VillanousOne

take Heskshite off and get Carruthers on! Former arsenal player as well!

i'm not sure there is more than 4 players in the entire squad i'd keep.

and possession is nine tenths of the law

for us to turn up dressed as farm animals and do a well choreographed but slightly edgy dance routine.

someone needs to remind Le clearing in the woods of his England career.

Le Tiss is an utter turd of a man.

is Herd out there?

we sure are

have we ever actually played Zog and Ireland against any of the top teams?

the most clueless attacking seen outside of a pub league

Albrighton is horse shit

oops probably not 2:0 down

what does he say at half time 'well our wee players are getting a wee beating lets just try and keep the wee score down'

and now Cuellar is **** up. Great stuff. Cricket score anyone?

sigh, Albrighton.

we are 2nd to everything

Given howler!

so we'll have heskey lumbering around at left back for most of the game until they score at least two then he'll bring Bannan or some such genius. positionally he might offer something but we need people to close down quickly and he is sooooooo slow and rubbish and gives the ball away so easily, we'd be better of playing a second left back and done with it.

It would be nice to think that if we stuck with McCleish he would come good ala Moyes, Fergie and many other managers who were slow burners but because we instantly use his time at the Scum as a marker for his success and ability then no-one is ever going to give Eck a chance. I'm not saying we should either as i am not really a fan, but i'd prefer to be balanced about it. The Eck list of reasons we will never give him a chance even if he could possibly do ok for us (possibly). 1) He managed the scum 2) He relegated the scum twice (you'd think that'd be considered a good thing but nooooo) 3) We have won fewer games under him than any manager in decades 4) We play with very little structure or defensive or attacking cohesion so when we lose we go down limping like lame dogs 5) The majority of team selections and subs made have been utterly baffling. 6) He rarely takes the blame 7) He doesn't know his best 11 or how to get the best from Nzogbia 8) He's ginger Mitigations? 1) We don't know the conditions he managed the scum under, some say he was undermined with signings he didn't want like Zigic and the board meddled too much. 2) We sold Young and Downing and even when we had them we were still awful and had a relegation fight with Houllier 3) Eck had to get rid of players and blood youth 4) He had to repair a number of broken players such as Warnock and Ireland which he has done so pretty well 5) He has given youth a chance 6) His signings have been ok all told, even the Keane deal which proved worthwhile and Hutton looks ok of late (if he could just get some consistency our of Zoggy). 7) He won a cup with the scum, something MON (the f*ck weasel) never got close to. 8) He plays Cuellar (ok i guess he has little choice but if he gives him a new deal and plays him even when Dunne and Clark come back then he surely will endear himself more to us). My opinion is that I haven't seen anything to make me think Eck is the future, if we survive and he freshens up the squad and continues to rejuvenate players and give youth a chance then maybe..... But ultimately i can't see it.

Welcome OzAv Pretty good summing up of Brett. The one thing about him is he is a player that divides fans. Those that don't like him tend to point to his poor first touch and at times wayward finishing. They will also call him a "headless chicken" as he is all over the place. Those that do marvel at his engine and the fact he gets himself into positions others wouldn't to create something unexpected. It's about time we had another Aussie international in the Villa squad - hopefully soon to be joined by Herd. 8) he sounds a bit like James Milner

Hutton looked one of Eck's worst ever signings but it looks like he just needed time and games to start to look pretty decent!

i guess the only opinion that counts is Sir Gary Cahill, but last i heard he was seen in the Mongolian rain forest surrounded by hungry cannibalistic tribesman armed with nothing but a Kindle and a wooden duck caller.

does he love himself as much as Nathan D?

Father Todd Unctious: Yes!