Villa marks the end of the forgiving run we should have been taking advantage of (Norwich, Bournemouth, Brighton, Sheffield, Villa) and we've then got a resurgent Spurs and City to come. If the board were going to replace Ole it should have been done already, now it's too much of a baptism of fire in that you have United;s ex manager + a Manchester Derby coming up where we are expected to lose both.
I don't blame Ole anymore because he's obviously just doing the best he can, which simply is nowhere near good enough but he's not the one making decisions. The board keep messing up and it's unacceptable - LVG found out he was fired through his wife, they gave Jose a new contract didn't back him and had to pay him a small fortune whilst he waited for the sack and are now so scared of making a decision on Ole that the message is they will just stick with him. We're fecking 9th in the league and it's not inconceivable that we'll be close to the relegation zone by the time we've played the City game.