Deadly Doug & Managers

[Leicester_Villian]

Have to ask the question .....would we be in the position we are now in the Doug era?

Yes he got slagged off but the majority ........ but money was spend ...maybe not enough BUT the club was a business

As for managers ...well I don't recall ever being in this mess ...maybe I will be proved wrong and all will be revealed ...but I doubt it somehow

I am basically very disappointed with whats going on as RL/PF I am afraid are just not football people

But Doug would not have allowed this to happen ...yes he had experience of managers but the club have had a few in past year and we don't seem to learn

It was clear to all that GH was going so why was a manager not lined up

Does this show that Doug did have some idea after all?

[not3bad]

As for managers ...well I don't recall ever being in this mess ...maybe I will be proved wrong and all will be revealed ...but I doubt it somehow

So it's taken longer than you'd like and therefore it's not going to happen?  Is that your logic?

[paul_e]

But, what have they actually done wrong?

Have they employed the wrong person?
Have they left it so long that we've missed out on transfer targets?
Have they failed to sell the club to the person they actually want as first choice?
Have they failed to tell the press who they're interested in and who is favourite?

[LeeB]

Is this the first "It was better under Doug" post?

[Dave Clark Five]

How far will this band wagon go? The wheels will fall off the others if any more jump aboard.

[garyshawsknee]

Have you blocked out the mid 80s ?

[garyfouroaks]

faulkner is not up to it.

[PeterWithesShin]

No way would Doug have allowed this to happen, he'd have appointed Southgate or Grant by now.

[AV82EC]

Fucking Hell. 

<goes to cupboard to get gun>

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

Yes, Doug didn't appoint any shit managers and always made the right choice. Next you'll be telling me it was all down to Doug that MON came to Villa in the first place...

[Witton Warrior]

Doug was always decisive

He was also considerably richer than yo!

[dave shelley]

Doug was always decisive

He was also considerably richer than yo!

What the fucking hell does anyones bank balance have to do with this debate. That is personal. Out of order.

[Tokyo Sexwhale]

Good Appointments:  Graham Taylor I , Ron Atkinson, Brian Little, John Gregory, <ahem> Martin O'Neill

Godawful Appointments: Graham Turner, Billy McNeill, Jozef Venglos, Graham Taylor II, David O'Leary

So that's at best a 50% hit rate. 

[PeterWithesShin]

Did he appoint Crowe and Saunders?

[dave.woodhall]

Right, so that's:

Replacing a European Cup-winning manager with one whose biggest achievements had been with Shrewsbury Town, replacing him with a manager who the world and his dog knew was just killing time until he took over at Celtic, having the first English team back in Europe turned down by the boss of Bristol Rovers, introducing another manager to a press conference with the immortal words "Who knows who this is?" and his final sacking taking place against a backdrop of the commercial manager reading a type-written note from behind the locked North Stand gates.

I'm sure we all miss those days.