Bruce Sacked at last (now official)

[john e]

What about those of us in all three camps? He winds me up because I like him, I want him gone, but more than anything I want him to succeed. I suppose I should be glad I'm not Keith Wyness.

Bruce-Fluid

[Marlon From Bearwood]

We certainly need to be looking at 10 as a minimum from those 4 games. If and i know its a BIG IF but 12/12 happens then we will be comfortably second by mid afternoon 11/2

Those aren't the next 4 games. Sheff U away is in the middle of them.

[VinnieChase84]

We certainly need to be looking at 10 as a minimum from those 4 games. If and i know its a BIG IF but 12/12 happens then we will be comfortably second by mid afternoon 11/2

Those aren't the next 4 games. Sheff U away is in the middle of them.

Not anymore - it’s been rearranged as that’s FA Cup 4th round weekend

[Marlon From Bearwood]

We certainly need to be looking at 10 as a minimum from those 4 games. If and i know its a BIG IF but 12/12 happens then we will be comfortably second by mid afternoon 11/2

Those aren't the next 4 games. Sheff U away is in the middle of them.

Not anymore - it’s been rearranged as that’s FA Cup 4th round weekend

It's been put back 3 days. So still falls in the middle of those fixtures.

[Diablo]

I'm confident that Bruce will not be here come June 1st irrespective of going up or not.

Out of 10, how confident are you?

[mr underhill]

a  spinal tap like 11.

[brian green]

I am more concerned that if we fail to go up, Tony Xia will depart.  Steve Bruce we can do without.  Xia has been a good owner. We will be hard pressed to replace him satisfactorily.

[VinnieChase84]

We certainly need to be looking at 10 as a minimum from those 4 games. If and i know its a BIG IF but 12/12 happens then we will be comfortably second by mid afternoon 11/2

Those aren't the next 4 games. Sheff U away is in the middle of them.

Not anymore - it’s been rearranged as that’s FA Cup 4th round weekend

It's been put back 3 days. So still falls in the middle of those fixtures.

Hadn’t seen the new date being arranged so soon

[Canadian Villa]

I am more concerned that if we fail to go up, Tony Xia will depart.  Steve Bruce we can do without.  Xia has been a good owner. We will be hard pressed to replace him satisfactorily.

I can see Tony departing, but my guess would be that he takes more of a back seat and focuses on his other businesses that have more potential to make money. I think that he underestimated the job in hand of getting back in the Premier league and into the champions league

[brian green]

Agree.  Lerner Syndrome. A propensity to be excessively influenced by people with their own agendas.

[Rudy65]

I dont know where else to put this but.. I am enjoying this season. Its exciting. Its fun. I like our players again ...

Depends what game you see, Cigs. Generally, at home, we've been pretty piss-poor - with occasional shafts of light through the gloom (Naaarrrich, Brissol). It was at Derby that I realised that  - despite "having the players" - we weren't very good. And, the Villa fans knew it, as the noise level in the 2nd half dropped away completely. As OMVF said above, we do not have a high-performing team, despite the apparent quality in the squad.
And yet, as Ads and Clampy keep saying, we're accumulating points and remain in the play-off zone.

I wouldn't describe it as fun

But preferable to the last 4 seasons in the prem

[tomd2103]

I am more concerned that if we fail to go up, Tony Xia will depart.  Steve Bruce we can do without.  Xia has been a good owner. We will be hard pressed to replace him satisfactorily.

I'm sure Wyness said in an interview at the start of the season that they weren't putting a timeframe on going up.  Not sure he would walk away if we don't go up this season, but I would imagine serious doubts would be creeping in.

[mr underhill]

I'm sure they have already done so.

[brian green]

Me too.  It is unthinkable that they have not.

[oldhill_avfc]

I am more concerned that if we fail to go up, Tony Xia will depart.  Steve Bruce we can do without.  Xia has been a good owner. We will be hard pressed to replace him satisfactorily.

Owners are judged on how much is achieved during their tenure and where the financial gains or losses end up.

At this point we don't really know whether he's the true owner let alone a good owner.