Official - Houllier leaves by mutual consent (p.28)

[pauliewalnuts]

Who or what is ''Ailsa''?

Mark Hughes:



Ailsa Stewart from Aussie soap Home and Away:

[Phil from the upper holte]

For the best really I know Dr said he's fine but what would have happened if in sept he has an episode again? Too risky imo

Hope he does well in whatever he does, seemed like a nice fellah

[Oscar Arce]

The only decision that could have been made, we need to get this appointment right and start moving forward again and it has to be David Moyes, he will come.

[Legion]

Leeg - for the benefit of us pedants could you change the title to P28.

I put it at page 28 but someone changed it to 18.

I've changed it back.

I changed it and explained why. I'm currently on Page 22, by the way. Can't wait to see what Page 28 has to offer!

[bob]

I'm only on page 11.

[Arsey]

Leeg - for the benefit of us pedants could you change the title to P28.

I put it at page 28 but someone changed it to 18.

I've changed it back.

I changed it and explained why. I'm currently on Page 22, by the way. Can't wait to see what Page 28 has to offer!

next manager will have been sacked by then, I am on 11 too.  The largest number of posts per page is the way to go.

[Concrete John]

I'm only on page 11.

Could've sworn this was 36.......?

[Rodders]

I'm only on page 11.

Could've sworn this was 36.......?

36! 36!!!!

[Merv]

As he says, he wanted to return but needs a few months to recuperate fully.  Unfortunately we can't afford that luxury so a parting of the ways is the best for both parties.  I'm not sure he will return to full time club management.  Surely it's not worth the risk for him?

Sums it up for me. It's a decision taken with both his interests at heart as well as the club's - Houllier, by his own admission, does not expect to be fully recovered for a few months yet and, after the fiasco of last summer Villa need to have a manager 100% focused on preparing the squad during pre-season.

I wish him well.

[dave shelley]

I have to agree with most of this although I haven't had time to trawl through all the pages.  Mark Hughes in my humble opinion is mid table mediocrity and nothing else.  I sincerely hope I'm wrong and I'll do what I always do in times like these ( and there have been many in my time watching the Villa) and that is to give him a chance but the feeling is there that an oportunity has been missed again to make a statement of serious intent.  Time will tell. 

Hughes would be a terrible appointment at a time when, as has been pointed out on here, the Club has an opportunity to make a statement.

Appointing Hughes just says: "We are a club with limited ambition. We are happy to just bob around mid-table, have the odd cup run and avoid relegation."

To the 'want-away' players it says: "You are right to want away. We will never even remotely worry the teams in the Champions League places."

To the likes of Darren Bent it says: "Call your agent and engineer a move away from here at the earliest opportunity."

Looking at the calibre of the managers currently out of work around Europe, as well as those who could reasonably be tempted into joining us, this would be a massive mistake and I really hope the papers have made this up (as in: "Villa have got no money and are a similiar size to Fulham and Hughes would be cheap = Hughes to Villa).

I'm shocked and disappointed at how many people on here would accept Hughes as a decent appointment.

You might as well scrub out the 'Bright Future' and just leave the 'Proud History'.

[Concrete John]

I noticed the statement said a return to football and as opposed to a return to management.  It may be he fancies an upstairs job again, which would be better for him health wise while still keeping him involved in football. 

[Caiphus]

Who or what is ''Ailsa''?

Mark Hughes:



Ailsa Stewart from Aussie soap Home and Away:

Oh.... Alf's flamin' wife!

[pablopicasso_10]

i wish him well for the future...

[Damo70]

I've nothing against him personally and I wish him all the best for the future but from a football point of view I'm glad he's gone. I didn't want him in the first place and I saw nothing while he was here to change my mind. The Man City cup game was a disgrace and to top it off we lost the following game anyway. I also don't understand the credit he gets for signing Bent, we all could have recommended that signing to PF and RL. Hardly a David Platt or Dwight Yorke masterstroke was it?

[cheltenhamlion]

We could all have said Bent would be a good buy, I have been saying it since he was at Ipswich, but the manner in which it was executed was exemplary.