Heroes & Villains, the Aston Villa fanzine
Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: Legion on January 31, 2011, 01:00:15 PM
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...Gareth Southgate.
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How the hell did that happen
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What will he be doing, it is an impressive title but what does it all mean?
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good god...
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What will he be doing, it is an impressive title but what does it all mean?
I can only assume it's related to working with the reserve teams of the country. In time, we'll all have "elite squads".
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So he's back in football in his new capacity of Head of Elite Development?
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Southgate is a very intelligent fella when you see him being a pundit, and this is the sort of role I would have thought ideal for him. Kind of non de script that he can appear to talk a good game in.
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Couldnt Pizza Hut given him a job instead?
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4014/4395437839_a03228d5c6.jpg)
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The new F.A Head of Health and Nutrition: step forward Mr Paul Gascoine.
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Intelligent bloke, good luck to him.
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Don't see what the problem is.
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Pity he was such a shit manager
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good god...
No, that's another ex-centre half of ours.
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Isn't that a bit like what Houllier used to do for the French Football Federation?
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Who are the 'elite' that Gareth will be developing?
Can I have names please.
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Isn't this just the 'technical director' job under another name?
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As long as he doesn't give advice on penalty taking, things should be ok.
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Not sure what all the derision is for to be honest. Seems like an intelligent guy, and something like this, rather than management, could well be ideal for him.
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Good luck to the bloke, hope he does well.
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Always seemed too decent to be a manager. Hopefully this will work out for him and grudgingly, for the national team.
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I was surprised when I heard this but he's a clever enough bloke and as an ex-Villa player I hope it works out for him.
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it'll need a big office to accommodate his horse teeth and that massive conk of his. but good luck to him
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it'll need a big office to accommodate his horse teeth and that massive conk of his. but good luck to him
Was that a mis type of the letter "n" ? :)
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Whenever we have that frequent "the FA is rubbish beyond belief" argument, which usually involves suggesting that people at the top need replacing, I always wonder how Trevor Brooking manages to not only dodge having the finger pointed at him, but get put forward as the person who will "sort it".
Surely he's been there long enough to have done something by now? Or maybe he's as useless as the rest of them and equally responsible for the consistent failure to achieve anything.
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I like Southgate as a player, one of the best defenders we've had. It's almost 10 years since he moved on, it really doesn't seem that long.
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Is this a made up, scapegoat job in disguise? What does he actually have to do?
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He develops the elite.