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Unfortunately, he did not rate him above Heskey Its swings and roundabouts with kids though, and i still think fonzie has what it takes. When you say desire, do you mean the self belief within himself? The Fonz has got plenty of self belief but at the moment he doesn't for whatever reason stay involved in the game for long enough, he seems happy for the game to pass him by for extended periods then he will suddenly burst into life. Contrast that with Weimann who is a pain in the arse to defend against because he will be in your face full time and muscling his way around while throwing himself at half chances.

Whether or not it was deliberate the result is the same. I'm guessing that from what we know about Mon's character he will be deriving a certain amount of satisfaction from the fact that Villa may struggle for a while due to the timing of his resignation. What is it you know about O'Neill that leads you to believe he would be deriving pleasure from our current predicament? I've followed Mon's career for almost 40 years, and I've got a lot of time for him as a unique personality. In answer to your question the facts are: He is an Olympic champion at holding a grudge and he has a considerable ego. If he wished us well then it would be through clenched teeth and with his fingers crossed behind his back.

Whether or not it was deliberate the result is the same. I'm guessing that from what we know about Mon's character he will be deriving a certain amount of satisfaction from the fact that Villa may struggle for a while due to the timing of his resignation.

I'm sure MON thinks he timed it perfectly. Exactly - deliberately leaving when we had no other options to fall back on. In any other line of work if you leave without giving your notice period its a serious disciplinary issue. Can you be sacked for doing so? :?

Am I the only one that thinks Gianfranco Zola and Steve Clark are a possible option given our current circumstances?

Gerard Houllier has the credentials but I would question whether he now has the energy and the drive to survive the constant grind that is modern day premiership football. His style of play can be effective but I remember it as being unenjoyable and more than a bit negative.

If KM has a role to play then I hope it is as part of a partnership. Zola, Clark. KM. Sven, Tord Grip, KM. etc.

Fixed. Thanks Gareth, I thought for one horrible moment that someone was dissing our Marc! :shock:

Man C are not going to loan players to clubs that are above them in the league.

I really don't see us poaching a manager current employed by another club. That would appear to rule out Moyes, Jol and Hughes.The fact that he says twice that he says it as a fan and that, in uppercase, he emphasises that it is not a criteria, means to me that it would appear to rule out absolutely nobody. He's also speaking as Randy's surrogate dad. If Randy were to make an appointment of a disloyal money chasing deserter, he'd be over the General's knee for six of the best. If the General keeps posting with more of these character insights we can fleece the bookies like a bunch of dodgy pakistani spot betters.

I really don't see us poaching a manager current employed by another club. That would appear to rule out Moyes, Jol and Hughes.

What manager wouldn't want to join a team in the top four of the Premiership? We'd better get a new manager before we play our next game in two weeks time while we are still a top four proposition. (just in case we have another wobbly)

At the beginning of the transfer window I said I would be happy if we didn't sign anyone but managed to keep Milner. I'm still relaxed about the future even though JM has sadly gone. If we can get some good coaches in then the likes of Delph, Ireland, Gardner, Albrighton etc. can begin to fit into a potentially very talented midfield. It's certainly the most relaxed transfer window I can remember.

The problem with that is that we are currently missing five senior coaches. Four months is too long for our temporary coaching arrangements to survive without cracking up under the strain imo.

My own low key favourites would be Gianfranco Zola and Steve Clarke. It would mean that we could keep Kevin Mac in the loop and gain a couple of exceptional coaches as well. Maybe we would also need to appoint someone like Frank Arneson as director of football administration. I know that it appears that we need a strong manager at this moment in time, but it could also be argued that our biggest need is for a team of top quality coaches to work with the current Villa players as it looks like there will be no new players coming in. Zola's agenda is to improve the skills of his players by good coaching on a day to day basis.

Yet they could with Kevin if he took over briefly until the right manager came along. People were saying give it Kevin until January or the end of the season. I think you're right that the combination could work in the short term, but I got the impression from the General today that they want to appoint "The Man" for the long term Villa future.

Yes IMO. Not a lot of players coming through the academy have made it as players for Villa. I'm not saying it's bad but there's always room for improvement. We should strive to make our academy as good as, if not better, than Barcelona's and Ajax's. I know it's not likely but we should try our best to improve. I don't disagree with you mate. I do think though that JK is using the youth set up improvement to hawk himself for any available jobs, including Villa's. That said, all managers need a selling point I suppose. I'm not convinced with Klinsman. Bringing through one youth player takes years of commitment. Klinsmann wouldn't be at Villa for long enough imo.

Klinsmann has always given me the impession that football is a hobby and his real passion is life in the sun with his family. Our club cannot afford a brief love affair with JK just until he is ready and loaded enough to resume his Californian idyll.

What we really need is to get our well paid players to bust a gut for Villa. If we can do that we'll be alright.

I agree with you about Joachim Low's imput in Klinsmann's German team, also JK doesn't fit the criteria that the General has just mentioned. (it's 15 years since he last played in the premiership)

Jol is the stand out target because he's not had a break from managing and managing well. Can we get him from Ajax? If he was considering Fulham then he would jump at the chance to manage Villa. It just comes down to our willingness to pay a huge compensation package. If Randy thinks he's the right man for the job he will pay what it takes imo. EDIT: Would you rather spend the money on a has been striker like Keane or use it to secure the services of Martin Jol?

General, I thought that I would share with you a conversation that I had about Villa today. I have four adult sons who were unusually all at home today each with a bunch of mates, so the house was full of young guys and girls many of whom are Villa fans. Now these are a bunch of busy people who find my habit of perusing and contributing to VT for hours on end to be quite amusing. When I showed them some of the posts on your thread they were utterly gobsmacked. What followed was a long chat about Villa's present situation. I will leave you with just one quote which was representative of the whole discussion. One of my third son's mates said .......... "I have a lot of mates who go to Villa and a lot more who support without neccessarily attending, not one of then has ever said anything negative about Randy Lerner." Everyone in my house this afternoon was in full agreement that Randy buying Villa is the best thing that has ever happened to our club! I have often wondered just how representative fan sites are of the total Villa support, after speaking to my son's numerous friends this afternoon I suspect the answer is that we really do not adequately reflect the middle ground, and perhaps only represent polarised extremes. UTV!!!!

I wouldn't even want him back. For the money spent and the players we had, we played some utterly shite football. I've trawled back a few pages to see if I've missed anything and had to add my support to this post. I'm pleased that I can look forward to a season of non - Mon football. I'm happy that a self loving "media darling" has gone. I hope we get a cracking new manager, but if we don't I shall still be happy that we've got our club back. Henceforce we will be known as "ASTON VILLA" .......... not "Martin O'Neill's" aston villa, as the media icon loving b*stards labelled us. UTV!!!!

General, I've been supporting Villa for almost 50 years and next to my family it's my greatest passion. I'm experienced enough to know that knee jerk reactions very rarely acheive the desired result. I understand that our fans are frustrated by the happenings of the last couple of weeks, but what is important is not the last couple of results or even the next couple of results. The real issue that faces Randy and the board is making the right managerial team appointment to take us forward over the next few seasons. There were thirty thousand of us there last night General and there'll be 35,000 plus at VP on sunday. Villa fans are in it for the long haul so please ignore the vociferous shouts for "action now" in favour of taking "the right action" when that becomes possible. My very best wishes to you and Randy and Paul, not just for the next few days and weeks but for the next few years.

I went with my son and his mates on the amazing £5 ticket deal. We enjoyed the anticipation of a euro night before hand, but were eventually disappointed with a performance that lacked class and real guts and effort. The chips and curry sauce were good though.