SikhInTrinity

He's injured http://instagram.com/p/zKGYe1G780/?modal=true

He's not that bad, remember him doing a job on Hazard, but then the following week got taken to to the cleaners by Arnautovic.

The fact Bacuna can't control the ball means I'm not rushing to give him more starts. He was one of, if not our worst player on Saturday. Controlled it well enough for the goal, so it can't be a fact can it.

Bacuna misplaces a pass, he's crap, Delph or any of the other midfielder misplace it, unlucky guy. Bacuna never stops running for the side, people say he can't cross, though he put in the best cross. What makes me laugh, is when people say give Grealish a run, he needs 5 to 6 games, I doubt Bacuna has played more than that in a row. Think he needs to play as one of the 3 in CM, as he drives at the defence and tries to shoot.

Southgate been on TS saying Villa are a great club however he's staying with England U21 as he believes they have a big chance this summer.

Curbishley 40-1 down to 6-1.

Lerner will have next to no input on the manager choice, he will just agree to financials. This is all down to Fox and Reilly.

As that's the only time he will be allowed to take his coaches from Lyon to work with a new side.

Bernd Schuster would be a good option.

Remi Garde as used to play for Arsenal and Wenger rates him highly. He left Lyon as manager and without a club Will only take over in summer, most of his coaching staff are still with Lyon.

What about Martin Jol

They will continue to prepare the squad not take charge of the team. Usually they would say that they will take charge of the team until a new manager is appointed.

Brendan McLoughlin ‏@bren_mcloughlin 1m1 minute ago Understand it is business as usual at #avfc today - Lambert scheduled to take pre #lcfc presser later this week

We will know soon enough, I never expected him to be sacked immediately anyway.

Interesting in what way? Really wouldn't read much into betting. Remember Bob Bradley being favourite for the job.

Exactly where I am. Think all of the personal abuse is unneccessary.

That's not true, I don't think Villa will want to sack him, as Richard said it will most like be mutual which means a settlement figure will have to be reached which isn't as simple as just sacking him. If he had a year on his deal left, then possibly it would be done like that but the guy has 4 years left.

Cowans will step into the breach no doubt. Anyway think the Mail have definitely heaped a load of pressure on the shoulders of Fox, he either has to back or sack him this week.

Or its a manager who has just seen a player booed by his own fans, sticking up for his player which is to be expected. But still plays him every week and thus really must like what he's seeing? He's seeing the same as all our midfieders do the same thing. Get it pass it backwards and sideways, repeat.

Or its a manager who has just seen a player booed by his own fans, sticking up for his player which is to be expected.

With all due respect, Delph just committed his long term future to the club and had one bad game, Cleverley didn't even want to come here and has been woeful all season. The booing is entirely understandable, I can't wait 'til he's out of here Then why is he here? If he didn't want to, he could have easily done a Ricky Lambert but decided to come, whether that is just for this season then so be it. But while he puts on the shirt whether we like it or not, we should support him, not boo him, completely ridiculous IMO.

If only other players got the amount of time some are willing to give to Beneteke.. One thing I can never have a go a Wiemann for is his work rate. His technical skill and quality yes, but never his work rate. Benteke on the other hand? He's barely moved for the last 5/6 games. I hope it is a confidence thing, but he needs to do more for the team as it stands. If its work rate you want, then perhaps we should play a bricklayer up front. Some of the greatest players in history rarely looked interested until you were picking the ball out of the net. Can't knock Weiman for lack of effort, but after a promising start to his career, he does seem to have fallen short of the player we had hoped he would become. Neither player deserves to be pilloried yet. Gabby, on the other hand, has been crap for years. He is nowhere near the greatest, however take his recent games, he just hasn't look interested, where is the Benteke that demanded the ball? Get angry, he's lost form and maybe injury is catching up with him, but it's about finding the CB of old. We do seem to find excuses for our favoured players.

I'd play Vlaar for this one, the pressure of this game is going to be immense, it's critical we do not concede early which we have done in the past couple of games.

I sometimes wonder whether it's because he arrived as Man Utd's scapegoat, despite being far from their worst player. If he had arrived as a more popular figure ala Darren Ferguson...despite not being as effective now, he'd have been received better by some of our fans. There are 3 certainties with Villa fans:- 1) Every bad spell we have, there is a clear and identifiable scapegoat (depending on the flavour of that particular month) 2) Any injured or dropped player's worth inflates 10 fold for each game they miss, untiil they return, and we realise why they were dropped/they weren't THAT good 3) We identify a particular hero, who can do no wrong until it looks like they might leave. *edited typo of Ferguson's name. The BBC must be looking for a scape goat for us as well then because on MOTD they singled him out for how he does the easy pass and doesnt try to create anything, hence why we arent scoring goals. Pretty sure I could find clips on the rest of our midfiled doing that. It's not hard.

If ever he needed a goal, worrying though he actually doesn't seem interested, in demanding the ball, trying to win challenges etc, basically bullying. The Beast has turned into a little lost puppy.