The General C. Krulak Thread XV

[Toronto Villa]

the Arsenal coach Stewart Houston to be announced as Villa manager then

[Dave Clark Five]

General

I am not sure if it has been mentioned before. When O'Neill left did he take his tame press reporter with him?

[pauliewalnuts]

General

I don't want to know names or any other info, but I was wondering whether or not we are working on any signings prior to the transfer window closing?

Are we looking to bring people in? Should be bother getting excited or has the manager situation uncertainty made signings unlikely?

[Irreverent ad]

General,

Again a poor performance by the team. Little motivation,No pride and amateur defending!

We are starting to look rudderless. The team are obviously not playing for KM. I understand it is hard to find a new manager but 3 weeks is a long time and we must have had applicants.

We need new ideas and fresh blood in the team.

Please lets have direction before the season is a write off. We have just wasted the hard work of finishing 6th for the 2nd year in a row.

[richard moore]

General, I think we have now established once and for all that Kevin McDonald is not the man. I sincerely trust we won't be giving him the job anytime soon. If I can see it, obviously you and the rest of the decision-makers at VP can too?

[Fuse]

General,

Please, can Randy and the board hurry up and sort things out. Another desperate defeat and we are becoming a laughing stock. 26th August and our European involvement over, 6 goals shipped against a mediocre Newcastle side and we have sold our best asset again.

Keep this up and we will be down by Christmas!!

[richard moore]

General,

Please, can Randy and the board hurry up and sort things out. Another desperate defeat and we are becoming a laughing stock. 26th August and our European involvement over, 6 goals shipped against a mediocre Newcastle side and we have sold our best asset again.

Keep this up and we will be down by Christmas!!

Hear, hear, we are in for a long, long struggle unless someone acts decisively and confidently too. I am now extremely concerned at what is happening, or not happening. "Actions speak louder than words" is the phrase that comes to mind

[pauliewalnuts]

General

KM said today that he was going to be given until after the Everton game to decide if he wanted the job, he'd then get his interview, following which other people would be interviewed.

Is it wise to wait until after Everton to even interview him, given that the transfer window closes the day after? That will also be three weeks since Martin flounced out.

Is it wise to interview nobody else until KM has been interviewed?

Regardless of results this season, good or bad, if KM got the job, would it be because he was the best man available for it, or because it was the easy (already in place) option?

[Risso]

General

The club is degenerating into an absolute shambles. Pull your collective fingers out and get it sorted.  Where's the leadership when we need it?  Nowhere near good enough.

[Fergal]

General, once again we are gutted...

[Namaste]

General,
I agree with 'Risso', where's the leadership?

I have nothing personal against Kevin MacDonald but it is quite clear that he is naive and inexperienced at the level Villa should be aspiring to. Unfortunately at the moment after yet another all too frequent shocking defeat it seems we really need a bigger character to 'steady the ship'.

This is now the crossroads for Villa as making an ill-informed decision could mean relegation because in all honesty the embarrassing defeats should they continue will demoralise both team and alienate fans. We are currently showing relegation form and I could see Villa becoming a Leeds, Sheffield Wednesday etc should we go.

Attendance for Everton I guess will be 28,000. Big club, yea right! Proud history, no future without the $$$

[PhilGibson]

Good evening General,

The one thing that you always say about Randy is that he wants to be judged by his actions, and that actions speak louder than words. The fact is we have just been knocked out of europe again at the first hurdle, the previous manager has not helped the situation by jumping ship 21 days ago, this is now 3 weeks ago and we have started the season with uncertainty and it shows, our captain came out on TV tonight and said that the lack of clarity surrounding the choice of manager is causing issues, with this being the case surely now actions do need to speak louder than words.

Lets get this club moving again....

[TimTheVillain]

General,

We took a reported £3 million of Blues for Gardner and a reported £16 million off Man City for MIlner.

That's £19 million we have banked - add that to the Sky money and we shouod be cash rich at the moment.

Certainly, the £19 million above should be reinvested, how are you guys ( the board) planning to use this money ?

[nechells]

General

The club is degenerating into an absolute shambles. Pull your collective fingers out and get it sorted.  Where's the leadership when we need it?  Nowhere near good enough.

Cue a hypathetical comparison to the American Marines

[saunders_heroes]

An absolute shambles, General. 9 goals conceded in just 2 games against average opposition. Just what the hell is going on??
I usually hate knee jerk reactions, but I can honestly that if Randy fobs us off with a McDonald, Bradley, Sven or any of the other nobodies that have been linked with our managers job then my season ticket will be sent back to Villa Park. I thought under Lerner we were ambitious, forward thinking and exciting. This was what it was like under Ellis - always underachieving, always let down in the end.
Pull your finger out and get us a big name manager!!