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I actually don't mind Westwoods floaty corners as the stats prove they are reasonably effective but Mulgrew has a peach of a left foot.

I wouldn't be a fan of that, collars have gotten silly in recent years.

I've been a massive fan of F1 for over 20 years now but I've finally given up on it this season, I no longer have Sky F1 and just out of the principle of it going fully behind a paywall in a couple of years I'm giving up. I don't think I will be missing much either.

I struggle to think of another manager that suffered as much ridicule a him in that season (mainly from scum like PP) and although the job was a poisoned chalice he could not have done a worse job there. (Van Gaal has gone close but does look like leaving them in reasonable shape with the youth brought through). It wasn't just the results though it was the losers mentality he had there like talking up the likes of Liverpool and aspiring to get up to the level of Man City. Going to Spain after that was the right decision but he didn't succeed there either. He might rebuild his career somewhere but this shambles of a club is not the right environment for him to do so. Villa need someone to come in and bring massive positivity to the place, there may be some initial optimism with Moyes but if it starts bad and he goes into derby games talking up SHA that could change quickly. The positives for him though are that he was excellent at recruitment of players on a budget and gets his teams well organised in defence and attack. Maybe that is all that is needed but for me there are risks of it turning sour.

A bit disappointing that there is only a small predictable pool of managers being linked with the job. I'd prefer if there was a bigger net cast to source a potentially special manager rather than the average enough ones being linked. Pearson might well work out decent enough but there are massive risks involved given his personality and has been mentioned apart from doing well in building Leicester he hasn't been anything special. Bruce would be relatively terrible. Mick McCarthy a little better than Bruce. Moyes did brilliantly at Everton but what happened at United destroyed him. His credibility as a man is shot. He needs to take a couple of years more away from football in my opinion to rehabilitate. Hughton would be solid enough but is probably not strong enough to turn things around. Warnock on the level of Bruce, Brendan Rodgers would be potentially very good in spite of the David Brent thing but is more likely to go back to Swansea. If new owners come in and put in a director of football like Comolli then the manager would not need to be so wrapped up in rebuilding the club and can focus on preparing the football team. In this scenario I'd personally like the manager to be Michael O'Neill. What he did with Shamrock Rovers was fairly special in getting them to the Europa League group stages and winning their first league title in ages (not as big an achievement given their budget). Northern Ireland too was fairly special. He is tactically very astute and his teams play decent football in general. He is also a very positive individual who would help lift the mood about the place. The downside would be lack of experience at a high level but under a director of football that would not be as big an issue.

Charlie Mulgrew on a free transfer would be a good squad option to have, he is versatile and some good set piece deliveries would be welcome. Wages wouldn't be massive either. If Gana and Sanchez leave then Darron Gibson would be a good signing in the championship, he is not as injury prone as you would expect.

http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/WhosWho If they named assistants it wouldn't seem so bare but there is still plenty of scope for improvement.

I don't think his potential is that great but his attitude seems excellent, the type of player needed in the squad next season.

Hi, firstly I'm not a die hard fan and have never had the privilege of visiting Villa Park. I've always had a soft spot for Villa since childhood mainly because of McGrath. I've been a long time reader of this forum and would like to contribute to some of the discussions taking place. I'd also like to join in on the silly puns when new transfer targets are announced.