Rds1983

The light at the end of the tunnel would probably be a train.

Lets just hope that fm18 doesn't have Villa in League One. Hopefully they dont downgrade the club and players to much and it isn't to hard to get back up.

Working in Leeds and seeing the state of their fan base, how broken down they are and almost accepting that their fate is not going to change anytime soon. Most of them left anger behind years ago as they know it was futile. They now just look depressed. I dread to think that Villa could head this way.

As I said above I think he needs guidance on dealing with sports media. The headline article on bbc sport is now about Villa and Hollis talking to Pat Murphy. If you ignore his comments about Lerner he does say some valid points but the headline still reads "Villa in Crisis - new chairman".

Apparently there are rumours on Twitter that the board have pulled the plug on the January transfer budget and Remi is livid. Hopefully that's just nonsense and we are going to actually sign a player or two.

I don't think they will even make the top four. They lack squad depth, have had a lot of luck and teams appear to have started to figure them out and the traditional top teams will find another gear. They will probably drop down to sixth like Villa did in 98/99.

You mean something like an FA cup final against Arsenal; watched by the future king (who supposedly supports the team you play for), about 90,000 people in the stadium, millions and millions of people at home and also the 'Lesser Spotted Lerner'. I'm sure our players would do us proud. Apologies to anyone who had temporary forgotten that horrible day.

I think this guy needs some serious instructions on how to deal with the media, especially with regards to sports journalists looking for a story and alienating the fanbase. Every statement is worse then the last. I'm trying to look through it to see a positive but I can't. He seems to have latched on to the idea that success in football doesnt require money because Leicester are doing well this year. A team who very nearly got relegated last year and yes they are having a great year but I very much doubt they will finish as high up as they are now. They are also the exception and not the norm. I seriously hope this is just hullabaloo and that Garde is actually given the funds and help that he needs and is not handcuffed.

Can you please ask Tom Fox to sign off buying a decent striker?

Cheeky bid for Mascherano? What's the extradition agreement with Spain?

Looking at thier wiki page it doesn't read as an overly time consuming job; maybe he could still attend board meetings? Maybe he lives on Jersey and wants to help out?

Apparently Newcastle enquired about loaning him but LVG refused to let him go to a team in the UK.

Of their football team, not of the island as a whole. Although I havent actually read the article yet so who knows... http://www.itv.com/news/channel/2016-01-21/jersey-fa-appoint-former-aston-villa-boss-brian-little-as-the-islands-new-manager/

Don't Inter play a deep defensive line? If Vidic cannot work in that system than his legs being gone might not be the issue.

Brian Little has just become Jersey's manager. Guess he will not be joining the board then.

I'm happy that we appear to be trying to sort the defence out, but I hope we are looking at attacking players too. Garde mentioned Loic Remy a few weeks ago but havent really seen anything since then.

The Express has an article saying Lerner wants Villa to become one of the best run clubs in the country and will not sell until it is. Seeing as he has managed the club into its current state I guess we are stuck with him for a while.

I think it will be waiting on work permit approval before being officially confirmed.

Or, a permanent deal when we are only offering a loan.

Always makes me laugh when I see him on MOTD talking about playing with Villa players when he was here. Does three games count?

"Don't care about what other people think of you. There will always be those people who want to see you fail because they can't succeed."

He was bossing Richards about on his positioning? That's a good sign.

I picked Williams up a few weeks ago, very low price imo. Swansea are on a poor run but for 4.8m he is worth the risk.

To late on Messi, papers today say Bojan has convinced him to join Stoke ;-) He says it cant be worse than the horrible place he played in Argentina as a kid.

The cup game against Wycombe where he scored.