Plaudits are due!!

[old man villa fan]

Westwood could become the Carrodus/ Bremner type player the team needs (seniors please explain to juniors)

Bremner was the prototype for the Duracell bunny.  I don't think Westwood will ever have the energy or willing to play the wide midfield role.

[Ron Manager]

Er.....even more plaudits are due. In fact bloody hundreds of them!!!

[Dante Lavelli]

They cannot be faulted for the imagination they have shown. Time will tell whether each signing has been equally well researched.

Without doubt the most exciting villa team (on paper) I can remember.

[Comrade Blitz]

Have the Plaudits signed yet?

They've been due for ages. Are they French? Jordan Plaudit?

[Toronto Villa]

Villa have played a blinder in the transfer market, and with 2+ weeks to go. I can't even remember the players we sold given how excited I am about the ones we brought in.

[The Laughing Policeman]

Have the Plaudits signed yet?

They've been due for ages. Are they French? Jordan Plaudit?

I've managed to find one Plaudits that's for sale, although I don't think he would fit into our current set-up.

[Chris Harte]

So, do we still think those plaudits are appropriate?

Feeling all like 1986-87 again for me, sadly.

[Villa in Denmark]

Depends on If he's spent the last couple of weeks lining up a manager qualified and competent to take the job whilst working out what his "thanks, now go away and don't darken our door again" package should be.

[PeterWithesShin]

I still think that overall the summer signings are more than decent, the problem is how they are being trained and then used on match day.

[ROBBO]

Agreed this time around i don't think it's the players it's the bloke telling them what to do.

[OzVilla]

And this is where I have some hope for us. Some decent players there but dreadfully lead. The right appointment (cough, Lerner is making it) and we can still salvage this.

[dcdavecollett]

Yep.

Look at the 86/87 squad -it's not too shabby, is it?

Manage it badly however, and it's bloody awful.

[eamonn]

We were all desperate for a bit of hope and optimism in the summer after Delph and Benteke left that the influx of signings - unknown and expensive added frisson to the young'n'hungry template established in 2012. With the right staff behind them they could still come good.

[curiousorange]

I hate it when threads like this are bumped. Hindsight is a wonderful thing, particularly after a victory.

[martin o`who??]

It's a results sport, results are terrible - no plaudits from me.