Quote from: glasses on October 31, 2010, 05:53:30 PMHoullier bottled it today. He was too scared to lose the game, than gamble and try to win it. You may not want to hear it, but both O'neill and O'leary have had better starts to their Villa management careers. Too many similarities to GT mk2, and I feel we are going backwards. I will give him time, i.e transfer windows to build his team, but I feel he is out of touch having been out of the game for so long, and McCallister is only with us until he can get something better. I have no affinity with them both. It doesn't feel like my club anymore.So, you say you'll give him time, then promptly go on to sound like you're not.Today was his fifth league game in charge of us (and the two others, league cup games, we won).It's hard to imagine what people expect from a manager parachuted in to a club which had lost its manager five days before the start of the season, with no knowledge of the set up of the club or the players.We've a new manager, and a new management team - in fact, the entire football management of the club bar KM and TM has been replaced over the last few weeks - and such wholesale changes do not settle down quite so quickly.The one glaringly obvious thing we have missed recently is someone who can be relied on to score goals, to put chances away. That was something we lacked for two years. Houllier hasn't had the chance to rectify that yet. It seems somewhat harsh to give him a hard time over it.
Houllier bottled it today. He was too scared to lose the game, than gamble and try to win it. You may not want to hear it, but both O'neill and O'leary have had better starts to their Villa management careers. Too many similarities to GT mk2, and I feel we are going backwards. I will give him time, i.e transfer windows to build his team, but I feel he is out of touch having been out of the game for so long, and McCallister is only with us until he can get something better. I have no affinity with them both. It doesn't feel like my club anymore.
His tactics is to get the team to pass the ball to each other. ...The first 2 minutes of the game today was a sign that we're more than capable of putting some nice passes together.
Was I the only one who thought young Clark has the Gareth Barry about him (and I don't mean a fat arse).
Quote from: Can Carew Be Bothered!?!? on October 31, 2010, 07:02:34 PMHis tactics is to get the team to pass the ball to each other. ...The first 2 minutes of the game today was a sign that we're more than capable of putting some nice passes together. And the other 88?I'm not a knocker of what we're trying to do but the tactics were not good today. See my earlier comment (on page 1 of this thread).
I will give him time Paulie, but thats how I feel right now. I'm yet to be convinced otherwise. Just compare his results to what we achieved in the same fixtures last season. Then compare his results to the afore mentioned previous managers after the same amount of games. Why am I wrong to be concerned about this?