Brian Little and David Bernstein to join the board

[Gregorys Boy]

The only thing that scares me about Sir Brian is that by the time he leaves again all his hair might have fallen out from the stress of working with our board

[four fornicholl]

For a man of my tender years my heroes were Shaw, Morley, Withe et al. For the seniors, before you shuffle off, can you explain the essence of the mid to late '70s? Little, Graydon, Gidman, Deehan - what did we miss out on?

Style, flair, belief and the certain knowledge that the opposition were going to get battered.

It makes yer proud.

It's like watching us now, except we are Portsmouth

I recognise the team but not the game they play.

Calling the detectives, for whom were the black armbands being worn for? I didn't realize this mark of respect was happening back then.

[Pat McMahon]

I think it was a few days after the Birmingham pub bombings on 21 November 1974

[Drummond]

I think our board is shaping up very nicely indeed. Big club thinking for once. I feel much more reassured than I have for years that things will be done appropriately.

Plus if Garde goes we've at least got people in place who'll know what they are doing good replace him.

[tony scott]

Welcome Brian Little much needed football nous.  The Villa LiverpooL best game I've ever seen at VillA Park it wasn't the win that made it special ,it was the score ,it seemed every time we attacked in the first half we would score.  I was lucky to be behind the goal on the Witton end that night surrounded by LiverpooL supporters ,it's not often you say that.  It certainly made up for the many bad displays that I had seen since 1959.

[Toronto Villa]

I think our board is shaping up very nicely indeed. Big club thinking for once. I feel much more reassured than I have for years that things will be done appropriately.

Plus if Garde goes we've at least got people in place who'll know what they are doing good replace him.

Was thinking the same. I have no doubt that we'll still drop, but I have a lot more faith now that we will do things appropriately off the pitch to give ourselves the best chance possible of coming straight back up.

[robbyfvillain]

At last. It has taken us 10 years to realise that we need football nous at the top of the club. Like everybody I love Brian Little but Bernstein could well turn out to be the ace in the hole.

[villa `cross the mersey]

At last. It has taken us 10 years to realise that we need football nous at the top of the club. Like everybody I love Brian Little but Bernstein could well turn out to be the ace in the hole.

or the Oscar (Hector) in the Barry

[Zouch Villa]

Very pleased with these appointments, bringing both knowledge of the club and the modern game.  As others have lamented, pity we didn't make this move a few years ago.

Just watching that clip of us vs Pompey makes you realise how little movement and first time balls there are in our current team, oh for just a quarter of the talent that we had back then.

[Toronto Villa]

We have two men who genuinely care and understand about Aston Villa. That hasn't happened in the Randy Lerner era and you have to where we would be if we had someone on the board that got it. Let alone two individuals.

[olaftab]

All my happy days associated with this great Club always always have something to do with Brian Little. FA Youth Cup win, years in the second when strength and success kept building up, the League Cup wins and then the team he managed. Yes to put a smile on my way I always go back to Brian time except for the small interlude of winning the League and the European Cup. I somehow  think he naturally belonged in that team as well but...
Welcome back Brian.

[olaftab]

David Bernstein is an excellent appointment. We have a proper heavy weight football board now. Next fix the team.

[brian green]

It would be good to think Jack Grealish might read this thread.  He could observe the journey of a lad from the youth team to admired and revered member of the Villa board, praised and glorified.  If he buckled down and stopped acting the goat it could be him in forty years time.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

I think I caught a glimpse of myself on that.  I loved the old Witton End.  We got all the Villa goals down there in that Liverpool match.

Ha! I used to pester my Dad all the time about us going in the Holte instead of the Witton End, I'd only been in the Holte once, against Arsenal in the Sammy Morgan cup game. That night against Liverpool, my Dad just looked at me and said, "The Holte End, eh?" and winked.

[DaveD]

Just heard the news and for the first time in ages, had to head straight to H&V and the Heroes Discussion section, and with a smile too.

Two excellent appointments and exactly what many of have been calling for. I have much more faith in this review with those two on board, figuratively and literally!

The recovery starts here !