Culverhouse and Karsa suspended (Now both sacked: Reply #876)

[PaulTheVillan]

Given and Cowans promoted.


Beginning of the end?

[Walmley_Villa]

Looks like it - all from Brian Doogan so legit. I'm off to TBAR as they have the ITK..... :-)

[richard moore]

Goodness me! Hope so

[Tom_Mc9?]

What's going on here then?

[David_Nab]

From Bomb squad to first team coach ..only at AVFC

[Tom_Mc9?]

From Bomb squad to first team coach ..only at AVFC

To be fair, I think Given ruffled the least feathers - he was just too old and on too much money.

[Ads]

That's one way to trim the playing staff wage bill.

[supertom]

From Bomb squad to first team coach ..only at AVFC

Ha ha. Absolutely crazy.

Though I've no problem whatsoever with Shay. Top pro, and if he's started his badges already, why not? Get him back on the bench too.

[Simon Ward]

Apparently on the radio according to my boss. Presumably 5 Live?

[London Villan]

Saying that the bomb squad now have a coaching staff!

[not3bad]

BBC Sport ‏@BBCSport  37s
Aston Villa temporarily promote Shay Given and Gordon Cowans to first-team coaching staff after suspending Ian Culverhouse and Gary Karsa

[Walmley_Villa]

Saturday is now massive......

[PaulWinch again]

This is very very odd, they are Lambert's two most trusted side kicks. Also promoting Given to a coach is very very strange.

[Clampy]

The club have also confirmed it as well. Bloody hell, what a mess.

[supertom]

Clearly though, things are a mess. This is the beginning of the end. It seems pretty obvious the players aren't happy. Lamberts team would appear to have lost the dressing room. How much love is left for Lambert himself among the players remains to be seen, but if we're putting 2 and 2 together, it would appear that given what's come out from himself and the club this past week, he's a dead man walking. "There's stuff you don't see." Well I guess we're seeing some of that now.