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Sergio Asenjo could be useful though as a replacement for Friedel.

http://tinyurl.com/6hclnbx Corking, saves me a job of cocking up a link. Really not sure about this as I know less than zero about him.

Linked with Quique Sanchez Flores on talkSPORT website. I'll try and get the link...

I've got it from a very reliable source that McAllister will be offered the job permanently. When I say reliable source I mean the shitbag who has so far made this the crappest season I have ever experienced as a Villa fan, so why stop now. GMAC for manager!!!!! Heskey for Captain!!!!

Totally agree, they wanted to play for the last manager, and they were good, without that kind of motivation they're barely average. True but some are just poor players with shit attitudes and have been found out this season. Just a shame that it has happened to pretty much 60% of our squad all at the same time.

General - One thing for me really. Please can you mention it to GMAC that we are not safe yet and we still need the players to turn up for the remaining games of the season. McAllister's MOTD interview sounded a little bit like he was celebrating the season being over and the last thing our team needs is an excuse not to even bother against Arsenal and Liverpool. The players owe it to the fans to sign this season off the best way possible and as long as I see fight and commitment I will be happy. Please tell GMAC to put his champagne away until we have actually achieved something.

To be fair our defence has been shit since the last 10 games of MON's reign. It's the players not the manager.

Then it will be one of Benitez or Jol I'd imagine.

Dowie would certainly give us a lot of bouncebackability. :oops:

Some dude called "Vernon" on talkSPORT just mentioned that there are strong rumours emanating from VP that Benitez will be appointed this week. I see. The only strong rumours I've seen have been from the Daily Mail so let's hope it's BS.

Can't see us winning this one but a point would be ok. Come on Villa!!!!

I think we've been crap for long enough this season to stop assuming that we should beat teams like Wigan. We're down there for a reason and have not played well at all this year. I'm not confident about this but really want us to win for two reasons. 1) To ease my worrying about us going down. 2) To participate in a Summer Transfer Thread on the main forum board.

Moyes should be our No. 1 target. Lambert has the potential to be very good but we need a proven Premiership manager who is passionate and hasn't been out of the game for years. Allardyce - **** Off Hughes - 2nd choice to Moyes, but by quite some distance Lambert - Too inexperienced considering our squad needs gutting and completely rebuilding. Jol - Been away from the Premier League for a while. Not really sure. Moyes was my 1st choice when MON walked and is again. Hopefully Everton can then go after MON and everyone will be happy.

Most important game of the season. We need to show some dominance and actually batter a team at home this season. Although I'd take a point as that would pretty much guarantee our survival.

I think any new manager coming in will be given time by the fans as long as he doesn't drop massive clangers like spunking on the Liverpool sign and also underselling our club despite 3 consecutive Top 6 finishes. Although to be fair you won't really be able to undersell a squad that finishes 13th or below.

Yeah sure a manager who is trying to grow into the roll will be given time by our fickle fans? Can't see anyone given time by some of our fanbase, they will be on his back if he loses the first 2 games. This is true. At the end of the day it should be who is best for Aston Villa and not who is the best manager or who the fans want. Agreed. However it is the people who decide who the best man for Villa is that concerns me. After the Houllier appointment will we go for another experienced head or an up and coming manager with BIG ideas.

Steve Bruce would definitely come to Villa. Especially as we now have Darren Bent who is nobbing his daughter.

To be fair Lambert has got Norwich back to back promotions. He has also done it with stlye and does not have small man syndrome.

Surely the financial fair play rules only count if we are in Uefa competitions? Therefore, it's irrelevant how much we spend on transfers in the summer as we are not in Europe but the important thing is ensuring that we sort out wage budget out so that if we do find ourselves back up the league next season we meet the criteria for the following year. We need Moyes or Hughes to come in. Either would be excellent and would really sort our squad out.

If we lose against Wigan I can see us being in trouble again. This season just seems to be full of coincedences that will eventually lead to the unthinkable. 1) Silly points dropped very, very, very late in games. i.e Stoke & Fulham to name just two. 2) Failing to get anything against teams with 10 men. i.e Today and Spurs at Home. 3) Just when things pick up GH has a massive medical scare and is out for the rest of the season meaning that useless **** McAllister is in charge. I have no hope for our last 2 games so we have to get a point next week or else I think we could be ****.

On the plus side at least Wigan & Blackpool dropped points and I will actually be routing for Blues tomorrow against Wolves and Man City against West Ham. With those results Wolves would be on 8 behind with 3 to play, and West Ham would be 9 behind with 3 to play. Then if we can at least get a point next week we will be safe. I'm not normally this unambitious but this season is the biggest joke in our history. GH couldn't help his medical condition but it's sods **** law that we end up with GMAC in charge for the remaining games of the season. Arsenal and Liverpool are going to shit all over us at this rate so next weeks game is vital. Bet we manage to **** it up.

This is jsut **** ridiculous now. Another lead thrown away and once again we lost against 10 men. I'd tell GMAC to **** off now cos he is **** poison. Stupid prick. Pires is also useless. We have a squad containing the likes of Delph, Bradley & Bannan and he chooses to bring on Pires. For ****'s sake he is a waste of space.

I would not want Benitez. The reason he was so successful at Liverpool was because he had a spine of massively determined passionate players in Hyppia, Carragher, Kuyt & Gerrard plus others who fight for everything. We have had a terrible season because our squad is riddled with players who can not motivate themselves and another manager who plays hardball and causes a collision of ego's will not be good. That's why we were so effective under a motivator like MON and we should look for a similar kind of manager if GH decides to hang up his beret. Unless we gut our squad of the likes of Warnock, Ireland, Beye, Salifou, Osbourne and any other player who can not motivate themselves to fight for our club we should not be looking at manager's with big ego's, otherwise this season will repeat itself again next year. Moyes would be my preference as manager, followed by Hughes and Coyle. If we are to be the BIG club Randy wants us to be we should not be afraid to poach a manager from another team. Any other club in the top 10 would do exactly that.

I would certainly drop Heskey but unsure whether Gabby or Delph would be the better option. If we play Delph we will have more options in CM. However Gabby's pace away from home really causes opposing defenders problems. Odemwingie will be utilised for exactly that reason today and we need to counter their pace with our own. Push their players back into their own half and attack. Although we beat West Ham and played well it would be nice if we could really batter a team away from home this season.

But some of the comments on here seem to be pointing the finger at GH as opposed to Ireland. The only way Moyes, or whoever takes over (if anyone) from GH, will get Ireland firing is if the player pulls his finger out of his arse and actually tries. Originally I felt sorry for him for not being given a chance at Villa but he clearly doesn't give a shit about football.