McAllister, Cowans & the new Back Room staff

[Chico Hamilton III]

Has anyone got any info on this? Is it happening?

The way Villa are communicating at the moment, we probably won't know he's joined until he gives his first post-match interview.

I'm getting cynical here, but someone at the club needs to make some official noise. It's getting beyond a joke now

[Merv]

I would agree with that. There are all sorts of conflicting messages flying around about the Villa, and some kind of clarification would be welcome.

[dave.woodhall]

I've never known so much fuss made over an assistant manager.

[PaulTheVillan]

Can't we get Alan Shearer? He might be able to teach our strikers to score.

[eastie]

Strachan confirmed villa have approached boro about Gary mac and they will sit down today and discuss it- he only moved from Leicester to a new home in the north east last month but I would imagine this job will attract him back- and who's to say strachan will last much longer at boro- last night they had 2nd lowest crowd ever at the riverside in the league and fans were chanting strachan out!

[Risso]

I've never known so much fuss made over an assistant manager.

I've never known such a cack handed way of appointing a manager and his assistant.

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Must admit the silence official or otherwise does seem a little incredulous

[Leighton]

Blimey, enough with the continual demands on the club to keep having to give us all 24/7 reports on what is happening. As Dave said, as there ever been so much fuss made over the appointment of an assistant manager? Did we all get this excited or create so much euphoria when John Ward, Steve Harrison or Roy Aitken was appointed? 

In addition, the appointment of Houllier has obviously been made because the board sees it as a long-term appointment. If the board believe they have the right man for the long-term benefits of the club then I applaud that approach. It is not a short-term fix.

[Simon Ward]

I've never known so much fuss made over an assistant manager.

I've never known such a cack handed way of appointing a manager and his assistant.

It is the Villa!

btw like the use of the phrase "cack handed"

[Chico Hamilton III]

Blimey, enough with the continual demands on the club to keep having to give us all 24/7 reports on what is happening

It's not really 24/7 demands for information though. It's been a week since GH was trotted out as our manager and I don't think it's too demanding of us to ask when we can expect to see him in the dugout. They expect fans to buy tickets for forthcoming games without knowing who will be in charge?

To give them some credit, Villa seem to have grasped the concept of 24/7 communication when it comes to emailing me with their latest offers though.

[Merv]

No, an official 'Gerard Houllier will start his duties on xxxx' statement is all I'm after. Every time we get a day closer it seems his arrival is put back a couple of days! He must have a starting date. There must be a set notice period with the French FA. All seems rather strange.

[Ads]

 

No, an official 'Gerard Houllier will start his duties on xxxx' statement is all I'm after. Every time we get a day closer it seems his arrival is put back a couple of days! He must have a starting date. There must be a set notice period with the French FA. All seems rather strange.

Monday. Bloody Monday.

[MalcolmP]

Can't we get Alan Shearer? He might be able to teach our strikers to score.

I'd take him as a player right now - he'd score more goals than Heskey!!

[ozzjim]

Wow. Been offline for  a couple of days and people seem to have gone hopping mad.

the stoke loss was galling and made me very angry, but I fear some are simply trying to take that out on the club with some of the posting across topics on here. Clearly Thompson and Burgeus have said no due to family reasons which is their call. Gary McAllister looks likely now to be number 2, there is a fitness coach from France being talked about and I am sure Houllier will sort the rest in due course. We have made an ok start under the circumstances. While in a mire our rivals have not run away from us, surely we can chill look at it rationally and wait for the club to straighten themselves out when Houllier is sorted with the French FA. He has clearly gone down the honorable route. Beat Bolton at the weekend and we have 9 from 5. That would give us over 60 points if taken through the rest of the season. People need to get a bit of perspective.

[peter w]

Wow. Been offline for  a couple of days and people seem to have gone hopping mad.

the stoke loss was galling and made me very angry, but I fear some are simply trying to take that out on the club with some of the posting across topics on here. Clearly Thompson and Burgeus have said no due to family reasons which is their call. Gary McAllister looks likely now to be number 2, there is a fitness coach from France being talked about and I am sure Houllier will sort the rest in due course. We have made an ok start under the circumstances. While in a mire our rivals have not run away from us, surely we can chill look at it rationally and wait for the club to straighten themselves out when Houllier is sorted with the French FA. He has clearly gone down the honorable route. Beat Bolton at the weekend and we have 9 from 5. That would give us over 60 points if taken through the rest of the season. People need to get a bit of perspective.

Or perhaps people see that a start of West Ham at home, Newcastle away, Everton at home, Stoke away, and then Bolton at home should see us with a bare minimum of 11 points. We shouldn't be sitting here with 6 and a minus goal difference.