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From what I've seen so far - he's so far from being good enough it's quite frightening.

At least he'd sort the defence out!

That's the whole point. We had a disasterous end to the season. And Everton were played off the park by Arsenal, we were played off the park by the mighty Wigan!! We are not Man United,we don't have a god given right to beat these teams. We played Arsenal off the park last year,these things happen. I'm not saying we have a divine right to win any game. I can accept losing to anyone as long as there is commitment and ideas going into a game. Yesterday was toothless. How many other top 10 teams do you think Wigan will go to and not only win, but play them off the park this season - and I bet you it's none. I genuinely think David O'Leary would have got us into the top 4 by now if he had the same money as MON has had available, and thats down to 1 word - ambition. DOL would have gone for the very best players available unlike MON who seems happy with a 'make do' attitude.

That's the whole point. We had a disasterous end to the season. And Everton were played off the park by Arsenal, we were played off the park by the mighty Wigan!!

I genuinely don't think he knows what he's doing. He's too much of a ditherer in the transfer market and tactically woeful. I know it's incredibly early, but unless we sign some top quality in the next fortnight, I think he may have taken us as far as he can. How a top flight club can only have 2 centre backs is beyond me. I would love to see what gems David Moyes could find with a bit of cash behind him at Villa.

Woeful, Inept, Clueless and that's just MON. Sort it out FFS - you've had all summer!! We lost to the better team (I was very impressed by Wigan) but we were truly awful. Our team cost around £60m+ today, Wigan cost about £20m (ish). MON has spent cash very badly and needs to sort it out. Imagine what David Moyes could do here with some serious cash...

Anything below top eight and I will be dissapointed. I think top 6 is beyond us this season unless MON brings in 2/3 excellent defenders.

In the words of Jim Trott: No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, NO!

No thanks, he wasn't good enough last time he was here...

Hi General, I don't think this has been answered yet, can you tell us when the new home kit is to be revealed and put on sale please. I'm waiting to see the home shirt before I decide whether to buy home or away. Many Thanks

Great to hear from you again General - let's hope your over the worst of it!

No - quite simple in this day and age, we don't have enough cash to compete with the very best on a regular basis.

Top 6 will be even tougher next season - Tottenham won't give us a 20 point head start and Man City will be a lot closer too - and they don't have the distraction of Europa football...So I say I would be more than happy with 6th again next season.

Hi General, This isn't a rant about MON or our current form but I just like to pass my opinion over to you (I know you like to pass opinions on to Randy). Basically I think a lot of fans (not just Villa) are becoming bored (for the want of a better word) with the Premier League - the top 4 is a closed shop unless you have hundreds of millions of £'s to spend. It seems we have hit the 'glass ceiling' and are as high as we can go - therefore if we can't win the league, I would love us to win a cup (I've never seen Villa play at Wembley). Can someone please tell MON to take cup competitions seriously next season so we have a chance of some silverware otherwise I don't really see the point of our exsistance.

Not as long as a more attack minded replacement was found...

MON - He steadied the ship for 2 years spending very little and finished 6th. MON only had serious cash to blow last summer - and now we're 5th, that's progress.

The fact this isn't 100% YES astounds me....we should be grateful he's at our club and not elsewhere!

For a very split second I forgot the date and believed it!!!! Goddam you!!!

Hi General, I'm really pleased to hear us entering the Peace Cup in the summer. It just shows how much the profile of the club has increased in europe since Randy took over. I look forward to us taking on some 'giants' of world football like Real Madrid and Juventus, even if they are only friendlies.

Hi General, There's a lot of unhappy peeps around at the moment but everyone is still behind Randy and MON. I think the frustration comes from a lack of investment in January (we've been there before - leading the table half way through, don't invest and finish 7th). I don't think we will get top 4 this season, but if MON can seriously invest again in the summer and build a much bigger squad, then who knows...keep up the great work!

Hi General, I was just wondering what was happening with the official site message board because it's been 'under review' for a while now with no sign of it coming back on... Thanks

I've got a feeling that the squad isn't strong enough and we will fade away a little and finish 5th...

Hi General, Hope you are well. I know this is nothing to do with Villa, but we ended up missing today's match because for no apparent reason our train was cancelled without notice. Would Villa look into running a coach from the Cannock area, because this isn't the first time the train has been late/cancelled? Thanks

Owen for sure - easily the best finisher on the list

General, Best of luck with your father, and good wishes to your family. Just a quick thought regarding the club shop. Have we ever thought about selling 'non Villa' items in the club shop? I ask because whenever I buy gifts for people I try and get something from Villa to put back into the club, but a lot of my family don't support Villa, so I can't really get anything for them. Maybe if we sold footballs, t-shirts, and maybe some England merchandise without Villa on, other fans would be catered for and revenune would presumably increase. Cheers