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I do declare that most cracking!

I'm still not sure everyone knows where to find the match threads!

Completely off topic for one second but...."Jump in, we'll take you for a spin, and show you round the Wheelie World" Mr Flibble says you've been a very naughty boy!

Hesky.. sigh

Hmmm that is not the change I was hoping for

I think now is the time to go 4-5-1

Out of interest how did Hangeland play? Did he impress?

And ungrateful that you are near a keyboard. Nowt to be negative about here. At least? At least?? What an odd thing to say. Oh grow up, silly keyboard warrior! Oh the irony...

Shhh! Do you not remember Stoke last season... :winkold:

i reckon some people cant find the match threads any more, were definitely more popular when in the main forum I think you maybe right... along with it being on sky of course

I'm thinking you don't know what sycophant means

Its called Squad rotation

MY POINT EXACTLY MATE ! My Question for MON as for your now rediculous statement about villa fans. Yeah Martin your right some of do play CHampionship Manager as you call it. Your dcecision to revert back to 4 - 4 - 2 after beating Liverpool with a 4 - 5 - 1 you reverted back to 4 - 4- 2 to play Heskey again ? Not being funny Martin but if a side beat Liverpool 3 - 1 at Anfield i,d keep the same squad and formation. See my point or should i just go back to FOOTBALL MANAGER ! I agree the formation should have stayed the same but the players were correctly swapped around IMO. There is no point having a squad of players and not using them. This was lost away in Vienna.. since then we have won two games. I refuse to join in the wailing and gnashing of teeth like some crazed harpie!

Meh After the Moscow 'incident' I lost any real interest in this competition as obviously did most Villa fans judging by the very poor turn out at Villa Park tonight. It would have been nice to have got through but i'm not gonna go and slash my wrists about it. Oh well, on wards and upwards :-)

They should... if you have the players to play different formations. I personally feel that at the moment our combination of midfielders are best as a centre three and that you should play to your own strengths first and foremost

4-5-1 for away games without a doubt and if we can bring in a clever, talented player for the advanced midfield role then I think it would work well at home as well.

Although, of course, many of those saying stay at the end of the season could have been doing so under the proviso that the summer would see us strengthen and that going into the new season we would be prepared and ready. Instead we stumble into the season weaker in most departments on the field and ill prepared for the coming season. Maybe MON will bring in a couple more players to the squad but by then we could very easily be out of Europe and 9pts adrift of those teams that we are supposed to be competing with. Peoples frustrations are not born of just this one result. Personally I really, reeeally just want to see us pass the ball around and look like a proper team

The problem I have with MON is that I can't see him progressing past where he has taken us. I think he has reached his limit. We play dull route one football, we lose possesion constantly and only have one attacking tactic. I had hoped MON would learn that we need to keep the ball if we hope to progress to Champions league standard, I had hoped he would see the need to play to the players strengths rather than force them into a system which does not suit them. I had hoped for some entertaining football. I would keep MON for this season because I don't think we will be in too much danager of going down and I feel the distabilising factor of replacing a manager at this time would outweigh the possible positives of seeing him go. Next summer, however, I would look into trying to find a manager who could possibly take us that step further.

Then i ask you this?Why are they bigger,why stronger,why faster,technically superior and a better team?No shame in losing,the shame is in not playing football. So your saying The wigan organisation from top to bottom is better than Villas?Who is responsible for the side on the pitch today? Can you not recognise sarcasm?

name someone better or shut up Alan Curbishley ! Seriously? Not saying MON is the man but if the swap is for Alan 'Midtable' Curbishley I wouldn't see the point Except Curbs got his clubs their with no money ! it took MON 100m ! i know what i,d rather have You do realise you could use that description for MON before he joined us as well don't you?

name someone better or shut up Alan Curbishley ! Seriously? Not saying MON is the man but if the swap is for Alan 'Midtable' Curbishley I wouldn't see the point

My prediction is that O'Neil will sacked after we lose at the Sty and have 0 points on the board

Well wasn't that a fun half!

I don't think Friedel is helping the defensive nerves!

I'd have more sympathy for them if they weren't fleecing the fans out of £15 in order to watch a friendly! Even if we had put out a full squad that would have been exorbitant!