30 May 2016 18:31:05
Breaking reports are saying the whole of the local population of cats have surrounded villa park and it looks like their not moving, local press reporters have spoken to the cats representative, a 'mr. top cat' who said the reason was simple, something smells fishy!

look, this is dragging on way too long, i get that we have to wait till tomorrow (apparently) before the domino effect starts, but you'd think someone would make a statement of intention, if for no other reason than to placate the fans, the press and the footballing world, the thing the press are focusing on are that the players are in limbo and to expect a phone call in the next few weeks confirming when their coming back for training, not good enough.

the true professionals will keep themselves in trim (in all honesty, in case a club comes in for them) but for the likes of gorging gabby, or gabby the ganet, its a worry, its not good enough, what about identifying targets and speaking to agents, assessing the squad (i think we know the answer there), whose in charge right now, poor old kevin mcdonald is left holding the baby as usual, unsung hero as far as i'm concerned.

this is where we need to be speaking to the targets' agents so come the window officially opening, the leg work is done, if we leave it to the last minute we run the risk of being turned down because the players' club will say they've got no time to sign a replacement, is there any chance someone in the hallowed halls could grow a pair and formulate a plan of action, whose taking over from paddy reilly, commoli we hear, he's not renowned for his knowledge of the lower leagues, so big players, big money, if so, not impressed.

no big time charlies needed here (enough of that already), we need to get our toe down double quick sharpish, the clock is ticking, if your listening dr. xia, forget rdm, get us steve bruce, and then let's get on with it, because you can be sure newcastle and the carrot crunchers will be., fact.

1.) 30 May 2016
30 May 2016 19:06:59
what! 😡.

2.) 30 May 2016
30 May 2016 19:07:39
Well said. 👍.

3.) 30 May 2016
30 May 2016 20:49:31
Great stuff again 82, are you ready for the PC brigade backlash lol?

UTV.

4.) 30 May 2016
30 May 2016 21:49:26
calm down 82 you will give yourself a nose bleed. things will start to move tomorrow.

5.) 30 May 2016
30 May 2016 21:46:13
Tin hat check, flak jacket check, i'm just amazed at how quickly we take the word of a man will only answer questions to a certain point, dig too deep, the shutters go down, but still we believe, we've dismissed david bernstein and mervyn king walking away out of hand, all to do with the old regime blah blah, mr. bernstein, an accountant whose been in football for many many years, probably seen a few shaddy deals on th table in his time, knows a wrongun too i'd say, mr. king, used to know a bit anout money too i hear, they both walk away from the table, tell you what lads, just sweep that under the carpet and carry on, the deal with dr. xia may go ahead, but at what price in the long run, we'll see.

6.) 30 May 2016
30 May 2016 22:20:23
I 100% hope your right kingvilla, or we're going to miss the summer sales, and there we'll be, in the bargain basement section, we need a plan and someone to implement it sooner rather than later, otherwise dr. xia and his plan to be up in 1 season ain't going to happen, surely you all must see this for crying out loud.

7.) 30 May 2016
30 May 2016 22:37:20
Let them have a go, that way their leaving someone else alone!

8.) 31 May 2016
31 May 2016 04:22:42
a list of players will already be on the table that the new manager wants. plans will be going on behind the scenes and will all start to come together over the next few weeks. there will still be players queing up to come to the villa even after last season. the only challenge for a signature will be Newcastle. up against any other championship side they would choose us hands down. I mean oh I'm Joe blogs I've got offers on the table from Burton Rotherham and aston villa. no brainer really no disrespect to those teams. no need to panic yet there really isn't.

9.) 31 May 2016
31 May 2016 06:21:34
Kingvilla your an optimistic fella, your predictions head in the right direction, but let's smell the coffee here, the only players coming to us are either mercenaries, or using us as a stepping stone, now i'm not naive enough to think any different, that's football, as for a list of players, what connections has rdm got, please don't say german, he was only there for under a season, he's been out of the italian game for years and i haven't heard reports of him turning up at games over here.

the only person possibly making a list of players for us is commoli, and honestly, he's used to big time players, bit out of our price range, although he may have the inside track on up and coming players from abroad i'll grant ya, but didn't we try something like that last season? now as for rdm (if he the boss), he would surely need to see the players in training before making his mind up, their on their jolly hollies so he'll have to wait at least 2 weeks before their back.

he could watch videos of our last season, but that would probably mean him wanting 16 new players! so yet again we'll have to wait, and that means running the risk of missing out on players who know the league and could do the job we need.

so in essence we have a manager (there's no doubt he's good) with no inside track of players for this league, a director of football with a slightly chequered past, putting forward players we'll probably be buying off the strength of a promotional dvd (sounds familiar), and paying a premium for because the barcodes and the 'keep it in the family' mob will no doubt be after the same players.

the perfect recipe for a summer bun fight, and lots of counting to ten and deep breathing exercises, but there again, it could all go swimmingly with no hitches or glitches, i'm praying for option 2.