Ian Taylor: "Characters are missing from Aston Villa today"

Singing in the rain: Villa's modern day hero.

Ian Taylor, Birmingham-born and bred and an unconditional Villa fan, whether donning the shirt in the Premier League - or on the terraces.

In this EXCLUSIVE interview with me after the home defeat against Stoke, Ian laments the lack of character in today's game, worries about the coming months and the threat of relegation. BUT....

.. gives his support to Tim Sherwood and delivers his verdict on our survival bid.

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AUDIO EXCLUSIVE with Andy Gray: Aston Villa, relegation threat, leadership, takeovers and management

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‘Andy Gray talks to @jonnygould: The alarm bells are ringing for the Claret & Blue: relegation threat, leadership, takeovers and management’

Andy Gray gave me over half-an-hour of his valuable time this morning - on the phone from Qatar, where he now lives working for beINsports with Richard Keys.

Andy's clear and direct views on Aston Villa are underscored by his constant use of "we" and "us" when talking about the club.

He loves Villa where he played in two spells and assisted Big Ron when Villa denied Manchester United a domestic treble when winning the League Cup at Wembley.

He's distressed at their current plight.

The iconic, joyous celebrations live long in the memory

He discusses new signing, Carles Gil, the future of Randy Lerner and Paul Lambert, the new CEO Tom Fox and rumours of a Director of Football aiding Lambert.

Andy also pays tribute at the end of the interview to Sir Jack Hayward, Mr. Wolverhampton Wanderers, who passed away, aged 91.

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