Post-match thread - Newcastle v Aston Villa

[hilts_coolerking]

I blame Randy Lerner as he sold James Milner and decided he wanted Ireland to replace him

Milner wanted to go. Lerner did everything he could to keep him.

You know that for a fact do you ?? did he offer him £100,000.00 a week, did he offer him the captaincy

Given what has been said about the wages situation, I'm not sure that's something Lerner could have done.

[darren woolley]

What a fcuking load of shit totally disgracefull performance.

[spangley1812]

I blame Randy Lerner as he sold James Milner and decided he wanted Ireland to replace him

Milner wanted to go. Lerner did everything he could to keep him.

You know that for a fact do you ?? did he offer him £100,000.00 a week, did he offer him the captaincy

Given what has been said about the wages situation, I'm not sure that's something Lerner could have done.

A lot has been said by Mr Lerner/The General about the "wages situation" but the facts are that the club has done nothing to reduce the wage bill..they have not transfer listed any of the surplus players or loan them out to save on the wage bill

[Karlos96]

I blame Randy Lerner as he sold James Milner and decided he wanted Ireland to replace him

Milner wanted to go. Lerner did everything he could to keep him.

You know that for a fact do you ?? did he offer him £100,000.00 a week, did he offer him the captaincy

It would have made no difference offering him more money his head had been turned and that was it.  Even if we did Man City would just have offered more.

[enigma]

NRC has to come in alongside Petrov at the expense of either Downing or Albrighton. Petrov can't do all the donkeywork by himself.

The thing is, we've known that for a long time now. He's exposed even more now with Milner gone.

[Nirog72]

I was on a long journey and it made very painful listening in the car. Also the substitutions had a very familiar feel to them...?

[PaulTheVillan]

I think we need to forget about this and move on.

Hopefully this will be the kick up the arse we need into getting a new manager and a striker.

[friz]

I blame Randy Lerner as he sold James Milner and decided he wanted Ireland to replace him

I blame Randy Lerner as we do not have a new manager

I blame Randy Lerner as Kevin Mac has just said on national TV that he will decide after the Everton game wether he will apply for the job. therefore no new manager will be appointed until after 01/09/10

Oh dear. the first real anti-randy post ive read. could this be the start of the tide turning? things need sorting out and quick, villa fans are known to be quite fickle! 

I dont necessarily think its about fans being fickle. We all care about our club and the silence from the board has been deafening. If there is a short list or any list to replace MON at all then say so. I think that Kev M's lack of direction or enthusiasm with regard to actually wanting the job or not speaks volumes. I did not think he was the man for the job before todays game and todays result in my mind has just confirmed it. I would not welcome a knee-jerk reaction from the board and an appoinment that ultimately will put the club back but we do need some direction and a statement from Mr Lerner. MON resigned almost 2 weeks ago which you would think is enough time for the board to have at least approached someone. 

[Shrek]

Spurs we 3 down after half hour the other night, Harry changed his tactics and brought Huddlestone on because they were loosing the battle in midfield!
We should have brought NRC on at HT.


Please please let our next manager know a thing or two about tactics

[PaulWinch again]

I blame Randy Lerner as he sold James Milner and decided he wanted Ireland to replace him

Milner wanted to go. Lerner did everything he could to keep him.

You know that for a fact do you ?? did he offer him £100,000.00 a week, did he offer him the captaincy

Given what has been said about the wages situation, I'm not sure that's something Lerner could have done.

A lot has been said by Mr Lerner/The General about the "wages situation" but the facts are that the club has done nothing to reduce the wage bill..they have not transfer listed any of the surplus players or loan them out to save on the wage bill

Or maybe there are no takers for those players?

[ronshirt]

Never seen a game turn on a penalty miss so bad.

I honestly think if we'd scored that we'd have gone on to win.

That said from that moment on we were awful.

This is true. Had Carroll been in a Villa shirt we would've pasted them. But it was embarrassing. Especially the way we lay down for the sixth goal. None of the players seemed to care.

Get rid of the dross. Carew, Heskey, Sidwell, Reo-Coker, Beye, Davies. And don't allow any of the players that don't give a fuck about whether we win or lose anywhere near the first team. Play the youth. And get someone to explain the offside law to our Ashley.

Newcastle were rubbish but still could've had eight or nine past us.

[Lee]

There isn't a single player from Newcastle's starting line up that I'd have in our team ahead of the players we have.  So to get so throughly destroyed by them was shocking.

.. they had Routledge in the team ..  says it all really

[pauliewalnuts]

I'm able to rationalise last week's uplifting 3-0 with today's abysmal 0-6 as two freak results. But in the last two weeks, if Ellis had lost a well regarded manager in those still mysterious circumstances, we'd sold our best player with no guarantee all the money will be spent on replacements (and we still don't know what if anything of the c£16m left will be available) and then we'd turned in a performance like that, we'd be marching down Trinity Road next weekend asking him in no uncertain terms what, the ****'s going on.

In faiirness, we only sold him three days ago.

[tauntonvilla]

MON Signed a pile of shite that nobody else wants. In order to sign more we need to be rid of this dross.

MON “Randy, I need more cash, mi squad aint good enough, and it aint big enough”

Randy “you’ve had a sub’s bench full of cack that you signed and haven’t used, and nobody else wants to buy” “get stuffed”

MON “well if that’s your attitude you one eyed yank, I’m off”

Randy “Bye “

Today was 1 game, move on !

[pauliewalnuts]

I blame Randy Lerner as he sold James Milner and decided he wanted Ireland to replace him

Milner wanted to go. Lerner did everything he could to keep him.

You know that for a fact do you ?? did he offer him £100,000.00 a week, did he offer him the captaincy

Yes, maybe offering him the captaincy would have swung it.