Most new managers seem to have an immediate effect - i am excited and looking forward to what he will bringI agree with him - none of us can forget that we have some very good players in our squad - lets hope he can bring the best formation and get the best out of them.As been said elsewhere on other threads - the unusual thing about this appointment is usually Managers come in when teams are struggling and that is difficult - he already has a very good squad so the measure of his tactical awareness and man managemnt should be evident very soon
Well, if Macca and Sid cant get this lot passing a ball, nobody can.I like the sound of what Houllier was saying in his latest interview too. New ideas, more sophisticated play and continental philosophy. It will make a refreshing change.
5? So that means Kev is going back to only reserve work.I think he'll be off.
The strange this is that while O'Neill was the one who was given millions of pounds to spend, and who wasted much of it in achieving very little, and then who quit just before the start of the new season, taking most of the club's coaching staff with him, for some it's the board who are the bad guys.I don't understand that reasoning at all.
As said elsewhere on this thread, if Sid and Macca can't get them passing, god help us.
What has "bollocksed" the season, is the boards inability to appoint a manager before the end of the transfer window. MON left, it would/should have been an ideal opportunity to get a new manager in, with the funds from the Milner sale, to invest in better players than we currently have, and if possible, move some out.We did'nt, and for me the bigger question is why did MON go, and why did'nt we get a manager in until after the transfer window. Worrying times for me as a Villa fan, if we had appointed a Jol/Hiddink/Moyes/Hughes, we would have got an extra 5'000 in the last 3 home games.Thats an extra £200k per game.Short sighted thinking in my eyes.
“Training is different to what we were doing under Kevin. Mr Houllier has brought his own ideas in – a lot of it is about possession – keeping the ball. If you look at the foreign players, you can see why they are so good at keeping possession of the ball. That is critical.
Quote from: barrysleftfoot on September 21, 2010, 03:19:42 PM What has "bollocksed" the season, is the boards inability to appoint a manager before the end of the transfer window. MON left, it would/should have been an ideal opportunity to get a new manager in, with the funds from the Milner sale, to invest in better players than we currently have, and if possible, move some out.We did'nt, and for me the bigger question is why did MON go, and why did'nt we get a manager in until after the transfer window. Worrying times for me as a Villa fan, if we had appointed a Jol/Hiddink/Moyes/Hughes, we would have got an extra 5'000 in the last 3 home games.Thats an extra £200k per game.Short sighted thinking in my eyes.Oh, and lest we forget: MON stitched us up - there was nothing spontaneous about his departure, IMHO; he left spitefully and vindictively at a time most likely to impact on our early-season performance and limiting our ability to find a qualified replacement.
Words from Sid Cowans are very encouraging about the early days under HoullierQuote“Training is different to what we were doing under Kevin. Mr Houllier has brought his own ideas in – a lot of it is about possession – keeping the ball. If you look at the foreign players, you can see why they are so good at keeping possession of the ball. That is critical.
Quote from: toronto villa on September 24, 2010, 11:00:45 PMWords from Sid Cowans are very encouraging about the early days under HoullierQuoteTraining is different to what we were doing under Kevin. Mr Houllier has brought his own ideas in a lot of it is about possession keeping the ball. If you look at the foreign players, you can see why they are so good at keeping possession of the ball. That is critical.A-fucking-men to that.
Words from Sid Cowans are very encouraging about the early days under HoullierQuoteTraining is different to what we were doing under Kevin. Mr Houllier has brought his own ideas in a lot of it is about possession keeping the ball. If you look at the foreign players, you can see why they are so good at keeping possession of the ball. That is critical.
Training is different to what we were doing under Kevin. Mr Houllier has brought his own ideas in a lot of it is about possession keeping the ball. If you look at the foreign players, you can see why they are so good at keeping possession of the ball. That is critical.