BG

About the 26th continuous renewal.

I agree, and I was thinking exactly the same things. Does he address our problems? Nope. I assume it's his hairstyle or something!

Can't understand people picking Laudrup, He won 8, and lost 18 of Swansea's last 35 League games, after the Cup win (shades of Big Ron in 94) and had them playing tiki-taka in much the same way as our esteemed late leader has had us playing since Christmas.

A few years ago a poster on here (or another Villa site) who knew Allardyce, said that he would walk to Villa Park from Bolton for the job. Not always been a big fan of his football, especially his spell at Blackburn but i think he would connect well with the fans, and he has done a reasonable job at Bolton and West Ham, after being badly treated by Newcastle. Dont think he will be coming anyway. Hoddle is well past it, though he briefly had Swindon playing superb stuff years ago. We may only get a short term appointment. The Middlesborough manager Karanca? would be a decent long term bet. But we cant afford any more mistakes.

We had a Siamese that lived til she was 18. Cross eyed and apparently the runt of the litter. Expensive to run (liked Sardines and raw mince), but used used to knock the front door letterbox when she wanted to come in, and was a dab hand at climbing curtains. We are talking about Cats aren't we ? Preferable to a Honey Badger..

From Huff Post Interesting...Nothing to do with being short of a bit of cash then. I wonder which individuals would benefit from reperations ! Without wishing to minimise the effects of our past Colonialism / Imperialism, I presume he will now also be chasing up descendants of the native African slave traders, who rounded up and sold kith and kin on to the Europeans. Could we make a claim against those horrible Norman invaders, who imposed a form of Apartheid in England for two hundred years?

May Stay, May Go. Depends on his brain cells and his agent. Will be gone within 12 months. All that matters is the mighty Villa, and we get the right deal.

Dare - Gorillaz,

Nuts in May', isnt there a Blues reference in there somewhere. Think those Pigs at the end maybe Tamworths also.

Not the best probably, but two faves. Withnail & I. Kind Hearts and Coronets. Magic..

I don't know why you've given up. Nothing's changed yet. He hasn't signed for anyone else afaik. Not saying we'll be chasing this guy specifically, but he's probably one of our potential targets, and when we've shifted Bent and/or Ireland (or, heaven forbid, Benteke), I'm sure things will change pretty quickly. Sounds Good.

Another 12 months and a large profit (to re-invest in other Bentekes), unless his agent is an idiot. Unfortunately that's the way it is

Luna Impressive Beard and general Spanishness, Lets hope he's on. a par defensively with Kubicki, and Wright ... still think Bennett will be a good midfielder UTV,.

Hungry young players, low transfer fees, not 40k for some tart coasting it, or some has been. Scouting players farther than West Midlands travelcard. Whats not to like !

Villa 5 Liverpool 1 in 1977. I think Liverpool were Champions and European Cup winners that season, but they couldn't live with Gray, Little, & Deehan that night. Seem to remember us doing Arsenal 5 - 1, and the Baggies 4 - 0 in that season also. I was 11 and sitting in the Witton Lane stand for all of them - Great memory.

Player / Manager at Barnet i think.

Welcome to Villa Talk. Please check your negativity at the door...(only joking) Great result today, watched 2nd half in a Pub in Sutton, last ten minutes were mental, almost as good as being there.... Never too confident this season, but today might just have been a turning point A couple more wins, and we might be there, here's hoping.

He's an honest player, attitude ok, generally works hard, and i've nothing against him. Played well against Reading, and QPR, less so against Liverpool, but not at fault for everything. Unfortunately he's not decent Premier League standard and never will be, Championship or SPL is more his level. We have few options in the middle at the moment, and i guess thats why he gets games. The fans are on his back in home games, and i cant see he has a future here, he's had enough chances. But he's a symptom not the cause of our recent decline. Out of interest have you been to any games at Home or Away this season ?

Great achievement by the Villa Youth, a balanced article in the Telegraph about the game The Guardian article is all about some small filthy rich London club. Up the Villa!

Yeah he's made some mistakes, but i think this been brewing since we gave free reign to Mr O'Neill. The management have now cut too quick and too fast. i like PL even though he wasn't my first choice. Could be good but we need to give him a chance, has til next Xmas if we go down. For me McLeish a was strange decision, (lack of knowledge by the board) but supported him til Bolton home game. genuine bloke but diminishing returns We are in the lap of the Gods now. Chronic mismanagement by the board, in particular over the last 3 years. Great result in Next Gen. A shining light. Big Credit to Tony McAndrew who we've had for years (ex-Chelski), and has always done a top job, Off to Norwich and Wigan, fingers crossed.. UTV...

Not great dropping into bottom 3, but at least Norwich, Sunderland, and Newcastle are a bit closer. I think Sunderland are more likely to go than Wigan. Apparently they won 7 out of first ten under MON, and 7 in 44 since. We need a point tomorrow minimum, to maintain momentum. Newcastle's run-in is looking interesting also. My glass is still half full.

Think we will go down, though we might get the odd decent result between now and the end of the season. The non existent Midfield and chronic inability to defend for 90 minutes will see to us. Watched the Everton game at the Pub, and at 3-1 i knew we were not safe. It was reminiscent of Swansea on New Years day, which i went to. The Goal difference and points total don't lie. I remember the last time we went down and this has all the hallmarks of that campaign. I wouldn't sack Lambert, but he will need to get us up and running in the Championship straight away or he will be on his bike by October. Going down could be a massive culture shock. Positives are that we do have some some building blocks, but the team needs a few leaders. Will Lerner and Faulkner realise that.

At least Hendrie could knock the odd goal in, and was Premiership level. Bannan is symptomatic of the mess we are in - not good enough.

Listening to Mr Dougan from the Villa PR department on Radio WM before the match was classic stuff. It seems we are building for the future, and have been unlucky with injuries. If only Petrov was OK. If only we stay positive, everything will be fine.........Classic signs of denial all round. Someone needs to tell them just because we drew 2-2 with Man Utd, three years ago, and beat Liverpool this season, we dont have a host of worldbeaters on our books. My impression is that they have massively inflated the quality of our youth system. Mr Lerner and his cohorts are sleepwalking us into the Championship, and possibly League 1.

Still think it will be Wigan, the GD will do us. I will be there. But they will raise our hopes ! Its the Villa. This lot have all the hallmarks of 86-87, This lot, nice lads, not good enough. Last time we had some names, but were crap. always remember. we are Aston Villa.