I know there are young Villa fans out there everywhere who think the answer to everything is for Randy Lerner to open his fat chequebook and buy loads of stars from overseas in the summer
Moving on to Gaz Baz and talk is mounting that Liverpool are maybe not that interested and it's all about Manchester City and Spurs and we all know he's not going to either of those two teams
It sounds like Ireland just wants more money and based on this season he probably deserves it, but if the story is true, he has been offered £60k a week, raising to £80k a week after two years; are we going to pay anything close to that for a 22 year old who has had two good seasons
While I can see that someone would see that, regular visitors know that I believe Martin O´Neill is the right man for us and that I hold the position of manager as the most important in the football club
Gareth Barry and Martin O'Neill have as good as said this week that fifth place would be an improvement on last season and while it is stating the obvious it also needs a little clarification
The responsibility rests with our owner to make funds available and to instruct the manager to spend those funds to bring in the quality and the numbers to get us top four or better next season