jacketspuds

Yes I'm sure he'll be jumping for joy if Liverpool were to relegate us. :? What if we were level on points with Liverpool and we were in 17th and they were 18th before kick off. Where would his loyalties lie then? Hypothetically speaking of course.

As would the fans. Houllier can't win at the moment but it seems that the two people at Villa that he needs to impress are still ok with his performance/potential so far. However, any comments about him staying post Sunderland have come from Houllier himself so anything could happen. Hodgson was confident in his position 2 games ago and his days look numbered now. Hopefully Faulkner will use the same company who advised him on Houllier to advise him that GH has thus far been terrible in every aspect of management for Villa.

SSN also report that Norwich have refused Burnley permission to speak with Paul Lambert. WTF? He's too good for Burnley and reminds me of Moyes a lot. Could be an ideal, cheap replacement should GH leave. I agree. Lambert is a very promising young manager who will do well when given the chance at a bigger club in the top flight. He as done a great job at Norwich and did very well at Colchester and Wycombe. Leaned his trade in the lower leagues and done his apprenticeship and for me would be a very good appointment for us. Young and hungry for success. Mini-MON. Maybe, but there's less hoofball from Lambert. Although MON's style of play is effective.

SSN also report that Norwich have refused Burnley permission to speak with Paul Lambert. WTF? He's too good for Burnley and reminds me of Moyes a lot. Could be an ideal, cheap replacement should GH leave.

Omar Cummings

I honestly couldn't give a shit if we went out of the cup on Saturday and I bet GH and Lerner don't really care either. Our main priority this season, which is embarassing to type, must be survival. Houllier needs to be backed financially in this window by Lerner if he is to stay. None of this £10m crap, £30m at least in order to rebuild the team now. If Lerner is not prepared to give Houllier that money then sack him as we will not get better without 5 or 6 new faces or a new manager. Hopefully Randy realises that he can't have it both ways. We are at a massive crossroads with our season, and our long term ambition. We either stick with GH and he is backed well or he is replaced. It is clear for everyone to see what will happen if he stays but is not given significant funds now to sort out whatever issues he thinks are within the squad. Sadly I fear that Randy wants to keep him and not spend much, in which case I will need to start looking for quick routes to Vicarage Road and Fratton Park.

Gerard Houllier will get us relegated, how the **** do you think thats gonna help long term. May I also add this. We won't get anyone better than Houllier? What the ****? So we won't get anyone better than someone who alienates the players, is tactically inept and has accumulated 5 points from 27 or something ridiculous like that. I'm sorry but we could put Strachan in charge, heaven forbid, and I bet he would somehow manage to fluke more points than Houllier. Although Strachan would make my blood boil. The little prick.

Only the Blues game matters really. Shit state of affairs when Villa fans are pissed off that Heskey will miss games. Or a sign he's a good player. Not denying he's been good this season but when you pin all your hopes on Heskey something must be wrong with the team. Gabby has been injured and out of sorts I suppose but hopefully the manager, whoever it is, will strengthen our attack this month. I'm actually jealous that Birmingham might sign Keane. Although £7m is a bit steep.

Only the Blues game matters really. Shit state of affairs when Villa fans are pissed off that Heskey will miss games.

Personally I think Faulkner is probably good at his job from a PR perspective. However, not only did he seek advice from an outside company about who to employ he also took 4 weeks to replace MON with our current woeful manager. This is not even getting into the ridiculous decision to not appoint a manager from another club, leaving us with manager's who are out of work for being shit, too out of touch, or both in Houllier's case.

The worst thing hasn't been the results, but the performances. Apart from Chelsea and Man Utd we have been consistently awful. The form table and current standings do not lie at all. Our squad looks like it has less morale than a fluffer. Our manager is clueless. So frustrating. Something is massively wrong at Villa. It's either the squad or the manager and as we don't have time to replace 10-15 players this month there really is only one other option.

Houllier out tomorrow. Then spend until Jan 15th sorting out a new manager and give him two weeks to bring in his own players. It took us 3-4 weeks to get Houllier and that has to be the worst managerial decision of the season. All these Liverpool fans crying over Hodgson...well he isn't going to get you **** relegated. Houllier out. Lambert in.

Sack him or give him £35m to revamp the squad in all departments. Otherwise we will lose more than that when we get relegated.

On SSN it quotes GH as saying we need "1 or 2 players in January and we will be fine." **** that, we need 6 players at least... LB - ? RB - Looks like Walker CB - Samba? CM - Makoun? CAM - Sessegnon? ST - ? Clearly won't happen but needs to if we are to stay in this division. BIG changes and now. No more **** about.

Congrats Lifts the gloom.. Cheers mate. It certainly helps. I just hope Houllier has another storm out session at a Press Conference soon and just walks. We have got it so wrong with him it is not even funny.

Houllier can not get anything out of a top 6 squad minus Milner but plus an out of sorts Ireland. We are not an 18th in the league squad. I honestly can't see how bringing in 2 or 3 players will help. The tactics, management style and general feeling around the club are the issue, not the entire 25 man squad. Unless GH brings in 8 players we are screwed as he has alienated a lot of the squad. If I were Randy I would think long and hard about letting Houllier spend money when we are rotting from the inside.

The sickening thing is I really thought we'd turned a corner against Chelsea but the truth is we were really just two minutes from losing 3-2 and luckily got a good equaliser from shit Chelsea defending. A message to Randy. My daughter was born today and it has been an awesome day. Complete my day and sack Houllier. I can't back him any more.

I will be astonished if Randy sticks by him now. And also disappointed. We can not keep this crap up anymore. Good performance for 1 game gets us 1 point quickly followed by 3 shit performances and 3 defeats. We are shit and Houllier is taking us down. It's a shame because I really like him and wanted him to succeed but Aston Villa is the most important thing and Lerner needs to act now.

Agreed. We are now 17th and playing like it too. Very concerned at the minute. Other teams seem to be able to grind out wins. Let's hope the Chelsea game wasn't just a one off.

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Or try and get Jose Enrique from Newcastle. :-)

He looks gutted that Chelsea didn't win the game. Diddums.

------------GK DR----DC------DC----DL ------------DM --------MC------MC AMR-------------------AML ------------ST GK- Sweeper Keeper - Defend DR- Full Back - Defend DC- Central Defender - Defend DC- Central Defender - Defend DL- Full Back - Defend DM- Defensive Midfielder - Defend MC- Box to Box - Support MC- Central Midfielder - Attack AMR- Winger - Attack AML- Winger - Attack ST- Poacher - Attack Philosophy - Balanced Strategy - Attacking Playing Styles - All default except 1)Creative Freedom - More Disciplined 2)Closing Down - Press More Cheers mate. My 4-5-1 tactics are ok but I can't defend for shit.

I think GH has 2 games to save his job. A loss tomorrow and anything other than a win on Wednesday and Villa Park will be a cauldron of rage aimed at Houllier and GMAC.

What tactics do you use?