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Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: Shrek on June 09, 2012, 01:53:21 PM
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Kevin MacDonald is leaving Villa after 17 years at the club.
http://t.co/S63dlqJy
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Shame. Good servant to the club and hope he finds another job elsewhere if he wants one. Mr Tickle has to be given the chance to bring his own men in though, which is fair enough.
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Thats a kick in the teeth, I hope every effort was made to accommodate him. His Next Gen teams were the highlight of many a year.
I wish him every success and I'm sure he will achieve it.
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Is he joining the Blues??
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Great servant to the club, good luck to him.
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As sad as this is, the new manager needs to have a team around him that is totally sold on what he wants to do. At the end of the day he'll be judged on what he produces, and Lambert has to have every person at the club pulling in one direction. KMac has been a superb servant to the club, and the last few years have been quite turbulent and will have hurt him. Maybe he just no longer wants more change and feels he needs to move on to find a new challenge and some stability for himself and his family. I can only wish him the very best in everything he does.
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Good luck to Kevin and thanks for everything he's done for the club. 17 years is a long time and he's earned the respect of the fans. I hope this means that Karsa and Culverhouse are already sorted. Not as if it was ever a doubt.
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shame , he has not been very well later , something to do with his throat . all the best Colin , mind see you down the pub soon .
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Really gutted there wasn't a way we could acommadate him. He has been brilliant with the youth set up.
Maybe he feels it's time to move on.
I wish him all the best, he's been a credit to Aston Villa.
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Blues manager?
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I hope this doesn't impact on our attractiveness to the most sought after young players, he would have been a big part of the pull.
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Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
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All the best Kevin
I'm sure I read he applied for the managers job and was interviewed. So probably wants to seek a new challenge
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All the best for the future Kevin and thanks for all you've done for the Villa. But all good things come to an end.
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All the best Kev. I just hope that we are able to continue the good work he's done with the academy.
The indications are that this was his choice, and in that kind of situation there's nothing the club can do. Maybe he wants to be a number 1 somewhere?
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I think the time is right. He was always too comfortable a solution if things were not right with the manager, and has been involved with the first team for a while now, without any real effect, and was part of TSM team last season, so has to share in the pain of that. His work with the reserves and youth has been brilliant, but then we have McAndrew, and maybe Sid going back to the youth set up could be a possibility if Bertie wants his own men around him. I would hope he brings a couple more as well as Culverhouse and Karsa if I am honest, unless Sid stays with the first team. I do think the time is right though, and I really hope if he wants the top job somewhere he makes a good fist of it. I fear he will be back in at youth level within 2-3 seasons though. A bit of a Paul Hart.
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A shame but probably the best thing for him and us.
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Very sorry to see him go, but it's probably a sign of Lambert bringing his own staff in, which can only be a good thing.
All the best, K-Mac, and thanks for 17 years of great service!
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Sad news. All the best Kevin Mac.
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Sorry to see him leave but it was always on the cards. Not many coaches survive as many changes of manager as MacDonald has, and while Houllier and McLeish were probably willing to put up with people who they didn't appoint, it may be that Lambert is a bit more ruthless. Or it could be that Kevin just wants a fresh start elsewhere. In any case, the very best of luck to him.
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A fantastic servant to Villa. Best wishes and thanks for everything Kevin.
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Best wishes KMac and thanks for your long service to Aston Villa.
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Thank you kevin for all your hard work hope what ever you do next makes you happy.
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I wish him well, he was a good servant of our club.
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Shame. It's absolutely right that the new manager has the chance to build his own staff, but K-Mac's successor will have much to live up to.
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From the OS
Long-time club servant MacDonald to leave Villa
09 Jun 2012 13:31
Kevin MacDonald has decided to bring to an end his long association with Aston Villa Football Club.
The former double-winning Liverpool midfield player became synonymous with the success of Villa's academy and reserves.
Since his arrival at Villa in 1995, he has overseen the development of such players as Gareth Barry, Gabby Agbonlahor, Marc Albrighton, Ciaran Clark, Barry Bannan, Andreas Weimann, Craig Gardner, Gary Gardner, Darius Vassell, Steven Davis, Liam Ridgewell, Thomas Hitzlsperger, Lee Hendrie, Jlloyd Samuel and Gary Cahill, to name a few.
As manager of Villa reserves, he secured a Premier Reserve League North title in 2003-04, and four Reserve League South titles in five years from the 2007-08 season and a national play-off triumph in 2008-09.
At the beginning of the 2010-11 season he stepped into the breach as caretaker manager of Villa before assuming a first-team coaching role alongside reserve team duties last season.
Chief Executive Paul Faulkner said: "As a club, we are immensely grateful for the contribution Kevin has made in more than 17 years at Villa.
"He has been an integral part of the success we have enjoyed at academy and reserve team level and, in assuming his caretaker responsibilities at the beginning of the 2010-11 season, he cemented his position as a man who will always command respect at this club.
"The whole of Aston Villa Football Club will wish Kevin well."
Kevin said: "I've had an incredible 17 years at Aston Villa, one of the biggest clubs in the country, and wish to thank all the staff and players I have worked with during my time at the club.
"I wish Aston Villa every success in the future."
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What a gent.
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It's a shame that he's gone. I personally thought he did well in the caretaker role considering he was thrown into it 5 days before the start of the season and the job he's done with the reserves has been outstanding. The best of luck to him.
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A shame he's gone and good luck in the future Kev, but it is important the new manager is supported with the staff he wants and not those imposed on him.
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Yes it is a shame he has served the club very well. Whether it was his decision or not I dont really want to know but I hope he gets a job offer as soon as possible.
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I wish him all the best in whatever he decides to do and thank him for helping to bring through all the talent that he has done over the last few years.
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Best of luck to him. He has played a big part in the development of a lot our first team squad.
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A sincere thank you from me Kevin. To survive seventeen years in this dog-eat-dog world of professional football is an achievement in itself and is a measure of the high capabilities that you have. The respect shown on here to you is testament to that. Wherever you go in football; may you find great success.
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Best wishes and thanks for everything kev.
Paul lambert needs to freshen things up and a new broom will see new coaching staff and new ideas- i wish kevin well but i look forward to seeing paul create his own backroom team and revamp things.
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Best wishes and thanks for everything kev.
Paul lambert needs to freshen things up and a new broome
If the new Broome scores as many as Frank (http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/ASTONbroome.htm), that will be nice.
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I wish him all the best in whatever he decides to do and thank him for helping to bring through all the talent that he has done over the last few years.
Ditto
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Goodbye, good luck and very best wishes.
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Matt Kendrick has tweeted that Sid is staying on in early back room re-shuffle by PL but his role remains unclear for now.
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Matt Kendrick has tweeted that Sid is staying on in early back Rome re-shuffle bu PL but his role remains unclear for now.
Almost as unclear as your post it seems.
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I think it makes sense now that I've amended it.
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I would just like to say thanks for everything and good luck in the future.
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I would just like to say thanks for everything and good luck in the future.
I agree.
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I would just like to say thanks for everything and good luck in the future.
Well said, Darren.
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Good luck and many thanks SuperMac.
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Cheers Kev, keep in touch. Always welcome back at VP I'm sure.
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Kevin thank you and good luck.
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Gutted. I hope he is leaving to better his current role otherwise we have dropped a bollock.
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Paul Lambert is the manager, he has to make his own decisions and live or die by them. I wish Kevin McDonald all the best, he would have been a better choice than McLeish for last season, but never happened. Hope he does well in the future
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All the best KMac and thanks for your service to the Villa.
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Didn't he apply for the Forest job last year too before McLaren got it (who himself wanted the Villa job only us message board fans put the board off apparently. There must have been a lot of us hoping for McLeish in that case...)?
The last two years must have been pretty strange for Kevin after years of diligently and successfully blooding young players for the first team. I can't see him managing, is he close to retirement age? He'll have gone through all the emotions that we have since MON left and after 17 years service with us he might, as suggested earlier, be jaded by it all.
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Thanks for the fantastic service and good luck for the future. You will be missed.
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Thanks for wonderful 17 years and hope you have a good career in future job.
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Good luck KMac with whatever your future holds and thank you so much for the past 17 years of great service to Villa.
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Quite a few assuming Lambert has given him the elbow. TBH, is Kev applied for the job, as we're led to believe, and was unsuccessful then he probably thinks it's a good time to seek pastures new. Besides, having had a taste of the big time after MON left he probably wants to chance his arm at something bigger than baby sitting the kids, etc. All the best.
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Is he off to Small Heath?
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No!
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Thanks for the 17 years hard work Kevin
All the best for the future
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It's a shame in a way,as he was a bridge to the recent histroy of our club. These things do happen when a new guy comes in,things do need to be freshened up.
Thanks for all the good and hard work Kev,continued success in your future employment.
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A shame to see him go and he's been a marvelous servant to the club.
I suspect this was always going to happen though after he was caretaker boss and didn't get the job (twice, even three times if he was interested this summer). Very hard to go back once you've had a taste of the big time. Perhaps now he wants to go and have a crack on his own somewhere - good luck to him.
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Thanks Kmac, good luck. This is probably all for the best for his career and a new start at the club.
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Cheers Kev, just don't cross the city.
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All the best to KMac.
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Sid now development coach, chief scout gone along with two other scouts, Glen Roeder and Artur Numan.
So Kmac not the only exit. This from MM on VT roll on Culverhouse, Karsa and an other possibly?
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A great shame. The very best of luck to you, Kev. Thanks for all your hard work. However, when we are again looking for a new manager this time next year, Messrs Faulkner and Lerner having blown it one more time, you will be more than welcome back.
We all know it will end in tears, Alex should have been kept on. What real experience has PL had? NONE.
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A great shame. The very best of luck to you, Kev. Thanks for all your hard work. However, when we are again looking for a new manager this time next year, Messrs Faulkner and Lerner having blown it one more time, you will be more than welcome back.
We all know it will end in tears, Alex should have been kept on. What real experience has PL had? NONE.
Hi Alex
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A great shame. The very best of luck to you, Kev. Thanks for all your hard work. However, when we are again looking for a new manager this time next year, Messrs Faulkner and Lerner having blown it one more time, you will be more than welcome back.
We all know it will end in tears, Alex should have been kept on. What real experience has PL had? NONE.
Hi Alex
Haha in a very juvenile way, that really did make me laugh.
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Seems PC World have got their share of Alex's compensation package.
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A great shame. The very best of luck to you, Kev. Thanks for all your hard work. However, when we are again looking for a new manager this time next year, Messrs Faulkner and Lerner having blown it one more time, you will be more than welcome back.
We all know it will end in tears, Alex should have been kept on. What real experience has PL had? NONE.
WTF are you wittering on about? Surely one of the most inane posts ever on H&V.
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A great shame. The very best of luck to you, Kev. Thanks for all your hard work. However, when we are again looking for a new manager this time next year, Messrs Faulkner and Lerner having blown it one more time, you will be more than welcome back.
We all know it will end in tears, Alex should have been kept on. What real experience has PL had? NONE.
WTF are you wittering on about? Surely one of the most inane posts ever on H&V.
I love this site!
Best of luck K-Mac, a rare breed in today's mercenary times. A great servant to Aston Villa.
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A great shame. The very best of luck to you, Kev. Thanks for all your hard work. However, when we are again looking for a new manager this time next year, Messrs Faulkner and Lerner having blown it one more time, you will be more than welcome back.
We all know it will end in tears, Alex should have been kept on. What real experience has PL had? NONE.
welcome to the jungle troll. Feel to creep along in the shadows with your head hung and your tail dragging behind you. Maybe you lot could take him back now that Hughton has gone.
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A great shame. The very best of luck to you, Kev. Thanks for all your hard work. However, when we are again looking for a new manager this time next year, Messrs Faulkner and Lerner having blown it one more time, you will be more than welcome back.
We all know it will end in tears, Alex should have been kept on. What real experience has PL had? NONE.
What's that smell?
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KMac - Thank you very much for 17 wonderful years. You will always be welcome at the Villa. What a gent and what results you got with the young up-and-coming players. Thanks also for stepping into the breach with the first team, when it was absolutely necessary, and well done.
You will be a benchmark for other postholders with your record, and most of all I wish you the very best in the future.
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Forgive me if I've missed this, I've been away for a few weeks, has PL announced who his assistant is yet? Can't find anything on Culverhouse coming.
Cheers, UTV!!
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Shame he's gone but I think that we could get very good applicants for a very good academy that ultimately he shouldn't be missed on the training pitch.
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Forgive me if I've missed this, I've been away for a few weeks, has PL announced who his assistant is yet? Can't find anything on Culverhouse coming.
Cheers, UTV!!
I believe culverhouse ran his contract out yesterday so expect it to happen soon.
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Cheers Eastie!
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A great shame. The very best of luck to you, Kev. Thanks for all your hard work. However, when we are again looking for a new manager this time next year, Messrs Faulkner and Lerner having blown it one more time, you will be more than welcome back.
We all know it will end in tears, Alex should have been kept on. What real experience has PL had? NONE.
What's that smell?
Bluenose troll shit...