Jon

Yeah but surely Ian we all gave the previous incumbent plenty of leeway in that 1st season? It wasn't until we'd had 2+ years of excuses and downbeat patronising soundbites that it got a bit much for us, especially combined with bad results. MON has made some realistic quotes. I wouldn't want him to come out with some unrealistic tosh which he then couldn't deliver.

Freddy Eastwood's available from Southend. But is he any good?

maybe, and here's a real shocking theory, maybe the players MON wants will not be available during the January window and so he is preparing us for this fact? Just a wild stab in the dark .....

well spotted Sir :winkold: exactly - managing expectation levels. We all know that "some" Villa fans will be wanting expecting unrealistic players to be purchased in january. Like you say, under promise and over deliver. Unlike the previous incumbent, who under promised and under delivered ....

WHAM don't need to sell any of their best players and IMO won't. Unless of course that player is a w*nker and is causing major unrest at the club. I suspect Curbs will steady the ship and none of the good players will be offski, sadly out targets will come from elsewhere, IMO

it would be if that's what we were still doing ...... :winkold:

spot on analysis IMO. That's certainly the impression i got from being at the game too. "Does not command his area" is the phrase that springs to mind

was Tim Robbins there? 8)

Hopefully right sided?

indeed. It's a little bit Grisales to me.

we'll be above 'em in january though Bri :winkold:

Lucas Neill at right back would be a very welcome addition, IMO. Wouldn't cost too much either, I rackon. Didn't he almost go to the red scousers in the summer?

maybe he means in the FA Cup 3rd round, Villa V barcodes?

what a strange attempt at justification. 1) not all animals eat other animals. Some animals are "veggies" 2) you seem to be reducing a human to the level of an animal. I thought millions of years of evolution had progressed us beyond that? I'd simply stick with the "I like the taste of meat" argument. Ther's less holes in it.

Dog? When in Rome - or Hanoi. well indeed. But do you keep pets/have you kept pets? would you eat them, if they tasted nice?

I'd have nothing against eating it, but if it tastes sh1t then I'm not gonna do it just to prove a point. If it's tasty then bring it on with a side of chips. Taste issues aside Bri, how far removed is eating an ape to eating a human? the link is there, so to speak.

was at Uni early to mid 90s. loved every minute of it. Now i'm Ba Ma Superstar :wink:

Dog?

I think it's called a moral conscience. It weighs heavier on some than others.

I'd like to know wehere meat eaters draw the line. What meat wouldn't you eat, taking legality out of the equation? Would people eat dolphin, for example? Or would most only eat meat that was specifically reared for that purpose (eg Cows, Chickens etc)?

I was also alluding to the fact that MONty had got a "small-ish" side to the final of the UEFA Cup. But then again, Stevie Mac did that too, so i don't want to make too big a play of it :wink: I just think it serves no purpose to keep being told that he hasn't won anything major. We know that. He's not been in a position to, yet.

I'd venture the opposite Malc and say that I think MONty proved himself very capable whilst at Celtic. and at Lie-chester too. OK, so he didn't win the Champs League with either. But he did very well with both in domestic competitions, and did well with Celtic in the UEFA Cup. I don't know what more you were/are expecting of him, given the clubs he's been at.

apart from Greavesy at Bayern thoough, obviously :winkold: FWIW i agree with your comments re Bent and Charlton. I don't think he'll still be with them next season, whther they are in the prem or not. He'll want (and need) a bigger stage.

It's getting ridiculous now. Who said he's not rated ? Your post is the first post in this thread to use the word 'rated' in any context. It is only people mis-interpreting the posts that have gone before who think this is some kind of MON-bash when nothing could be further from the truth. Both Malc and TRL (2 that prominently come to mind) have often in their posts made reference to that fact that MON is "not rated highly" outside of this little island of ours. Martins point suggests otherwise. That is the point he is making here, and IMO it's a valid one too. (may possiby not be the right thread to make the point though).

In my opinion, Cahill deserved more than 5/10. 2 clean sheets away from home is excellent for us. Nice report. Indeed. From my TV vantage i'd have given him a7. At least as good as Ridge, IMO. 2 cleanies from 2 Cahill games, both away from home against tough opposition. Good work fella