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"...claiming a takeover has been agreed which makes Dr TONY Jiantong Xia the club’s new chairman." ....

Every time I read this thread I think of THIS Eric. I just imagine Black being like this at work. Theyre so similar in their struggles, but THIS Eric actually manages to grasp what he's supposed to do.

I know I'll be the same. For weeks now I've been dying for a big money buyer to step in and throw money at us and give us some excitement again. But then the realist villa fan in me steps in, reminds me that randy came in with the promise of a bright future. I get reminded of the same old "it's never us" story. I'm so wary of every negative rumour in this takeover - such and such haven't enough money to invest in us etc. I really hope this takeover is a good thing for the club. I can't stand the club rotting anymore and just want the exciting and successful Aston villa back. I'll still refresh this thread repeatedly til news comes in, I just hope it's good news

Surely he must be up there as one of the worst men in charge we've ever had. Struggling to think of anyone worse in terms of results, approach and attitude...

I take it there's a financial reason for him not playing. As in we pay Barca X amount once he starts/plays so many games or he has a clause in his contract that says he needs to be on the team sheet so many times and paid so much of a bonus for playing.... can anyone confirm? Can't see any reason why he wouldn't even feature, waste of money if we aren't even giving him a chance

Don't we have enough players that don't really contribute?

By tomorrow it'll be 480 hours. I don't think we're going to hear an announcement

Stop talking nonsense. That actually sounds like something that would MAKE us money! Thats the last thing we would do under the current leadership

If randy has anything to do with it you can guarantee that it'll still manage to drop in value

You must be hammered. I'll believe it when it's nailed on.

Was working today so missed the everything about the game.... Did he forget we had a subs bench? Most of them would have got a great reception if they'd come on.... Traore, Gil, Lyden.... But he just makes one change in added time? Its like he's taunting us! As said earlier, thank god there's only one more match under this fool... Hopefully

So.. Is black picking Agbonlahor, lescott and possibly Richards to start tomorrow then? how depressing ...

Fixed a few points there

Isn't this season over yet? Think best case scenario is Newcastle and Sunderland to come down. Both will have players on bigger wages than Norwich and will either have to go all out for promotion or have a mini clear out. Can't see either manager staying with them either. Either way.... We really need to get our asses in gear and start preparing. The advantage of being relegated early and having the heads start for next season is nearly run out

Should make the players wear a full white strip - to coincide with their lack of fight

Does that mean we can have a promotion thread version 1?

http://www.transferleague.co.uk/championship-teams-last-five-seasons/transfer-league-tables/championship-last-five-season not convinced how accurate these numbers are but should give a rough idea of spending power. last summer very few teams spent over £9m. Most spent nothing or a few hundred thousand.

Don't get the selections he makes. Don't get his decisions. Don't get anything he comes out with. Don't get why we're even relying on him to look after this club. Please God let us get a decent manager and owner soon

I can see... 9 defeats on the trot for Mick McCarthy with Sunderland at the end of 2002/3. He replaced Howard Wilkinson who had just had 6 on the trot. That Sunderland team hold the record of 15 defeats in a row over one season. Cant seem to find anything on specific managers.... 9 is the highest I've found

Charles is basically our Kanye west isn't he?

Ironically we'd probably get a better result as well. .... I've basically just repeated what Richards said. Great minds and all that...

Was probably one of the terms of his punishment. He's been handed the fine and either told to write or given an apology to post online. Dont get fooled into thinking he actually means any of it. He's more sorry that he's out of pocket than how he's behaved

Although if he does fail he will be another on the list of people who have joined us from arsenal and failed We need a complete refit anyway. I'm sure he'd do well if given half a chance

It's not really relevant at all to Comolli as as person or his ability. I'm just pointing out that the last guys we got from arsenal were highly spoken of but in the end didn't really achieve anything positive of note when they were here. In fact fox, almstadt and to a lesser extent garde were all lambasted on here for their failures this season. My point being something along the lines of, just because someone was good at arsenal doesn't mean they'll do wonders for us.

I'd be very suprised if we even got 17 points. This squad is mentally shot and the majority really couldn't care less. Cant see us getting anything at Watford, Newcastle will be fighting for the win and we won't even turn up let alone put up a fight against Arsenal.