There were talks of a planned protest involving the Villa fans before Aston Villa’s 2-0 loss to Liverpool.

They are unhappy with current owner Randy Lerner and the direction the club is heading under Paul Lambert.

The match went ahead with no demonstration but there are still plans for supporters to voice their opinions and I think it is the right thing to do.

Some journalists on Sunday disagreed with the plan and felt that those who sit in the stands shouldn’t get involved with off the field activities.

They said that the job of the fan is to turn up to games and cheer the team on, something Lambert alluded to before and after the match.

But things have taken a turn fo the worse for the Midlands club since Martin O’Neil left and those who pay to watch the team have every right to show that they are not happy.

If they want to march before games or not turn up for the opening 20 minutes they have every right to do so.

Look at what Cardiff fans have done through marches and staying away from Cardiff City Stadium. They convinced Vincent Tan to return the club’s kit to blue after a brief relationship with red.

Hull City fans have continued to fight against owner Assem Allam and his desire to change the team’s name from Hull City to Hill City Tigers.

Supporters’ groups, with help from the Football Association, have so far managed to stop the change from happening through demonstrations before games and thousands of signatures on online petitions.

There is a myth that fans have to turn to violence in order to get their point across. And you only have to look at last Friday’s scenes at the Rangers match to see that owners are not responding to violence.

The truth is, if you hit clubs where it hurts — their pockets — they will listen. Regardless of the size of the club, they all need money to turn a profit and keep lining their pockets with cash.

They can’t afford for fans to not buy new kits and merchandise. They react when people stop going through the turnstiles.

When just 4,194 fans showed up to watch Cardiff v Colchester in the FA Cup Tan knew he had to take them seriously.

It’s why the Glazers will not leave Manchester United. They are still turning record profits due to the increase in merchandise sales and the long season ticket list.

The day when only 20,000 fans turn up for a Premier League game is when alarm bells will start ringing for the US owners.

For Villa fans, it won’t be a quick fix. Lerner is looking to sell the club and will keep Lambert in place for now.

If they go ahead with their protests it may force the US owner’s hand. I’m not advocating the loss of someone’s job but no manager is bigger than the club.

The Villans have never been relegated from the Premier League but under the current regime it is looking more and more likely each season. Fans deserve better.

Ginola, is he worth it?

I am so confused. On the one hand, I’m glad that David Ginola is attempting to take on Sepp Blatter for the Fifa presidency. However, his approach stinks of something Blatter himself would do.

Being backed by Paddy Power and accepting £250,000 isn’t a good look. Ginola’s argument that he will be focused on his campaign and that he needs to be compensated for not working is a valid one.

But if he fails to get the backing of at least five of the 208 football associations worldwide before January 29 to become an eligible candidate, this fight won’t make it past the first round.

At which point, he would have been paid a quarter of a million for a few weeks. I can’t see the former Tottenham winger being paid that much to sit in a studio and voice his opinion so why such a large fee?

Surely it would have made more sense to pay him the money he would have lost from missing out on a few studio gigs for BT Sport or wherever he was supposed to be working for and cover his expenses that way.

They may have given him a little signing on bonus but his “wage” is excessive and makes it look like a publicity stunt.

Not to mention the fact that he is asking for £2.3 million from the public to fund his campaign.

Ginola was a wonderful player but is proving to be a terrible presidential candidate.

People have argued that even without the Frenchman running for the presidency that Jerome Champagne and Prince Ali Bin al-Hussein would both make better presidents than Blatter.

But I disagree. Look at the titles they have held within Fifa. 

Champagne is a former Fifa executive while Prince Ali is the current vice-president. They are part of the problem.

People are calling for a whole new regime at the top but want to replace Blatter with one of his minions, people that he installed personally. How is that a change?

Ginola is outside the organisation, would be a clean break from all the corruption that has taken place since the 78-year-old came into power in 1998.

It’s just the way he has gone about it that is so far proving his downfall.

It is what I expect from Blatter. Unless the moment you enter the powerful world of Fifa you automatically turn into one of them.

If that is the case, then maybe there is no hope for change.