15 Jul 2015 18:37:11
Villa appoint new sporting director Hendrik Almstadt make of what you want, not looked into yet :)

1.) 15 Jul 2015
15 Jul 2015 18:48:37
Well we could clutch at straws and say it's a new owner putting his staff in place but let's face it its not its randy staying and putting staff in to run it so he don't have to bother.

2.) 15 Jul 2015
15 Jul 2015 20:19:05
you have changed your tune king villa thought you were confident of a takeover
none of us have a clue just heard howard hodgson talk about he was an advisor for the group that were in second place everything was agreed but the chinese stock market was the cause of the breakdown he says they are still interested but don't know how long it will take also says the group who were ahead of them were further along and due to finalise but pulled out but he don't know who they i think when complications are sorted out a deal will go through but not as quick as we would all like .so it is not completely dead as tim says just delayed so tbd to learner he is getting a good structure in place for the time being . I'm confident we will bring in some quality in the meantime . just think a year ago we had paul lambert now we have a young energetic manager who is very ambitious and won't take no mess .

3.) 15 Jul 2015
15 Jul 2015 20:27:52
I think it is a good appointment actually, TS is still fairly inexperienced as a manager even though I reckon he has a good future ahead of him. At this point TS strength is working more closely with the players and getting the best out of them. A sporting director will take a lot of the other managerial pressure off of him.

According to my research Almstadt has got some good pedigree and is not one of those image based retired 'star player' director appointments.

4.) 16 Jul 2015
16 Jul 2015 02:05:16
Villa1986 I have give up hope m8 to be honest. The takeover was close and I thought it would be done by now. Could be problems to iron out and lerner is readying the ship incase it don't happen but I just fear it won't happen now and this will roll on another season. Don't get me wrong I'm happy with sherwood and the players we going for so that's a plus point and lerner if stays and is willing to spend on the playing staff is not a bad owner just needs football people round him which he is now starting to get. I'm hoping this will still play out nice for us but not holding my breath now in terms of the takeover.

5.) 16 Jul 2015
16 Jul 2015 11:25:16
Totally get where your coming from just fingers crossed we get some quality in and as long as we are getting results on the pitch that's what matters to me .