Sky now saying phil Thompson will not be assistant!

[barrysleftfoot]

   When i 1st heard the news i thought OMG No!


  But the more i think of it the more i think it will be a better fit than KMac as an Assitant coach.He is more vocal,more demonstrative,more intense than KMac.

  I don't know why but i like to see a bit of enthusiasm on the sideline, and KMac doesnt fill me full of enthusiasm.

  Thompson is a big nosed Scouse twat, Moyes is a bigoted bluenose, and Hughes is an ex-scum player.I don't like the history of any of them, but if Thompson is a sucess for Villa then i can put up with it, after all i seem to remember a rather successful ex scouse manager of AVFC.

[dave.woodhall]

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.

Are you aware that Andy Gray was Villa assistant manager under Ron Atkinson, was asked to choose between the two jobs and chose Sky?

[peter w]

You could also make the case that for Thompson, as with Our Bri, that when you care too much about the club you worry about avoiding defeat more than wanting to win. maybe without that pressure Thompson can bring more to the job than he did at Liverpool.

[PeterWithe]

I think I will find it quite difficult to like Phil Thompson but if he's who the new manager wants then so be it.

[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.

Are you aware that Andy Gray was Villa assistant manager under Ron Atkinson, was asked to choose between the two jobs and chose Sky?

Your post proves the point. He chose to go to Sky and has stayed there, he hasn't done a Barry or a Southgate and lie just to get away.

[dave.woodhall]

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.

Are you aware that Andy Gray was Villa assistant manager under Ron Atkinson, was asked to choose between the two jobs and chose Sky?

Your post proves the point. He chose to go to Sky and has stayed there, he hasn't done a Barry or a Southgate and lie just to get away.

Nice excuse but it doesn't work. He had the choice of staying with Villa and leaving, and he chose to leave. For the third time. And less of the "bitching."

[Reality]

Proves nothing in all honesty. Just because he left as assistant manager doesn't mean he hated the Villa, or anything like it, simply means he had no interest in making a career after his playing days as assistant manager, or indeed as a manager.

[dave.woodhall]

Proves nothing in all honesty. Just because he left as assistant manager doesn't mean he hated the Villa, or anything like it, simply means he had no interest in making a career after his playing days as assistant manager, or indeed as a manager.

I'm not saying it does mean anything. My point is that it's a bit off to call Phil Thompson all sorts of names, and regard Andy Gray as some sort of deity, when Thompson wants to work for us and Gray would rather work for Sky, although I do admit that's an improvement on the days when he preferred to work for Wolves and the Albion.

[Reality]

Oh I agree with you there Dave. I have read a few posts though and it appears as if people are coming round to the idea of giving Thompson a chance, rather than writing him off completely, like a few done earlier today without properly processing the information.

[Eigentor]

it appears as if people are coming round to the idea of giving Thompson a chance, rather than writing him off completely, like a few done earlier today without properly processing the information.

Isn't it understandable that some of us needs to adjust to the idea that a duo (Houllier and Thompson) that once managed an opponent, now will probably be managing Villa?

[dave shelley]

Haven't read all this thread as I'm going out so don't know if anyone has mentioned this but my fear is that if Kevin McDonald is overlooked for assistant manager/coach then he could very well walk. We all know he is generally acknowledged as amongst the best in the business at what he does as reserve team coach. Can we really afford to lose a man of his calibre? Villa were in a no win situation from the minute Martin O'Neill baled out Kevin was the only real choice for the interim but once having tasted the forbidden fruit, so to speak, and being moderately successful it was obvious he would want a crack at it full time. Will he be happy to go back to the reserves? I have to admit to being a bit worried about this.

[deano22]

Im a man of few words, well on this forum anyway but please for the love of god NO

[nipper]

i think they'll be offers coming in for kmac from other clubs quite soon, (if he's not offered the job). now he's made it public he fancied the job full time others from possibly lower league will come in and i think he'd go. might be a loss in short term, but if he does a good job somewhere who's to say he won't be back in the future

[cdbearsfan]

Andy Gray only tends to speak positively of Villa when he's got a new book or video coming out. I have never heard him refer to our players by their nicknames but he's always on about "Giggsy" and "Scholesy". I never really hear him say much positive about Wolves or Everton either. He just loves Manure.

[eastie]

Southampton reckon they have had 50 applications including 2 from
current premier managers, wonder if kmac is one of them?

Why would anyone quit and drop 2 divisions , holloway maybe?