1. Find a new team captain to replace Petrov
2. Get Richard Dunne on fitness program to get him in shape.
3. Find out if we got a decent striker in the rank we can use apart from Heskey and Carew.
4. Sell (or give away) Heskey, Carew, Petrov, Beye, Davies and Sidwell.
5. Hire some scouts
6. Find a new Didger Drogba/Ruud Van Nistelrooy to lead our attack, and Michael Owen or new young hot property as back up cover for Agbonlahor and new striker.
7. Hire a former striker to coach our attack.
8. Find a new Powerful Left Back similar to Stuart Pearce or Andrea Brehmes or Roberto Carlos
9. Find a heavyweight midfield general with leadership and drive (no idea who (but a central midfielder version of Martin Laursen would do nicely with good knees
10. Bring in 3 or 4 promising young French players to give us option.
11. Set up exclusive alliance between Villa and French Football Academy (Former Employer)
12. Hire some good coach and assistant.
13. Make us play football like Arsenal or Barcelona or Spain
14. Get our defenders to defend for 100 minutes properly together.
15. Find a new Martin Laursen.