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Offline darren woolley

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Re: How not to manage Aston Villa
« Reply #15 on: October 25, 2022, 01:51:41 PM »
Good article.

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Re: How not to manage Aston Villa
« Reply #16 on: October 25, 2022, 02:01:03 PM »
I don't agree with much of that to be honest.  I don't mind a no nonsense approach and self confidence.  He's mostly been a winner in the past and I saw that as a positive not a negative.  I quite liked his interview style, although obviously it became a bit strained when the pressure mounted towards the end.

As for acknowledging fans, he generally gave a quick clap from the halfway line.  He'd only have been antagonising he he approached much closer during the bad spells, and what would that achieve?

Obviously it quickly became clear that he was no tactician and any hope of doing well with us seemed to evaporate when Beale left for QPR.  We hadn't been pulling up trees beforehand, but it was reasonable to hope that they may improve after the summer.

So yeah, I'm glad he's gone.  All the other stuff?  It's just noise to me.  I honestly couldn't give a toss about it.

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Re: How not to manage Aston Villa
« Reply #17 on: October 25, 2022, 02:14:20 PM »
I don't agree with much of that to be honest.  I don't mind a no nonsense approach and self confidence.  He's mostly been a winner in the past and I saw that as a positive not a negative.  I quite liked his interview style, although obviously it became a bit strained when the pressure mounted towards the end.

As for acknowledging fans, he generally gave a quick clap from the halfway line.  He'd only have been antagonising he he approached much closer during the bad spells, and what would that achieve?

Obviously it quickly became clear that he was no tactician and any hope of doing well with us seemed to evaporate when Beale left for QPR.  We hadn't been pulling up trees beforehand, but it was reasonable to hope that they may improve after the summer.

So yeah, I'm glad he's gone.  All the other stuff?  It's just noise to me.  I honestly couldn't give a toss about it.

Yep, I think most of that is a load of shite to be honest, really poor article.

Offline FatSam

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Re: How not to manage Aston Villa
« Reply #18 on: October 25, 2022, 02:40:14 PM »
Good article. Agree with most of that.

Offline chrisw1

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Re: How not to manage Aston Villa
« Reply #19 on: October 25, 2022, 07:26:33 PM »
I wouldn't have been quite that harsh Risso!

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Re: How not to manage Aston Villa
« Reply #20 on: October 26, 2022, 01:10:20 AM »
Tim Sherwood MK2 .Able to restore some confidence to a struggling team short term but the longer it went the worse we got.Like Tim a pre-season of his own and his own player's coming in and things got worse. Both talked a good game but neither could walk the walk when it came down to it .

In SG case he was obsessed with 4-3-3 , the formation Liverpool and City play but neither had the player's or the coaching ability to make it work.



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Re: How not to manage Aston Villa
« Reply #21 on: October 26, 2022, 06:54:04 AM »
I doubt anyone would be complaining if we'd finished in the top half last season & were looking good for another top half finish this time round.

Not to say that should be the limit of our ambition, but he didn't come close to fulfilling that fairly modest brief.

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Re: How not to manage Aston Villa
« Reply #22 on: October 26, 2022, 12:30:23 PM »
Complete and utter tripe. John Terry was very unpopular at Villa Park (and everywhere else bar Chelsea) but won over supporters with his performances on the pitch. Unprecedented reaction at Fulham, eh the final days of McLeish, Lambert and Bruce/cabbage-gate were arguably far worse. Needed a Brummie on his staff....

Gerrard made a mess of the Mings/McGinn situation last summer, that's undeniable and showed his inexperience there. That aside, winking at the Everton fans...if anyone was subject to the vile abuse he was getting about his wife and family (like he was that day), I think they are entitled to feel a bit smug about coming out with a win.

 


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