Stephen Ireland is confident that Gerard Houllier will help get the best out of him at Aston Villa.New boss Houllier watched from the stands on Saturday as Villa were held to a 1-1 draw with Bolton.The Frenchman officially takes charge on Monday and Ireland is looking forward to working with the former Liverpool chief."I think the change is going to have to be gradual," he said."Managers at other clubs have come in and changed things too fast too soon and it hasn't worked."I know Houllier has got big plans, and all the players will have to get on board. Hopefully we can go far in the cups and have a nice finish in the league."I'm happy with the appointment and everyone is looking forward to the future."Hopefully he can get the best out of me. The fans still have more to see. I'm still getting to understand the players on the pitch."
In selling Milner we effectively lost two players such was his influence on the side. Doing it without replacing him was a major mistake..
Quote from: Chris Smith on September 20, 2010, 09:43:00 AMIn selling Milner we effectively lost two players such was his influence on the side. Doing it without replacing him was a major mistake.. I agree Chris that losing Milner is a massive loss, but how could we replace him with no Manager?
In selling Milner we effectively lost two players such was his influence on the side. Doing it without replacing him was a major mistake.We're in the worst of both worlds at the moment; playing an open, attacking game that leaves us vulnerable at the back but not scoring the goals to make it viable.Whatever the genuine and revisionist criticisms of MON are he had made us difficult to beat, we've lost that and the first thng GH has to do is get it back and sod all the guff about entertaining football until we've earned the right to play it. At the start of last season before Downing was fit and Milner moved into the middle we had to make do and mend but were able to achive decent results by using Reo Coker and Sidwell so there's no reason why we can't do it again.
Quote from: Mark Fletcher on September 20, 2010, 09:58:28 AMQuote from: Chris Smith on September 20, 2010, 09:43:00 AMIn selling Milner we effectively lost two players such was his influence on the side. Doing it without replacing him was a major mistake.. I agree Chris that losing Milner is a massive loss, but how could we replace him with no Manager?I think MacDonald could have been trusted to buy a player or if not then don't sell him. It was nearly 2 weeks after MON left that he moved, if we'd really wanted to we could have held onto him.
In selling Milner we effectively lost two players such was his influence on the side. Doing it without replacing him was a major mistake.
I think NRC and Delph (when fit) are the two work horses we need in the middle behind Ireland, Young and Downing/Albrighton.