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What if it has been Terry all along and we've just been waiting for special clearance from the EFL, as he doesn't have his badges completed yet? Didn't Sherwood & Monk get clearance from the Premier League for the same reason, before they took over Spuds & Swansea?

That's how we ended up with McLeish...

I still prefer his brother Mike...

Are you kidding? He had no budget to spend on players. Even Lerner opened up the piggy bank more than Whelan did at Wigan. It was amazing that he even was able to keep them in the league for as long as he did with all the money other teams were throwing around during the same time. There is a reason he keeps getting higher profile jobs in his career whenever he decides to move.

Because it’s Villa. Mourinho could sign for us and there would be some on here to find something to complain about. Sign a manager who plays attacking football, and he’ll get slated for defensive issues. Sign a manager who plays defensive football, and he’ll get slated for being boring. Sign a manager with a lot of experience and he’ll get slated for whatever his worst experience was. Sign an inexperienced manager, and he’ll get slated for that. Welcome to Villa Talk!

Can you imagine his first press conference? Crazy Joe: “Before we get started, which one of you lot is James Nursey?” Nursey: “Uh... me...” Joe: “You’re a c***!” Brilliant! The football might be shit, but the pressers will be amazing.

Screw it... I’m not supporting any manager but Joe Fookin Kinnear... Crazy Joe In!!!

Seeing reports that we’re now after Martinez and not Henry... I’m 100% for this. I’m a huge supporter of his.

Maddison has been phenomenal this season. There were a lot of Villa Talkers slating Leicester for paying as much as they did for him this summer, but he's proving to be a bargain. I can see Leicester selling him to one of the Sky teams in a year or two for 50 Mil plus. Maddison dominates games and pulls all the strings, something Grealish hasn't done a lot of in his career so far. He wins a lot of fouls and makes some beautiful passes, but he isn't ruthless enough with his play. Jacky boy needs a tactical manager to show him exactly how to dominate games at this level.

My thoughts on the Henry/Terry combo: Between the two of them, they've played for a dozen world class managers and have won every trophy there is to win in Europe. They will have learned a thing or two about the modern game (tactics, fitness, training, etc.) and should be able to apply at least something to our dressing room to improve things in the short term. Long term is where the real test will come in. Our problems with the team are a bit like those we had when Lambert got the sack. Even someone as tactically clueless as Tim Sherwood got us playing well again with a fresh approach, but the wheels fell off the following season. The other great players from their generation are doing alright as fledgling managers, but they aren't exactly performing miracles either. Gerrard is doing ok at Rangers and Lampard has had a mixed bag of results at Derby (but one of his players is getting called up to the England squad next week, so that's a plus). The real test will be with us fans and the Villa board. Are we willing to work with an inexperienced manager and give him the time/resources needed to build us into a stable Premier League side again? What happens when results don't go our way? Both Henry and Terry are born winners and only played on fantastic teams during their careers. What happens when we hit a rough patch of form? How will they react as managers? What about us fans and the board? Will we be willing to stick with them as they try to figure things out? I think we, as fans, all agree that we have the best squad in the Championship on paper, even with the huge question marks over our defense right now. If they don't get us winning immediately, how long before we start getting on their backs? I don't know if we're going to be patient enough to support a manager who doesn't start picking up wins immediately.

It's alright... Who needs "You'll Never Walk Alone" when you have a classic like "Shit on the City" to belt out over and over every game?

It's hilarious to see the same pundits calling for Mourinho's head at Manure, but defending Bruce for needing more time, when they've had what? The same amount of time in charge of their two clubs? Manchester United can deserve better than arguably the best manager in the world, but Villa is lucky to be slogging it out in the Championship under Potato Head's dour tactics, week in and week out? Do me a favor...

Honestly, it might be unrealistic, but everyone thought Benitez going to Newcastle was unrealistic when that happened. I'm 100% for this plan...

Steve Kean or Joe Kinnear for me... The football might be shit, but at least the press conferences will be glorious!!! Seriously, though... Need someone young, modern, and progressive.

I still prefer to remember K-Mac as our Manager during this game... Swashbuckling attacking football, gave Clark & Albrighton their first starts for the club, and a great send off to Jimmy Milner... I also tend to forget the follow up to this game... (The 0-6 Trashing to Newcastle & Ireland's first appearance...)

Ugh... Didn’t like him when he played for us in his prime. Always had at least one challenge in him every game which a ref could easily call a penalty for (and did several times). You think he has improved with age??? Get ready for more HOOF!!! comments in the matchday threads, because he loves a good punt back the the opposition’s keeper.

It's amazing what happens when you play everyone in their natural positions. Our defense doesn't look like a pub team, for once...

I love Bruce's tactical genius... Pass the ball backwards to a central defender and have them boot it up field for a throw in... We'll definitely win with this strategy...

Have to agree with this... Apart from the one time I went to a football pub in NYC on holiday, I've yet to meet another American Villa supporter in 12 years. Met loads of Man Utd, Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea, Madrid, and Barca supporters, though. Fulham actually has a pretty big following in the USA, because a lot of our international players have played for the club over the years (McBride, Bocanegra, Dempsey, Ream, etc.). Recently, I've started seeing more and more Man City fans coming out of the woodwork. It's funny because 10-15 years ago, Plastic Man Utd/Arsenal/Liverpool fans in the USA would try to shame American Chelsea supporters as being "Glory Hunters" who support a "club with no history" who "bought their success", but after several years that sigma wore off and they started doing the same thing with Man City supporters. Overall, unless you're actively winning trophies or have a lot of American players in your starting lineup, you won't attract legions of American fans.

I want the next Klopp... Someone who oozes charisma and is an astute tactician. I don't know who that is because I don't know enough about up and coming managers, but that's who we need. If Purslow comes out and gets us someone in the Moyes/Hodgson/Fat Sam/Pulis/Warnock/Pardew mold, we're ****...

If we get ripped apart by Blackburn, he'll be gone. If we skate a draw or narrowly lose to them and do the same with Rotherham, he'll be gone. My fear is that we'll pick up 4-6 points instead, because the broken clock that is "Bruceball" is right twice a day, and we'll be stuck with him for several more months.

Not getting too excited about this guy... I got excited about Tom Fox, who had a similar background in the business world and at another big club, getting Arsenal bumper sponsorship deals. I got excited about Keith Wyness, who had experience at other large clubs and seemed to talk the talk and walk the walk when he arrived here. Disappointment and Villa go hand in hand, so I'm going to take a new approach with everything... Have no expectations and you can't be disappointed. As impressive as Purslow's commentary on Sky has been, Liverpool fans have nothing good to say about him. They saw him as a silver-tongued snake who masterminded shoving Benitez out of the club and replacing him with the footballing genius of Roy Hodgson. I'll wait and see, but some of the things he preaches in a lot of the videos I've watched with his commentary about Arsenal/Wenger and Liverpool/Klopp don't at all match up with what he did at Liverpool when he had the reins. Then again, most of our fans would tell anyone who hired Tom Fox as their chairman that he is clueless idiot who helped get us relegated with the whole Sherwood/Reilly situation, when to be fair, Lerner made that job a poisoned chalice for anyone to take on to begin with.

Rodgers??? Did anyone watch that awful Being Liverpool series their club put out themselves? Rodgers looks even more clueless than Bruce does, even with the club having Final Cut... Look at this amazing team talk... He's Mike Bassett Personified... I don't want this clown anywhere near our club.

Jesus... We're going to get hammered if this keeps up... Embarrassing defending...

The most important question... After we bring in Bolasie and Targett... Would we still be able to loan Januzaj???? Can someone clarify this for me???