The General C. Krulak Thread XV

[diand]

General

Very supportive and thorough post - thanks for taking the time to do it.

I do think it would help all round though if the club issued an occasional official statement, perhaps via Mr Lerner or Mr Faulkner. Otherwise, the only information we get is when you post and that is dependent on your availability. I am sure the occasional statement from the club would help calm conjecture and speculation.

Thanks again.

[The Situation]

Yep, thanks for the heads up General.

I think the main thing is to hopefully get a win tommorow and then we've got the international break which is enough time to fully focus on the manager issue and hopefully bring in a manager during that period.

And yes, like diand said, it'd be nice for Randy Lerner to finally come out of hiding and perhaps give a statement of some sort. I think the no show of Randy does make some Villa fans minds wonder at time, to reassure everyone it'd be nice to hear from Randy once in a while; I hope that's not too much to ask for.

[eastie]

Agree with that general, even if randy would prefer to put a letter from the chairman on the official site now and again it would help communication, as we have very rarely heard from him.

Doing so by letter would save him having to speak on camera , and I'm sure we would welcome his opinions-one thing about doug is he was always very accessible in that way, maybe overly so.

[Fuse]

General

Thank you for explaining the current process that is taking place. One thing which I am sure evry Villa fan would like to know is if we will not be bringing any players in before the transfer window shuts. Understandable if we are not but knowing would at least mean we won't be pulling our hair out between now and 5 pm on Tuesday wondering if a player is coming in.

Cheers

[Toronto Villa]

Fair enough General.  A decent performance and result against Everton, and you'll have a nice quiet 2 week period to get things sorted.  A repeat of the last 2 games though and things will get a little bit tetchy!

somewhat remarkably, a win tomorrow, amidst all the gloom, we'll be perched in 4th. It won't take away all of the clouds but may give us all a welcome break from the malaise.

General, thanks for the update. This is a really important and interesting week for all of us. Getting the right man in is more important than the transfer window closing so best wishes with that.

[BannedUserIAT]

General;

Tell Randy to have a good manager in by Monday so he can sort our team out.

I think the main thing is to hopefully get a win tommorow and then we've got the international break which is enough time to fully focus on the manager issue and hopefully bring in a manager during that period.

You're all over the place, aren't you?

[BannedUserIAT]

General,

You've stated that a list of potential managers was drawn up with the help of "several solid and respected advisors." May we ask who they are and if they are from inside the club (coaches, former players) or external consultants (like Steve Stride?).

Regards and many thanks for coming on here at this time.

[Irreverent ad]

Hi General,

Just a quick one. The fans and board have been through enough over the last few weeks. It is depressing to keep reading bad news about the club. Would you mind asking our so called "captain" to shut the hell up. Maybe he should try and inspire fellow players and be positive. I might also mention that he should maybe have a look in the mirror at his poor performances. Maybe he wishes us to strengthen in the centre midfield position (where he is currently not performing!)

Just so you know what I am on about...tomorrows News of the World:

The frustrated midfielder claims the weakened current squad is not strong enough for the challenge ahead and wants the board to spend before time runs out.


He groans: "It is a reality check. In football today, teams are prepared, teams are ready and if you're not ready, this is what happens. We need to learn that.


"It's going to be difficult for us to get into the top four.


"You can see that other teams are getting stronger, everybody is trying to compete.


"Tottenham, Manchester City and now Everton are the teams that are going to be really challenging us.


"We need to strengthen our squad before the transfer window closes.


"Other teams around us are doing it and we are getting left behind.


"We have a small squad and the 25-man rule just makes it worse for us.


"We've conceded nine goals in two matches and it's just not good enough. With all due respect to our opponents we should have not let that happen to us."

Poached
Petrov also questions how Villa can compete with the very best, if they continue to sell their best players.


Champions League-chasing rivals City poached Gareth Barry from the Midlands club one year ago and added insult to injury by nabbing James Milner just as the current campaign got underway.


"Obviously Milner was a very good player for us," stresses Petrov.


"You could see how outstanding he was in his very first game for Manchester City. We've lost a great player. That's the way football goes. When you get offered money like that you will get some chairman who accept it and others that don't.


"Unfortunately, we accepted it here. James Milner is not the first and won't be the last. Good players are wanted by good teams."


As Villa prepare to entertain Everton today, some might argue their European exit could aid a sustained league push this season but Petrov disagrees.


He adds: "It's no advantage. We wanted to be in Europe.


"We wanted to give the fans European nights and it's really disappointing that it's over.


"It will be difficult this year even though we've blown our chance at European football.


"It's a long season now. We started very well but didn't progress.


"All we can do now is battle on and hope that we can turn things around. It's going to be difficult.


"It's going to be very difficult but we'll push and see where we're going to end up."

[nechells]

General;

Tell Randy to have a good manager in by Monday so he can sort our team out.

I think the main thing is to hopefully get a win tommorow and then we've got the international break which is enough time to fully focus on the manager issue and hopefully bring in a manager during that period.

You're all over the place, aren't you?

You sound like the school geek-anyway questions for the General only on this thread please

[Irreverent ad]

Oh by the way the headline that his comments brought were:

PETROV SAYS VILLA ARE GOING BACKWARDS
Reality check for captain

Not "Proud History, Bright Future"

[BannedUserIAT]

Petrov is a through-and-through MON man. And I'm sure our ex-manager has had plenty to say to him down the phone over the last few weeks.

[BannedUserIAT]

anyway questions for the General only on this thread please

Who died and made you Pauliewalnuts?
Get back in your box, noob.

[dave.woodhall]

anyway questions for the General only on this thread please

Who died and made you Pauliewalnuts?
Get back in your box, noob.

And less of that, please.

[hipkiss92]

Can we please take the captaincy off petrov, comments like these don't help morale, and since MON left he had look disinterested in every game.

General, you're a military man, get down to Bodymoor Heath and put a rocket up some of these players arses.

[The Situation]

General;

Tell Randy to have a good manager in by Monday so he can sort our team out.

I think the main thing is to hopefully get a win tommorow and then we've got the international break which is enough time to fully focus on the manager issue and hopefully bring in a manager during that period.

You're all over the place, aren't you?

get a life dude. stop being obsessive and checking/tracing every post i make... i bet you've got some sort of log where you keep my posts.