NIVillan

Didnt realise we sold benteke to Wolves thought it was Liverpool. Also sold Delph and Vlaar and the other midfielder on loan (cant remember his name while typing) left. So that was pretty much the spine. Bought a load of players with no plan and with a complete muppet as Manager in Sherwood. Hoping that the current regime have a better plan and organised way of doing things.

If Tammy goes he goes. We find a different way to play with the players we have got or are going to get. It is what Dean Smith is paid to work out. People should sometimes look back at history to maybe predict the future. We sold Andy Gray (A much better Striker) to Wolves for 1.5 million and ended up replacing him with some Journey Man called Peter Withe. Wolves finished above us in the 1979-80 season in the old Div 1.

Well I now live in Norn Iron and both my boys are Villa Fans. When they go to the local football camps they love it when they find out one the coaches is a Blues Fan and they tell them exactly how much better Villa are They both have grown up here but they just know!

That was one of the reasons I didnt like it and couldnt understand people saying it was our best shirt ever

Nor me

For me he looks a little scared to make a tackle and has been that way since his tackle on Coleman while playing fro Wales. I think the backlash he received after that has out him on the back foot. His performances also dropped from that point. A bit more confidence and maybe get him back to where he was when he first came, when the majority of us considered him a great improvement at left back.

Bunn came in when Sherwood was Manager.

Though I was too young to know what was going on at the time, Late Seventies there was a boardroom battle where it was basically Ellis vs Saunders. I think Saunders stood up at a Shareholders meeting to speak against Ellis. Luckily Saunders won the battle. Ellis left the Club and I think invested in Wolves.

I bet most of us had a big smile when Smith was appointed, not because he was our choice for the job simply because that it could have been one of us getting the Job, someone who grew up a Villa Fan.

I did think of that comparison myself BUT When Turner was hired we were what 2/3 years after being Champions of Europe so the Ellis cheap option was a bigger jump down. Also Shrewsbury were always bottom half of the then Div 2, where Smith has Brentford 6th currently.

I think it is time to start giving 110% again

Wasnt Steve Round sacked before the New Owners came in?

We have played safe many a time over the past few seasons. I'm all for taking a risk and going with Henry/Terry combination. I do not like Rogers, think he flatters to deceive and has his head up his own arse.

I think he was investigated for something within the past year.

It is called getting the message out there. If it is said and heard often enough people will start to believe it

Xia owns 40 something percent so I think technically he is at the moment the majority owner, and I think part of the process of the others taking over is that he saves face in China by looking like he is controlling things

It is a step up Liverpool/Chelsea vs Aberdeen/Everton. At Liverpool he will be associated with the owners of the time and might be a bloody good CEO and brought in great contracts for Chelsea due to his connections. We need that at the moment. Financial side with FFP is as important as football side. Consider this, would you associate Steve Stride with the Disaster of Ellis last few years? If so then he was a failure, but by most of us who lived through the Ellis years hold Stride in high regard and felt his leaving when Lerner took over was the big mistake by Lerner. I fell Stride doesn't take the flak as he worked more behind the scenes as Ellis and his Ego always wanted to take center stage. Perslow was the face of Liverpool at the time with the American Owners hiding in the background. Makes a big difference to perception. Ive only seen what Liverpool fans think of him but what do Chelsea say?

He might be hated by Liverpool fans as he was associated with their owners back then. He found the new owners they now love. Having Liverpool and Chelsea on your CV is a step up from Aberdeen and Everton!

I feel like I am looking at The emperors new clothes as I just cant see it. I still do not like the kits even after visiting the Club Shop last week.

I was only a kid of 9/10 at time just have Williams in my head more than Gibson.

Was it not Gary Williams instead of Colin Gibson?

Agree with everyone else - Best Manager we have had. Right Im digging out my copy of Ron Saunders Scrap Book for my reading tonight.

Yeah Im not mad at Richards as I do think he cared during our relegation season. Cant say the same about so called support Lescott. Im mad at the muppets like Sherwood that thought bringing in a guy who famously had issues following instructions and whose body was broken into the club, letting him play where he wanted and making him captain.

look Big Ron hijacked Arsenal's move for Earl Barret. We were even further down the road with Unsworth and wanting to go to play at Everton. I dont know much about the lad to say if we missed a bullet or missed out on the next big thing, but if isnt in a villa shirt he doesnt exists so I dont care. McGinn said he just felt that Villa was the perfect home for him, this guy might always have had doubts.