Who Should be Aston Villa Manager ? Now with new, revised poll

[Concrete John]

Not a bad piece actually.  This bit is wong..... 

It is questionable whether even Villa can do that, now that Lerner has talked of moving towards self-sufficiency rather than the extravagant spending that would be needed to take them into the Premier League’s top six, but no doubt Hughes would fancy his chances. The in-demand managers always do.

.....but then he's gotten Randy's issue with the wages/turnover ratio mixed up with spending power in the transfer market, which is a common mistake.

[SteveD]

You could argue a business case for signing Bent, based on the fear of relegation and the financial consequences of that. I'm not yet convinced the pattern won't be self-sufficiency and that Bent will prove to be an emergency one-off.

[not3bad]

You could argue a business case for signing Bent, based on the fear of relegation and the financial consequences of that. I'm not yet convinced the pattern won't be self-sufficiency and that Bent will prove to be an emergency one-off.

If that is the case Bent will be off at the first oppportunity and we'll be back where we started.

[Concrete John]

what the fuck does "punching above our weight" mean exactly?

that this ass clown has randomly plucked a number out of his ass and decided we cant get further than that?

i hope we get someone ambitious in just to shut up arseholes like this... although no doubt if we did, it would be spun to make it a negative, just like the signing of darren bent was, while praising the bin dippers for signing an over rated injury prone lump for 35 million...

the meeja in this country is a joke and run by complete c***s...

We need to rise above it.  As per the 'fact/perception/opinion' thread we have to also remember that there is a public perception of us, so that when we do something like sign Darren Bent that perception will form the opinion of why and what it means.

It's easy to get wound up by it, but lately it just makes me laugh mainly. 

[Rip Van We Go Again]

Not a bad piece actually.  This bit is wong..... 

The bit where he asks what the most common Chinese name is?

[Chris Smith]

These are the bits I objected to in that article.

'Fulham supporters might wonder why he would trade a club who finished eighth in the Barclays Premier League this season for the one that came ninth.'

and

'Hughes has been yearning to return to a club whose ambitions match his own. It is questionable whether even Villa can do that.'

I'm sure Fulham fans are thinking just that, whether they're right is another thing.

I think the second remark is commenting on his own big ambitions rather than talking down ours.

Seems a pretty fair article to me other than the bit at the end but it appears that, despite signing Bent, it is now the general perception of us.

[Michel Sibble]

PS Why is Kinnear crossed off. Has he died, or is it just because we don't employ mangers with a dodgy ticker.

The latter. With the former if he is even considered happening to my soul.

[johncvilla88]

Martin Laursen with Melberg as number 2??

[Legion]

Martin Laursen with Melberg as number 2??

We may aswell appoint Ashley Young, then, as he seems to want to do everything else anyway.

[Concrete John]

Martin Laursen with Melberg as number 2??

We may aswell appoint Ashley Young, then, as he seems to want to do everything else anyway.

We'd save a shed load of cash as he'd want to take the all training sessions, manage the reserves, act as chief scout, have a DOF type seat on the board and works the tills at the ticket office.

[Michel Sibble]

Chalk another one off that list: Sky Sports

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

Chalk another one off that list: Sky Sports

Too soon! Wigan recognise they've got a good un and wanna keep him. Martinez would be flattered and massively tempted if we offered. Too risky?

[Michel Sibble]

Hughes still expected for the Villa post, says the Cockney rags

[Holte L2]

Anyone got any concrete speculation? Or are we just moaning?

[PaulWinch again]

Anyone got any concrete speculation? Or are we just moaning?

Concrete speculation, isn't that an oxymoron!?