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Offline Villa'Zawg

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Re: The replacement for MON...?
« Reply #1320 on: August 13, 2010, 12:10:56 PM »
Ronald Koeman rumour. Hmmmm... maybe he would be OK.

Offline Bosco81

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Re: The replacement for MON...?
« Reply #1321 on: August 13, 2010, 12:14:12 PM »
Anyone waking up from a coma after 10 years to hear our manager had resigned over a lack of transfer funds and the replacement was going to be the US coach would think Ellis was still here and go back to sleep for a bit longer.

Offline midnite

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Re: The replacement for MON...?
« Reply #1322 on: August 13, 2010, 12:16:19 PM »
Maye the comic sans font on his cv was the clincher after all for Bob Bradley!

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Re: The replacement for MON...?
« Reply #1323 on: August 13, 2010, 12:18:15 PM »
Spain, you know the world champions, had only lost one game before the WC in two years, you guessed it against the USA

In that case, maybe we should employ the Swiss coach?

Ottmar Hitzfeld ?  Twice a Champions League winner ?  Yes please. 

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Re: The replacement for MON...?
« Reply #1324 on: August 13, 2010, 12:19:54 PM »
Ronald Koeman rumour. Hmmmm... maybe he would be OK.

What Koeman rumours ?  I think he'd be ok as well.

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Re: The replacement for MON...?
« Reply #1325 on: August 13, 2010, 12:21:48 PM »
Bradley has done well with the States and may very well be a good coach. However, this is not the type of risk I think we should be taking. I'd be quite happy with someone like Rangnick/Martinez, as I can see the upside. However, Bradley (while I stress again he may be a good caoch) has no experience of dealing with the over inflated egos of European players. He has zero experience of managing in a European league. Most worringly, I'm pretty sure he has no real contacts from a scouting point of view and I think this has to be one of the primary qualities of the new manager.

Offline eastie

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Re: The replacement for MON...?
« Reply #1326 on: August 13, 2010, 12:23:24 PM »
if bradley came here, a man with no experience of european football , players or english football then i think we would be in a relegation fight and crowds would fall massively .

id expect albion fans to cause uproar if there club appointed someone like bradley so if he came to villa i think that would signal we are a small time club with a small time chairman.

im sure thats not the case and cannot see bradleys name being even thought of for a second.

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Re: The replacement for MON...?
« Reply #1327 on: August 13, 2010, 12:27:14 PM »
Is anyone else concerned about their Bluenose mates coming out with the "I thought he died under a tram in Blackpool?" jokes if it is Bradley?

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Re: The replacement for MON...?
« Reply #1328 on: August 13, 2010, 12:27:56 PM »
Bradley's appointment would be a fiasco.

One of the toughest leagues in the world and we could be asking a man with no experience of running a European club to steady the ship.

Just what sort of player can we hope to attract with a novice on board?



I agree.

It would be a sure sign that the board were absolutely bonkers if you ask me.

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Re: The replacement for MON...?
« Reply #1329 on: August 13, 2010, 12:28:00 PM »
Bradley has done well with the States and may very well be a good coach. However, this is not the type of risk I think we should be taking. I'd be quite happy with someone like Rangnick/Martinez, as I can see the upside. However, Bradley (while I stress again he may be a good caoch) has no experience of dealing with the over inflated egos of European players. He has zero experience of managing in a European league. Most worringly, I'm pretty sure he has no real contacts from a scouting point of view and I think this has to be one of the primary qualities of the new manager.


the problem with appointing someone like Martinez, who is my first choice as it happens,
is that you would be asking him to do the same as what MON did, and walk out close at the start of the season.

and if he did, it wouldnt say a lot about the man, so would we want that sort of character as the manager.

could obviously wait with Mcdonald, untill the right time came , but it would still seem a little under hand

Offline TheEgo

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Re: The replacement for MON...?
« Reply #1330 on: August 13, 2010, 12:29:21 PM »
Bradley's odds continue to go down. Probably just a reflection on today's rumours

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Re: The replacement for MON...?
« Reply #1331 on: August 13, 2010, 12:30:30 PM »
if bradley came here, a man with no experience of european football , players or english football then i think we would be in a relegation fight and crowds would fall massively .

id expect albion fans to cause uproar if there club appointed someone like bradley so if he came to villa i think that would signal we are a small time club with a small time chairman.

im sure thats not the case and cannot see bradleys name being even thought of for a second.


werent you one of MON biggest critics, wanted him out every post you made,
well now you've got your wish, but your still not happy, because it doent look like working out the way you want,

thats life mate,  not fair is it

Offline Villa'Zawg

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Re: The replacement for MON...?
« Reply #1332 on: August 13, 2010, 12:34:32 PM »
Ronald Koeman rumour. Hmmmm... maybe he would be OK.

What Koeman rumours ?  I think he'd be ok as well.


Daily Heil - Clicky

Dutch great Ronald Koeman is the latest to be linked with Aston Villa job following Martin O'Neill's resignation

By Sportsmail Reporter
Last updated at 12:04 PM on 13th August 2010


Dutch legend Ronald Koeman has emerged as one of the candidates to replace Martin O'Neill as manager of Aston Villa.

Reports in Holland have revealed that Koeman, who parted company with AZ Alkmaar last December, could be heading for Villa Park.

Koeman impressed during past spells at Benfica and PSV, where he won the Dutch title.

A host of big names have been linked with the Villa job, including Sven Goran Eriksson and Bob Bradley.

It has been rumoured that Bradley has quit his job as USA coach.

O'Neill shocked football when he quit as Villa manager on Monday.

It has since emerged that he had become frustrated with the lack of money available, and the selling of some of his top stars.



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Re: The replacement for MON...?
« Reply #1333 on: August 13, 2010, 12:35:27 PM »
I still think it will take a lot longer than we expect.

Offline Villa'Zawg

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Re: The replacement for MON...?
« Reply #1334 on: August 13, 2010, 12:36:58 PM »
if bradley came here, a man with no experience of european football , players or english football then i think we would be in a relegation fight and crowds would fall massively .

id expect albion fans to cause uproar if there club appointed someone like bradley so if he came to villa i think that would signal we are a small time club with a small time chairman.

im sure thats not the case and cannot see bradleys name being even thought of for a second.


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