Sky now saying phil Thompson will not be assistant!

[not3bad]

Why is everyone so angry about Thommo possibly coming to Villa??? 

Because they think it is the fashionable thing to do.

Or maybe because having watched him on tv for ten years without a single good word to say about us they doubt that he has Aston Villa's best interests at heart?

So what about the people on this thread that have said they've heard him being pretty positive about Villa, including tipping us for the top 4 last year?

And wasn't he the one who was getting exited when Villa kept coming back during the 4-4 with Chelsea?  He wasn't negative about Villa then.

[Toronto Villa]

I really don't see what the big deal is. He's an ex-Liverpool player from that part of the world. Exactly how should he have acted as a pundit on TV? Especially when he has no affiliation whatsover with Villa. I expect him to completely biased and equally love it when I listen to McInally, Dublin or Gregory on TV talking about us. If he then works for us, where we are paying his salary I expect him to be committed to us. He's a professional and I cannot imagine for a second that he wouldn't want the best for his employer.

[pauliewalnuts]

I really don't see what the big deal is. He's an ex-Liverpool player from that part of the world. Exactly how should he have acted as a pundit on TV? Especially when he has no affiliation whatsover with Villa. I expect him to completely biased and equally love it when I listen to McInally, Dublin or Gregory on TV talking about us. If he then works for us, where we are paying his salary I expect him to be committed to us. He's a professional and I cannot imagine for a second that he wouldn't want the best for his employer.

In my opinion, he's a bit of a prick on the telly. If fact, I can't stand listening to / watching him.

I don't see what his allegiance to another club has to do with anything, though. Of all the players who have played for us, and managers who have managed us, none of them have let a previous allegiance to another club prejudice their work for us.

Except for O'Neill's insistence on paying over the top for shit Celtic players, obv **



** joke

[dave.woodhall]

Let's think this through.

Andy 'Mr Claret and Blue' Gray. Told to choose between being assistant manager at Villa and working for Sky. Chose Sky.
Phil "Er, he's a Scouse bastud" Thompson. (seemingly) Same choice. (seemingly) Chose Villa.

Which one of those is more deserving of our respect?

thats the problem, its just jobs for them,
Gray stayed at sky he is well paid, and has a far bigger and better job there than Thompson who is only on TV  a few hours a week,
i dont think Thompson is coming to Villa because of any love of the club, its because its a better job.
 i know you didnt say Thomo was coming for that reason, but i dont think the comparison is a good one.
Gray is a Villa  legend, Thompson is a Liverpool one

Andy Gray chose the Murdoch shilling over 'his' club. Like you said, it's just a job to him so whatever he did for us on the pitch, this is what he really thinks. 

[Toronto Villa]

I really don't see what the big deal is. He's an ex-Liverpool player from that part of the world. Exactly how should he have acted as a pundit on TV? Especially when he has no affiliation whatsover with Villa. I expect him to completely biased and equally love it when I listen to McInally, Dublin or Gregory on TV talking about us. If he then works for us, where we are paying his salary I expect him to be committed to us. He's a professional and I cannot imagine for a second that he wouldn't want the best for his employer.

In my opinion, he's a bit of a prick on the telly. If fact, I can't stand listening to / watching him.

I don't see what his allegiance to another club has to do with anything, though. Of all the players who have played for us, and managers who have managed us, none of them have let a previous allegiance to another club prejudice their work for us.

Except for O'Neill's insistence on paying over the top for shit Celtic players, obv **



** joke

the other thing is that most of our players grew up with allegiances to other teams. I'm sure Ashley Young isn't a Villa fan, neither is Petrov or Dunne. But do we get concerned when they pull on a Villa shirt that they won't give their all? It's the same with a coach or manager. Mourinho goes from club to club winning things. He might have a special place for Chelsea but when he plays them he wants to give them a beating. I'd expect nothing less from Thompson or Houllier.

[Pete Green]

I can't bear the guy - an everythin - when he's on that Sky thing - an everythin - but if he comes to the Villa - an everythin - with Houllier an dhat, then I suppose I'll have to just put up with it an everythin

[peter w]

Let's think this through.

Andy 'Mr Claret and Blue' Gray. Told to choose between being assistant manager at Villa and working for Sky. Chose Sky.
Phil "Er, he's a Scouse bastud" Thompson. (seemingly) Same choice. (seemingly) Chose Villa.

Which one of those is more deserving of our respect?

thats the problem, its just jobs for them,
Gray stayed at sky he is well paid, and has a far bigger and better job there than Thompson who is only on TV  a few hours a week,
i dont think Thompson is coming to Villa because of any love of the club, its because its a better job.
 i know you didnt say Thomo was coming for that reason, but i dont think the comparison is a good one.
Gray is a Villa  legend, Thompson is a Liverpool one

Andy Gray chose the Murdoch shilling over 'his' club. Like you said, it's just a job to him so whatever he did for us on the pitch, this is what he really thinks.

But that's the same argument over a Villa player playing for The Shit - they're professionals and of course they'll play for whoever is paying their wages. If Gray was offered a lot of money by Sky to work for them why shouldn't we be surprised that he thought it was a better move?

[phantom limb]

If this is actually true and both Houllier and Thompson are coming, then I wish them all the best.

I don't think Thompson has been all that critical of us when I've seen him on TV either, I remember him going berzerk when we had that 4-4 against Chelsea. I'd much rather have someone who isn't afraid to speak his mind about the players. I'd be shitting myself if I was Curtis Davies right now though, but I suppose he has brought this on himself with his post-MON comments and abysmal performances.

[dave.woodhall]

Let's think this through.

Andy 'Mr Claret and Blue' Gray. Told to choose between being assistant manager at Villa and working for Sky. Chose Sky.
Phil "Er, he's a Scouse bastud" Thompson. (seemingly) Same choice. (seemingly) Chose Villa.

Which one of those is more deserving of our respect?

thats the problem, its just jobs for them,
Gray stayed at sky he is well paid, and has a far bigger and better job there than Thompson who is only on TV  a few hours a week,
i dont think Thompson is coming to Villa because of any love of the club, its because its a better job.
 i know you didnt say Thomo was coming for that reason, but i dont think the comparison is a good one.
Gray is a Villa  legend, Thompson is a Liverpool one

Andy Gray chose the Murdoch shilling over 'his' club. Like you said, it's just a job to him so whatever he did for us on the pitch, this is what he really thinks.

But that's the same argument over a Villa player playing for The Shit - they're professionals and of course they'll play for whoever is paying their wages. If Gray was offered a lot of money by Sky to work for them why shouldn't we be surprised that he thought it was a better move?

I don't blame him at all, but I wish we could be spared the Gray is a legend/Thompson is all things evil and Scouse rhetoric.

[peter w]

Don't really know him as a coach, as in not at all, but I quite like him on Sky, as in more than quite..

[Reality]

He isn't good looking. 

[john e]

Let's think this through.

Andy 'Mr Claret and Blue' Gray. Told to choose between being assistant manager at Villa and working for Sky. Chose Sky.
Phil "Er, he's a Scouse bastud" Thompson. (seemingly) Same choice. (seemingly) Chose Villa.

Which one of those is more deserving of our respect?

thats the problem, its just jobs for them,
Gray stayed at sky he is well paid, and has a far bigger and better job there than Thompson who is only on TV  a few hours a week,
i dont think Thompson is coming to Villa because of any love of the club, its because its a better job.
 i know you didnt say Thomo was coming for that reason, but i dont think the comparison is a good one.
Gray is a Villa  legend, Thompson is a Liverpool one

Andy Gray chose the Murdoch shilling over 'his' club. Like you said, it's just a job to him so whatever he did for us on the pitch, this is what he really thinks.

But that's the same argument over a Villa player playing for The Shit - they're professionals and of course they'll play for whoever is paying their wages. If Gray was offered a lot of money by Sky to work for them why shouldn't we be surprised that he thought it was a better move?

I don't blame him at all, but I wish we could be spared the Gray is a legend/Thompson is all things evil and Scouse rhetoric.

i wish we could have been spared the Andy Gray is all things evil, and Thompson must love the Villa more than him rhetoric

[dave.woodhall]

i wish we could have been spared the Andy Gray is all things evil, and Thompson must love the Villa more than him rhetoric

Hey, that was really clever. Very funny. Well done.

[Arsey]

I was just coming around to the idea of GH too.

[Shrek]

What a stupid bloody comment about Andy Gray.

He chose to become a pundit on sky as his career, not to go into management.
He has done nothing wrong by the Villa as he is still there and always speaks positive about us.
If he had gone into management after then yeah but he never, so stop the bitching.