It's not Sherwood!

[Malandro]

At the very least he knows where we're going wrong and seems like he's actively trying to change that. 

I would disagree with you right there Tom.  Every report, comment, opinion, statement on the Leicester debacle from fans, commentators, pundits, reporters, and 6 year olds identified the main problems as Sherwood's rubbish substitutions and tactical ineptitude and naivety.  With the sole exception of Sherwood who said he wasn't sure the substitutions were the reason we lost, and blamed individual errors.  He's either deluded, arrogant, stupid or burying his head in the sand, or a combination of all of them.  Either way it doesn't add up to knowing where we are going wrong, let alone addressing it.   I mean, were yesterday's substitutions any better?   From what I heard Gil was the only one likely to create anything and  he took him off. 

I'm not sure that kind of ineptitude will get better with time, so the patience argument is kind of void.   However anyone advocating Allardyce as the only alternative needs to get out more.  If the likes of Southampton can find decent managers, surely we can look beyond dinosaurs like big Sam.

The patience argument may be void to you.

[TonyD]

If he starts the same lightweight midfield on Tuesday he can call his own taxi.

[amfy]

i was surprised Gil started. Late in the week it was being said that he was injured and hadn't trained all week. That might have meant 'barely' trained all week, because he didn't look like a player who hadn't trained all week - but we do know he had a knock which resulted in him being subbed last week, so there is likely to be some truth in it.

I thought he looked really good, but it isn't really a giant leap to work out why he might have needed subbed yesterday - he's not fully fit. He still looked fine, but the manager shouldn't be waiting til he isn't fine to take him off. If he knows he's going to struggle to do a full 90 minutes, then it is the right thing to take him off before his tiredness results in a mistake/rash challenge/another injury.

[Ormy Droid]

A dinosaurus Allardyce might be just what we need. Koeman has come in and done a fantastic job with Southampton, but they are an example of an exceptionally well run football club. We are not.

Villa have been slowly rotting away as a football club for five odd years now, and I don't see how Sherwood's bluster and a load of foreign signings who probably didn't really fancy coming to Birmingham in the first place, is going to solve that.

We need drastic action. We need to either go down, rebuild and come back stronger (under new management)...Or, we bite the bullet and accept/embrace the type of mediocrity that Sam Allardyce's football brings in return for a few home wins and our Premier League status...Until Lerner finally sells the club, hopefully to someone with the vision to turn us into an exceptionally run football club.

As someone posted yesterday, there's no real difference between us and Sunderland, apart from a few hundred miles.

[Clampy]

I don't think he knows his best team yet or he hasn't been able to play it, one of the two. Gana and Traore being injured hasn't helped and his choice of subs have been a bit baffling. He still deserves time to get it right though. 

[OzVilla]

I'm sure he doesn't know his best team and I can understand that to a degree.  It's his tactical ineptitude, strange substitutions and post match comments that abdicate any responsibility for it all that's got me worried.

He's like a Mockney Lambert.

[Ormy Droid]

I don't think he knows his best team yet or he hasn't been able to play it, one of the two. Gana and Traore being injured hasn't helped and his choice of subs have been a bit baffling. He still deserves time to get it right though.

I would agree with you, except we have no actual evidence to suggest that he's got the ability to get it right.

If the powers that be really believe in Sherwood, then yes they should give him time. Me, I think the bloke's a duffer and I'd like him sacked now please.

[Clampy]

I don't think he knows his best team yet or he hasn't been able to play it, one of the two. Gana and Traore being injured hasn't helped and his choice of subs have been a bit baffling. He still deserves time to get it right though.

I would agree with you, except we have no actual evidence to suggest that he's got the ability to get it right.

If the powers that be really believe in Sherwood, then yes they should give him time. Me, I think the bloke's a duffer and I'd like him sacked now please.

After 6 games? Really?

[Chico Hamilton III]

I don't think he knows his best team yet or he hasn't been able to play it, one of the two. Gana and Traore being injured hasn't helped and his choice of subs have been a bit baffling. He still deserves time to get it right though.

I would agree with you, except we have no actual evidence to suggest that he's got the ability to get it right.

If the powers that be really believe in Sherwood, then yes they should give him time. Me, I think the bloke's a duffer and I'd like him sacked now please.

After 6 games? Really?

How many games?

[Ormy Droid]

I don't think he knows his best team yet or he hasn't been able to play it, one of the two. Gana and Traore being injured hasn't helped and his choice of subs have been a bit baffling. He still deserves time to get it right though.

I would agree with you, except we have no actual evidence to suggest that he's got the ability to get it right.

If the powers that be really believe in Sherwood, then yes they should give him time. Me, I think the bloke's a duffer and I'd like him sacked now please.

After 6 games? Really?

Yep, plus the back end of last season, plus some of the misgivings after his time as Spurs. I think he's full of shit, to tell the truth.

[Clampy]

I don't think he knows his best team yet or he hasn't been able to play it, one of the two. Gana and Traore being injured hasn't helped and his choice of subs have been a bit baffling. He still deserves time to get it right though.

I would agree with you, except we have no actual evidence to suggest that he's got the ability to get it right.

If the powers that be really believe in Sherwood, then yes they should give him time. Me, I think the bloke's a duffer and I'd like him sacked now please.

After 6 games? Really?

How many games?

Ok, 6 games into a new season with his own players.

[Clampy]

I don't think he knows his best team yet or he hasn't been able to play it, one of the two. Gana and Traore being injured hasn't helped and his choice of subs have been a bit baffling. He still deserves time to get it right though.

I would agree with you, except we have no actual evidence to suggest that he's got the ability to get it right.

If the powers that be really believe in Sherwood, then yes they should give him time. Me, I think the bloke's a duffer and I'd like him sacked now please.

After 6 games? Really?

Yep, plus the back end of last season, plus some of the misgivings after his time as Spurs. I think he's full of shit, to tell the truth.

Towards the end of last season wasn't great but he got us scoring goals again and kept us up, which was the main objective. He's just had his first ever pre-season and had to sell arguably two of his best players. A win or two could see us back on track. Wanting him out already is a tad harsh.

[BoskoDjembaSalifou]

It's looking like a similar situation to the one Sunderland had with Di Canio.

[Ormy Droid]

I don't think he knows his best team yet or he hasn't been able to play it, one of the two. Gana and Traore being injured hasn't helped and his choice of subs have been a bit baffling. He still deserves time to get it right though.

I would agree with you, except we have no actual evidence to suggest that he's got the ability to get it right.

If the powers that be really believe in Sherwood, then yes they should give him time. Me, I think the bloke's a duffer and I'd like him sacked now please.

After 6 games? Really?

Yep, plus the back end of last season, plus some of the misgivings after his time as Spurs. I think he's full of shit, to tell the truth.

Towards the end of last season wasn't great but he got us scoring goals again and kept us up, which was the main objective. He's just had his first ever pre-season and had to sell arguably two of his best players. A win or two could see us back on track. Wanting him out already is a tad harsh.

You're right, it is harsh and if he was sacked in the near future it would be unfair too. However, if it's in the best interests of Aston Villa, better sooner rather than later. As I said, if Fox and Lerner really believe in Tim, they should give him time to 'get things right'. I don't believe in him, and I don't think he can, that's all.

[Lastfootstamper]

I want him to succeed, and we've managed to lower our expectancy bar pretty low on what that constitutes, mainly because as of yet I've seen little evidence of an all-encompassing Club "philosophy" being installed, maybe we now have one, maybe we don't, and I fucking don't fucking want us to have to fucking start all over again, again. It's beginning to wear me down.