0% Villa: Benitez sacked (Confirmed p.6)

[barrysleftfoot]

Did you see the final.......virtually won it by himself.Certainly won the FA Cup by himself.

  One of the best players i have ever seen imho.

[Concrete John]

I wouldn't want rafa here but his record leaves mon trailing miles behind.

So you're saying what a manager wins or doesn't win elsewhere isn't important to their recoed at Villa?  I agree!!

[eastie]

No I'm saying slagging off benitez when you see what trophies he's won in his career and singing o neills plaudits is like a man city fan slagging off man u for how crap they are!

O neill is not one of europes top managers whatever his backers may say and the fact FSW is taking over the European champions shows he still is regarded in that bracket.

[Concrete John]

No I'm saying slagging off benitez when you see what trophies he's won in his career and singing o neills plaudits is like a man city fan slagging off man u for how crap they are!

O neill is not one of europes top managers whatever his backers may say and the fact FSW is taking over the European champions shows he still is regarded in that bracket.

And you still wouldn't want him here?

[eastie]

No!But I don't want o neill either!

[Concrete John]

No!But I don't want o neill either!

So who do you want?

[Legion]

No!But I don't want o neill either!

Who then?

[eastie]

Answered this many times legion- magath, rijkaerd, klinsmann, bilic ! Any of those would suit me.

[Concrete John]

Answered this many times legion- magath, rijkaerd, klinsmann, bilic ! Any of those would suit me.

You see, to me that just says you'd expect a foreign manager to be 'sexier' and therefore do better than MON.  It seems more like a 'any exotic name' answer than a considered selection.

Didn't Klinsman get sacked from his one club job?

But in fairness Rijkaard might be quite good.

[barrysleftfoot]

Was'nt Rickaard close to a nervous breakdown?


   Has'nt done much since leaving Barca......that would worry me.

[dave.woodhall]

It's because Ellis wouldnt spend (a bit of) what we hadnt got at the key times  ie 1982,1996 that we are so far behind the clubs that did spend what they hadnt got. Investing in players at a time of strength was his failing. At that time it wouldve been easier to attract the star players that wouldve kept us at the top and raised our profile further.
We have been trying to play catch up ever since.

Does Mr Woodhall believe Villa will ever make it back to the top of the tree or has he given up ?

In 1982 Doug hadn't returned. In 1996 the manager spent what he wanted to spend.

I hope that one day we will compete. I doubt this will happen uncder the current management. Why are you so keen to solicit my opinions?

[Clampy]

Answered this many times legion- magath, rijkaerd, klinsmann, bilic ! Any of those would suit me.

And funnily enough, Benitez has probably been more successfull than all of those. You could'nt make it up East, but i'm sure you are.

[eastie]

Clampy there is sadly a huge void between your views on o neill and mine but that's football-it's all about opinions and I do not think martin o neill will ever get Aston villa any higher than 6th and think we need a change !

The one thing we will always be united on is our love of this club and desire to see us win trophies once again!

[Dave]

Did you see the final.......virtually won it by himself.Certainly won the FA Cup by himself

What a daft thing to say.

[old man villa fan]

O neill is not one of europes top managers whatever his backers may say and the fact FSW is taking over the European champions shows he still is regarded in that bracket.

When have Villa ever been able to attract one of Europes top managers.  We have always (in my memory) been fishing in the 2nd tier.

MON has achieved what I expected him to achieve when he was appointed, nothing more and nothing less.

I think peoples expectations at the time MON came in were based more on Randy's money rather than MON's ability.  Sadly, what we thought was a lot of money at the time has been exceeded or equalled by a number of clubs.

Who would have thought that a club like West Ham would find backers (the Icelandic mob) that would put them at the front in being able to buy/pay top players to go there.  Likewise, Man City during the SGE era.  Both proved it is not so easy as people think.  Look at West Ham now and it has taken a further investment of mega bucks for Man City to reach the top six.  So, perhaps we haven't done so bad with our duffer of a manager.