Nigel. That would have been the best thing to happen this season by a country mile! We would have had hope!
Sorry, a second point about klinnsman. He also wrote to every club side in germany telling them how he wanted them to play. Largely these formations were adopted. As others have said Villa need to have a club style or philosophy that is employed from the U15 (or whatever) through to the first team. It will help the all players if the game plan is consistent throughout the club.
Also your previous point on promoting several players at this same time is valid. Look how well we did against Manure last season when we has Marc, Barry, Clark and herd all playing from the start.