Tommo_b

He might be a great manager but I've never wanted Bruce anywhere near this club, there must be better options out there if we are looking!?

Have they been upgraded tho?

Yep, agree. Doesn't help anyone and makes the new players regret their decision to join us and makes them want out.

Yeah that's a fair point, I could feel myself losing patience when we went 1-0, but I saw some pro-activity that changed the game so that for me has bought him some time, plus a draw against Newcastle, surely we'd take that.

That's like loose change for him tho, doubt he is that bothered.

I'm trying to be optimistic, but I'm starting to wane.

Give o'leary money and he gets you champions league football!

True, I blame him for not stopping the rot after the Milner debacle, just seems to have snowballed ever since and I sometimes feel like I'm never going to enjoy football ever again, yet can't stop but keep coming back for more or this torture.

Will we ever shift this losing mentality?! F##k you Randy Lerner!

Seriously lacking confidence

Lol couldn't have guessed!

Prefer ours.

Genuinely thought was a decent line up and formation, tho ideally swap Tish with Westwood, but I imagine Tish isn't match fit yet.

Be funny if we win now.

Could be, but if it's found his being a twit then fair play he has to be dropped, he is treating Villa with no respect if true.

Might not be negative, with the wing backs it can go attacking or defensive, gives us options on the fly, decent line up except would rather Tish started instead of Westwood

Just not sure he's actually that good, decent, but he'll never reach the heights he could, and I doubt he'll ever make an England squad. He is too much trouble.

Be hard pressed to find a manager in this day and age that doesn't have multiple sackings to his name whose been managing longer then 5 years.

Lol!

So he's taken a team that already won games and kept them winning games, what's the instant impact? He's only five games in?!

Shows you what can still be too.

Also regarding the Sherwood quote, not that I ever saw it, but from a manager of a new dressing room of players, it would make sense to say they are all your players even if they weren't, just to try make them all feel wanted and part of his team. Were they his players... Probably not, seems they were paddy's suggestions.

Woah, hold on, the seasons barely begun, let's see how he eventually fairs come the end of the season. I have to say that 80% of us could take charge of Man City and be in the position they are, did he need to do much tinkering? Not really.

Personally I'd give him the minimum of 20 games and see where we are and how things are going etc, you can't sack someone so soon into such a massive job of turning Villa around, in all honestly I still think we will finish top 6 but even if we don't, as long as we keep the faith and create stability for the players and staff, then come next summer with more spending, we will win the league. if it takes two years in the championship to as we have heard from numerous managers change the losing and poisonous mentality at Villa Park then I'll take that. It's not like RDM hasn't gotten teams promoted before, the guy knows what he is doing better then us, he is a champions league winning manager ffs, let's not write off his credentials, still takes some nous to beat Barcelona over two legs and Bayern Munich in the final.

Was it the managers or the owner tho? Give Lambert money and I think he would've done well.