Poll Results... How Will You Respond To MON?

Best manager for years past and in the future by the looks of things. Shame that the clueless Randy told him to build a squad and then decided to change his mind by selling his best players to Man City every ******** year. Unlike Spuz with Modric, he went for the money rather the success and stability.... Some people don't know when they've got it good. Randy worked this out and appointed Eck because half the fans will boo whoever is there so it didn't matter whether he appointed the worst manager around. Whilst talking about MON wasting money, who wasted money on Eck?? How do we know that Randy wasn't integral in wasting money on some of the dross players under MON's tenure????

I used to love MON, but to do what he did and leave when he did, it was completely spiteful and I will never forgive him. He had a clear plan to leave when he did and he knew what a mess it would cause. If he had any dignity whatsoever he would have left at the end of the season but it was all about him once again.

Balti pie straight at him! C£nt.

The bloke went from hero to zero the moment the news broke. I hope we stuff them on Saturday, not that I think it very likely with AMc in charge.

villan444, I like your stance against McMuppet. However you are seriously misguided with your love in over M'ON. Please read the prophets and losses thread from 18th April. It will take a good 15 minutes, but it will hopefully give you a balanced view of how little M'ON did for us whilst bankrupting the club. In effect he spent all of our money, won nothing, produced less per pound spent than almost every manager in the League, and then when he demanded more even though he had taken the wage level to an unsustainable 88% of turnover, and never got it, he threw his toys out of the pram. We all enjoyed the night against Blackburn, the beating of Small Heath 5 - 1. Equally I hated Chelsea stuffing by 7 and Redscouse battering us by 5. The cup runs were nice, but he had the luck of the easiest draw imagineable in both the League and The FA Cup (have a look to remind yourself who we played en route to Wembley). But as soon as we met a proper team we blew it. Randy let M'ON loose with the finances and we all loved it at the time, but ultimately M'ONs disregard for the finances and his failure to get us a return on the investment has led to the position we are in. If he had stayed and worked under restrictions that had to be imposed, we would have been better off than we are now, but he slapped us all in the face and left. But please look at the prophets and losses thread before commenting. It will highlight just how much Randolph has invested and why he simply couldn't keep providing M'ON more money.

I agree Nath, he did make some poor decisions, and signed some poor players, but he did a lot more good than bad for us! People slate Dunne & Collins, but lets not forget we lost Laursen to injury, and replacing him was a monster task, which he accomplished, giving us the 3rd tightest defence in the league in the following season. Anyway, it's history now - MCLEISHOUT. UTV!

People keep harping on about what a great man motivator MON is. I'm not buying that. 7-1 at Chelski, 5-0 at Liverpool? He won nothing at Villa despite the money he spent. Pointless going over the details again and again, but selling Gary Cahill and replacing him with Zat Knight really stands out for me, and when all is said and done, he brought Heskey and warnock to our club when neither should have been allowed within a country mile of the Villa. He did put together a good first team and managed some good results too (1-0 at Manure, 2-0 at Arsenal), but he was below average at keeping a squad of players happy / rotating, hence the team capitulated between Jan - April every season. He built a squad using Randy's money, but didn't have the faith in his squad signings to play them in the premiership matches. The only games they played were in the EUFA Cup and the Carling Cup, where the likes of Sidwell, Shorey and C Davies regularly disappointed. He fell out with many of the squad too (inc NRC and Carew). We managed to blow a 10 point lead over Arsenal in our best chance of Champs League qualification ever, and when the wheels fell off he got us knocked out of Europe and made us a laughing stock. Then he has the hypocrisy to be on TV recently, saying how much he gets excited by European nights. Motivator? My *rse. He'll be getting pelters from me tomorrow - his ego is already overblown, so for him to have half the ground clapping him would just be unbearable. UTV - let's all get behind our own boys tomorrow and make it as hostile as possible for MON.

avnath I am surprised at your support for M'ON, but understand we all have a different viewpoint. But you ask could we get to 6th without spending £80m now? I fear you have been hypnotised by the people who think football is all about money. At the very top it is essentail, but Spurs, Newcastle and Arsenal have all produced this (Newcastle from the Championship) for significantly less money. It is not about the money, it is about the manager spending what he is given wisely and unfortunatley, despite some notable exceptions, M'ON failed us. Please read the phrophets and losses thread from 18th april. Very interesting reading.