Difference is what is going to get the fans paying money to come to Villa Park.
Hou - Signed Bent and attempted to get us to become a passing team which was entertaining at times. I doubt we could currently sign a 'Bent' type player if one was available. He had a lot of contacts and could probably sign a lot of players just based on that. Maybe if players like Dunne and Collins weren't such **** bellends the defence would have been sorted. Once he had shipped them out we would have seen how good we could have been.
McL - Ex nose which isn't a great start for getting fans to spend money on the club. I admit he has had his hands tied with funds but its still not good enough. Two 0-0s in three games, I dont care what you say, the players he is picking is defensive, Hou wouldn't have had Heskey playing central defensive midfielder! Who is going to want to keep watching this? He doesn't have the pull power to attract big names. Nzogbia could have played under McL at Brum, didn't want to but he came here because the lure is Aston Villa.
Hou was more concered about winning games, McL is more concerned about not losing them.