Rob182

... Or a fan

... and if you were being offered the job with that track record would you see it as a vote of confidence in your appointment if your new boss was only prepared to give you a go for 9 months? I know what I'd do if someone did that to me. No we just say that we give our managers rolling contracts, like MON had. Houllier has been out of the game for a few years and he did a poor job at Lyon and left Liverpool with many poor quality players that resulted in a 5th placed finish the season after he left despite the aquisition of a player as good as Alonso. Houllier can be good and he can be poor. We simply don't know and I'd feel better knowing that he can be let go if we have an average season. Before he does more damage in the transfer market. I just want Jol and think we can get him next summer is all. Why settle for the best of an average bunch when we don't really have to. So basically you want us to offer Houllier a short contract because he's not your choice of manager. You want Jol to get a long contract, supposedly, because he is your favourite?

Maybe we'll get Diarra from Real Madrid! He used to play for him at Lyon.. :winkold: dreaming..

Cheers, I've ended up going back to limewire because I know how to use it.. I'm not a fan of itunes, I don't like the fact that you can't just make an mp3 cd to play in your car..

Guys and Girls! I've just got a new laptop with Windows 7, I need to download a few songs for a cd I'm making for my band. Any suggestions of sites/ programs that wont give me viruses? I used to have Limewire but I'm wondering if there's anything better (my last laptop was about 5 years old so I'm sure things have moved on a bit!). I also used to use a website called "file2hd" which let me download music straight from myspace, but it now appears to want me to register... to which I am reluctant!

Feck me not exactly code requiring an enigma machine was it? Nope! And as I'm sure you're aware, I wasn't being serious..

I think a lot of them will be happy to have such an established manager here. The ones that I've heard could be unhappy were Friedel, Carew and Warnock.. Friedel - surely only has one year left, so not a problem. Carew - We're looking for a new striker anyway, so not a big problem. Warnock - I'm not sure what happened with Houllier and Warnock.. I knew that Warnock didn't like playing under Benitez, but Houllier I'm not sure. Can someone enlighten me?

Thanks Richard!! Edit: regarding 2 posts up, breaking the code..

I was going to put a tenner on Houllier but forgot!!! :cry:

It is code for "will happen" but why someone cannot just post "will happen" I'm not sure It's the closest thing that we have to a code.. it also means the papers can't quote it!!

I was thinking more along the lines of his rather petulant outburst that suggested if we sold some more tickets we'd be more successful. Uncalled for in my view. Yes it had a purpose but some of it was so minor and didn't really need a board member doing it. The fact he's now buggered off because of a rather naive overlooking of what his comments might become in an open forum with media sniffing, and, imo, because the backlash is something he's not keen on from this month long shambles (he's never taken criticism that well imo), suggests that the purpose of the thread is over, and the minor benefit underneath all the other rubbish is perhaps not worthwhile. Perhaps a variant of the idea, with less of a board member and instead a liason, that has no link to the top level and only provides a place for critiques of ticketing/ground/match day experience might be more worthwhile? Could be worthwhile but I don't see the point in changing what already works well. The fact of the matter is that the General can't tell us who the manager will be/ can't tell us who we're interviewing (though he has hinted at that) and can't tell us the ins and outs of why MON left. But people kept asking and asking. The thread just went round and round in circles, with more posts everytime a newspaper "article" came to light. General's thread is more than just a place for critique on ticketing/ ground/ matchday experience. He's also given us updates on injured players, if we think something should be updated on the Official Site, suggestions of ways the club could market themselves better and questions on the general running of the club and a few intricate details that some of us find interesting. General's thread has never been a problem until the last month when he should have probably said "I'll come back when the managerial situation is resolved". I hope he does this in the future.

Not doubting what you are saying at all but I have not read every thread / post on the topic (contrary to popular opinion) so can you give some examples (perhaps with a link) to the posts you think have been abusive? It's probably not hard to find Richard. The sequence is as follows: - Someone asks Gen a question - Gen answers as well as he can without giving confidential info - Someone picks on the wording he's used/ asks the same question again - Gen has to repeat what has already been said - Gen then get's insulted for dodging questions Or, you might not have seen a few of the posts that have been deleted by mods.

Is this the infamous "viper" scandal? Or did he mention another word that posters seemed to dislike? His thread had a purpose Chindie. Admittadly a lot of issues went through Nicky Keye, but there were also a lot of suggestions and complaints that Randy then passed on to whoever needed to know.

If you can be bothered, check the last 5 pages for previous responses to the exact same concerns from other posters. :yawn:

General, You get too much stick from people on here who obviously want all the answers and want them now! Have a good few days/ weeks away from the site! Rob

That's what we need at Villa Park! A bit of ruthlessness!! :winkold:

I think "Houllier's Claret n Blue Army" would do!

Nope, Heskey was bought for pretty cheap as cover when Carew had his bad back. However, one of O'Neill's worst moves was to play him when better players were available.

Fran, the point I'm making is not that "He is French, therefore he will buy French"... the point I'm making is that he's been working with the development of French youth for the past few years IIRC.. So if we decide that we need to buy a striker/ a back-up leftback/ a new defensive midfielder we might buy a French Fabian Delph instead of a Steve Sidwell.

Edit: double post

Hence why I said "without the style"... :? I don't know why people come on a forum if they can't read. the new Arsenal??.do you think they get all them youth players for free or something,they pay shite loads for there youth players and have a massive wage bill because of it. Yes, I know players cost money fran. Hence I said "buy" and not "get for free"... Also, I thought Arsenal had a wage structure like ours.

If it is Houllier then I look forward to us buying a few French youth talents! We could be the new Arsenal.. but without the style

Tornado's making friends! 5 posts in and he's already been called a xenophobe, a villa "fan" and made Tom go back to work!!

I was going to post that BOF, but I wasn't sure :oops:

Also, NIVillan.. "No one knows **** all" means everyone knows something, not someone..