The Moustache of Teale

Publicly at least, RDM was always going to say that everyone starts with a clean slate. It would have been unprofessional of him to do otherwise. He was never going to say that there is a hardcore of 4 or 5 complete rocket polishers at this club who will be out on their ears if anyone's daft enough to have them.

But he's already said he needs to trim the squad (hopefully with a chainsaw) and he must already have an idea of those he wants out. I trust him and Clarke to weed them out, and I'll get behind whoever stays.

34 minutes ago, sidcow said:

This is all very well but what does his next car look like?  Until I have seen that tweeted I will reserve judgement. 

Like this:

37 minutes ago, useless said:

Bournemouth fans seem to be full of praise for him.

' From the Villa forum regarding, Tommy of the subject of Jack Grealish'

(And then they quote my previous post.)
 

 

Clearly a well respected player amongst their fans, sounds like a breath of fresh air compared to our current shower.

Very nice to see a fans forum with such reasonable, balanced and articulate views (much like this forum I might add), including acknowledging that we are a big club. 

13 minutes ago, Jareth said:

I hear RDM has a soft spot for gabby and richards...

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12 hours ago, Spoony said:

I like the way he holds himself. I have a good feeling about him. He just seems like The Boss.

Do you think he holds himself better than Joachim Low?

4 hours ago, Butterfingers said:

In fact, Wikpedia says he plays for Aston Villa.

Will be pleased if this comes off.

I've just read his wiki page.

He sounds like such a grade A pr*ck, he easily eclipses anything we currently have at the club.

No thanks.

22 minutes ago, TheStagMan said:

Incidentally, whenever I type Bacuna, auto text tries to change it to Vagina.

I'm sure there is a message there....

It's your keyboard's predictive text suggesting words that you type regularly, so the message is about your browsing history 

10 hours ago, Gary Thomas said:

So who is this 'Hook' then??

An associate of Dr Xia who goes by the name of Dr Hook

Hello, Sexy Eyes

Test

There aren't many where I'd want us to dig our heels in and try to keep them, but Amavi and Ayew are two where I would. 

Whilst Amavi's potential is huge he's not yet the finished article and in some ways is still a bit 'raw'. He might only be a bit part player at Liverpool for a while at least and I think he'd be better placed giving it another season or at least a part of a season with us while he continues to develop. 

But money talks and with big names sniffing around it could be difficult to hold on to him. Hopefully he'll give Benteke a ring, see how well it's working out for him up there.

4 minutes ago, av1 said:

Are you saying that you can't be a moron if you're a Villa fan?

Wait till  Derby day mate, you'll see hundreds of pricks..

 

You might see some unreasonable Villa fans too...

5 minutes ago, Qwpzxjor1 said:

'The queen is actually a goat they put a costume on' is a lie.

You've got to be kidding, right?

Ahem. Sorry.

5 minutes ago, sharkyvilla said:

Is it really that hard to 'build a squad'?  Obviously if the club hasn't got a pot to piss in then it requires lots of skill, but we should have enough money to make it fairly simple to get players in.  The key is tactics and man management which Di Matteo seems relatively good at.

I guess the key is how quickly it gels and works as a unit. Teams like Newcastle and Derby who don't face rebuilding on a large scale are likely to click into gear sooner and we could lose valuable ground on them if we have wholesale changes, no matter how good the players.

As last season's shower of sh*te showed, building a squad can go horribly wrong.

You might get these two solid pros. Mind you, I bet even these have had more clean sheets than Lescott and Richards.

My bad - picture of two fat prostitutes failed to load

27 minutes ago, AshVilla said:

Okore could learn alot from this bloke

Does Okore have problems with superlatives too?

Regardless of who was the worst, it's Lescott that's disappointed me the most this season. I never liked him before we signed him; there was a certain arrogance about him and his over exuberant celebrations when he scored against us,  considering he was supposedly a Villa fan, wound me up big time. And I never liked the way he lookd like a Lego character with his hair stuck on lopsided. I realise he can't help the last of those points. 

I thought when he signed that it was a chance to redeem himself. But no. Poor on the pitch and a total knob off it. He exemplifies all that is wrong with the modern day footballer.

7 minutes ago, HeyAnty said:

It will end in tears.  Not a strong enough manager for the c*^ts in our squad 

Hopefully the c*^ts in our squad will be shipped out. His CV is good, I'm cautiously optimistic (that term's been used a lot lately) about next season.

15 minutes ago, Kingman said:

If our new owners are serious about Promotion, Becoming an established Top six Premier league club and then Competing/Challenging in Europe. 

Someones been on the Crystal Meth if they think one off RDM, Pearson, Bruce, Martinez  is gonna take to new bright **** sunlit uplands!

We are damaged goods at the moment and beggers can't be choosers. That's been stated before. We can worry about Europe if and when we achieve our shorter term objectives. The next manager needs to do that and I can see pros and cons with most of the candidates in the frame.

Pep Guardiola might be interested in us in a few years time but until then...

New owner will be wanting to change Idrissa Gueye's squad number for next season then.