The reporting of the current situation

[Banganappa]

The Club web-site is a disgrace. You'd never know, looking at it, that Villa had any sort of problem vis-a-vis its managership. All it seems to be interested in is selling its bloody season tickets - which I''m not buying, for one, anyway. Soddem.

So maybe a front page splash of "It's All Gone To Shit, You'll Be Better Off Down The Bescot" would be better?

For fuck's sake stop panicking.

Couldn't agree more. The club's position is spot on, they've calmly and clearly said what happened. They spoke to Whelan and they have not spoken to Martinez. It is not the club's job to run around like headless chickens responding to any old drama some bored journo dreams up.

What is highly irritating is Martinez being interviewed on SSN and being asked a number of times if he's spoken to Villa, and rather than saying he's not spoken, rattles on trying to create the impression he's a serious cookie. Twat.

[dave.woodhall]

All it seems to be interested in is selling its bloody season tickets - which I''m not buying, for one, anyway. Soddem.

Funny, that, for a football cub in the close season.

[Holtenderinthesky]

The Club web-site is a disgrace. You'd never know, looking at it, that Villa had any sort of problem vis-a-vis its managership. All it seems to be interested in is selling its bloody season tickets - which I''m not buying, for one, anyway. Soddem.

Do you realise that the "Official site" is so named because it runs "official" news.  (Of which there is none).  Do you expect  them to lead with Kendrick's latest tweet or "where is mysteryman when you need him"? 

[Diablo]

The Club web-site is a disgrace. You'd never know, looking at it, that Villa had any sort of problem vis-a-vis its managership. All it seems to be interested in is selling its bloody season tickets - which I''m not buying, for one, anyway. Soddem.

So maybe a front page splash of "It's All Gone To Shit, You'll Be Better Off Down The Bescot" would be better?

For fuck's sake stop panicking.

Couldn't agree more. The club's position is spot on, they've calmly and clearly said what happened. They spoke to Whelan and they have not spoken to Martinez. It is not the club's job to run around like headless chickens responding to any old drama some bored journo dreams up.

What is highly irritating is Martinez being interviewed on SSN and being asked a number of times if he's spoken to Villa, and rather than saying he's not spoken, rattles on trying to create the impression he's a serious cookie. Twat.

I saw that and got the impression that maybe he had spoken to us but didn't want to say?

[TimTheVillain]

The Club web-site is a disgrace. You'd never know, looking at it, that Villa had any sort of problem vis-a-vis its managership. All it seems to be interested in is selling its bloody season tickets - which I''m not buying, for one, anyway. Soddem.

So maybe a front page splash of "It's All Gone To Shit, You'll Be Better Off Down The Bescot" would be better?

For fuck's sake stop panicking.

Couldn't agree more. The club's position is spot on, they've calmly and clearly said what happened. They spoke to Whelan and they have not spoken to Martinez. It is not the club's job to run around like headless chickens responding to any old drama some bored journo dreams up.

What is highly irritating is Martinez being interviewed on SSN and being asked a number of times if he's spoken to Villa, and rather than saying he's not spoken, rattles on trying to create the impression he's a serious cookie. Twat.

I saw that and got the impression that maybe he had spoken to us but didn't want to say?

Well, who gives a shit ?

Crisis, what crisis ??

[TheSandman]

I don't watch Sky or listen to TalkShite or R5L during the close season and I just get my stuff from on here.

Is there are as much talk about the Chelsea job on them? I get the sensation from here that there is a lot about us but not a lot about them.

[Clampy]

The club have been quiet until they've needed something to say and that's the right thing to do.

I was wondering earlier though if maybe taking advice from or maybe having on board an old, wise head like Steve Stride would have been a good idea? 

[brian green]

I think there is a similarity between our position and that of the FA in its dealing with FIFA.

You try to retain some sort of correctness in your approach to the circumstances and the media attack you for not giving them the dumbed down sensation they crave.

They love individuals like Redknapp because his mouth fills the media mill race which turns the wheel of circulation.   The fact that he is a man for whom the expression dodgy geezer could well have been coined is unimportant.

Villa attracts all this hostility the way a respectable woman in a street full of prostitutes does.

[maidstonevillain]

i live in northern ireland and the papers over here dont excactly paint us in a great light over this and what axe would they have to grind with an English football club?

Northern Ireland.....MON

I believe I can see a reason, even if you can't

[Percy McCarthy]

I think there is a similarity between our position and that of the FA in its dealing with FIFA.

You try to retain some sort of correctness in your approach to the circumstances and the media attack you for not giving them the dumbed down sensation they crave.

They love individuals like Redknapp because his mouth fills the media mill race which turns the wheel of circulation.   The fact that he is a man for whom the expression dodgy geezer could well have been coined is unimportant.

Villa attracts all this hostility the way a respectable woman in a street full of prostitutes does.

Applause. In fact, standing ovation.

[Fernando Partridge]

i cant wait till villa assign new manager and we can informsky and talk bolox how wrong they were!!!
i may even ring up those dicks at talk bollox as they really were putting the boot in from what i heard to day especially those fcuk wits durham and that cricket idiot.. insulting !!
and as for sky they proved yet again (like with transfer dealings) they know f all whats going on .. its embrassing for them really they have no idea and make stuff up

[olaftab]

Which ever way we spin it we have made ourselves look right muppets in this so called Martinez approach. Headlines are that Villa's number 1 choice turns down the job to stay at Wigan yes Wigan. Both Martinez and Whelan have less than truthful and gained as much as they possibly can out of this sordid episode.
The fact is that Martinez is a spineless character who was overwhelmed by  challenge of the AV task and couldn't step up.

[Greg N'Ash]

Martinez turned it down because he's not stupid. It would have been a disaster for someone with no clout to come into our club and he's done us and himself a favour.  Lerner should have realised that it was never on and the only embarrassment was he approached wigan in the first place.

[adrenachrome]

Martinez turned it down because he's not stupid. It would have been a disaster for someone with no clout to come into our club and he's done us and himself a favour.  Lerner should have realised that it was never on and the only embarrassment was he approached wigan in the first place.

Sounds about right to me.

[hawkeye]

yep the new manager has got to deal with Dunne, Collins Beye Warnock Ireland and the vacume of Young and maybe Downing going, not a job for the faint hearted