Takeover rumours

[Villa in Denmark]

"But he admitted he went along with it and he admitted he was glad when mon walked out. The final straw being the euro debacle in mon final season."

After reading that, it makes me wonder if MO'N was close to getting the sack. He realised this so he walked.

Well he got paid off so whether he walked or was pushed, it's fairly acedemic.

Yes, I suppose it is, but, by walking he was able to push blame on to Lerner, and, he hasn't got 'sacked' on his CV.

Is it just me or is the "he went along with it" a bit worrying? Surely he shouldn't be just going along with anything, especially something it sounds like something hr didn't particularly agree with.

How much better off would we have been if he had called stop there?

Was he afraid of a fan backlash, because that doesn't tally with appointing McLeish.

[class_of_82]

Maybe he thought that one more signing could just do it for us? But then o"Neil wanted one more signing then one more signing. Do you trust the manager that has got you top 6 finishes or do you say no then it's in the papers "randy refuses more money"  because o"Neil had his friends in the media ,who the hell will know but the one thing he said was that the waste of money on players was wrong etc and seemed so passionate when he spoke

[Dante Lavelli]

Maybe he thought that one more signing could just do it for us? But then o"Neil wanted one more signing then one more signing. Do you trust the manager that has got you top 6 finishes or do you say no then it's in the papers "randy refuses more money"  because o"Neil had his friends in the media ,who the hell will know but the one thing he said was that the waste of money on players was wrong etc and seemed so passionate when he spoke

You're probably right there.  But again it suggests that the club would be better served if there was a football man and possibly a bit of a figurehead near the top of the pyramid so that the other side of the story can become part of the agenda, not just what MON (or any other manager) tells the media.

[supertom]

Rumours doing the rounds (not for first time apparently) that Vince McMahon (owner of WWE) wants to buy Newcastle Utd.

I'd love to have him take over the Villa. Get Hulk Hogan as our new manager. Ricky The Dragon Steamboat as our fitness coach. The Big Show as our new experienced CH. Ric Flair as a coach, and he can teach us how to cheat and play dirty.  We can also get The Ultimate Warrior to give our pre-match and half time team talks. He'd probably make more sense than Lambert too.

We'd win the league.

[Lizz]

Vince McMahon, Stephanie and Triple H. Those were the days.

[class_of_82]

Dante lavelli

Spot on a ex villa man as a spokesman or figurehead someone like Ian Taylor, Dennis Mortimer etc just to drop to the media the clubs side of everything to even things up

[class_of_82]

Love to see the undertaker and British bulldog in centre of midfield when we play the albion

[supertom]

Love to see the undertaker and British bulldog in centre of midfield when we play the albion

On our budget we might have to settle for Koko B Ware and the Red Rooster.

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

We need experience.

Jacky Pallo and Mick McManus

[supertom]

We need experience.

Jacky Pallo and Mick McManus

Big John Studd to fill the void left by Big John Carew.

[Des Little]

A midfield pairing of Kid Chocolate and Goldbelt Brisn Maxine would be my choice.

[cdbearsfan]

What a shame Big Daddy has already left us for QPR.

[AlwaysAVFC]

Love to see the undertaker and British bulldog in centre of midfield when we play the albion

Unfortunately British Bulldog died about 12 years ago.

Tried so hard not to but....

He still couldn't do much worse than the current midfield

[olaftab]

I am glad we have got back to our favourite pastime of criticising MON in a way that only H&Vers can do!

[Mazrim]

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