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Offline Dave Cooper please

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Re: Gregory on Talksport now
« Reply #30 on: September 07, 2012, 05:03:03 PM »
I work with a guy who's married to his daughter.

Do you live in Norfolk?

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Re: Gregory on Talksport now
« Reply #31 on: September 07, 2012, 05:05:11 PM »
John Gregory is a top bloke, good player and proper Villa man

but he was an appaling manager, even more negative than TSM, the results were only better under him because the players we had at the time had more quality, but the tactics were even more mindnumbing

Offline damon loves JT

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Re: Gregory on Talksport now
« Reply #32 on: September 07, 2012, 05:10:44 PM »
I work with a guy who's married to his daughter.

Do you live in Norfolk?

Massive LOL.

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Re: Gregory on Talksport now
« Reply #33 on: September 07, 2012, 05:35:03 PM »
Haha just started listening and Gregory said Dion Dublin would be worth "at least 25m" today.

Offline enigma

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Re: Gregory on Talksport now
« Reply #34 on: September 07, 2012, 05:45:37 PM »
Because before we signed him he was scoring a lot of goals else where.
And scored a lot of goals after he left us.

We tend to have that effect on strikers.

Offline TaxDodger

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Re: Gregory on Talksport now
« Reply #35 on: September 07, 2012, 05:47:28 PM »
I wonder if Keys and Gray thought their careers would ever come to this. Sucking up to the likes of John Gregory on a radio station that nobody ever listens too.

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Re: Gregory on Talksport now
« Reply #36 on: September 07, 2012, 05:47:50 PM »
Talking about Villa, talking about signing Boateng and Dublin now.

'I loved going to Coventry, always came back with three points'.
And shite players.

Offline Californian Villain

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Re: Gregory on Talksport now
« Reply #37 on: September 07, 2012, 05:56:55 PM »
I work with a guy who's married to his daughter.

That's interesting.

Offline les spragg

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Re: Gregory on Talksport now
« Reply #38 on: September 07, 2012, 07:15:00 PM »
All the Gregory knockers should bear in mind with him in charge we were top of the league for a while , we got to a cup final and you could say we lost it due to a refereeing mistake awarding the free kick that should never have been, yes there was times it was dross but tell me another manager since he left who was better with the exception of MON in his early time with villa also more important than anything else he is a massive Villa fan try reading his tweets on twitter I still would have him back over all of the others we have had since and he would have got better look at Fergie

Offline ACVilla

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Re: Gregory on Talksport now
« Reply #39 on: September 07, 2012, 07:16:57 PM »
I wonder if Keys and Gray thought their careers would ever come to this. Sucking up to the likes of John Gregory on a radio station that nobody ever listens too.
At leat they get first dibs on any offers from Wickes.<p>Seriously though, it is a cringeworthy listen. Keys is bad but Gray, what a big hairy nutsack of a man.

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Re: Gregory on Talksport now
« Reply #40 on: September 07, 2012, 07:27:42 PM »
Listening to Gregory, he certainly failed to understand the politics of the Villa boardroom. Having been refused to buy Muzzy Izzet by Ellis, he called Steve Stride to request a board meeting. What did he expect from a meeting with Ellis, Ansell and Stride? He'd have been better off keeping at Ellis on a personal level.

Gregory's right on one thing, Ellis never shared his and our ambtions for the club.

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Re: Gregory on Talksport now
« Reply #41 on: September 07, 2012, 07:34:13 PM »
Listening to Gregory, he certainly failed to understand the politics of the Villa boardroom. Having been refused to buy Muzzy Izzet by Ellis, he called Steve Stride to request a board meeting. What did he expect from a meeting with Ellis, Ansell and Stride? He'd have been better off keeping at Ellis on a personal level.

Gregory's right on one thing, Ellis never shared his and our ambtions for the club.

Had he done so Gregory would never have got the job in the first place.

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Re: Gregory on Talksport now
« Reply #42 on: September 07, 2012, 07:39:32 PM »
Listening to Gregory, he certainly failed to understand the politics of the Villa boardroom. Having been refused to buy Muzzy Izzet by Ellis, he called Steve Stride to request a board meeting. What did he expect from a meeting with Ellis, Ansell and Stride? He'd have been better off keeping at Ellis on a personal level.

Gregory's right on one thing, Ellis never shared his and our ambtions for the club.

Had he done so Gregory would never have got the job in the first place.

Had Ellis shared the ambition for the club, he wouldn't have been chairman, he'd have sold up years earlier.
The return of Ellis can best be described as Villa's years of missed opportunities. We always failed to build on our success.
« Last Edit: September 07, 2012, 07:42:54 PM by Rudy Lambert »

Offline Mortimer's Bear

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Re: Gregory on Talksport now
« Reply #43 on: September 07, 2012, 07:41:38 PM »
Listening to Gregory, he certainly failed to understand the politics of the Villa boardroom. Having been refused to buy Muzzy Izzet by Ellis, he called Steve Stride to request a board meeting. What did he expect from a meeting with Ellis, Ansell and Stride? He'd have been better off keeping at Ellis on a personal level.

Gregory's right on one thing, Ellis never shared his and our ambtions for the club.

Had he done so Gregory would never have got the job in the first place.

Had Ellis shared the ambition for the club, he wouldn't have been chairman, he'd have sold up years earlier.

Not sure but there might be a thread or two on that elsewhere on here...

Offline PeterWithesShin

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Re: Gregory on Talksport now
« Reply #44 on: September 07, 2012, 07:57:40 PM »
All the Gregory knockers should bear in mind with him in charge we were top of the league for a while , we got to a cup final and you could say we lost it due to a refereeing mistake awarding the free kick that should never have been, yes there was times it was dross but tell me another manager since he left who was better with the exception of MON in his early time with villa also more important than anything else he is a massive Villa fan try reading his tweets on twitter I still would have him back over all of the others we have had since and he would have got better look at Fergie

Where does "top of the league for a while" show on our honours list? When was the last time a side were top in the New Year and finished 6th? An embarrassing collapse.

He spent a fortune and consistently produced some of the worst football i've seen down VP. 5 at the back vs bottom of the football league Chester. 5 at the back at home vs crap side in the league.
Anyone in doubt go back and read back issues of H&V or THT from his last couple of years in charge and also check how crap a lot of our attendances were at the time.

As for the cup final, another complete embarrassment. As were the semi's in both competitions. Total goals scored in the 3 semi's and final? Zero.

I quite liked Gregory as a person (although his continual sound bites started to grate after a while) and he seems to care about the club, but it doesn't disguise the fact that apart from his first 12 months he wasn't much above average as a top flight manager.

 


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