Quote from: Chris Smith on March 21, 2011, 10:48:53 PMWQuote from: peter w on March 21, 2011, 10:44:22 PMfaulkner may or not be a poor CEO but MON walking out, Kevin McDonald, Rapid Vienna, Newcastle, conceding in the last minute, not being able to keep a lead, Man city away, Liverpool, Dunne, Warnock, FA Cup, The Shit etc etc are nothing to do with him.Agreed, but we've seen a lot of this sort of thing recently. When things are going badly there is a tendency to lash out in all directions, to blame all and sundry and to blow small issues out of all proportion.I am hoping that the club aren't allowing themselves to get sucked into this mindset. It's a time for cool heads and clear thinking.I agree every one is looking for people to blame, for me its down to the manager, if we get relegated it will be down to the Chairman not taking a decision.
WQuote from: peter w on March 21, 2011, 10:44:22 PMfaulkner may or not be a poor CEO but MON walking out, Kevin McDonald, Rapid Vienna, Newcastle, conceding in the last minute, not being able to keep a lead, Man city away, Liverpool, Dunne, Warnock, FA Cup, The Shit etc etc are nothing to do with him.Agreed, but we've seen a lot of this sort of thing recently. When things are going badly there is a tendency to lash out in all directions, to blame all and sundry and to blow small issues out of all proportion.I am hoping that the club aren't allowing themselves to get sucked into this mindset. It's a time for cool heads and clear thinking.
faulkner may or not be a poor CEO but MON walking out, Kevin McDonald, Rapid Vienna, Newcastle, conceding in the last minute, not being able to keep a lead, Man city away, Liverpool, Dunne, Warnock, FA Cup, The Shit etc etc are nothing to do with him.
Crucially for villa there are actually a fair few managers available out there. There's a right merry go round occurring in Germany freeing up van gaal, magath (allegedly sacked for irregular transfer deals though) plus others. Jol and Klinnsmann also come to mind.Whilst I agree with the Houllier philosophy his application has been appalling.
Pat Murphy is another Oliver Holt. Never liked us but he is quite right about "him".
MON walking out, Kevin McDonald, Rapid Vienna, Newcastle, conceding in the last minute, not being able to keep a lead, Man city away, Liverpool, Dunne, Warnock, FA Cup,
Quote from: aftab235 on March 21, 2011, 08:50:25 PMPat Murphy is another Oliver Holt. Never liked us but he is quite right about "him".Mr Murphy sticks the knife into the Villa with relish whenever he gets the chance, he's a bitter baggie and just cant hide it. Throwing in his tuppence worth at the passing of Bobby Robson he happened to mention that it was still a 'personal regret' that Ipswich hadnt won the league when they deserved to in 1981. Grinding his axe at such a moment was cringingly disrespectful, but he just cant help himself.
has there ever been a manager that has had so many fans AND players against him?
Stop dicking around, Randy, pull the trigger.Sometimes things just don't work out, and this hasn't.
Quote from: peter w on March 21, 2011, 10:44:22 PM MON walking out, Kevin McDonald, Rapid Vienna, Newcastle, conceding in the last minute, not being able to keep a lead, Man city away, Liverpool, Dunne, Warnock, FA Cup, Sounds like the lyrics to that Billy Joel song.
Downing has been class for us this season, better than I've seen him ever for Boro.Downing IMO has like the rest of the team been average at best.No player this season has been "class"Was Downing class on Saturday when was at fault for the cross going in for the goal or bottling challenges again in the second half as usual??I'm sure he just wants us to be where we belong & put all this bullshit behind us.