Dr T has pulled the trigger

[PaulWinch again]

I'm glad Dr Tone is telling fans to stay positive. He absolutely right to.

Agreed win our next two and everything changes and in spite of previous results I can see it happening. It's important McCormack is fit though, he's the player who creates space.

[brian green]

I read it that he is asking us to be positive, not telling us.  His call for calm is right and necessary.  It would be foolish to be blind to everything that needs to be addressed but it is vital that we plot our resurrection calmly.

[Villa in Denmark]

How many more seasons is supposedly lack of fitness going to be a problem

What do our lot do in pre season, go for an occasional JOG???

At the risk of waving a red rag in front of a few bulls, Okore was on the bench for FCK at the weekend for the first time, having played a couple of 45 minutes for their reserves. Their manager (and erstwhile Wolves sackee Ståle Solbakken) said that it was good to have him on the bench as cover for injuries and cards, but he probably needed another 2 or 3 weeks of intensive training with 1 or 2 reserve games each week to get him close to match fit.  That's match fit for the Danish Supaliga, which for all bar a couple of teams is top of league 1 / bottom of championship standard.

[kippaxvilla2]

And didn't we bring in a notorious fitness coach with an impressive nickname?

[KevinGage]

Hopefully that finish to the game is a catalyst to finally FINALLY get our season going.

We could do with a mini run of winning two on the bounce to get us back amongst it.

Changing manager again will be arse biscuits. But If our response is more like Bristol away and other famous collapses over the next couple of games, it will be difficult to make a case for continuing on the current path. It won't get better just because we hope it will.

Olbiyun are far from trigger happy, but they had seen enough in RDM to pot him in 2011. The subsequent EC win skews his profile somewhat. Would he have got a similar position at any club other than Chelsea at that time based on his record up to then?

As someone coming in on a short term basis and being all matey matey with Terry, Lampard and Co after Benitez's more caustic approach, that might have been all a well drilled outfit like Chelsea needed.

We were (still are) a shambles. It's a total rebuild that we required. And the foundations he has put in look suspect. 

[PeterWithesShin]

Winning two in a row? Begone with your talk of witchcraft!

[brontebilly]

Lads, RDM hasn't a clue I'm afraid. Fail to beat Barnsley and I'd give Clarke a go.

[kippaxvilla2]

Aston Villa boss Roberto Di Matteo facing the axe just nine matches into his reign
22:30, 24 SEP 2016
BY NEIL MOXLEY
The Italian has just one league victory so far and is understood to have been warned about unsatisfactory results even before Saturday's draw with Newcastle

   
Roberto Di Matteo is already battling to save his job as Aston Villa manager, writes Neil Moxley in the Sunday People .

The former Italy star was under the cosh even before Saturday’s 1-1 draw at home to Newcastle , which leaves Villa with just one league victory this season.

Boss Di Matteo has been left under no illusions as to the demands of new owner Dr Tony Xia as he tries to plot a return to the Premier League at the first time of asking.

But the team’s poor start to their Championship campaign has put him under huge pressure.

Villa were also humiliatingly dumped out of the EFL Cup by League Two side Luton Town – and Xia has hinted at his frustrations on social media.

Di Matteo cannot claim he has not been given funds – more than £50million was spent recruiting players over the summer.

But that was offset by several players leaving the club after the drop from the top division.

In his defence, the ex-Chelsea boss can point to how little time he has had to build a winning team, having been appointed only four months ago.

But PeopleSport understands he has been warned that matters must improve quickly if Xia is not to wield the axe.

[PaulWinch again]

Whilst it's true we need to improve that article is just a whole lot of nothing.

[olaftab]

Absolute must is 1 win out of two games v Barnsley and Preston. If he were to not win any of those two and it's 1 in 11 I think a badged up Toyota Corolla  will be waiting in Trinity road!

[supertom]

I don't think he could get away with 1 win in 10. He's got a must win coming up. If he loses he's on very, very thin ice.

[ozzjim]

Kendrick reckons he has until the Blues game, which I think is about fair. That will be 15 games in. Win 3-4 of the next 6 he will be fine, but I reckon 6 points from the next 2 might well be needed to save him having a very uncomfortable trip to Tone's place over the international break, anything less and he will be told he has 3 games after the international break.

[PaulWinch again]

We'll win the next two. Today will be a turning point.

[aj2k77]

I think he will be swimming with the Dr's Koi Carp at some point this season, too many obvious blunders, he doesn't have it.

[SoccerHQ]

Don't think he'll make it to xmas.

Think the Dr will act when the top 2 start sailing into the distance, it's not far off atm already which is embarrassing.