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No other player in the prem is as consistent at scoring goals as Bent.

Sure there is better players but with Bent we are guarenteed a minimum of 15 goals a season every season, i dont think the same can be said for any other player inc Rooney, Tevez, Drogba.

Surely the same could be said for moyes though, buying players he wouldn't have considered before.

moyes has spent big money on more than one occasion though

sure fellaini was the guts of £18m wasnt he?

Yes which shows on rare occasions he has had cash to spend he hasn't done too wisely, he spent pushing 30million on Fellaini and Bilyaletdinov, not great business imo.

Simple question, Moyes, Jol, and Hughes, as managers what have they won?

Now compare that to Ancelotti.

Surely the choice is obvious?

yeah, the choice is obvious if youre a huge club with massive resources. but apply the restraints of villa to this. who has most experience working with low wage ceilings? who has experience searching out bargain players? who knows how to get the most out of the resources at hand?

whats the last team carlo ancelotti managed where he couldnt just go out and buy whoever he wanted? he has operated on a whole different level to villa for years, expecting him to slot into buying players he'd never have considered at his other jobs is no guarantee for success

Absolutely. Why do so many people not get this?

Surely the same could be said for moyes though, buying players he wouldn't have considered before.

Hodgson at Liverpool for example, given some money and didn't know what to do with it.

Ancelotti would be the perfect type of manager to take us forward imo, not just break the glass ceiling but smash through it.

For some reason I have a feeling he would come aswell, PLEASE Randy.

5 bookies taking bets on next manager, compared to one last night.

Hughes still at evens

Moyes in at 3/1

Hughes - evens

Benitez - 11/8

Moyes - 6/1

McClaren - 7/1

Ancelotti - 10/1

Allardyce, Jol - 14/1

Mourinho - 66/1

Carlo Ancelotti.

Shouldn't the stripes on the sleeves be vertical

Sheff utd beat blues record attendance for the season in an fa youth cup game. Haha

****ing joke cant beat blackpool wolves or wigan disgrace sorry missed west ham out took united 15 mins to score 4 take the england job harry do us a favour took us as far as you can

Quoted from a Spurs forum. Whoever wrote it needs a **** slap the stupid tw*t.

Ill try and get some balloons. Any colour requests? (So you know its me if you see them )

Pink, green and brown please.

Or Claret and Blue.

We need 3 points ffs. What's up with this mindset about 1 point? That's probably Houllier's way of negative thinking.

Did McCarthy have that mindset against us? No he didn't. His team played us off the park and Wolves hasn't defeated us there since 1980.

Our team should be capable of beating anyone with the right management, which we saw with our previous manager. If you think Houllier can't do that then why is he still our manager? Ask yourself that.

I think thats what we have been asking ourselves, i dont think he is capable of setting up the team to win, and if we do somehow get a result it wont be down to that mug.

Everton will win by at least 2, we are crap.

What celtic sing i just can't get enough. Liverpool were doing it for Suarez today.

Stewart Downing, du du dududududu (x3), Stew art Down ing.

The Jam - Town Called Malice

Oh Stewart Downing Wooaaahhhh

Du du du du du du du

Du du du du duuuu

Du du du du du du du

Du du du du duuuu

Oh Steward Downing Wooaaahhhh

(and so on)

Thoughts?

My mate flies at 6am, Gooner, i hate him.

Walker Dunne Collins Clarke, same logic.

As for today, i think you deserve to concede from a corner if you dont have a man on each post, schoolboy, but you see it so often.

Haven't watched the highlights but was at the match. First half Delph was on the back post at corners so if that was a hole when they scored after he went off it may be fair to assume it was Petrov's responsibility.

Cahills first goal, nobody anywhere near either post, i absolutely hate not doing something so simple but so important, absolutely awful stuff.

Walker Dunne Collins Clarke, same logic.

As for today, i think you deserve to concede from a corner if you dont have a man on each post, schoolboy, but you see it so often.

Walker dunne collin clarke. There you go.

--------------Friedel-------------

Walker--Collins--Cuellar--Clark

-----------NRC---Makoun-------

Marc--------Young-----Downing

--------------Bent---------------

NRC will stop O'Hara there only half decent player.

The only competition we have any chance in. League season written off. So he plays a shit **** team and resigns to defeat. Season over.

City played TWO attacking players, should have really had a go.

3 games in march ffs. He wasnt resting players, just rotation i guess. **** angry.

Quality atmosphere last ten mins though. About 100 of us outsung all the dirty mancs.

I was thinkin of parking in town and then making my way to the CoMS from there. Is there a train you can hop on like NewStreet-Witton? Or any other ways of gettin there.

NRC was Class. 73 passes and only 3 failed to find a team mate. Brilliant.

As many Crawley fans at OT as Scum fans at the sty today. Another great turnout for tuem.

Come on you Gooooonnneeerrrssssss for next week.

Neither team can defend, both (hopefully) will go fot it, should see plenty of goals.

0-0

I checked out the away ground guide. Apparently a pub opposite the away entrence, welcomes away fans. Can see it being rammed from about 10am though.

Oh, and that temporary stand will be bouncing. Saturday needs to hurry the **** up.