Am I missing something, team being ripped apart, 30-40man squad and one player probably going, and its fantastic business, and another player going, who has asked to go? Personally I'd hardly call that ripped apart, secondly he's most seasons he's been there made quite a few more than 2 changes a season so whats new.
I very much doubt if Young and Milner were sold he wouldn't be allowed to buy two decent replacements. But again I fail to see as a manager why you would pretend you could be competitive with the bigger clubs and why putting a bit of cash in the bank and not getting in debt is a bad thing.
THe bookies have it down as O'neill to take over for England, I might not be surprised by that, a truly awful squad chosen by Capello which has shown almost no sign of learning from the world cup mistakes(its called Barry) and making statements about being unable to work out the mindset of the players and seemingly being WAY out of his depth, I really don't know.
Wouldn't mind O'neill as manager at all, although, not sure if he'll show loyalty to Barry/Milner or feel sold out and drop them if he was the England manager, hopefully the latter one.
Thing is, does it sound right that Lerner is willing to sell Ashley and Milner, for probably not far off 60mil in players/cash, with Ireland whose an excellent player and potentially world class and in a position they'll need with Milner leaving, that Lerner is unwilling to buy a new winger to replace Young?
Lerner is certainly not being unreasonable selling players when the deals are good, and O'neill , if this is the reason, seems incredibly unreasonable/stupid to think Villa are really competing for the league and aren't somewhat of a selling club. Utd, Chelsea, Arsenal, LIverpool sell off big players from time to time, good business is good business and helps even the top teams, let alone teams with a lot less money.
IF he hasn't left for a specific job frankly, he's just being a big girl.
