Villa find themselves in 13th place in the Premiership. What do you think is a realistic target for Houllier in his first season.
A realistic target would be to finish in the top half of the table, and good cup runs.
How do you feel Gerard Houllier has settled and what do you hope from him as a manager
I think GH is professional enough to settle in to do what he can with the current squad. It hasn't been easy for him to become used to the main first 11 because of so many injuries. I think this will change from january to may. I hope that he is given the means to quickly assemble a squad he feels is his in the summer and then we should be able to realistically expect him to achieve a top 6 finish and/or a cup
Do you feel that Houllier can get the best out of Emile Heskey
Yes, it seems this has begun to happen since he has been here. It will depend on how fit Heskey stays this season.
After Citeh came in and took two of your better young players what do you think needs doing to replace them. Is youth development an option or is the only way the transfer window.
Both. I think our young players look very promising
Do you feel that Robert Pires is an inspired signing or do you feel he is ‘over the hill’
He's a bit too over the hill
Liverpool have a bit of “history” with regards to American owners. Villa have had Randy Lerner in since 2006. What positives and negatives do you feel he brings to the club.
I think he has injected a new vibrant energy into the club. Done a lot to improve the ground. Made new money available for MO'N to sign players. Since having Ellis removed it has only have been a positive imo
I feel Villa fans are very lucky to be able to have contact and information from The General. How important for supporter/club development do you feel this has been and do you think it should be encouraged across other clubs
It was a breath of fresh air. A sign of good will and good intent. A method to enable the club to know what the fans feel and think rather than only assuming what the feels feel and think, and to implement changes because of the fans feedback
Martin O’Neill left at a crucial part of the season and it seems since then he is constantly being linked with the Liverpool job by the media as soon as an opportunity arises. How do you feel he would do as Liverpool manager, given the current financial situation and also with funds available.
I think he would have been doing a better job than Roy is so far. Whether MO'N could do a better job than Roy in the long term, I'm not so sure.
How do you feel Roy Hodgson has done since taking the Liverpool job.
Not very well so far, but I think he's the kind of manager that needs time. Remember it took a few years for Alex to get things going at Man U. Liverpool, like us, are in a transition phase. Both sets of fans need to be patient and allow a manager to rebuild properly for the future.
Other than Gerrard or Torres who would you take from the Liverpool squad and why?
Reina, because he's a superb GK.
Last season we had two good games together with Villa winning at Anfield and Liverpool winning at Villa Park. Both games had “talking points” in them and I feel this is always the way with our encounters. What do you expect from this game.
I expect a fast paced, gritty, and exciting game. I feel if Villa don't have a couple of more player fit from injury, Liverpool will be the more likely to take 3 points.
And finally what would you predict as a final score for our game?
If we have a couple of more players available from injury, then a score draw. If not, a 2-1 win to Liverpool