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That wasn't anything to do with Hughes, people are so sensitive, posted some information that might be as of interest to this topic. As for Hughes don't think so.

New manager likely to be appointed at the end of next week or the start of the following week. Mat Kendrick Twitter.

Hughes has not been promised the Villa job! He took a risk to force Villa's hand and it didn't work.

In Randy we Trust!!!

According to The Guardian tho we haven't made ANY contact with Ancelotti.

From an article on there :-

"Villa say they have an open mind about filling their vacancy. Speculation that Carlo Ancelotti is among their leading candidates is wide of the mark, however. The former Chelsea manager has not received any contact from Villa and he is known to have no interest in the position. Ancelotti, according to sources close to the Italian, is holding out for a club that can offer Champions League football. "

The same Guardian who didnt know Houllier retired.

I keep checking the Corriere Dello Sport and there is no mention on it that Ancelotti has rejected us. There is a video piece on their website but I can't see it due to my work access restricting it.

http://www.corrieredellosport.it/video/tg_calcio/2011/06/03-32282/Ancelotti+verso+l%27Aston+Villa

If there are any italian speakers out there you may want to check it out... I doubt it has much to say though.

They are saying that Ancelotti is already the Aston Villa manager and it will be announced on Wednesday the 8th of June.

Have you made that up?

Have faith, no-one actually know whats going on and i include the press in that, Hughes will never be discarded in my opinion.

I think we'll have manager in place next week!

It's very slow today, yesterday was like wildfire!!!

I think Rafa is on the list somewhere!

Quique Sanchez Flores!

What about that Spanish guy from Madrid?

But we believed the source when they said he was coming.

Today has been a hell of a day and nothings happened lol

Yes Mr Lerner go and give Ancelloti what he wants! Even though the club is making losses cripple the club if you have to! It cracks me up one min we say the board are great after signing Bent but then because they don't go after the 'name' manager they get slagged off again and I for one think it's disgraceful.

Here we go slag the board without knowing facts, how do you know they haven't tried for Moyes or Carlo! How do we know Hughes isn't being earmarked for Everton!

Have I missed something!!

Mat Kendrick is awfully quiet.

You know what this what has Hughes won is really getting on my nerves. Let me be very blunt, WTF have we won in the past 16 years, exactly the same as Hughes has in his management career. And guess what Hughes is management career is a lot shorter than that. Man United have dominated our league for the past two decades so it has been difficult for many managers. I just think Hughes is a fit for Villa in terms of resources available and the squad we have.

games, lets see how many games he has won and his win ratio

then lets compair it to others

Fulham 43 14 16 13 win ratio = 1 win in 3 or 1.3 points per game

Man City 77 36 16 25 win ratio = 1 win in 2.1 or 1.6 points per game

Blackburn 188 82 47 59 win ratio = 1 win in 2.3 or 1.56 points per game

so the BEST he has done was after spending £230 million pounds on players and he manages 1.6 points per game

houllier for villa in a terrible season league and cup

played 39 won 14 drew 11 lost 14 win ratio = 1 win in 2.8 or 1.36 points per game

BETTER than hughes at fulham

so houliers first season which had all sorts of disruptions from the very start was more successful than hughes at fulham.

Oooops.

Did Hughes spend 28 Million in the January Window? No didn't think he did and yet they still finished higher than us. Ooooops back to you.

You know what this what has Hughes won is really getting on my nerves. Let me be very blunt, WTF have we won in the past 16 years, exactly the same as Hughes has in his management career. And guess what Hughes is management career is a lot shorter than that. Man United have dominated our league for the past two decades so it has been difficult for many managers. I just think Hughes is a fit for Villa in terms of resources available and the squad we have.

How many times? Fulham could have resolved his contract a lot earlier.

Mentioned this earlier, not his fault Fulham have pissed around with his contract, they could have easily resolved this earlier.

Exactly how i see it Mark. We tried Evolution and it bloody nearly got us relegated. I still think theirs twist and turns in this saga and do not believe anyone has been appointed. But i tell you what pisses me off, is when we make accusations against the board for showing no ambition because they haven't gone for the manager of their choice. The board will go through the recruitment process and WILL choose the best man for the job. But if McLaren is appointed i'll lose my rag with you, you inept board lol!

How do you know this SteakChips, Hughes has proven he does look around for players. Samba, Santa Cruz, Dembele.

Its not good enough..

He has never taken a single club into the CL in all his time in management.. He hasnt the skill to build a decent squad, method, style etc his approach isnt good enough. HE NEEDS MEGA MONEY TO ACHIEVE!

Any manager needed mega ££££'s to achieve has very little knowledge of the world of football.

Like ive mentioned before; For 1 x Essien = 25m+ there is another one coming through for 2m, its just a case of knowing where to look.

Deschamps has better knowledge of where to look than that of Hughes. Hughes will only spot the player once he has made it into the light. Deschamps not only can get some of the players in the light, he can also bring in the ones that are about to get into it. Its like Weger finding Van Persie and Diaby etc.. Knowledge is what makes a great club, not JUST MONEY!

Just to disappoint you, Deschamps will NOT be the AVFC manager no matter how much you try and justify it.

Rumours of Rafa Benitez being at Birmingham Airport! Saying that their could easily be a few lookalikes of him.