Yes he sounds like the consummate professional and just what we need. The total opposite of some of the dick strokers that were responsible for last season.
Feeling really positive about this season once this deal's completed.
Yes, we got absolutely battered and won 1-4. Mark Bosnich turned in one of the best goalkeeping displays I've seen that night.
What with Bosnich, McGrath and Dalian we had some geniuses from that era who it seems have battled their demons. Tragic that it's ended this way for him. Such a waste.
Tragic and shocking.
Was privileged to be at Selhurst Park for that goal and whenever I hear his name it's that goal that I think of. He provided some magic moments in my favourite era as a Villa supporter.
RIP Dalian.
Admittedly it's only a very few games to judge them over but there was a big difference between them at Euro 2016. One had a cool head and was composed, the other was a mistake waiting to happen, with one rash lunge so ridiculous he slid all the way to Newcastle. I haven't seen a lot of Chester but he's an improvement on what we've got and has good credentials.
We can't simply continue to blame each and every successive manager for the current situation. Whilst not absolving them of any blame, numerous successive managers have been able to address the fundamental problem which is that a sizeable proportion of our squad are a complete and utter unmitigated bag of b*llocks.
It's also akin to spending a wedge of cash on a property that you think you can renovate and improve only to find that it's got subsidence, dry rot, wet rot, is on a flood plain and is inhabited by a bunch of lazy good for nothing squatters.
It would represent a big risk given his past, but I think that it's one worth taking. We are desperate for a spark of creativity, that someone who can potentially change a game in a moment.