Bazdavies79

AVB to Plop. If they go for Lambert there is still Rogers. We get Lambert or Rogers and I'm happy, either/or.

Ireland produces some nice touches, but is well short of being the key player described on here.

Villa are a step up and a challenge from Norwich. The Liverpool managers job is not and wont be vacant for a long while yet, and even if it was available Lambert wouldn't get it anyway.

Capello is too old and would demand massive wages. This is a long term job for a young man. I think Capello would be more interested in putting an old squad together who could win him one domestic cup in England before retirement, with no long term strategy. Leaving us with an aged squad and a neglected youth system.

Rogers is my preferred choice, just ahead of Lambert by a whisker. I'd like either, but I think Rogers may prove a lot more difficult to get.

Not compensation free.

I'd wheeler deal a new defence, getting rid of Collins, Dumb and Warnock. I'd bring in a new energetic midfielder. I'd instil and air of determination at the club and get rid of any time wasters. I'd have a closer look at the young players Johnson and Carruthers.

There is no way he will walk away from this lol. The new manager might have the right to cancel the deal if he sees fit. I'd be inclined to cancel the deal, based purely on ability.

Brendon Rogers is mid-way through his Swansea project, otherwise he'd be my (realistic) ideal candidate. Plays to his ideology of passing and moving and has shown he has the knack of making it work, not only on a budget, but at the highest levels too. Lambert has arguably the best record of any up-and-coming manager, in fact it's very impressive, and his tactical awareness is very good. Unlike Rogers he plays to strengths rather than a die hard philosophy. Martinez had done well keeping Wigan in the top flight recently, a challenge I think would have been beyond most managers, possibly the hardest job in English football at the moment. His CV puts him in the promising young manager category, he's likeable, articulate and seems driven. Poyet, lacks top flight experience at managerial level, seems to be doing quite well, but it's possibly too soon for him. edit - meant to post in the 'Who do you want as next Villa manager??' thread.

Is it just me, I don't see much wrong with any of that...

Might not be a bad thing if it were cancelled if possible, he looks crap.

Is he a direct football manager, or someone who gets the best out of what he has at his disposal? He seems to have a huge amount of tactical awareness.

Lambert has a really good record.

He's done the deed. Hopefully his next appointment will be an improvement on 2 and 3.

Isn't what the kid wants the most important thing? As a kid I'm certain I would have been capable of choosing my favoured and thus the best place for me, even at a very young age. I'm quite sure I would have chosen a lesbian couple every day over two gay men or a traditional heterosexual couple if I would ever have been in that position.

I think there is a difference, keeping a child with it's father to putting a child with two strange men (strange being unfamiliar).

Gay marriage, fine. Adoption by gay women fine. Adoption by a gay male couple sits awkward with me. I personally, (I'm not saying its the same for everybody) as a young child, felt uncomfortable without women around. Maybe that due to my conditioning from a baby, having had a warm loving mother and a fairly Victorian father.

It's an ongoing assessment, you can come down on one side or the other. I base my judgements on his performance, not tattoo's and Ellis. Unlike a certain poster who's constantly gone on about those things for weeks and has seemingly (to me) let it cloud his judgement. Which is rather ironic really, as that's exactly the charge he's putting on others.

Sorrow, pain, sadness, also guilt that I didn't visit him as much. I'm pretty sure they're all very common feelings we all have at these times. It's hard to process death. I guess I should feel happy for the life he has had. He's lived to a grand old age, 4 children, countless grandchildren, great grandchildren. It's as nature intended, the genes go on, the process continues.

What do you mean, mine? Now?

Yeah, thanks for that. Just got back, probably seen him for the last time. He never went to church, I really don't know what he believes is about to happen to him. He isn't really lucid any more, if he was, well I don't think I'd have the stomach to have that conversation with anybody staring the great abyss so starkly in the face. I just think goodbye's and memories would be the line of conversation more appropriate to that situation TBH.

My Grandfather only has a few hours left, just got the call. It's important to me that I go and see him today, because I'm pretty damn sure there is no heaven and when he's gone that will be that, forever. It feels horrible, but it's the truth.

Simple, name them and allow them to defend themselves, so we can finally put this one to bed.

I wish him luck, but his performances didn't really match his pay packet. Why the big send off?

32 years of marmite avoidance and loathing, then a chance encounter with a buttered crumpet and marmite at a friends house. Think I'll buy a jar and some crumpets, twas rather nice.