The Players

[Ron Manager]

SVC speaks.....

http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sogono

Stanley go away and be very quiet.You have a bigger ego than Ibahimovic and it shows in every sentence. We don't want you involved with the club in any way.

[kieron]

SVC speaks.....

http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sogono

Stanley go away and be very quiet.You have a bigger ego than Ibahimovic and it shows in every sentence. We don't want you involved with the club in any way.

Yes, how dare we have someone speak passionately about our club and predicament.

[tim]

SVC speaks.....

http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sogono

I actually really like Stan - perhaps not the finest performer at Villa, however it seems many people often overlook the fact that he was ill. He may have not helped himself, but didn't just go off the rails.
But he always comes across as genuine and honest, and publicly speaking out about all things Villa, he does so without any concern for feelings, just tells it how it is. I'm pretty sure the players and senior staff may have worse critics, but I doubt they like that a recognised ex-player is publicly telling them that they're a waste of space.
Well done Stan.

[TopDeck113]

What SVC doesn't know about underperforming for the club you profess to love and creating divisions in the dressing room probably isn't worth knowing. 

[ez]

For most of our players, if not all of them, they'll never play in the premier league again after this season and rightly so.

[robbo1874]

Yep, they're all still terrible

[eddiemunster]

Can somebody tell me why we cannot just sack the useless fuckers who are on "long term" contracts?
If I was so totally fucking inept in my job, regardless of whatever time I was with my employers, I would be sacked.
Why is it that the likes of our first team squad aren't?

[Dave]

Because they're currently meeting all the requirements of the contracts that they were offered by the club.

[eddiemunster]

So getting relegated,playing totally crap, offering fans out etc,etc are requirements of the contracts then?

[cheltenhamlion]

You do wonder whether some of the players, having partied like it's 1999 after seeing off Garde, have realised that we haven't finished in venting our ire as a support yet.

Fox and his team are gone. The managerial change some craved has happened. An exciting new board is taking shape. But there is one more thing on the list and all focus from the fans is now on it.

The feckless, unprofessional, wage stealing, excuses of Senior Pro's at the club. I hope the fans go at those that deserve it very hard between now and the end of the season so they are uncomfortable with staying.

Flabby, Richards, Guzan. Lescott might be a prat but he isn't a shite hawk in the dressing room.

If only Gareth Barry was dishing out wisdom on how his career could have gone the way of Hendrie had he not buckled down to Grealish.

Instead, we have the poster boy for how to make as much as you can whilst doing as little as possible as his mentor.

[Dave]

So getting relegated,playing totally crap, offering fans out etc,etc are requirements of the contracts then?

No Eddie, that would be stupid.

The contracts expect them to stay at an acceptable level of fitness*, be available for training and selection when required, attend media duties as required. Lots of stuff like that. If a player didn't meet those requirements then yes, there probably would be grounds to sack them.

It doesn't say "you must not lose 6-0 to Liverpool" or "you must win at least four league matches each season".


*insert your own Gabby joke here

[mal]

A decentish choice. I quite like Hutton's style.

Pictures of Gabby smoking shisha starting to emerge. What a dope.

A question out of ignorance on my part. Is shisha a drug, like cannabis or similar? Is it illegal or performance enhancing or on any banned substance list?

I think you can guess where I'm going with this...

No, it is a water pipe used for smoking dried fruit Tabaco like substances and is popular in the middle east. Sadly there is no chance of Gabby being locked up in a Dubai prison.

Yep, has become quite popular in Cyprus too. And as it's tobacco, it's performance detracting. Although how Gabby could get any worse escapes me.

If only Cruyff hadn't smoked 30 a day think how good he could have been....

[mal]

Over the past couple of seasons I've watched pre-match footage of our team getting off the coach and entering various stadia and I've often been struck by how scruffy they look.  No suits and ties, just tracky bottoms, t-shirts, big ear phones and an assortment of cases and bags.  Not including the Cup Final, when did a Villa team last wear a suit and tie to a match?  It's a small detail, I know, but it speaks volumes for me about the low standards running right the way through the Club.

You are David Cameron.  I claim my prize.

[gpbarr]

Because they're currently meeting all the requirements of the contracts that they were offered by the club.

As was Garde, technically. The difference is its seen as acceptable to pay off a manager who is failing, not players who are failing.

How nice would it be, for once, for a club to stand up and buck the trend. 

[eddiemunster]

Because they're currently meeting all the requirements of the contracts that they were offered by the club.

As was Garde, technically. The difference is its seen as acceptable to pay off a manager who is failing, not players who are failing.

How nice would it be, for once, for a club to stand up and buck the trend.

This!