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I did a few days ago. I like the idea of an up-and-coming manager rather than an old lag. That's the two votes accounted for so Last I looked there were 7 votes for him. :?

I did a few days ago. I like the idea of an up-and-coming manager rather than an old lag.

I'm hoping it's Roberto Martinez now, the more I think about it, the more I like the idea. The football we could play with Makoun, Bannan, Albrighton and Downing in midfield being coached by him would be wanktastic.

Can't get my head round someone of Ancelottis calibre managing Villa unless serious, serious money was available to him. Like SERIOUS money.

That'd stop if he left Celtic.

Oh ****, Rafa is 4/5 favorite with only skybet giving odds on the market. :cry:

Why is betting suspended on 'next villa manager' on paddypower?

Nobody got rid of the academy - it just hadn't produced anybody of note since Steven Gerrard. Then Rafa appointed the same guys who helped to develop Messi, Iniesta et al and abracadabra... I don't think your youngsters had much of a chance looking at the number of foreign players Houllier and Benitez brought in between them. They had about as much chance at Liverpool as our lads under MON. MON **** off, and oh, guess what. A whole clutch of kids make the step up to first team football. Suprise, suprise.

Obviously you're entitled to favour whichever managerial appointment you like. But with respect, that isn't a very well-informed assessment at all. What would you suggest then? Maybe ask a few fans on a Liverpool board and bring it back here for us to look over? Not a lot of us are fans of his. Edit: that sounds sarcastic and I want to assure you, it is not written with that intent, I am genuinely interested. It might be worth reading the following excerpts from Brian Reade's recent book. These shed a lot of light on the sort of nonsense Rafa had to deal with during his time at Liverpool: http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/opinion/blogs/mirror-football-blog/Brian-Reade-An-Epic-Swindle-44-Months-With-A-Pair-Of-Cowboys-Read-extract-of-how-Liverpool-was-dragged-to-its-knees-during-the-shambolic-reign-of-US-owners-Tom-Hicks-and-George-Gillett-article725227.html http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/opinion/blogs/mirror-football-blog/Brian-Reade-An-Epic-Swindle-44-Months-With-A-Pair-Of-Cowboys-Read-extract-of-how-Liverpool-co-owner-thought-Steven-Gerrard-was-gay-article725313.html http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/opinion/blogs/mirror-football-blog/Brian-Reade-An-Epic-Swindle-44-Months-With-A-Pair-Of-Cowboys-Day-Three-Read-extract-of-how-Liverpool-owners-Hicks-and-Gillett-betrayed-Rafa-Benitez-and-wooed-Jurgen-Klinsmann-article725482.html What was his exuse at Internazionale then?

I went for Gus Poyet. Has done well at Brighton so far and is a younger manager with something to prove. I've always been impressed with him in interviews, he comes across as very switched on and passionate, has played at the highest level and know the English game inside out. I think he'd be willing to work with most of the existing squad too and build for the future rather than buying shit loads of expensive foreign imports.

What he means is he might get eaten by an alligator.

here Seriously, you can **** yourself up wearing th wrong shoes. Can I also recommend Adidas Micoach to help plan and monitor your training, assuming you have an android smartphone.

Yes, worth it. No big deal - you're not getting them custom made, just selecting the right sort off the shelf. Find a decent sports shoe shop for your first pair, after that you can play it by ear. And (here I go again, sorry if you've heard it before) - find your local running club. For my money, better than all other advice. Find a proper running shop.

Not sure whether this will be allowed but the F365 forum has a dedicated cooking spin off site which is worth checking out. It's called Panwarrior and there are some good recipes on there.

Good evening General sir. If you were an average working schmuck like most of us midlanders, earning an average wage or probably less, with very little disposable income, would you shell out for a season ticket next season at an increased price given the dross the fans have put up with at VP in the last 8 months?

The game turned with the introduction of Pires. A midfield pairing of Pires and Petrov? That's probably the least mobile and slowest duo we could possibly have put out. Petrov should have gone off for Bannan if you wanted to tinker with the team. Bringing Pires on was like giving away the extra man advantage and going 10 v 10.

Thank god for Gabby. He'll have needed that.....and so did we.

We should be winning and would be if Halsey wasnt such a word removed. Leading 2-1 away would be great and a very good half. As it is, it's 1-1 and they haven't properly threatened in my opinon since the first 20 minutes. Since then its been all us. They could (and should) have been 3 up by then. A decent team would have buried us by now. Easy to see why we are where we are. We've been lucky the last 3 games in that we've played a threadbare Everton side who could barely put out a first XI and didn't have one senior player on their bench, Newcastle who were also missing key players and now West Ham without their talisman. The lack of cohesion in our team between players is quite frightening. I don't think I've ever seen a Villa side give the ball away so cheaply and make so many mistakes on and off the ball.

Chelsea beating West Brom 2-1 now..

This is possibly the worst game I've ever seen.

He's had ample time to make an impact on our defensive play. The simple fact is, regardless of personal, we've been defensively brittle. You can't polish a turd, and our central defenders are shit. Sometimes you've got to change the tailor not the cloth.

How do you work that one out? He's got a player who 12 months ago was an international left back training with the stiffs and replaced him with a right back who is better than the guy who is actually playing right back.

I'm pretty sure we had a different manager.

Christ on a bike, atrocious defending and goalkeeping. Can't believe the board stuck with Houllier.

2 words General. John Gregory. He's as close to MON as you're going to get quickly; a Villa man, a fighter, a motivator and he'd give the players the kick up the arse they need. Lets face it we've got nothing to lose. All I do know is that when it's backs to the wall time, don't back the French.