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I don't think Westwood is that good but he's not as terrible as made out either. He's just very 'meh' and not in a quietly doing your job effectively way unfortunately. Sick to death of modern football fans views though in the main. Too large a majority are spouting off in extremes when usually the truth is somewhere in the middle. A player doesn't have to be deemed great or garbage. I think we should/could find better but he's a steady player, just not with any qualities that make him stand out to warrant a place in the starting line up of a team trying to win promotion.

Oh man, my soul is torn to shreds. Poor little fecker.

If these 8 outfield players were playing for Villa last season I would think they'd have put up a much better fight of staying in the Premiership. Plenty of them have been successful in the Championship (putting it lightly) with a decent number holding their own in the Prem. The early results haven't been all that but the squad building is pretty damn promising to me. It smacks of logic, common sense and quality.

It's not a rumour but I would go after Kahzri on loan from Sunderland. Moyes isn't playing him. Last season when he came in for Sunderland he was quality.

Truth be told, I am a Wrexham fan first and foremost as my hometown team. Little came in with zero fight and was terrible (he was my hero growing up as Villa manager and I used to send him letter after letter in the post with replies at times). He let Matty Done leave at around 20 years old when he took Wrexham into the Conference, 95% of fans loved Done and saw his potential and he has gone on to have a good career in the football league when deemed not good enough in the Conference under Little. Little was ace in the 90's for Villa with the 4th place finishes but I can assure you that doesn't count for very much in this day and age in the PL. I will always love Brian Little but he's a shell of the 90's Villa hero. After Wrexham he went to Gainsborough Trinity where he had a ton of money compared to most in the league yet struggled to even get in the top half of the table if memory serves me right. It's not what people want to hear but Brian Little having a big influence in decision making nowadays is not something to cheer about imo. Times have changed, the game has changed.

Black comes across very well there and good on him for removing Agbonlahor from the equation, whilst also putting down a reporter in 1 minute. Brilliant.

My favourite by a country mile is Mark Warburton but sadly it seems unlikely. What he did with Brentford was nothing short of remarkable and whilst expected, he's delivering comfortably with Rangers. He would be the perfect fit for us I think but there doesn't seem to be much clamour for him on here. I can understand why plenty want Moyes but it's been a long time since he managed in the Championship and he wouldn't come cheap either. I would have far more faith in Warburton to build a squad capable of competing at the top end of the Championship whilst playing good football to go along with it. : Everybody jump on the Warburton train!

Why are his shorts pulled up so high? Does his ankle go up to his scrotum?

I wish there we had two Veretout's. One to play deeper and drive the play forward and one to play in the number 10 role where he can do his intelligent slide-rule passes to a striker who can move for toffee and see the space that Veretout can see when playing the through ball. This is the big difference between Westwood and Veretout for example. Westwood will keep the ball moving and be satisfied we still have the ball, Veretout on the other hand wants to keep the ball but drive the play forward. That's something that unfortunately we will never see from Westwood. It'd be alright if he had strength and was a tackling machine but he isn't so he's very limited even if he's neat and tidy. Before he gets mentioned, Carrick is stronger than Westwood off the ball and on it can thread 50 yard passes forward on the deck for breakfast. I didn't intend this post to turn into a Westwood slight, apologies. Back to it, let's clone Veretout. Gordon Berrehtoo, he can be the one who plays deeper with Gana.

Veretout has 5 assists in the equivalent of 16 full league games. Cleverly had 0 assists in the equivalent of 29 full league games. Veretout has 0 goals in the equivalent of 16 full league games. Cleverly had 3 goals in the equivalent of 29 full league games. Involvement in 2 more goals in nearly half the playing time without Benteke to ping balls to. I would suggest Veretout would be on even more assists if Benteke was in this side. He did start poorly, there's no arguing against that but if you can't see the progression in him then you're either on the wind-up or blinkered. He's starting to play a bit more advanced than he used to also so it's only a matter of time before a goal or 2 arrive. It's a simplistic view to think that because the team has been poor and struggling that in turn it means all the players are poor.

Garde took over on the 2nd November. Since then Sunderland have lost 8 league games and Villa 6, that's with Allardyce knowing the league inside out, having some money to spend and have a month extra to put his stamp on the team. He's not a terrible manager but he's not the messiah and Lerner wouldn't let Allardyce throw money around, not to mention that Allardyce is probably on a far bigger whack than Remi.

Whatever Remi deems is needed. He's not stupid enough to try and bankrupt the club with stupid signings but strongly going after his main targets, early, not feeding on scraps and not signing players he doesn't really want would be a decent enough start. He can manage and identify players.

Do you actually believe the tripe you come out with or is it just to annoy idiots like me?

This is actually really interesting to watch. At the start he's very quiet, humble, unassuming with the other coach taking charge but as the video goes on it shows his leadership qualities clearly. He's prone to the odd lapse in concentration but overall he's a good defender. He was part of the WBA defence that was gobbling up clean sheets when Pulis came in last season. We tend to focus on the odd mistake rather than the overall contribution and with Lescott in that left side of the CB's he adds so much balance along with his leadership. I'm glad more people are starting to realise the good player he is because he's been slated on here before he even signed and was starting his Villa career with people already on his case. Keep it up Joleon.

I've never been gay for a manager before, let alone a Villa manager but I can't get enough of Remi, he oozes class just looking at him then he opens that little French gob of his and that accent comes into play and I begin to melt. What makes it even better is that whilst the voice is calming, soothing and elegant it's also delivering frank, honest, open and intelligent discussion. This manager knows what's what, there's no bullshit, he knows our weaknesses and our strengths and is developing a team that is slowly being able to pick up points and aren't easy to beat. If the board have any sense whatsoever they will support him in the summer. Villa have a real asset in Remi, don't **** it up Villa. I'm not holding my breath sadly.

I completely understand why N'Zogbia is hated. He's the epitome of a modern day footballer that your mum moans about when talking about how much nurses earn compared to footballers. What makes it worse is that deep down there's a bloody good player locked away in there somewhere. He has many attributes. His attitude to the game defeats everything else though. He can beat players for fun but he's not smart enough to release the ball at the right times. He hogs the ball and slows attacks down even if he was the one to initially start the attack with pace. His decision making is terrible and the clips of him being clinical are an exception to the rule. I'd have him on the bench as an option at least against tired defences but he really is a stain. If he altered his attitude and applied himself then he could have made himself a big name and even more money than he's been stealing from Villa every week. Alas he doesn't care enough to see the bigger picture. He'll end up signing for some Asian or American team for decent money as I don't think he could get himself big money over here any more. What a waste of natural talent.

So if we try and sign him again will it be the same people on the panel or another set of questionables? Fingers crossed it's different people and it will go through if we try again in a few months. It definitely stinks. No way would Utd/City/Liverpool/Chelsea get turned down for the same player.

It looks like he's about to cry.

Rod fight! Who will win the battle of the rods?

QPR bought a load of over-priced crap. Newcastle are bringing in quality players. Their squad is far stronger than Villa's and if both teams go down this season I know who I'd put my money on to return straight back up and it wouldn't be Villa I'm gutted to say.

I don't think anyone expected the club to be chucking money around like Newcastle but to seemingly do nothing at all is negligent. Even someone like that Christian Santos would be at least something to have some sort of hope, something/someone to get behind and have a slight bit of hope. He'd be cheap as chips in both terms of fee and wages compared to most PL signings and would probably do a job in the Championship next season but there just doesn't seem to be anything at all from the board. Garde put forward targets like Doumbia, the few that went to Sunderland, Remy, Debuchy. If the club had little intention of backing those sort of signings then they should have let Garde know so he could at least give them some targets on the cheaper end of the spectrum. It seems like Garde's worked hard trying to get these players when the club had no real intention of getting them in at all.

The board are a disgrace, they finally did something right and employed a decent manager and now they're in danger of pushing him out by their lack of support for him.

I can see the adverts now. He's a bit of an animal...

If Hollis manages to get us sold then he deserves every penny he gets!