Former Aston Villa striker Dwight Yorke says the board is to blame for the club's woes.

Yorke insists Villa haven't found themselves a decent manager since Martin O'Neill.

He told 888sport.com: "The reality is that the board have to take the blame for the poor selection of managers they've brought in. They've gone for the wrong man and since Martin O'Neill we haven't had the right person in there. We had Lambert but there was no substance from that period on. It's been bad choices from the hierarchy at the club.

“We've seen Forest and Leeds and they've gone down. Villa have been living on a knife-edge for the past four seasons and the writing has been on the wall. The good thing is the new manager now has 27 games. That's a lot of games to turn things around and the new manager should be thinking 'If I can't get inspiration from that then that tells me something'."

Read the full and frank interview – including Yorke's thoughts on Wayne Rooney and Anthony Martial – by clicking here.