WHY

You are aware that if the FSW is our manager he will bring his own team in....thus dispensing of our youth academy staff..he did at Liverpool. Considering how well your academy is doing, my guess is he'd leave it well alone. He fought for control of the Liverpool academy for years - not because he was on a power trip but because it wasn't producing any quality. Finally, he got his way in 2009 - appointed Borrell and Segura (ex La Masia) to run the show and now the youngsters are emerging. This current crop of kids coming through at Liverpool is Rafa's legacy. Rafa's legacy my arse....the only reason the fat spanish clearing in the woods never got the bullet earlier, was that you had to pay off all his mates ...BTW how many of Rafa's legacy are still employed.

You are aware that if the FSW is our manager he will bring his own team in....thus dispensing of our youth academy staff..he did at Liverpool.

If McClaren is appointed I will happily punch Randolph Lerner on the nose!!!

Not a bad shout mate but I think we will smash them 3/4-0 with DB9 scoring first.

very surprising, but quite amusing To be fair how can Milner be picked infront of either of tham having hardly kicked a ball for Man City....Walcott has he showed against us has been poor for most of the season...but maybe its because they don't play for a top 4 team.

Neither Downing or Young in the England team which I find surprising....maybe Capello has decided they need bringing down a peg or two. Either that or he thinks their heads are not in the right frame of mind?

Stewart Downing has a good season in a team that under achieved....all of a sudden he thinks he can play for a top 4 team. If I was Stewart Downing I would probably want to make a move. He knows he has had a good season but will find it harder next season without Young who in most games has two men marking him. He also probably knows he want have the luxury of Walker bombing past him, allowing him to cut inside. Without Young and Walker he is afraid of being found out for the player he is. In his first season for us he was poor, but to be fair to him he was coming back from an injury. I would like to think that having paid £12 million for him whilst being injured he would show us a bit of loyalty. For me, Downing needs to stay and prove himself for at least another season but I honestly believe he is scared of being found out. He should look at Young who in his 4 years at Villa has given his all, but let himself down last season for probably trying to hard. Young will be sadly missed by the majority of Villa fans but i cannot blame him for wanting to move to a bigger club afterall he has earned his stripes, can the same be said of Mr Downing?

Rooney has scored 15+ goals in each of the last 6 seasons, Tevez in each of the last 4, and Drogba has managed 13+ in each of the last 7 seasons (only 2 seasons below 15), so I think the same can be said for them. To be fair they all play for teams in the top four....Berbatov was the leading goalscorer this season in the PL but was left out of the Man U squad for the CL final. If DB played for Arsenal I am quietly confident he would score 25 league goals....didn't he finish Spurs leading scorer the season Dirty Harry slaughtered him....IMHO he is an average player like Gary Lineker was but like Lineker the kid scores goals. I like all Villa fans knew we should have signed him 3/4/5 seasons ago. DB9 will be a Holte End LEGEND!!!!!

I believe MH has burnt his bridges with Randy by leaving. Randy likes to do things the right way and ask for permission to speak to another clubs Manager. If he would have been able to do this maybe it would have left MH available to start work straight away. However by leaving he cannot do anything until 30th June which leaves no time for him to convince players their future lies at Villa Park. Maybe Randy was in talking with Fulham about getting MH when he suddenly leaves, leaving Randy looking foolish.

Hello General, I hope you don't take offence but what is your job at our club. This is surely a question that has been answered earlier in the thread (possibly in the first few pages). Please look through the thread.