb West Ham or Man U fans, but ask anyone about a famous Villa fan and they'll be scratching their heads.

Birmingham used to have some awesome clubs, with people travelling into the city for God's Kitchen, Babooshka, Moneypennies in their prime... Now we have Chris Herd's fav, Gatecrasher - the embers from Sheffield's finest. Even that place had the Full Monty.

Newcastle with Goal and Billy Elliot. Can you imagine a Birmingham based film?

Anyway, I believe Brum is seen as boring and so are Villa, to the rest ofnthe country. There's a point in there somewhere.....

Famous Villa fans - Our current prime minister rings a bell. Alongside Tom Hanks (jokingly nonetheless). Prince William etc... :3 We have our fair share

I have been watching from afar as the mighty villa have hit the self-destruct button over the last 12 months. Now at a job where I am able to get VT at work so time to take the plunge.

Firstly I do think that Randy and co have learnt some lessons from last years debacle, the speed with which McHoof was given his P45 is a good start. So whilst OGS would have been a great appointment, I don’t ever think that it was more than the board have told us, they had a chat. I am of the opinion that OGS was Plan B, but the fans reaction pushed him right into the frame for the post. All the speculation then started and when Moldes’ owner then decided to throw his toys out the pram, I think that Ole, knowing he was not the first choice, decided that it was best to repair bridges and for his family sake to put an end to what I think will be end up being another week or twos’ worth of speculation, before Aston Villa ended up appointing another manager anyway.

My personal opinion is that Martinez was the man the board wanted, however Liverplop have waded into the Randy plan in their shiny shell suits.

I actually think that Martinez would not be a bad shout. I understand all the people who think that he is a ¼ season wonder, but he has consistently kept Wigan in the Prem whilst having to reshape his team every year. Everyone here accepts that it will take time, i.e. more than one season to shape our team / squad back to where it should be, and I think that you need to take that into account with Wigan. They sell their best players every summer, and so he has to rebuild the team every year. Couple that to the fact that he is having to shop in Aldi for players (not saying were not at the moment either) and I think it will always take a little longer to get this level of player playing the way he likes? That type of football needs practice, as its reliant on teammates understanding where they need to be in relation to each other and the ball. Ignoring the PR disaster that was GED, he was trying to get us to play on the deck and our season under him had an eerie similarity with the way Wigans’ seasons end up playing out, it took half to ¾ of the season before the players got what was being asked of them.

That’s the short term beauty of MON type football, it takes a load less skill and training to get it right and hence the managers that are good at motivation will get better results quicker with the direct type football. But and here is the BIG but, direct football has a ceiling these days, as we found out with MON. If you play it with good players you may win stuff from time to time, as per Chelski last weekend, but it wont win you stuff regularly any more.

As for what Randy is going to do now, that’s the million $$$$ question. I think there has to be major doubt over Martinez; we should not have to wait to see if Liverplop take him (not that they will) if he wants to come here he should say so. He would be mental to take the Liverpool job if offered in my opinion anyway, the fans still want King Kenny and as soon as they loose two on the bounce they will crucify him. Randys plan B has gone, so I can only hope he had a Plan C. Step forward Mad Mick??

To be fair I wouldn't mind Martinez either and would be fairly happy with him at Villa park, atleast we'd see some fairly decent footie.

I'd like AVB - but it looks like we need a plan.

It should be

- money to spend

- Aim for Europe

- Good cup run.

Conspiracy - all we can do is wait. Think of it this way - if we all think its over and it isn't it will be a pleasant surprise.

Ok, I'm sticking my neck out here.. But here goes.

Do not lock this thread yet.

dafuq

I just don't even know anymore.

gutted.

:@@@@@@ RAGE - i just want to know