It is, of course, far too early to write Villa off yet, with only two points separating them from Bolton in sixth, but they need to get their house in order before the chill of winter sets in and Houllier needs to start delivering on his promises if the 2010/11 campaign is to avoid becoming a French farce
QuoteIt is, of course, far too early to write Villa off yet, with only two points separating them from Bolton in sixth, but they need to get their house in order before the chill of winter sets in and Houllier needs to start delivering on his promises if the 2010/11 campaign is to avoid becoming a French farceCan't disagree with any of that.
O'Neill's first season was transitional because we finished 16th the previous yr and he took us to 11th, this time round, other than swapping Milner for Ireland GH has the same squad that finished 6th last yr, and of course we finished 6th the 2 previous seasons to. If we finish 11/12th this yr what is it a transition from, a top 6 side into a mediocre mid table outfit?
Quote from: TimTheVillain on November 09, 2010, 11:49:39 AMQuoteIt is, of course, far too early to write Villa off yet, with only two points separating them from Bolton in sixth, but they need to get their house in order before the chill of winter sets in and Houllier needs to start delivering on his promises if the 2010/11 campaign is to avoid becoming a French farceCan't disagree with any of that.It isn't so much about what he says as the way he says it.By which I mean terms like:"French farce""Start delivering""Chill of winter""house in order".. which, as well as being from only one line, all point to the writer having a certain "CRISIS CLUB!" mindset about this.
I don't think we needed a like forlike Milner replacement, but a fit Delph, Petrov, Reo Coker and on form Ireland and Sidwell would have adequately made up for what we lost imo.
Quote from: pedro25 on November 09, 2010, 12:05:11 PMO'Neill's first season was transitional because we finished 16th the previous yr and he took us to 11th, this time round, other than swapping Milner for Ireland GH has the same squad that finished 6th last yr, and of course we finished 6th the 2 previous seasons to. If we finish 11/12th this yr what is it a transition from, a top 6 side into a mediocre mid table outfit?And what about our current injury situation. ??
It's ridiculous to start jumping to any sort of conclusions but one thing is sure, we do need to start winning some games. If we don't take 3 points tomorrow then given the run of games we have things could look very dicey in a few weeks and we'll see a lot more of this sort of stuff.