New Back Room Staff

[Phil from the upper holte]

Who was he sat with today?

[Richard E]

Who was he sat with today?

Tom Fox, so no clues there.

[ciggiesnbeer]

The Marshalls are ok as defensive and goalkeeper coaches. At half-time I wondered about having Shearer coach the forwards, with Shearer and Sherwood being team-mates at Blackburn when they won the title. We have a decent squad when you look at it, they just need to be coached as to how attack. Shearer said it himself, they look like they don't know what they're supposed to be doing, where to go and resort to long ball tactics.

Good shout but sadly I think the only way Shearer would show up at Villa with a smile if it was to cover our relegation. He still seems to almost visibly wince when he talks about us. Not that I blame him mind, I imagine that was a hard day to be on the wrong end of, just as it was pretty funny to be on our end.

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

Who was he sat with today?

Tom Fox, so no clues there.

Who was the bloke on the other side of Sherwood, high-fiving Fox?

[Phil from the upper holte]

Who was he sat with today?

Tom Fox, so no clues there.

Who was the other one?

[Tokyo Sexwhale]

I mentioned Friedel on the other thread - he'd make sense as a liked and respected ex-Villa player, as a professional, and as someone who seems to be calm and collected balancing out Sherwood's exuberance.  This article from last year suggests he has ambitions in that direction, but doesn't yet have his badges.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2544079/Brad-Friedel-practices-yoga-prolong-career-targets-management-Sportsmail-visits-Spurs-keeper-training.html

He'd also be a decent backup keeper, but not sure we'd need both him and Shay Given (who might also make a decent coach).

[ciggiesnbeer]

Who was he sat with today?

Tom Fox, so no clues there.

Who was the other one?

Paddy our head of recruitment apparently.

[kippaxvilla2]

Wouldn't be surprised to see Stan involved somewhere

[silhillvilla]

Who was he sat with today?

Tom Fox, so no clues there.

Who was the other one?

Paddy O'Reilly

[ozzjim]

Stan said he doesn't want to be last week. I think Stan is happy doing what he is doing from the way he was talking.

Ugo would be a decent shout as he has a growing reputation and worked with Sherwood before

I can see Given becoming a player coach possibly. Sherwood and he were at Blackburn together all that time ago so may have a trust already.

I would not keep Scott Marshall if I was Sherwood, simply due to him being so clearly aligned to Lambert. I would want a clean slate, but he has done a good job with the defence in fairness to him.

We need an experienced man in as number 2 most importantly.

[CT Villan]

Gary Neville as assistant
Laursen and/or Ugo plus another couple of coaches. Not the Marshalls though, I think we need to clean house after the Lambert debacle.

[not3bad]

Laursen Ugo and Brad would be a strong team.

Agreed. Make it so.

[mattjpa]

Wilkins is on a cushy no somewhere in the Middle East, coach of Jordan national team I think. Probably got  2-3 years contract on a kings ransom

[Damo70]

Who was he sat with today?

Tom Fox, so no clues there.

Who was the other one?

Paddy O'Reilly

He didn't look like a Paddy O'Reilly. I expect a Paddy O'Reilly to look rough and ready. He looked like a contestant off Blockbusters.

[Holte L2]

Rumours surfacing that Sherwood will name Swindon Assistant Manager, Luke Williams as his number 2.