Lerner said mid season he wants a 'Sell to Buy Policy' for a start

ALthough that would indicate he'll get the money, its very hard to move a squad forward (especially one lacking in stand out talents) if you are forced to sell the Jewels of the Squad in order to bring other players in.

Villa have finished top 6 in the last 3 seasons having been in a bit of trouble before he took over.
This isn't good enough for the Villa fans anymore, they are looking at CL qualification this season.

To do this, they need to finish above 3 of Manure, Arsenal, Chelski, Man City, Spuds, Liverpool and possible Everton too.

If you've got to sell to buy, and sell from a squad low in 'top 4' quality to start with, how exactly do you meet those expectations?
How do you explain that to the modern, demanding, fan who expects 'progress' every season?

In short, its nigh on impossible, so do you stay on in a desperate hope you might manage it anyway, or that the board may resist the inevitable fan pressure to replace a manager that has "taken us as far as he can" and not get sacked.
Or do you asses the situation, decide that you feel you cannot do the job you have been asked to do, and leave the club?

Posted By: megson on August 10th 2010 at 11:55:26

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Martin O'Neill (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Aug 10, 11:17:21
- Arsenal (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, Aug 10, 11:39:26
  - Arsenal fans would HATE That....... trading pretty football for winning football!! (n/m) (Other Football) - DiscoDaleGordon, Aug 10, 11:40:18
    - nah they wouldn't (n/m) (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, Aug 10, 11:43:09
    - Oh I don't know. I mean, their most successful period they (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Aug 10, 11:42:59
      - Sorry guys was more of an "ironic" dig at Wenger (Other Football) - DiscoDaleGordon, Aug 10, 11:48:05
        
        yeah, i;d hate to have the sort of failure Wenger's responsible for... (n/m) (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, Aug 10, 11:49:20
        
        He "was" a great success, no trophys in 5 years though (Other Football) - DiscoDaleGordon, Aug 10, 11:52:00
        
        how many teams/managers actually manage to win something every year in this country? (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, Aug 10, 11:54:50
        
        Not every team are ARsenal/Liverpool/Chelsea/man U (Other Football) - DiscoDaleGordon, Aug 10, 11:59:16
        
        You've just named 4 teams who can win a MAXIMUM of 4 trophies between them. (Other Football) - megson, Aug 10, 12:33:29
        
        In the 18 years that the Premier League has been going only 4 (Other Football) - Vivid Data Shark, Aug 10, 13:17:41
        
        there's been lots of periods where they've struggled to win anything (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Aug 10, 12:02:10
        
        (too many 'lots'ses) (n/m) (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Aug 10, 12:02:57
        
        Managers go stale at clubs, IMO Wenger has done a great job at Arsenal over the years (Other Football) - DiscoDaleGordon, Aug 10, 11:57:45
        
        didn't they come 3rd in the prem and reach the Champs league quarter-finals last year? (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Aug 10, 12:01:07
        
        But what did they win? (Other Football) - DiscoDaleGordon, Aug 10, 13:31:53
        
        perhaps, (and there's no doubt he's made mistakes) (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, Aug 10, 12:00:44
        
        ^^^ this is like Charlton fans wanting rid of Curbishley ^^^ (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Aug 10, 11:54:46
        
        and is also a massive clue as to why O'Neill may have decided he'd had enough. (n/m) (Other Football) - megson, Aug 10, 11:57:44
- I reckon the Spurs one is the most likely out of all them (n/m) (Other Football) - NiftyFiftyCity, Aug 10, 11:34:07
  - That or Man City (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Aug 10, 11:39:14
- i think the special one will go to Man U when red face retires (n/m) (Other Football) - Tony Martin, Aug 10, 11:24:14
  - I think you're right. (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Aug 10, 11:28:43
- Somewhere which likes quitters I guess (n/m) (Other Football) - pants, Aug 10, 11:19:07
  - Has never left a club for anything other than a legit reason (Other Football) - Brandonio, Aug 10, 11:31:16
    - I dont't think Milner being sold for a squillion quid is a good reason to leave (Other Football) - yarmyyarmy, Aug 10, 11:38:59
      - The reasos is not the sale itself, its the fact he will be given none of the proceeds of (Other Football) - DiscoDaleGordon, Aug 10, 11:41:29
        
        But how do you know that? (n/m) (Other Football) - yarmyyarmy, Aug 10, 11:46:50
        
        Lerner said mid season he wants a 'Sell to Buy Policy' for a start (Other Football) - megson, Aug 10, 11:55:26
        
        I dont, but thats the rumour!! (n/m) (Other Football) - DiscoDaleGordon, Aug 10, 11:48:26
  - Think you are getting him confused with Steve Bruce (n/m) (Other Football) - DiscoDaleGordon, Aug 10, 11:21:51
    - From the same litter innit (Other Football) - pants, Aug 10, 11:24:13
      - I take it you mean Bruce has O'Neil has won a bit already? (Other Football) - DiscoDaleGordon, Aug 10, 11:29:19
        
        AIR. RAID. SIREN. BANG! BANG! FUCK! REALLY MASSIVE ALARM NOISE!!! BANGFUCK! (Other Football) - tehwatch, Aug 10, 11:43:08
        
        Hello (Other Football) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Aug 10, 12:14:47
      - Agreed. Well, apart from (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Aug 10, 11:28:00
        
        A bit like Souness then? (n/m) (Other Football) - pants, Aug 10, 11:28:26
        
        Indeed, although he did it pre-mega-bucks Prem. Is he a quitter too then ? (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Aug 10, 11:30:58
        
        Nope (Other Football) - pants, Aug 10, 11:34:19
        
        hmmm but Souness is a typical example of where you blindly praise him cos you like him... (Other Football) - Brandonio, Aug 10, 11:45:59
        
        To be fair, he did completely turn Rangers around (Other Football) - yarmyyarmy, Aug 10, 11:49:31
        
        So 1 good spell in a division which was traditionally dominated by either Celtic (Other Football) - Brandonio, Aug 10, 11:51:58
        
        Well, I didn't say that did I (Other Football) - yarmyyarmy, Aug 10, 11:55:29
        
        true but they were just another club he quit (Other Football) - Brandonio, Aug 10, 12:02:29
        
        *Rangers'* (n/m) (Other Football) - yarmyyarmy, Aug 10, 11:57:47
        
        Sounds like Roeder (Other Football) - NiftyFiftyCity, Aug 10, 11:47:45
        
        Fair enough but my opinion is simply superior to yours (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Aug 10, 11:40:45
  - Fuck me, you are on the mega troll today aren't you ? (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Aug 10, 11:20:56
- or (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Aug 10, 11:18:15
  - ^^ didn't see that there (n/m) (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, Aug 10, 11:41:21

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