Roy Keane has left

[JUAN PABLO]

This could be a positive if the players are happy to see the back of him ?

If it was Lambert

[Ger Regan]

I'm not overly bothered by him leaving, but the timing of it is infuriating. He really does seem to be learning from MON.

I don't see the problem with the timing of it personally, unless you mean in regards to Ireland's next match not being until next year.

A day before a crucial game is bad timing I think. That said, if he's had a bust up with a player, then there mightn't have been any other option.

[silhillvilla]

He came, he grew a very long beard , shaved it off and left.

[saunders_heroes]

The club is completely bat shit.

[Dave]

Can we call him a twat now?

I'm not sure there was ever a time that we couldn't.

[Ads]

We will miss his tactical input on the training pitch. How will they work on such advanced matters of lumping the ball over the top for Gabby now that his genius has gone?

[ez]

Didn't bring anything to the club in fact we got worse.

[saunders_heroes]

We will miss his tactical input on the training pitch. How will they work on such advanced matters of lumping the ball over the top for Gabby now that his genius has gone?

Something tells me we'll continue with the exact same mind numbing tactic.

[adrenachrome]

Birmingham Mail ‏@birminghammail 2m2 minutes ago

Roy Keane's gone. So it's safe to follow our liveblog bringing reaction to his departure #avfc
 http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/live-aston-villa---roy-8191154 …

[Hopadop]

I didn't rate him as a player, I don't rate him as a manager, and I don't rate him as a person. He's a fucking wanker and he can stick his beard up his arse. The only reason I had any dealings with him is that somehow he was the assistant manager of my club! He can stick it up his bollocks.

[LTA]

So as the band plays on, the captain orders his men to rearrange the deckchairs again.......

Will Cowans step up again short term if time allows?

[saunders_heroes]

I didn't rate him as a player, I don't rate him as a manager, and I don't rate him as a person. He's a fucking wanker and he can stick his beard up his arse. The only reason I had any dealings with him is that somehow he was the assistant manager of my club! He can stick it up his bollocks.

I can understand you not rating him as a manager and person, but a player? He was simply outstanding.

[Deano's Mullet]

All it means is Lambert will have total blame when the inevitable happens and we go down. Keane probably got neck ache from watching all those long balls sailing over the top.  He refused to shake hands with Mourinho - that this is the highlight of his six months or so at Villa says it all.

[saunders_heroes]

So as the band plays on, the captain orders his men to rearrange the deckchairs again.......

Will Cowans step up again short term if time allows?

He didn't bring much to the party last time.

[kippaxvilla2]

Basically he hinted as much in an interview a couple of weeks ago.  It is another of the long line of catastrophic experiments that have curtailed the clubs fortunes in the last 4 years.