If you could pick just one thing.....?

[ROBBO]

My total fixation on this site,i'm begining to worry.

[Havencheese]

Bigger scope for transfers, that does not mean any Joe Foreigner either, but casting a bigger net. Wonder if he (Houllier, should he get the job) may be able to get the jump on getting in some French kids over Wenger for example.

[eamonn]

Cracking thread John. All five of your options would do nicely but if I had to plump for one it would be an improvement in our through balls, someone like Ireland or Young who can work that role in the hole and give us more penetration. About time we had some sexy football.

[Concrete John]

A proper thread title!

What's wrong with the thread title?

[glasses]

If you improve the technical coaching, the more attractive football should take care of itself

[Lambert and Payne]

Find the key to turning 4 or 5 of those draws into wins and somehow educate the fans that can't tell the difference between a football club and a soap opera.

I know the difference!  One's the most miserable, least entertaining thing on TV, watched by misery arses with no lives, and the other's Eastenders.

1st one sounds an awful lot like corination street... Other than that all of the above and taking the uefa cup seriously, im starting to warm round to Houllier now...

[Brend'Watkins]

I've gone for technical ability but that's wishful thinking.  Technical ability is gained at an earlier age.  It's not just a problem at Villa it's most of the clubs, or rather, English players in our league who lack it. 

So, hopefully, the new man will try to improve our technical ability to some extent but I think we'll have to settle for ball possession and passing for the remainder of this season.

This would improve us.

[CheeriOneill]

Get in David Moyes as his assistant!

[villasjf]

Cracking thread John. All five of your options would do nicely but if I had to plump for one it would be an improvement in our through balls, someone like Ireland or Young who can work that role in the hole and give us more penetration. About time we had some sexy football.

I think that when he is fit Fabian can do that, he has an eye for a pass from what i have seen.

[jembob]

I voted for playing more attractive football, as I believe it would also be more effective football - see West Ham game for evidence.

We have a very good squad of players who should be performing better than they have, and most if it's down to enjoying their games. I'm fed up of MON's media chums saying that he got this squad to over achieve. In my view, his inept tactics and catastrophic squad selection meant that the team did not finish the season strongly enough and squandered an opportunity to finish 4th.

As far as attractive football is concerned, I would expect the team to start retaining the ball more, cut down on hoof ball, pass to a team mate and then make yourself available for a simple return pass and play with a bit more intelligence than we did under MON. These are all basic things which have been missing from our play, and if incorporated into the current strengths of the team will mean that we do very well this season.

[Reality]

Some continental flair.

[PaulTheVillan]

Challenging more often for trophies.

[Phil from the upper holte]

Im torn between selling Heskey and playing more attractive football.

Heskey it is...

I want to see more movement off the ball as Paulie said and more tecnical coaching and maybe one or two foreign signings. Perish the thought

[Concrete John]

Challenging more often for trophies.

We didn't do too badly on that count last year in 2 of the competitions we were in. 

I think it's a case of which of the above is most likely to actually see us WINNING a trophy in the near future!

[not3bad]

maybe one or two foreign signings

That'll be a given with Houllier in charge won't it?