The end is nigh.

[villajk]

Whatever way you look at it though Emile has been a condom on the prick of progress.

That is one of the best metaphore's I have ever read. Kudos to you, sir.

hehe  Excellent VS.

[Dave Clark Five]

Am I the only person who still rates, respects, and trusts MON?

I still love MON. And I'll be greatly saddened if/when he leaves.

However this pre-season he seems very subdued, possibly frustrated that other teams like Man City can just come in and take his crown jewels where we are powerless to stop them.

Don't worry, Barry will be back soon by all accounts.

[VillaAlways]

Am I the only person who still rates, respects, and trusts MON?

So much negativity. I know that he leaves his signings late but he's still a f****** great manager.

Without MON we'd still be mid-to-bottom of the table now.


And all this stuff about failed signings, at the end of the day every manager makes a mistake or two. Manager's have to see potential to sign someone and, unfortunately, they sometimes do not live up to that potential.

I still love MON. And I'll be greatly saddened if/when he leaves.[/quo
te]

No I'll be saddened too.Unfortunately I don't think people will realise how lucky we were to have him til he's gone and we've got some muppet in charge

[Rip Van We Go Again]

I find that on here peoples views of his strengths and weaknesses aren't all that different, just a matter of how much importance you place on them

I find a huge amount of importance on the fact that he's invested nigh on £16m on Emile Heskey.

That decision alone is unforgiveable.

£3.5m fee plus a (reported) £60k a week for the 1.5 years he's been here = £8.18m.  Whatever it is it's not well spent, but's lets at least try and keep the figures right.

I'm assuming that Doh'Neill's undying love for him will keep him at the club till the end of his contract.

Not to mention that I don't think he'll be in any rush to leave on the wages, he wouldn't get anything like that elsewhere.

[dave.woodhall]

No I'll be saddened too.Unfortunately I don't think people will realise how lucky we were to have him til he's gone and we've got some muppet in charge

What makes you think that a) those who want him gone aren't fully aware of his capabilites and b) we couldn't get a better manager?

[Rip Van We Go Again]

No I'll be saddened too.Unfortunately I don't think people will realise how lucky we were to have him til he's gone and we've got some muppet in charge

What makes you think that a) those who want him gone aren't fully aware of his capabilites and b) we couldn't get a better manager?

Dear, dear Dave, you're forgetting the rules.

Rule 15a, sub section 7 clearly states

'The Club shall always be viewed as a massive concern, but only up to the point when the dismissal of the manager is discussed, then the phrase 'Who would want to join us, we'd do no better than Mark Hughes' must be used in all cases.'

'In the event of Mark Hughes taking stewardship of a club, the name Alan Curbishley may freely be mentioned.'

[Risso]

No I'll be saddened too.Unfortunately I don't think people will realise how lucky we were to have him til he's gone and we've got some muppet in charge

What makes you think that a) those who want him gone aren't fully aware of his capabilites and b) we couldn't get a better manager?

Dear, dear Dave, you're forgetting the rules.

Rule 15a, sub section 7 clearly states

'The Club shall always be viewed as a massive concern, but only up to the point when the dismissal of the manager is discussed, then the phrase 'Who would want to join us, we'd do no better than Mark Hughes' must be used in all cases.'

'In the event of Mark Hughes taking stewardship of a club, the name Alan Curbishley may freely be mentioned.'

Addendum 24b:

'In the event of Martin Jol being mentioned, scorn shall be poured on the idea, and his last few months in charge of Spurs shall be mentioned, whereas any talk of finishing 5th shall be ignored."  Any other foreign manager can quickly and easily be laughed off with either of the following questions:

"Why would he leave his current club to take over Villa?" (for good managers) or "What's he ever won compared to O'Neill?" (for less established managers).'

[VillaAlways]

No I'll be saddened too.Unfortunately I don't think people will realise how lucky we were to have him til he's gone and we've got some muppet in charge

What makes you think that a) those who want him gone aren't fully aware of his capabilites and b) we couldn't get a better manager?

who is available and attainable ??

[Olneythelonely]

Rule 25 - Moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan. Groan.

[Rip Van We Go Again]

No I'll be saddened too.Unfortunately I don't think people will realise how lucky we were to have him til he's gone and we've got some muppet in charge

What makes you think that a) those who want him gone aren't fully aware of his capabilites and b) we couldn't get a better manager?

who is available and attainable ??

The cream of the World's managers.
Randy is more than capable of acquiring them.

[Rip Van We Go Again]

Rule 25 - Moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan. Groan.

Rule 26
'Cringe with embarrasment at the amount of money being paid to Emile Heskey, a striker with all the predatory instincts of an empty crisp packet.'

[dave.woodhall]

No I'll be saddened too.Unfortunately I don't think people will realise how lucky we were to have him til he's gone and we've got some muppet in charge

What makes you think that a) those who want him gone aren't fully aware of his capabilites and b) we couldn't get a better manager?

who is available and attainable ??

Depends how you see the Villa. Believing us capable of much more that we're currently achieving, I would say all except maybe two dozen or so in Europe.

[Chris Smith]

No I'll be saddened too.Unfortunately I don't think people will realise how lucky we were to have him til he's gone and we've got some muppet in charge

What makes you think that a) those who want him gone aren't fully aware of his capabilites and b) we couldn't get a better manager?

who is available and attainable ??

It doesn't matter, there isn't a vacancy.

[Rip Van We Go Again]

No I'll be saddened too.Unfortunately I don't think people will realise how lucky we were to have him til he's gone and we've got some muppet in charge

What makes you think that a) those who want him gone aren't fully aware of his capabilites and b) we couldn't get a better manager?

who is available and attainable ??

It doesn't matter, there isn't a vacancy.

(Chris hugs himself with delight)

[old man villa fan]

No I'll be saddened too.Unfortunately I don't think people will realise how lucky we were to have him til he's gone and we've got some muppet in charge

What makes you think that a) those who want him gone aren't fully aware of his capabilites and b) we couldn't get a better manager?

who is available and attainable ??

Depends how you see the Villa. Believing us capable of much more that we're currently achieving, I would say all except maybe two dozen or so in Europe.

Who in your opinion can get us into the top four or further based on our financial position as we think we see it at the present time and is attainable?

Is there anybody in English football?

Who would you say from Europe?

Randy Lerner has set out to build a future based on traditional English values so do you think he would take on a manager from outside England?

Would be interested to read your views.