Fans Worried Over Villa Future

[peter w]

There are two ways of looking at it. First, if O Leary was going he would have gone by now. Seasons over. Second, HDE is waiting for the new owners, or whoever will take over the day to day running at the club, to make that decision.

Have to say, I may well be very wrong, but I have a feeling that something is happening. But it will need to happen soon. You can't to pre-season and allow a manager time to plan for the next campaign then sack him.  If we sign no-one, or release no-one in the next couple of weeks then i think O Leary has gone also.

[Chris Smith]

I think Doug, if he's still around, will give him until Christmas. If we are still struggling he'll get the push then but Ellis will want to give himself every opportunity not to have to pay out the compensation.

[ROBBO]

Sod 'em Jd. By the way, where's Robbo? He's either fallen by the wayside or saving himself for the push towards the magical 200.

Mr Beard not only are the utu council sitting, but the tribal elders are sitting by the Afghani border having a jirga meeting. This could be very bad news for you. Recant you sins young Beard and turn awau from the ways of the flesh.

At what point in the summer, when nothing has happened, will our quiet acceptance, optimism, anticipation etc tec give way to anger or despair? When will we accept our position of no change? Will we accept it? I think as much of the frustartion may be that it will show that we had our chance but blew it. Or maybe that we realise just how insignificant we are as a force in able to change that twat of a manager by ourselves.

Appologise for the absense but dramas in the Robbo household. Wife in hospital and in between the office, the hospital, the washing , the ironing, dog walking and making ten thousand calls a day to concerned wellwishers my time has been limited to looking in last thing at night. I will  try to be around for the jubilee. I am still worried.

[peter w]

Bleedin hell Robbo, with all that worry in the Robbo household I'd have thought that there was nowhere else for you to be BUT here. I have to question your loyalty to the cause.

By the way I hope alls well with the wife.


Chris, you could be right but the problem is that christmas may be too late. The conditioning of the players is the worst I've seen for years at Villa Park. My greatest fear is that when whoever takes over, as they will befoe the end of next season, the team isn't in such a bad shape that we are too late. it would take a couple of months to get fitness levels to be where they should be, a couple of months to get the side playing they way the new manager would like, a couple of months for him to get the players he wants. By then, we will have gone. That's the big worry, and why i don't want O leary to carry on. It doesn't matter in miy mind if he is given pots of cash to spend, or even a minimal amount, I don't think O Leary can buy the right players- which is why he tries to revert to type and buy players he's had before- and I don't think he can gel the players into a cohesive unit.

I'll be worried about the long term effects of Doug not being replaced as we will eventually get too far behind even the mid table clubs. I worry, though, that the manager will take us down before we can even worry long enough about Doug.

[Matt G]

JD wrote

I'm worried for Matt G that it might rain when he goes to see the test match on May 27th. But there is light at the end of the tunnel Matt, if your mates are giving up their season tickets next season, you will be able to take your baby and give the Missus a rest.  

the idea is for me to have a rest from the baby!  

How worried am I today, normaly I'm a glass half full kinda guy, but at present O'Leary has drunk all the contents of the glass and is gargling Keep right on to the end of the road with the contents.  That's how worried I am with pigface in charge

[peter w]

So your options matt are to seeing shit everywhere, or seeing shit everywhere. The ultimate Hobson's choice?

[Matt G]

So your options matt are to seeing shit everywhere, or seeing shit everywhere. The ultimate Hobson's choice?

I hadn't considered that  :-k   Now I'm even more worried

[peter w]

See even Sir Grahams at it now


''I'm very worried about Villa,'' Taylor told Sky Sports News.

''I'm very worried about Villa ever being again a dominant Premiership club, because the only way they are going to do it is to have a change at the very top.


I think he should be posting on here. He'd be made very welcome. I'm sure the other full-members of the triumvirate would agree.

[brian green]

I am singing in the lav to keep my spirits up.   To the tune of Paddy McGinty's goat.

David OLeary an Irishman of note
Got some money out of Ellis and went to buy The Goat
But they said he has retired, last game last Saturday
Never mind said David, I'll buy him anyway.

[Drummond]

Christ I'm very worried if it makes people do that!

[JD]

Brian, you sure you are ok?   :-s  

I'm worried about your sanity now.   8-[

Another day and no more news from Villa Park. Good to see VillaBoro do so well today.  :-

[Drummond]

cant say I give a shit about them.

[JD]

Nor do I Drummond, didn't watch it, or keep up with the score.
I'm more worried about Brian's state of mind.  8-[

[Drummond]

bloody hell, I keep turning these pages over. That has to be worrying for someone!

[ROBBO]

It is encouraging to see that this thread is becoming a sanctuary for those who may not have been quite so worried in the past. We may have to limit membership.