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Author Topic: Prediction for the rest of the season and the close season  (Read 22732 times)

Online Martyn Smith

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We'll just survive, possibly only by g/d.

GH will, upon medical advice and with the board's blessing (if not instruction) leave first team management and join the board of directors as director of football.

GH and the rest of the board will appoint a new, younger dynamic manager, who for now shall be known as Not Gary McAllister. NGMcA will clear out the deadwood and the want-outs, and build a fresh dynamic team, with everyone playing in the correct fucking position for Chrissakes, and next season will see us restored to our correct level of treading on the coat tails of the Sky 4.

Please let me have these thoughts. Don't be all iconoclastic on me now...?...
« Last Edit: May 08, 2011, 03:56:47 PM by Martyn Bentsmith »

Offline Villa'Zawg

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Re: Prediction for the rest of the season and the close season
« Reply #1 on: May 08, 2011, 03:50:09 PM »
We'll survive.

GH will leave the club

Lerner will acknowledge his mistake in appointing Faulkner and adopting his wage reduction strategy

NGA (why not NGM or NGMA? Who cares?) will be a larger than life recently successful manager - a monstre sacré, who will be given enough financial support to fashion a squad he feels is capable of competing for trophies and CL qualification.

The NGA will perform in such a way as to extract the maximum capability from the players at his disposal and will become beloved by all at VP by virtue of the success he creates.

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Re: Prediction for the rest of the season and the close season
« Reply #2 on: May 08, 2011, 03:54:16 PM »
We'll survive by a margin that flatters us- 2 points or so.

GH will be given a room in a Liverpool hospital with a "Super Reds" duvet and a Shankly de-fibrulator and will attempt to dictate Villa tactics via a dodgy Skype connection.

GMc will receive Randy's full backing to interperate GH's increasingly bizarre decisions regarding team selection and will start to begin to consider the idea of defensive coaching on set-pieces. He will continue his series of worthwhile and morale-boosting long winded interviews with any publication that will listen.

Two new wingers will be signed and, together with Downing, Allbrighton and Heskey, they will be played just behind the forwards on a rotational basis, much as Ashley has done with great success this season.

Friedal will sign a new 12 year contract.

The Holte car park will be resurfaced. This will be hailed by some as proof of Randy's continued commitment.

We will do the quadruple.

I may well be in therapy.


Offline ez

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Re: Prediction for the rest of the season and the close season
« Reply #3 on: May 08, 2011, 03:56:48 PM »
There's no doubt Houllier would be called in for a chat about what went wrong and why this season but i expect he won't because he'll go before that.

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Re: Prediction for the rest of the season and the close season
« Reply #4 on: May 08, 2011, 03:59:27 PM »

NGA (why not NGM or NGMA? Who cares?) will be a larger than life recently successful manager - a monstre sacré, 

I said NGMcA, look at my posting again....(whistly emoticon)

Hmmm...monstre sacre, never heard that phrase before...wiki calls...

Offline Greg N'Ash

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Re: Prediction for the rest of the season and the close season
« Reply #5 on: May 08, 2011, 04:02:03 PM »
rest of this season....don't really care. pre-season a decision will be made (and quickly Randy). Moyes will come in, weigh up the likes of Dunne Ireland etc.., and put them on a 99p auction start on ebay. A much smaller squad in the first season with some expensive mistakes written off and a lower budget on new players. Mid-table mediocrity overall with a firm base for 2012-13 and a gradual opening of the chequebook come next summer

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Re: Prediction for the rest of the season and the close season
« Reply #6 on: May 08, 2011, 04:04:39 PM »
We'll survive. By a few points probably.

I'm starting to feel that the current management team will stay in-situ. It's not what I want but it is what I think will happen.

We will see a large turnover of players in the summer window. The only big loss will be Young and the effect of losing the others will only be if we fail to replace them. I expect to see a lot of not quite top class players coming in.

As for what we will do I don't know. We will either benefit from the clean sweep and new players or we will be as bad as this season for not seeing the warning signs this season with the management. Maybe Houllier will step down a few months into the season having realised he had made a mistake staying on.

The other option (which I view slightly less likely) is that Houllier will step down at the end of the season and we will get someone meh in like Moyes or Hughes who will steer us back up to the top six or seven.

My personal preference would be that we get rid of the current management (regardless of whether they want to stay) with no new jobs at the club being made for them and we bring in someone young and dynamic in. A gamble but it may also pay off with some degree of success.

I'm not really looking forward to it with much positivity. Hopefully, with closure on the management situation and some new players I will be smiling again.

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Re: Prediction for the rest of the season and the close season
« Reply #7 on: May 08, 2011, 04:21:55 PM »
I think we will survive also we do need to beat either Arsenal or Liverpool to end the season on a semi high.

Offline andyh

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Re: Prediction for the rest of the season and the close season
« Reply #8 on: May 08, 2011, 04:27:40 PM »
Even by beating Arsenal AND Livepool - the season will not come close to anything like a high - semi or otherwise.

Offline Rip Van We Go Again

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Re: Prediction for the rest of the season and the close season
« Reply #9 on: May 08, 2011, 04:28:10 PM »
Thrashed by Arsenal

Point from a dire game with Liverpool

Houllier to call it a day announced

Shock name announced as Manager

Offline Rigadon

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Re: Prediction for the rest of the season and the close season
« Reply #10 on: May 08, 2011, 04:34:14 PM »
Agree, Rip.  Although I think it'll be David Moyes who will be announced.

Offline Villa'Zawg

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Re: Prediction for the rest of the season and the close season
« Reply #11 on: May 08, 2011, 04:35:59 PM »
Thrashed by Arsenal

Point from a dire game with Liverpool

Houllier to call it a day announced

Shock name announced as Manager

A thought just occurred. Could Gerrard announce his retirement from football ahead of the final game and receive a warm farewell from both sets of fans at the final game?

Offline andyh

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Re: Prediction for the rest of the season and the close season
« Reply #12 on: May 08, 2011, 04:38:27 PM »
Thrashed by Arsenal

Point from a dire game with Liverpool

Houllier to call it a day announced

Shock name announced as Manager

A thought just occurred. Could Gerrard announce his retirement from football ahead of the final game and receive a warm farewell from both sets of fans at the final game?
Oh, Villadawg you have just made my day.
Please god,allah,jehova,doug ellis....please make this happen !!

(I hope its our GeRard though and not their GeRRard....winky)

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Re: Prediction for the rest of the season and the close season
« Reply #13 on: May 08, 2011, 04:41:50 PM »
Thrashed by Arsenal

Point from a dire game with Liverpool

Houllier to call it a day announced

Shock name announced as Manager

A thought just occurred. Could Gerrard announce his retirement from football ahead of the final game and receive a warm farewell from both sets of fans at the final game?

That's extremley possible. It would be the ideal way for him to bow out.

Offline VillaAlways

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Re: Prediction for the rest of the season and the close season
« Reply #14 on: May 08, 2011, 04:43:49 PM »
Thrashed by Arsenal

Point from a dire game with Liverpool

Houllier to call it a day announced

Shock name announced as Manager

A thought just occurred. Could Gerrard announce his retirement from football ahead of the final game and receive a warm farewell from both sets of fans at the final game?

That's extremley possible. It would be the ideal way for him to bow out.
Suggest it on the Generals thread ;)

 


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