JimmyTwoTimes

Lovely quote from a Bluenose in the Mail, refering to McLeish: "‘I just don’t understand why he would even be interested in joining them, to be honest. We are looking to strengthen our squad yet Villa are losing their top players." How I'd love to discuss these words with the fellow.

Seemed to like him enough at Boro.

4. Chelsea want him as manager. 5. Chelsea want Redknapp as manager and Spurs want Hughes as replacement (=smetrov option 3)

While the erstwhile BBC Chief Sports writer will doubtless be keen to speculate as to the identity of the man many feel will be taking the hot seat at Aston Villa, he may come to have felt that inadvertently exposing his identity on a fans' web forum will come to have been seen as an ill-advised professional misstep. One thing is certain: if Carlo Ancelotti does take the reins at the Midlands club, the Villa hierarchy will doubtlessly hope that the Italian will bring them the success they will surely hope for. [continues for 2000 words] Oh. Cheers PhilMac. I like your journalism.

Oh. Good! Though I like his journalism.

Are you Phil McNulty?

Bully for you astonvillalife. I work with a bunch of tw@ts.

Been chatting to a few Chelsea ST holders at work. They're very disappointed that Ancellotti was sacked - enjoyed his style of play and were, on the whole, pleased with the teams results and the second placed finish. They're big fans of Wilkins, understandably. But maybe that's because he was a bit of a Chelsea bwoy. That CFC job's a poison chalice. No-one's good enough for RA. FWIW, they also fancy Hughes as their next manager. I'm warming to the idea of MH. Fulham fans definitely want keep him. He's obviously done something right there with a fairly average squad. Top choice would be CA with RW (for his squad handling) for the glamour and style of play. They might just convince SD to stay... and maybe even Webcam.