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that hughes wasnt even in the running (apparently) is just another nail in Randy's coffin for me though.

Eck should have been the shot gun to the temple but it seems Randy is a bit of an undead fiend so we'll need to get soon hoodoo into the mix to sort this one out!

Can someone explain why a new owner is automatically better than Randy?

No more McLeish.

No more Faulkner.

sounds great - where do i sign?

MARK HUGHES.

He's been the elephant in the room all this time.

Do you really think the board chose AMC over Mark Hughes in the first place?

Why would Mark Hughes come here with no money to spend and having to trim the wage bill. He left Fulham for "lack of ambition".... we are no different.

It's purely conjecture but i'd say hughes left fulham because he was expecting an offer from another club

whether that was villa or not we cannot say but i cannot imagine any other reason why he would leave a job without thinking he would or could get offered another

not to mention that Mark Hughes is unattac hed and one of he most promising English managers around for many years - i have him here in a heartbeat!!

You mean former captain and manager of Wales, born in Wrexham Hughes? Yeah definately one of the most promising English managers around.

another fine point one of the most promising "British" managers around

in case you havent noticed we have 2 wingers in nzogbia and albrighton, however in our last 3 games nearly every cross put in to by these 2 players havent landed inside the penalty area never mind been close enough to a villa player for them to be able to get on the end of it to have a socring chance.

These players cannot provide ammunition of the quality required to make carrying a striker like bent when we are playing so badly

Well if we don't have the ammunition for him, let's **** buy some! Rather then get rid of one of our best players again. Also we have Alrbighton, Ireland, N'Zogbia and Gabby. All 4 should be pretty good for assists for Bent.

You dont get it do you?

We lost Downing and Young, 40 million in talent that provide some of the best crosses in the league.

We know that we will not be able to buy new players without selling more or reducing the wage bill so effectively we cannot bring in more highly talented players because we cannot afford to.

With than in mind having s striker on our books that is only of any real use when playing with talented players (which we dont hav as we see above) then what is the point in keeping him other than to stop him playing against us?

We would be better served getting the transfer money in wages off the books and bringing in more hard working players to supplement our think squad and sure up our defence and midfield.

I'm not saying this is what i want, i'm saying that with the factors that we have this makes the most sense and is the most likely course to bring the club more stability on the pitch

while we're changing the owner and manager can we also plase replace the entire backroom staff?

the failings on the pitch this season can not only be due to bad tactics/managemnt but also bad coaching

We have a reserve team which is actually our kids who have run away with their league for the last few seasons, a U19 squad who won their group in the futures european competition beating teams like Ajax along the way and a pedigree for bringing kids through to the first team squad.

But you want to remove the backroom staff?

The only staff i would remove are those brought in by McLeish as the coaching throughout the club seems fine, its just the first team squad where nobody appears to have a bloody clue.

sorry, perhaps i should rephrase and say the first team backroom staff?

as many have said Gabby is priceless for villa - to me he is our talisman. He is the appitomy of how i thnk all footballers should be, determined and plays with his heart on his sleeve.

He may not be the most talented player but the lad works his socks off and as we're not a particularly good team we could do with 9 more like him then we might actually be able to play as a team.

with regards his market value i'd say anywhere from 12-25 million

If this lad has any tackling ability, marking and positional sense he will be an asset. However, I am sure though that we can coach some of that out of him over time.

Amen to that!

not to mention that Mark Hughes is unattac hed and one of he most promising English managers around for many years - i have him here in a heartbeat!!

but there is no point in keeping Bent when we do not have the resources to make him an asset.

Darren bent is best when he can get on the end of crosses - which we dont have the personnel to prove - or getting onto the end of through balls - which we dont have the personnel to provide.

He also adds very little if anything to the team when we do not have the ball, so when we are playing badly, it is like having only 10 men as he doesnt track back or chase the ball.

As it would take a huge amount of investment to bring in the players needed to make Bent into an asset again it makes far more sense to cash in on him and remove his wages from the wage drain and bring in players that can improve and change the ethos we have of crosses and through bals and will work harder in all areas of the pitch.

I dont like that this is where the club is going but as we have gone from an attack minded free flowinf football team into a negative one then i'm afaraid here is no room for the likes of ben here at the moment...

while we're changing the owner and manager can we also plase replace the entire backroom staff?

the failings on the pitch this season can not only be due to bad tactics/managemnt but also bad coaching

well if he cant even appoint a competent manager or chief exec what are the chances he'll sell to anyone compentent?

he'll probably sell us back to DOUG!!!

I hope we dont get bought by Arabs... or anyone tbh. We could end up with a Venkys or someone like Pompey had.

Just stick with Randy, and once he's addressed the wages as much as he feels he needs to, he'll start spending again.

i couldn't care less about the money thing really if i am honest, the major point is that since he took over he has not brought in 1 single person who has done anything to bring th club forward.

Every appointment he has made has damaged the clubs stature and reputation and made incredibly bad decisions - its time Randy acknowledges that he hasnt a clue and either steps down or brings in someone who has a footballing background to run the show for him as he clearly isnt able fo the job

why are we talking about MON's legacy and youth players in a thread about Enda Steven's who is neither a youth player nor anything to do with MON???

Warnock isnt a good defender and his atacking play, especially crosses, have been woeful of late. Stevens couldnt do worse than him lets put it that way...

Well it would certainly appear as though Randy is incapable of picking even one semi competent person to be involved with a football club.

The only person to bring any success to Villa under his stewardship is MON and he was appointed by Randy!

Literally every other person appointed by Randy (Krulak, Falkner, Houllier, Eck, et al) have all been complete and utter failures.

Hopefully Randy is in Dubai digging up a nice oil billionaire or prince who'll pour billions into the club in an atempt to at least make them competitive never mind entertaining or successful.

Literally anything would be better than the dross we are currently being subjected to

i think we should rest as many first team players as possible.

However, i think eck will play pretty much our first string team.

Either way we'll look crap against an even worse team and struggle to a 2-1 victory

god damn corner AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

thats twice warnack had a chance to cross and fluffed it - cop on man!!!

that was nearly short lived! great save guzan - more dodgy defending from corners

villa score the 20000th premier league goal - AWESOME!

c'mon albie you can cross better than that!

c'mon villa - great start!

thought ireland was excellent until the injury but i think bannan is equally as good in that roleas the boy can really pass the ball

gabby is a bit isolated and doesnt look fit to me - maybe chnage to two up front after 65 mins if still 1-0

but result or no i like what i am seeing tonight - long may this good football continue!