rubberman

I hope that Jack sees where the slackers in the squad are now, and where those that graft a bit are, and comes to the conclusion that he needs to work his butt off if he wants to get back in.

We're not hated at all. In fact I think a lot of other fans feel sorry for us and the shit we're putting up with. On most sites I've seen last night and today, people seem pleased for us to get a win - I guess we are no threat to anyone really!

No chance. I'm usually stupidly optimistic before a game, but this is a nailed on loss. Zaha will tear Clark / Cissokho a new one. At Least 0-2, boos all round and probably an injury to Ayew to heap on the misery. Depressing.

Off the pitch I really like the way he's going about things. It has to start translating into results and points soon though before the pressure breaks him.

Desperately need a win and not to have any more humiliation added to this season. There are bound to be upsets - please not us this time.

Jar jar binks >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

rubberman Villa 1-2 Palace Bournemouth 2-2 WestHam Newcastle 0-1 ManUtd Chelsea 0-0 WestBrom ManCity 1-2 Everton Southampton 1-1 Watford Stoke 1-0 Norwich Swansea 1-0 Sunderland Liverpool 1-2 Arsenal Spurs 2-2 Leicester http://pastebin.com/7Ntc9XvH

Selling to clear out dross I expect - we're not going to be getting much ££ for anyone. Given the summer net spend, I'd think we'd have £15-20m. + Loans.

I really hope that Remi's refusal to loan him out / sell him will have given him a boost. He's had the stick, now here's the carrot - knowing he has a part to play in the rest of the season and figures in the manager's plans. Get your head together and show us the performance level from the FA cup semi final again please Jack.

Brilliant!

I agree. If our strategy (such as it is) is to buy potential on 5 year contracts, develop and sell on, it is surely even beyond Villa's stupidity to sell one of the brightest talents for a loss after 1 season, whatever the wages.

Not really going our way, is it.

Very strange. Was there for a year already and had no appearances. Obviously has some talent but never seems to play - odd.

I keep seeing this. But if we sign championship players, we'll stay in the championship. We need to keep aiming on the premiership and make sure we get back to it before the parachute payments run out. We still need to buy / loan quality.

Had we not had injuries and suspensions I'm pretty sure it would have be virtually the same side each week. Norwich is the aberration proving that we don't have the depth to rotate. Or any depth at all. Or even shallowness frankly.

I truly hope so. Show us We're not 20th - that there is one team worse than us. Baby steps.

From what I've seen I think Remi has been focussed on consistency and giving the players he sees as the 'best' a run. It's worked for ayew and veretout, for Rudy not so much. I presume he watched all the Sherwood games and saw players in and out each week, systems changing and saw how that screwed everyone up. That said, with ayew out I hope the plan isn't Sinclair and gestede and we do see more adama-time.

rubberman WestHam 2-1 Liverpool Arsenal 4-0 Newcastle Leicester 2-0 Bournemouth ManUtd 0-0 Swansea Norwich 1-1 Southampton Sunderland 1-1 Villa WestBrom 0-1 Stoke Watford 1-2 ManCity Palace 1-0 Chelsea Everton 2-2 Spurs http://pastebin.com/A0F9qhXF Missed the last couple, but back in the office again...

"What happens when you change manager? So in the Premier League, at least, there is a boost for a short honeymoon period and then performance dips back – and indeed slightly below the level that it was before the club changed manager. Between 12 and 18 games after appointment, the points’ benefit of changing manager has vanished, suggesting that on average there is only a short-term gain and a longer-term negative effect of changing manager." From: http://www.wbs.ac.uk/downloads/news/2009/10/what-is-the-impact-of-changing-football-manag.pdf I can't manage to insert the graphic this refers to, but essentially, there is usually a small uplift in the first 6 games after a change, with a bigger impact games 7-12, before reverting to the mean (ie where you were before the sacking). Our 'bounce' has been negligible - whether this is because of the desperate plunge we were on prior to the change or the lack of impact Remi has had is a matter of opinion.

Oof. That's tragic.

And it's relegation from me. And it's relegation from him.

I like Remi and I liked the way the team was slowly improving up to West Ham when I thought we looked pretty good. Norwich was a real step back though and shows how little depth we have. I'd prefer to have seen some of the kids coming through than have proven failures starting / on the bench - at least they'd be hungry. I think we'll see Remi being ruthless again with Richardson, Sinclair etc as he has been with Zog and Gabby especially if we can get 2-3 people in through Jan. I was in the optimistic camp coming into these last few games, but Norwich has killed that. I'd just like to see continued progress and get past Derby's points. Maybe sneak into 19th so it's not so desperate. Christ - aspiring to 19th - what has this club done to me.

Can understand some of the reasons for changes but that side looks the same as the Shit Sherwood was serving up. Disappointed.

There are small signs of confidence growing. We're making chances and fewer stupid mistakes. Please let this be the day...

That would work for me - though I'd drop in Chemical Brothers - Sunshine Ungerground for PPK.