"Squad that was already in place"? You mean the one including Gavin McCann Jlloyd Samuel Juan Pablo Angel Steven Davis Aaron Hughes Lee Hendrie Liam Ridgewell Eric Djemba-Djemba Milan Baros (and soon to be departed T Sorensen)?
This is what MON bashers seem so unable to see - he has had to shed so many players who weren't delivering for Villa, while forging a better team spirit and bringng in and settling down new people like Young, Petrov, Maloney, Carew.
I can't believe it - is this the start of a "bring back DOL" campaign? :bonk: