We'll work on defending set-pieces in pre-season - McAllister

[achilles]

So he says he wants us to play "winning fast football". Says we have to "brush up on our defending".

Where's the drama?

I'd like to think that our highly paid management team would have tried to do something about our dismal defending during the season.  I'm old fashioned like that.

Yes, I'm a bit old fashoined like that as well.
I am certain my boss won't mind if I say that I will look at any problems next month... no rush!

[ozzjim]

There was a time where every answer to a question that DOL was asked was analysed and over analysed. Gmac is now getting the same. He is saying what we are seeing, so at least the coaching staff are able to see the obvious, unlike the previous regime that buried their heads in the sand! I am also sure that even if GED returns this summer, there will be another coach or two added to the staff to support this side of things. I am hoping that GMac and GED to go now though, for my health as much as his, simply to not have to read the continuous monotony of picking on every word and repeating the same thing ad-nausea. Off topic is much more interesting than football these days.

[JUAN PABLO]

why pre-season.  work on the fooker today , it should have been worked on 6 mths ago.

[olaftab]

Yes the Villa players will be working on set pieces in the break but hopefully without McAllister and Dunne.

[Clampy]

There was a time where every answer to a question that DOL was asked was analysed and over analysed. Gmac is now getting the same. He is saying what we are seeing, so at least the coaching staff are able to see the obvious, unlike the previous regime that buried their heads in the sand! I am also sure that even if GED returns this summer, there will be another coach or two added to the staff to support this side of things. I am hoping that GMac and GED to go now though, for my health as much as his, simply to not have to read the continuous monotony of picking on every word and repeating the same thing ad-nausea. Off topic is much more interesting than football these days.

Awfully sorry Ozzjim, but some of us don't enjoy being beaten in three local Derbies in the same season and having to rely on beating Wigan on Saturday to make sure we stay up with 3 games to go.

[TopDeck113]

Is this guy serious?  How much do we pay him?

The summit of my football coaching is running the school team, yet even I can identify when a team of 10 and 11 year-olds are not particularly good at something and then have a go at rectifying it straight away.   

[TimTheVillain]

Genius, pure genius.

Pre season should be used to replace the one with the arse strain - maybe it's because his arse is just far too large !

[ROBBO]

After the frist half dozen games of the season we needed to work on defending set pieces, nearly got relegated and he suddenly realises it's a problem.

[TheSandman]

Why pre-season? Why not now? Or even better when you first took charge?

[Holte L2]

Nice to see he's identified the problem three weeks before the season finishes.

[pauliewalnuts]

It is hard to know where to start with idiocy like this.

Saying stuff like this, its as if they're going out of their way tto make things harder for themselves.

[b23]

Why pre-season?

Maybe the club will buy some defenders ?

[pauliewalnuts]

Why pre-season?

Maybe the club will buy some defenders ?

What about the really good Spanish one and the talented youngster who dont get a start while those two wasters continue to get picked?

[darren woolley]

We do need to work on our defending in the summer i agree but by then we should have some new defenders in and replaced the ones we don't need and hopefully the ones we do bring in are better than the ones we have got now ie Beye, Warnock, and Dunne so you see we just need defenders who can defend.

[Clampy]

The thing is, the defenders that we've got now are good enough, they were last season, one of them even got into the PFA team of the year, so what's changed?