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Seeing England fail hard is maybe a bit of a giveaway. You want us to fail hard? You think the Wally's problems of coming into a pampered Sven squad not playing very well as a team do not reflect our situation? McClaren supporters, please see this appointment would be madness...

Fixed for you. Surely you are a newly registered blues fan, right?

This has given me an idea on how a small but determined pro-Benitez faction could prevail. Keep mentioning McLaren and suggesting he is the most likely appointment. Keep evoking images of him sheltering under an umbrella on the Villa Park touchline as we lose at home to Stoke or Blackburn. Eventually, as the more favoured candidates are ruled out, and the McLaren Fear Factor kicks in, the majority will turn to Rafa with open arms and clamour for him. And the board will listen. That's the way to do it. Few will listen to the all-important facts of Benitez's managerial record. But if they think it's between him and the umbrella man... Although I really don't want FSW, I must admit that this tactic is genius...Normandy has seen through your ruse people..

Please....I....I can't take it any more.....no more mention.....of Steve McClaren....

I don't want to sound rude (but I will anyway) but what the **** has Mark Hughes being Welsh got to do with ANYTHING?

I've waited for this moment from the second we signed him. Couldn't stand watching him play for England, a total waste of time. When we signed him I was stomping around pissed off for weeks. It was exactly like early 00's England: "Yes, but he's a managers player, he holds it up well, it's what you don't see him do..." etc etc etc. The simple matter for him is this: Emile Heskey is a striker that does not score goals.

This is so **** depressing. Out of the three on that "source", 2 of those are the only names being banded about that I REALLY, REALLY don't want. Spanish Waiter and Wally in the Brolly are truly awful appointments considering that Ancelloti is now looking. Moyes is clearly not coming, for all his veiled grumbles about the Everton board he's still happy there.

They've been on here a good while . TRS-T dropped a massive clanger as you well know and I'm pretty sure I've clocked another one, but I'm gonna let them dig themselves into a hole first . When you know what to look for they become a little easier to spot. Just remember scumbags....Your greatest moment ...We've done it 5 times. And yes your kids may have seen your paedophile ring of a football team win a cup , but then again none of our kids have suffered the constant humiliation of multiple relegations either . We saw you crying on the telly !!!! We saw you crying on the telly !!!!! Carson Yeung = Virra Regend !!!!! The highlight of that thread was you owning TRS-T. I await futhur details. It's a shame that rats leave sinking ships and don't just go down with it.

Islington - definitely Claret & Blue??? Islington is Claret and Blue now, 'cos I live there. Plus I've bumped into a few Villa now and then...getting a small north London posse together since I been here!

South Birmingham is not blues. I'm originally from South West Birmingham and Harborne/Edgbaston/Quinton/Selly Oak is about a 60/40 in Villa's favour. Doesn't matter anyway, because the city is now -definitely- ours.

Not happy. Happy one second, come get me the next. If I spend another summer looking at our best player of the season leave I'll get the hump big time. If Downing goes, that's our two best players this season gone.

**** hell. Disaster. A couple of good wins at the end of the season really shouldn't let the board forget what was happening at this club 2 months ago.

White Hart Lane isn't that far from where I live. My god I'm on the piss in North London if they go down

mate....seriously...

Benitez - shit manager. Easy to say because: Was good, clearly past it now. File under: Houllier, Gerard. Was good, clearly past it now.

Please buy him. Had enough of his blabing to the media about his nightmare (and our nightmare)

The thing I love about the Lyon kit is that Lion Rampant sewn on the back of the collar. Would love that to be incorporated into our next shirt. Agreed, addidas have got Lyon's spot on with this. But, regards to rampant lion on the back of the collar - 2006/2007 Nike home Villa kit?

There's some hit and miss here. Juventus away is terrible. Everton's looks really good, I like the sort of mid-90s retro. The Barca one is obviously fake. It looks like someone has ironed on a logo printed off their computer. I concour with Wainy, Qatar can **** off.

I was thinking about putting that as well

BBC/Sky reporting: Ellis out, who's this Delap fella etc etc

Who are this Coventry then? There's a fan at the pub quiz I go to. He rants and rants.... I don't react of course, because Coventry only register on my football radar as a club that we happened to send down years ago and haven't thought of since.

Some good April fools gags then guys: 1. Gerard Houllier 2. AVFC's players. (well, half of them) 3. Stephen Ireland

Rafa? You lot must be smoking something. He's crackers, and his major trophy at Plop was won with Houllier's squad before he had lost his marbles as well. Benietz would be a disaster, he's gone from being a great manager to **** awful in the space of 6-7 years.

Sacked by Blackburn...for what exactly? Not a great arguement considering the man they replaced him with just about sums up the chicken brothers knowledge of running a football club.

I'd take both of them.