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Sven as manager, and have KMac as an assistant or head coach, definitly involved with the first team in some capacity.

Agree, Collins over Cuellar, however I'd rather play Collins in the middle with Stan than NRC atleast until Delph is fit, I really think he would be a great defensive/holding midfielder and maybe give Stan a bit more room to push up a bit.

I like the idea of this, but I don't think it will help us keep possession, which IMO is one of our worst flaws and one we need to address asap. I think in order to do that we may have to change our style of play and not rely on small but pacy wingers so much. It just frustrates me so much watching us play and having so little of the possession, I haven't enjoyed watching a villa match for so long now! If we do keep with the wingers, which has worked for us, we need a forward who can put away all the chances. Alternatively, maybe something like, Petrov and Delph in the middle, then interchanging Ash and Ireland in the hole (meaning one on the subs bench), Albrighton on the right and maybe bring in a more traditional midfielder to occupy the spot on the left so when Albrighton bombs it down the wing, the left midfielder comes across into a three man midfield. Not sure who's good enough in our current squad for that role though, might be something to think about in January if we have any money. It's a tricky one for sure. I quite like the idea of Collins being a makeshift defensive midfielder though. Makes you appreciate the headaches managers go through tactics-wise

Yeh i think that's FXPro's actual logo. It's what they haveon the Fulham shirts too. The only reason we don't have it on our home shirts is that it obviously wouldn't show up on the Claret kit. (FWIW I agree with you, it makes the away kit look a bit shit. too many colours on one shirt) Yeah I thought that might have been it (that red is the actual logo colour) but if they already have it on the Fulham shirt (which looks nice IMO) and it would look nicer and potentially sell more shirt and still stick out on our away shirt if it was white, then I don't understand really. They sponsor the Virgin racing team I think too, and the logo is in white on that, admittedly the car is red though I think. Just a bit of a shame, I would really love the kit if the sponsor just didn't look so naff. Think I'll get the home shirt instead. The Nike goalie shirts this season look awful, especially our green and yellow ones.

Anyone else think our new away shirt would be nice if the sponsor was white instead of that horrible pinky red colour? It sticks out like a sore thumb, I suppose that works for the advertising side of it though.

That article doesn't even make a mention of Sven or Koeman. I'd be very surprised if Sven wasn't one of the final candidates considering he fits the profile of what they are apparantly looking for. Not only that but he's a lot more easy to approach than most of the other managers since he doesn't really have a full-time position. I say they know about as much as everyone else.