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Let's hope it's Adidas then.

Our first two Nike kits were fantastic. The best Villa kits in years. Sadly this season with the horrible chequerd designs harked back to all those chavvy kits of the past.

Villa must stay claret shirts with sky blue collar/sleeves. Consistently give us that and Villa fans will be happy.

Clarks got international duty coming up, so perhaps thats why he's not in tonight.

What, you really think a Premier League club would rest a player to save him for International duty? Ha!

I hope he's neither booed nor cheered. Just ignore him, same with Barry.

A manager appointed for where the ambitions of the club lie

GTMK2 all over again for me

I tend to agree with this as well. Hope I'm wrong though.

Come on people, the General's hardly going to criticise Houllier on an open forum is he. That's the sort of thing that's kept in house and rightly so. We don't hang our dirty linen out in public, and all that.

General, it's time for Martin Jol. Houllier is dragging us down to the Championship. Make a change before it's too late!

Could be a glimpse into next season.

Keep dreaming mate.

I was in Cork last weekend. Great city.

Apparently 9450 braved it at the sty tonight

Less than 9k home fans 'packed' into the Sty.

What a massive club.

Just a question, why does everybody hate Steve Staunton?

....i don't, can't think of a villa player, that i have ever hated....then again i don't do hate.....its a burden.

Staunton was the best left back I've seen at Villa in more than 30 years that I've watched the Villa. Played nearly 400 games for us and gave us 10 years service. Yeah he broke his service, but he came back and gave us his all again. Good Villa man and a top player.

I'm happy with the appointment of Houlier. He was one of the much better names mentioned. Could be really good for us. I don't get why this makes the board ambitionless?

Ok mate this is a fantastic apointment, gonna add about another 8,000 season ticket holders right? Dont mug yourself off, FFS i would rather take neil warnock or lambert than this clearing in the woods...

You'd rather have Neil Warnock? Get a grip mate!

Oh God I hope this doesn't mean Phil Thompson will get a job down the Villa. Imagine his big nose on the touch line. :-(

David Moyes would be barmy to leave Everton for Villa. Some fans really need to open their eyes to reality.

Villa aren't a small club akin to the likes of Blackburn or Wigan - we're easily as big if not bigger than Everton, so why shouldn't we go out and get a manager from that club if we choose to?

We have to show some ambition in life.

Because he doesn't want to come, ffs.

That could well be true, but in reality you're guessing as much as I am.

David Moyes would be barmy to leave Everton for Villa. Some fans really need to open their eyes to reality.

Villa aren't a small club akin to the likes of Blackburn or Wigan - we're easily as big if not bigger than Everton, so why shouldn't we go out and get a manager from that club if we choose to?

We have to show some ambition in life.

They have to want to come as well...

Perhaps he does want to come?

David Moyes would be barmy to leave Everton for Villa. Some fans really need to open their eyes to reality.

Villa aren't a small club akin to the likes of Blackburn or Wigan - we're easily as big if not bigger than Everton, so why shouldn't we go out and get a manager from that club if we choose to?

We have to show some ambition in life.

What fecking chance to strengthen?

Did I miss us having a manager or something? or would you want the owner or caretaker to speculate on someone the new manager wouldn't want?

I wonder if the new manager would have wanted Milner or Ireland? The lack of a manager didn't stop us from completing that bit of business did it?

Milner had made it perfectly clear he wanted out regardless. Mon originally wanted Ireland and Cittee wanted him out. No Ireland=no deal=one pissed off Jimmy=unhappy dressing room

I don't for one minute think Milner would have caused any problems in the dressing room if he didn't get his move. I believe he would have knuckled down and got on with the job.

Like it or not - Lerner sold and bought players without a manager at the club. Pity he wasn't so hands on up to the deadline yesterday.

What fecking chance to strengthen?

Did I miss us having a manager or something? or would you want the owner or caretaker to speculate on someone the new manager wouldn't want?

I wonder if the new manager would have wanted Milner or Ireland? The lack of a manager didn't stop us from completing that bit of business did it?

"Total annihilation of our club"??

Christ, talk about an over reaction. We have lost managers before you know, and we've been in a lot worst positions as well.

General, very disappointed to hear the big screen will not be returning to the North stand - Witton corner. This screen was enjoyed by thousands of Villa fans for years, and within a blink of an eye you've taken it down without a thought and replaced it with a type of old fashioned scoreboard that we had installed 30 years ago. General there are thousands of disappointed Villa fans who enjoyed instant replays of match action who now simply cannot see the other video screen, and to be honest it's a bit of a backward step, and I'm hoping we haven't sold it just to raise a few quid.

I implore you to reconsider and reinstall the 2nd video screen at Villa Park!!

General, can we have a quick return of the video screen to the North Stand please!!

Honestly at this moment in time I just don't care...

Why are you here then? Of course you care. We all do!

If he gets us 15 league goals it would be brilliant. 20 goal a season strikers are few and far between anyway. Peter Withe was probably the last to do it for Villa.

This is O'Neill's fifth summer at Villa now, and we should all know how he works the transfer market like the back of our hands. Yet still there are threads like this full of hysterical moaners complaining like it's the end of the world just because we haven't got a player in yet.

Get a grip.

Not bad. I like the away kit especially.