ASTON VILLA BOMBSHELL!!

Steve Bruce to be booted out of Villa and replaced by Thierry Henry!!!

Steve Bruce to be booted out of Villa and replaced by Thierry Henry!!!

Heared something on talk radio about Henry going in at villa but not as manager although good bet it will change

Wow, that will be a resolve of Thierre,s skills as a manager.

Sounds a bit Hollywood to me.

If Henry was to go there I can't see it being as manager. Cartainly I can see him being put under Bruce's umbrella for the experience. What the plan is though I think we all can guess right here.

Sounds a bit Hollywood to me.

If Henry was to go there I can't see it being as manager. Cartainly I can see him being put under Bruce's umbrella for the experience. What the plan is though I think we all can guess right here.

Said on radio that a verbal agreement had been reached with Henry to replace Bruce as manager!!

Sounds a bit Hollywood to me.

If Henry was to go there I can't see it being as manager. Cartainly I can see him being put under Bruce's umbrella for the experience. What the plan is though I think we all can guess right here.

Said on radio that a verbal agreement had been reached with Henry to replace Bruce as manager!!

You would hope they saw what happened at Brum putting in star name and nearly going down twice!! Stupid idea

Sounds a bit Hollywood to me.

If Henry was to go there I can't see it being as manager. Cartainly I can see him being put under Bruce's umbrella for the experience. What the plan is though I think we all can guess right here.

Said on radio that a verbal agreement had been reached with Henry to replace Bruce as manager!!

You would hope they saw what happened at Brum putting in star name and nearly going down twice!! Stupid idea

Yeah Zola couldn't win a game with Birmingham.Reminded me of us under Solskjaer!!

Sounds a bit Hollywood to me.

If Henry was to go there I can't see it being as manager. Cartainly I can see him being put under Bruce's umbrella for the experience. What the plan is though I think we all can guess right here.

I think the opposite.
I don’t think Henry would take a job as a no.2 now. I think he’d want to be the main man for his next job.

Villa int getting out of that league for a while

I used to have a lot of respect for Villa, always struck me as a well run, established club with a good history. One of the "big" clubs, but TBH,they just seem to be lurching from one crisis to another just lately. I know that they've got new owners in place, and that should save them the indignity of administration, but IMHO,at this juncture they should be looking to stabilizer.
Getting rid of Steve Bruce to bring in a "rookie" manager like Thierry Henry,first and foremost isn't going to bring any stability at all.
Say what you like about Steve Bruce, and my opinion of him is, if he'd been a bit more adventurous in his tactics, then Villa may well have been back in the Premiership.
A lot of the mistakes made at Villa were made when Di Matteo went on a buying spree and bought garbage players on astronomical wages.
I truly believe that if the new owners go with Thierry Henry, then it could get a lot worse before it gets better.

Sounds a bit Hollywood to me.

If Henry was to go there I can't see it being as manager. Cartainly I can see him being put under Bruce's umbrella for the experience. What the plan is though I think we all can guess right here.

I think the opposite.
I don’t think Henry would take a job as a no.2 now. I think he’d want to be the main man for his next job.

I agree

I also think that getting rid of Steve Bruce (a proven Championship escape merchant) is a nonsensical move for Villa

It smacks of a certain 'must have a star name' situation that appeared to occur at a certain club close to our own hearts not too long ago

Seems like our own club, they are on course to learn the VERY hard way!

I used to have a lot of respect for Villa, always struck me as a well run, established club with a good history. One of the "big" clubs, but TBH,they just seem to be lurching from one crisis to another just lately. I know that they've got new owners in place, and that should save them the indignity of administration, but IMHO,at this juncture they should be looking to stabilizer.
Getting rid of Steve Bruce to bring in a "rookie" manager like Thierry Henry,first and foremost isn't going to bring any stability at all.
Say what you like about Steve Bruce, and my opinion of him is, if he'd been a bit more adventurous in his tactics, then Villa may well have been back in the Premiership.
A lot of the mistakes made at Villa were made when Di Matteo went on a buying spree and bought garbage players on astronomical wages.
I truly believe that if the new owners go with Thierry Henry, then it could get a lot worse before it gets better.

For an outsider, this is a pretty accurate assessment that most Villa fans would agreet with.

The problem is that the overwhelming majority of fans have just about had enough of Bruceball. It was just about bearable with the carrot of promotion as part of the package but he's been with us for almost 2 seasons and the prospect of another season with him at the helm is daunting. Had the new owners not stepped in, I agree that the stability and experience that Bruce brings was the best way forward. However, now the financial issues have been resolved and it looks like players are going to be coming in, time is right to go in a new direction.

Who is currently available as a manager? There aren't many out there so is Henry any more of a risk? He has the nucleus of a good side and will bring in a few good players as well.

As you say, Bruce is not adventurous and sets his sides up not to lose. That is why we finished 4th & not 2nd last season - The squad Bruce had, he should have shown more faith in them to attack, rather than be negative and concede possession. If you don't have possession of the ball, you aren't going to create chances.

Yes, RDM wasted the lions share of the transfer budget but Bruce is equally guilty when it comes to players on big wages. Lansbury, Hogan, Taylor and Bjarnason were all bought by Bruce in January 2017 with the claim that they would hit the ground running in the 2017/18 season. None are 1st choice and none are likely to move on, given the wages Bruce has them on.

Henry will have support, he will not be a lone figure but most importantly for me, he will be playing football how it should be played, not like some dinosaur who has the tactical nous of a slug.

I used to have a lot of respect for Villa, always struck me as a well run, established club with a good history. One of the "big" clubs, but TBH,they just seem to be lurching from one crisis to another just lately. I know that they've got new owners in place, and that should save them the indignity of administration, but IMHO,at this juncture they should be looking to stabilizer.
Getting rid of Steve Bruce to bring in a "rookie" manager like Thierry Henry,first and foremost isn't going to bring any stability at all.
Say what you like about Steve Bruce, and my opinion of him is, if he'd been a bit more adventurous in his tactics, then Villa may well have been back in the Premiership.
A lot of the mistakes made at Villa were made when Di Matteo went on a buying spree and bought garbage players on astronomical wages.
I truly believe that if the new owners go with Thierry Henry, then it could get a lot worse before it gets better.

For an outsider, this is a pretty accurate assessment that most Villa fans would agreet with.

The problem is that the overwhelming majority of fans have just about had enough of Bruceball. It was just about bearable with the carrot of promotion as part of the package but he's been with us for almost 2 seasons and the prospect of another season with him at the helm is daunting. Had the new owners not stepped in, I agree that the stability and experience that Bruce brings was the best way forward. However, now the financial issues have been resolved and it looks like players are going to be coming in, time is right to go in a new direction.

Who is currently available as a manager? There aren't many out there so is Henry any more of a risk? He has the nucleus of a good side and will bring in a few good players as well.

As you say, Bruce is not adventurous and sets his sides up not to lose. That is why we finished 4th & not 2nd last season - The squad Bruce had, he should have shown more faith in them to attack, rather than be negative and concede possession. If you don't have possession of the ball, you aren't going to create chances.

Yes, RDM wasted the lions share of the transfer budget but Bruce is equally guilty when it comes to players on big wages. Lansbury, Hogan, Taylor and Bjarnason were all bought by Bruce in January 2017 with the claim that they would hit the ground running in the 2017/18 season. None are 1st choice and none are likely to move on, given the wages Bruce has them on.

Henry will have support, he will not be a lone figure but most importantly for me, he will be playing football how it should be played, not like some dinosaur who has the tactical nous of a slug.

There he is mun

Great isn't it mun?

Here boy, fetch boy.

Great isn't it mun?

Here boy, fetch boy.

Is that a quote from Sven below ?

Not happening. Bruce remains.

@SkySportsNews: BREAKING: @AVFCOfficial have confirmed Steve Bruce will remain as the club's manager after speculation regarding his future #ssn https://twitter.com/SkySportsNews/statu ... 12/photo/1

I used to have a lot of respect for Villa, always struck me as a well run, established club with a good history. One of the "big" clubs, but TBH,they just seem to be lurching from one crisis to another just lately. I know that they've got new owners in place, and that should save them the indignity of administration, but IMHO,at this juncture they should be looking to stabilizer.
Getting rid of Steve Bruce to bring in a "rookie" manager like Thierry Henry,first and foremost isn't going to bring any stability at all.
Say what you like about Steve Bruce, and my opinion of him is, if he'd been a bit more adventurous in his tactics, then Villa may well have been back in the Premiership.
A lot of the mistakes made at Villa were made when Di Matteo went on a buying spree and bought garbage players on astronomical wages.
I truly believe that if the new owners go with Thierry Henry, then it could get a lot worse before it gets better.

For an outsider, this is a pretty accurate assessment that most Villa fans would agreet with.

The problem is that the overwhelming majority of fans have just about had enough of Bruceball. It was just about bearable with the carrot of promotion as part of the package but he's been with us for almost 2 seasons and the prospect of another season with him at the helm is daunting. Had the new owners not stepped in, I agree that the stability and experience that Bruce brings was the best way forward. However, now the financial issues have been resolved and it looks like players are going to be coming in, time is right to go in a new direction.

Who is currently available as a manager? There aren't many out there so is Henry any more of a risk? He has the nucleus of a good side and will bring in a few good players as well.

As you say, Bruce is not adventurous and sets his sides up not to lose. That is why we finished 4th & not 2nd last season - The squad Bruce had, he should have shown more faith in them to attack, rather than be negative and concede possession. If you don't have possession of the ball, you aren't going to create chances.

Yes, RDM wasted the lions share of the transfer budget but Bruce is equally guilty when it comes to players on big wages. Lansbury, Hogan, Taylor and Bjarnason were all bought by Bruce in January 2017 with the claim that they would hit the ground running in the 2017/18 season. None are 1st choice and none are likely to move on, given the wages Bruce has them on.

Henry will have support, he will not be a lone figure but most importantly for me, he will be playing football how it should be played, not like some dinosaur who has the tactical nous of a slug.

congrats.
seems your keeping the dinosaur with the tactical nous of a slug...

Really glad that Steve Bruce has been retained.
IMO, it would have been a big mistake to have replaced him with Thierry Henry.
Stability is the order of the day at this moment in proceedings, and with the amount of people that have left/ been fired they definitely need a steady hand.
From reading some of the comments on their forum, since the takeover, there are many fans who are expecting a promotion push this coming season.
Reality is,even though in the past, they have always been a big club, IMO it's gonna be a few seasons of the Championship on the horizon, until they can rid themselves of the crippling wage bill that players like Richards and McCormack to name a couple have left them with.
Got some tidy youngsters coming through though.

I used to have a lot of respect for Villa, always struck me as a well run, established club with a good history. One of the "big" clubs, but TBH,they just seem to be lurching from one crisis to another just lately. I know that they've got new owners in place, and that should save them the indignity of administration, but IMHO,at this juncture they should be looking to stabilizer.
Getting rid of Steve Bruce to bring in a "rookie" manager like Thierry Henry,first and foremost isn't going to bring any stability at all.
Say what you like about Steve Bruce, and my opinion of him is, if he'd been a bit more adventurous in his tactics, then Villa may well have been back in the Premiership.
A lot of the mistakes made at Villa were made when Di Matteo went on a buying spree and bought garbage players on astronomical wages.
I truly believe that if the new owners go with Thierry Henry, then it could get a lot worse before it gets better.

For an outsider, this is a pretty accurate assessment that most Villa fans would agreet with.

The problem is that the overwhelming majority of fans have just about had enough of Bruceball. It was just about bearable with the carrot of promotion as part of the package but he's been with us for almost 2 seasons and the prospect of another season with him at the helm is daunting. Had the new owners not stepped in, I agree that the stability and experience that Bruce brings was the best way forward. However, now the financial issues have been resolved and it looks like players are going to be coming in, time is right to go in a new direction.

Who is currently available as a manager? There aren't many out there so is Henry any more of a risk? He has the nucleus of a good side and will bring in a few good players as well.

As you say, Bruce is not adventurous and sets his sides up not to lose. That is why we finished 4th & not 2nd last season - The squad Bruce had, he should have shown more faith in them to attack, rather than be negative and concede possession. If you don't have possession of the ball, you aren't going to create chances.

Yes, RDM wasted the lions share of the transfer budget but Bruce is equally guilty when it comes to players on big wages. Lansbury, Hogan, Taylor and Bjarnason were all bought by Bruce in January 2017 with the claim that they would hit the ground running in the 2017/18 season. None are 1st choice and none are likely to move on, given the wages Bruce has them on.

Henry will have support, he will not be a lone figure but most importantly for me, he will be playing football how it should be played, not like some dinosaur who has the tactical nous of a slug.

congrats.
seems your keeping the dinosaur with the tactical nous of a slug...

Proper English please. It's "you're".

Remember who your own manager is - The original Mr anti-football.

I used to have a lot of respect for Villa, always struck me as a well run, established club with a good history. One of the "big" clubs, but TBH,they just seem to be lurching from one crisis to another just lately. I know that they've got new owners in place, and that should save them the indignity of administration, but IMHO,at this juncture they should be looking to stabilizer.
Getting rid of Steve Bruce to bring in a "rookie" manager like Thierry Henry,first and foremost isn't going to bring any stability at all.
Say what you like about Steve Bruce, and my opinion of him is, if he'd been a bit more adventurous in his tactics, then Villa may well have been back in the Premiership.
A lot of the mistakes made at Villa were made when Di Matteo went on a buying spree and bought garbage players on astronomical wages.
I truly believe that if the new owners go with Thierry Henry, then it could get a lot worse before it gets better.

For an outsider, this is a pretty accurate assessment that most Villa fans would agreet with.

The problem is that the overwhelming majority of fans have just about had enough of Bruceball. It was just about bearable with the carrot of promotion as part of the package but he's been with us for almost 2 seasons and the prospect of another season with him at the helm is daunting. Had the new owners not stepped in, I agree that the stability and experience that Bruce brings was the best way forward. However, now the financial issues have been resolved and it looks like players are going to be coming in, time is right to go in a new direction.

Who is currently available as a manager? There aren't many out there so is Henry any more of a risk? He has the nucleus of a good side and will bring in a few good players as well.

As you say, Bruce is not adventurous and sets his sides up not to lose. That is why we finished 4th & not 2nd last season - The squad Bruce had, he should have shown more faith in them to attack, rather than be negative and concede possession. If you don't have possession of the ball, you aren't going to create chances.

Yes, RDM wasted the lions share of the transfer budget but Bruce is equally guilty when it comes to players on big wages. Lansbury, Hogan, Taylor and Bjarnason were all bought by Bruce in January 2017 with the claim that they would hit the ground running in the 2017/18 season. None are 1st choice and none are likely to move on, given the wages Bruce has them on.

Henry will have support, he will not be a lone figure but most importantly for me, he will be playing football how it should be played, not like some dinosaur who has the tactical nous of a slug.

congrats.
seems your keeping the dinosaur with the tactical nous of a slug...

Proper English please. It's "you're".

Remember who your own manager is - The original Mr anti-football.

what the f**k has NW have to do with your idiotic opinion on Bruce.
and yes thanks for the spellcheck, ill keep you in mind if my secretary ever needs an assistant.