Anyone For Owen Coyle?

[kippaxvilla2]

6 defeats in a row.  Remember loads wanting him to come to Villa.

[ozzjim]

See their fixture list? Very, very tough first few games. He is a good manager IMO and Bolton will pick up points. They did us in the cup easily enough.

[kippaxvilla2]

See their fixture list? Very, very tough first few games. He is a good manager IMO and Bolton will pick up points. They did us in the cup easily enough.

I've literally just seen that fixture list, didnt realise, still they were feckin awful today.  Makes it all the more galling we lost to them.  Plus did you notice our reserves did theirs 3-1 the following night, obviously they were knackered following the cup win!

[luke25]

Theres something about him that I just can't stand, everytime I see him being interviewed I want the interviewer to hit him over the head with the microphone.

[kippaxvilla2]

I think it's the accent, sort of smooth Scottish if that makes sense.

[Somniloquism]

6 defeats in a row.  Remember loads wanting him to come to Villa.

I reckon it is the shit defence he has that has caused this.

[kippaxvilla2]

6 defeats in a row.  Remember loads wanting him to come to Villa.

I reckon it is the shit defence he has that has caused this.

Zathia is ok, but this bloke Cahill is so overrated.

[taylorsworkrate]

6 defeats in a row.  Remember loads wanting him to come to Villa.

Bolton have got a pretty handy reserve side though.

[Chipsticks]

I still back Bolton to do well this season, as there is just too much quality in their side in Gary Cahill, Jussi Jaaskeleinen (when fit), Martin Petrov, Keven Davies, Ricardo Gardner, Tuncay Sanli etc. All players I'd happily see in a Villa shirt.

As for Coyle, I think he may have underestimated Chelsea a bit today, and probably would've been more successful starting with a more defensive approach, perhaps 5 in midfield? As has been pointed on here and on MotD 2 tonight, they have had an incredibly tough start to the season, having already played Man City, Arsenal, Man Utd, and Liverpool. They've got the international break to gather ideas and work on their defending and I back them to finish around mid table, starting with a win against their 'local rivals' Wigan in two weeks.

[taylorsworkrate]

Kevin Davies!?

I'd be devastated if we signed that crap thug.

[KRS]

They've had a nightmare set of opening fixtures that any mid table team would have struggled to cope with. They'll start climbing the league slowly and be back in the mid table mix up before the end of December.

[Shrek]

No different from asking last May if anyone wants Alex Mcleish!

[ozzjim]

Yesterday their keeper was about as bad as I have ever seen though, and you can't legislate for that. Playing the top 4 yoy know your keeper has to have a solid, confident game or your entire back 4 will get the jitters. That Bogdan or whatever he is called was just stunningly inept.

[Lambert and Payne]

In fairness Jussi has had a nightmare or 2 himself so far this season. I think he's massively overrared, he couldn't catch a cold and his command of area is shocking, he makes the occasioinal good save but he fucks up too much

Playing the top 4 can't have been easy, but they've been absolutely slaughtered in all of them games. And a defeat to norwich can't help

[richard moore]

They will be ok once the fixtures even themselves out

Still reckon it is Bruce or Kean for first premier league sacking of the season

Cahill was all at sea yesterday, granted it was against Chelsea, but let's not forget this is a guy who was being touted in the £15m + category in the summer and as the next generation England centre half. Not that it takes much to be either of those things these days.

Couldn't help notice how crap Coker looked as well. In addition to being unable to pass straight over 5 yards or make any sort of meaningful decision, he now also appears to have lost what little skill he did have in being able to track back....