Albrighton Going to Leicester

[Toronto Villa]

another player had Houllier stayed would still be at the club. Him alongside Cabaye isn't a bad start at all when attempting to put together a creative, ball retaining midfield unit.

Nice in theory, in practice Cabaye caused unrest at Newcastle and sulked until he got a move

and  Makhoun had about the same number of good games for us as Didier Six.

Houllier became ill, and that changed a lot at the club. He didn't just buy for him for that season. He clearly had plans for him beyond that and the fact that he was going to buy Cabaye might have significantly changed everyone's views on Makoun. What I know is he played well prior to his Villa career, has played well in France since and has been very influential in Cameroon making the World Cup.

[pauliewalnuts]

Makoun only played seven games for us.

I can't really see any circumstances under which that would be enough of a sample to form a realistic opinion of him.

[rob_bridge]

another player had Houllier stayed would still be at the club. Him alongside Cabaye isn't a bad start at all when attempting to put together a creative, ball retaining midfield unit.

Nice in theory, in practice Cabaye caused unrest at Newcastle and sulked until he got a move

you can't apply what happened there to what might have happened anywhere else. There was a lot of unrest at Newcastle so without applying the same rules and circumstances we cannot say for sure he'd have done the same thing. While he played for them he was excellent and that got him noticed and a big move in the end. As much as Newcastle clearly missed him they also ended up with a very tidy profit.

And you can't for sure say that would not have been the same at Villa.

[Ads]

Cabeye is an excellent player. It would have been interesting to see what would have happened over the summer under Houllier.

[rob_bridge]

another player had Houllier stayed would still be at the club. Him alongside Cabaye isn't a bad start at all when attempting to put together a creative, ball retaining midfield unit.

Nice in theory, in practice Cabaye caused unrest at Newcastle and sulked until he got a move

and  Makhoun had about the same number of good games for us as Didier Six.

Houllier became ill, and that changed a lot at the club. He didn't just buy for him for that season. He clearly had plans for him beyond that and the fact that he was going to buy Cabaye might have significantly changed everyone's views on Makoun. What I know is he played well prior to his Villa career, has played well in France since and has been very influential in Cameroon making the World Cup.

and his career in France was so good prior to Villa we paid c40% less for him than his previous transfer

[LeeB]

Cabeye is an excellent player. It would have been interesting to see what would have happened over the summer under Houllier.

I think the summer Houllier had planned frankly scared the shit out of our board.

[pauliewalnuts]

Cabeye is an excellent player. It would have been interesting to see what would have happened over the summer under Houllier.

For all his foot in the mouth tendencies and the cringemaking Liverpool love in, Houllier had the right ideas at the very least.

Towards the end of that season, we started playing some really decent football.

It was a pivotal moment for the club when - and I honestly still can not believe it - Lerner then appointed McLeish. Absolutely zero continuity there, even if you can get over his piss poor record.

[rob_bridge]

Cabeye is an excellent player. It would have been interesting to see what would have happened over the summer under Houllier.

I think the summer Houllier had planned frankly scared the shit out of our board.

It must have been a horror show if they thought McLeish was a good appointment.

Like Charlie's Angels bloke but from the Infirmary with McAllister as the Angels.

[old man villa fan]

Yes Chris, I agree the "lowest point ever" is often trollied out to refer to a bad result but I did say one of the worst things, not the worst, and I have now the honour of having watched the Villa live for more than half their existence.

Yes, Walsall 3 Villa 0 in 1971 was one of our lowest points ever, as well.  I was not at all impressed that day in Fellows Park, I must say.

[Toronto Villa]

another player had Houllier stayed would still be at the club. Him alongside Cabaye isn't a bad start at all when attempting to put together a creative, ball retaining midfield unit.

Nice in theory, in practice Cabaye caused unrest at Newcastle and sulked until he got a move

and  Makhoun had about the same number of good games for us as Didier Six.

Houllier became ill, and that changed a lot at the club. He didn't just buy for him for that season. He clearly had plans for him beyond that and the fact that he was going to buy Cabaye might have significantly changed everyone's views on Makoun. What I know is he played well prior to his Villa career, has played well in France since and has been very influential in Cameroon making the World Cup.

and his career in France was so good prior to Villa we paid c40% less for him than his previous transfer

Yes, compliments to Paul Faulkner for his negotiating skills.

[olaftab]

It's all very confusing. All threads  to do with Club/Manager/owners look similar. So to help us here we could with merging these 5 topics into a "Mega worry Thread"!
The Current Lack of a Takeover
Current state of affairs
The Paul Lambert
Fans worried about the future

[LeeB]

Cabeye is an excellent player. It would have been interesting to see what would have happened over the summer under Houllier.

I think the summer Houllier had planned frankly scared the shit out of our board.

It must have been a horror show if they thought McLeish was a good appointment.

Like Charlie's Angels bloke but from the Infirmary with McAllister as the Angels.

He'd already built the proto-bomb squad, had had designs on spending more cash. We've since seen that this didn't necessarily chime with the board's 'vision'.

Tell you what, instead, why don't we bring in that likeable chap from our neighbours in an attempt to bring these well paid players back in from the cold?

[Chris Smith]

Cabeye is an excellent player. It would have been interesting to see what would have happened over the summer under Houllier.

For all his foot in the mouth tendencies and the cringemaking Liverpool love in, Houllier had the right ideas at the very least.

Towards the end of that season, we started playing some really decent football.

It was a pivotal moment for the club when - and I honestly still can not believe it - Lerner then appointed McLeish. Absolutely zero continuity there, even if you can get over his piss poor record.

Although the 'decent football' coincided with him being away from the club due to his unfortunate relapse. We did have a better second half of the season but so we should have given the players we had available, once they were all fit, and the money he was allowed to spend on Bent.

[Holte Sweet]

I have no idea where we stand at the moment, and obviously it would be unwise to predict what will happen next season when we are only just getting over the last one.

What I do feel is totally embarrassed about the situation the club is in. It is unacceptable forb a club of the size of the Villa to be at the mercy of every scare story the press care to print, and for our supporters to be so brow beaten as to take them all as credible. .

I sincerely hope that this is a low point .

[eamonn]

Makoun only played seven games for us.

I can't really see any circumstances under which that would be enough of a sample to form a realistic opinion of him.

Michael Bradley was written-off after the whole team surrendered at Citeh in the cup. Did we get any money back on Makoun?