Fans Worried Over Villa Future

[peter w]

We should wait until the season is over and hold the inquest then.

Which is preety much what I've been saying, to much attempted ridicule, for the past few months. We've got the summer to make a cool headed and rational appraisal of the situation why rush into something just to appease a few whingers?

I see you ignored the rest of JD's sentence which went on to state that he wants the manger out. Funny that.

The full stop after 'inquest then' means that the sentence has finished, Peter.

Sentence, paragraph, stanza, yadda yadda yadda.

I think by reading the comments from myself and JD we both stated that the time to sack the tit is not now. We have to wait until the summer. Then, we'll look at the situation, sack the manager, and move on. A ray of sunshine will then rise high over Villa Park.

[Dave]

Lovely, and everybody will be happy.

The people who say we should wait until summer will be happy because we'll have waited until summer.

The people who say we should sack him will be happy because we'll have sacked him.

And peace and harmony will descend through the Villa fans of this world.

Until Doug goes and appoints Steve Bruce.

[peter w]

Lovely, and everybody will be happy.

The people who say we should wait until summer will be happy because we'll have waited until summer.

The people who say we should sack him will be happy because we'll have sacked him.

And peace and harmony will descend through the Villa fans of this world.

Until Doug goes and appoints Steve Bruce.

Easy tiger  =;

[Dave P]

Can we afford to sack him ??

In the bigger picture can we afford to keep him in charge ??

I could have put this in any thread but I wanted to keep the "Fans Worried" thread snowballing along !!

[peter w]

Good point. But i think it is largeley irrelevant at this time of the season. We've got no choice but to sticjk with him. As JD said he's got us into this mess and he'll need to stick around until we're out of this mess.

If we have a limited budget is it worth sacking O Leary over maybe spending that £2m or so that we might need for a CM/CB? That saying, if we kept O leary to save money would you trust him to

1) Bring in the right player

2) Not turn the 'right' player into a mediocre non entity as he has done with seemingly many a Villa player

3) Is it only me or do we seem to be the unfittest team in the league? I've mentioned this all season and I really am surprised nobody has picked up on it. I really do think  part of our problem is a lack of fitness that is so blatant.

[OneIanTaylor]

Perhaps it may come down to what is more valuable to the team, 2m on a player, or 2m spent getting rid of the captain of the ship currently sailing us straight towards the iceberg whilst Admiral Ellis dances round claiming to have invented deck shoes.

[dave.woodhall]

Nobody knows exactly how much compensation we'd have to pay O'Leary. It might only be around £1 million, and that would be made up for by finishing a couple of places higher or around 3,000 season tickets sold.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Said it before and I'll say it again, sack Roy Aiken and watch O'Leary walk. Much cheaper than paying off the Clueless One.

[JD]

I think if DO'L is sacked then hopefully the compensation will pay for itself anyway, with an increased revenue in season tickets.

Interesting analogy Peter, on sacking DO'L after we beat Stripeyfilth. That would be fun. We should get Vince McMahon from WWE to do the firing.  \/

[peter w]

I think that we are getting bogged down on the compensation issue. But I think that it would be too easy for us to simply sack Aitken and expect O Leary to walk. You would have expected O Leary to have something in his contract to counteract that. Also, what if the frigger called our bluff. Either way we'd have to pay for the lot of them. Time to clear the lot out and start again.

But, it won't happen until we have a take over. Or if we know the take over is not happening. If it is the latter, we will be in a lot more trouble than we can even contemplate at the moment. Yes, the manager has to go. but is anybody seriuosly countenancing another season of Doug in charge? That would be as crippling to the club as having O Leary there.

[ROBBO]

Just because I have been away for a week, Villa have again taken another hammering and there are other issues to discuss does not mean this thread should be allowed to slip half way down the second page. Get a grip for christ sake.

[dave.woodhall]

Sorry.

BTW - compensation. Might only be 12 months, £1m.

[JD]

Sorry for letting this slip Robbo. I've been away over the weekend running a Marathon. I'll tell you what though, the 5-0 defeat was more painful.  ](*,)

[ROBBO]

Sorry for letting this slip Robbo. I've been away over the weekend running a Marathon. I'll tell you what though, the 5-0 defeat was more painful.  ](*,)

The worrying thing is it wasn't as painfull for me as it should have been, it was so expected. Looking at the team we fielded It is hard to see where we can pick up anymore points. All teams below us seem to be playing better if not winning football than us. Is this the last chance saloon for Oleary on Saturday, surely lose this and Doug will have to pull the pin.

[peter w]

Good to have you back on board Robbo. Good week away I hope. Ironically, the next two games could be the best thing for us. At the back we're a shambles, but derby games tend to make the football a lot tighter, less space, and less football. This may help us.  

Other thing is its been noticeable how much we've missed Milners industry, both in going forward, and tracking back. We need players back for the next two games, and need them quickly. This is the start of the plummet that I predicted. Two derby games are what we need, more than a home game against Sunderland.

Worried? You can bet your effing life I am.