Villa enlist Glenn Roeder

[Phil from the upper holte]

Roeder is a bit of a clown but watching a few games and telling us how the team likes to line up. Not a problem in my opinion

[WikiVilla]

what next Chris Kamara as Defensive coach

[Rip Van We Go Again]

According to Wikipedia, horror novelist James Herbert is his agent.

[darren woolley]

I must admit i am surprised by him being taken on board by us but let's wait and see if his scouting reports pay off.

[FatSam]

His name is synonymous with failure and relegation. We need winners around the club, not losers

He did beat cancer.

[WikiVilla]

Wasn't it a brain tumour ?

[FatSam]

Wasn't it a brain tumour ?

A brain tumour is cancer.

Apologies - not sure if it was cancerous.

[Chris Smith]

His name is synonymous with failure and relegation. We need winners around the club, not losers

He did beat cancer.

After preparing a dossier on it for his surgeon.

[dave.woodhall]

He's doing a bit of scouting for us, just like former players/managers/coaches do for clubs all over the world. Why this should rouse more than the slightest bit of interest I don't know. 

[Rip Van We Go Again]

His name is synonymous with failure and relegation. We need winners around the club, not losers

He did beat cancer.

After preparing a dossier on it for his surgeon.

You bastard!
(made me laugh though)

[UsualSuspect]

My God, please tell me this is a wind up

I thought that but no, it appears that people really have got their knickers in a twist over a relatively minor appointment.

If it's a minor appointment or not its still connecting him with Villa.

Like Pires

Like Bannan on loan

Like Gabby on the wing

Like Dunne & Collins

Like Ashley in the hole


these things may seem small but when you start combining them its fucking scary

[Rip Van We Go Again]

Scouting report for Arsenal.

Excellent kitchen with numerous holes for a quick escape route, poison traps are minimal, fridge often left unopened. Potential for gnawing through electrical wires.

[avfcpg]

Dear God, he's just doing some scouting for us...what harm can that do? As for we need to be associated with winners etc etc, then maybe someone could name me a few top class scouts that are "winners" and available, off the top of thier head

(that should keep google search busy for a bit).

[godzvilla]

The only thing that ratty looking fucker will bring to the club is Weil's disease.

His CV is like a cesspit in word form.

How can they possibly take seriously his opinion on other teams?

 I think you are being a tad cruel  Rip Van Bentfletch , ( according to Wiki )  under Roeder, Newcastle won the 2006 Intertoto Cup this made Roeder the first manager to win a trophy for Newcastle since 1969 .  Although Newcastle's league form was inconsistent, majorly due to first-team player injuries and having to rely on in-experienced players from United's Youth Academy to compete at top flight level, Newcastle maintained a mid-table position.
Roeder won 45% of his matches, enough in a single season to qualify for European competition . 
 I,m not a big fan of Roeder as a Manager myself but  there is a tendency on this site to overdo the hostility , for all his faults he comes across as a thoroughly decent person who,s Coaching knowledge is widely respected in Footballing circles . So , please , lets lay off the venomous hysteria that passes for reasonable comment on these pages and give the guy a break , he is , after all doing a job of work for the Club we all love and in that we should wish him well , not jump on the Crucifixion bandwagon..................Godzvilla !

[dave.woodhall]

My God, please tell me this is a wind up

I thought that but no, it appears that people really have got their knickers in a twist over a relatively minor appointment.

If it's a minor appointment or not its still connecting him with Villa.

So?