Possibly those two and "I want somebody who is hungry to prove themselves and who doesn't think they're bigger than the club".
I lasted about 4 minutes through his press conference. Sorry.
Quote from: Legion on June 21, 2011, 08:44:08 PMI lasted about 4 minutes through his press conference. Sorry.No need to apologise. It's all a load of bollocks really and if you're over 20 (I'm 36) you will have seen this parade a few times and realised it's just a PR exercise.
Quote from: Rigadon on June 21, 2011, 08:46:49 PMQuote from: Legion on June 21, 2011, 08:44:08 PMI lasted about 4 minutes through his press conference. Sorry.No need to apologise. It's all a load of bollocks really and if you're over 20 (I'm 36) you will have seen this parade a few times and realised it's just a PR exercise.I'm 40. Thanks. I agree.
Quote from: Legion on June 21, 2011, 08:50:15 PMQuote from: Rigadon on June 21, 2011, 08:46:49 PMQuote from: Legion on June 21, 2011, 08:44:08 PMI lasted about 4 minutes through his press conference. Sorry.No need to apologise. It's all a load of bollocks really and if you're over 20 (I'm 36) you will have seen this parade a few times and realised it's just a PR exercise.I'm 40. Thanks. I agree.I thought as much Legion. The cynicism is a dead give away.
Quote from: Brian Taylor on June 21, 2011, 05:44:33 PMIt is all semantics now. I don't expect an awful lot. Good cup runs and middle to upper end of table. Any less is unacceptable.I don't like it but this is The Villa and we, the fans, are stuck with it. Villa Boas cost £12.5m and we pay £7m for McLeish...great stuff..shheesh. I hope he is at least half as good!This is The Villa we're talking about!Where have you got the £7m figure from? As it stands we haven't paid a penny as he resigned and s claiming constructive dismissal. They are claiming £5.4m but he appears to have a strong case.
It is all semantics now. I don't expect an awful lot. Good cup runs and middle to upper end of table. Any less is unacceptable.I don't like it but this is The Villa and we, the fans, are stuck with it. Villa Boas cost £12.5m and we pay £7m for McLeish...great stuff..shheesh. I hope he is at least half as good!This is The Villa we're talking about!
Quote from: hilts_coolerking on June 21, 2011, 06:22:05 PMThe worrying thing for me is that McLeish was unable to arrest the post-League Cup slide and didn't even attempt to change their style at a time when wins were clearly needed and his Plan A wasn't working. It's one thing to argue that circumstances weren't in his favour, which they may or may not have been, but he manifestly wasn't getting the best out of his players when he most needed to.Exactly like MON after our League Cup final. Come to think of it, just like MON after Feb every season!
The worrying thing for me is that McLeish was unable to arrest the post-League Cup slide and didn't even attempt to change their style at a time when wins were clearly needed and his Plan A wasn't working. It's one thing to argue that circumstances weren't in his favour, which they may or may not have been, but he manifestly wasn't getting the best out of his players when he most needed to.
Quote from: Chris Smith on June 21, 2011, 05:51:20 PMQuote from: Brian Taylor on June 21, 2011, 05:44:33 PMIt is all semantics now. I don't expect an awful lot. Good cup runs and middle to upper end of table. Any less is unacceptable.I don't like it but this is The Villa and we, the fans, are stuck with it. Villa Boas cost £12.5m and we pay £7m for McLeish...great stuff..shheesh. I hope he is at least half as good!This is The Villa we're talking about!Where have you got the £7m figure from? As it stands we haven't paid a penny as he resigned and s claiming constructive dismissal. They are claiming £5.4m but he appears to have a strong case.Villa compensation bill reaches £7m expressandstar.com - Jun 20, 2011Alex McLeish will be unveiled as the club's new manager today, with Villa still locked in a cash row with Birmingham over how much the Scot will cost. The former Glasgow Rangers chief made the controversial switch to Villa Park on Friday and Blues are ... It was mentioned elsewhere in major Daily's... As you say he may get 'constructive dismissal' just like MON's unspecified award.Still if you want the best you gotta pay..Villa Boas was never a realistic target for us...and we definitely do not have Chelsea's oil funds to call on, or their chairman.We'll end up with half the Scottish National team, rather than the Portugese/Brazilian etc and they'll have to be acceptable..as long as it does not include the goalie.
Quote from: Chris Smith on June 21, 2011, 05:51:20 PMWhere have you got the £7m figure from? Villa compensation bill reaches £7m expressandstar.com - Jun 20, 2011Alex McLeish will be unveiled as the club's new manager today, with Villa still locked in a cash row with Birmingham over how much the Scot will cost. The former Glasgow Rangers chief made the controversial switch to Villa Park on Friday and Blues are ... It was mentioned elsewhere in major Daily's...
Where have you got the £7m figure from?
Quote from: Brian Taylor on June 21, 2011, 09:03:17 PMQuote from: Chris Smith on June 21, 2011, 05:51:20 PMQuote from: Brian Taylor on June 21, 2011, 05:44:33 PMIt is all semantics now. I don't expect an awful lot. Good cup runs and middle to upper end of table. Any less is unacceptable.I don't like it but this is The Villa and we, the fans, are stuck with it. Villa Boas cost £12.5m and we pay £7m for McLeish...great stuff..shheesh. I hope he is at least half as good!This is The Villa we're talking about!Where have you got the £7m figure from? As it stands we haven't paid a penny as he resigned and s claiming constructive dismissal. They are claiming £5.4m but he appears to have a strong case.Villa compensation bill reaches £7m expressandstar.com - Jun 20, 2011Alex McLeish will be unveiled as the club's new manager today, with Villa still locked in a cash row with Birmingham over how much the Scot will cost. The former Glasgow Rangers chief made the controversial switch to Villa Park on Friday and Blues are ... It was mentioned elsewhere in major Daily's... As you say he may get 'constructive dismissal' just like MON's unspecified award.Still if you want the best you gotta pay..Villa Boas was never a realistic target for us...and we definitely do not have Chelsea's oil funds to call on, or their chairman.We'll end up with half the Scottish National team, rather than the Portugese/Brazilian etc and they'll have to be acceptable..as long as it does not include the goalie.Didn't the £7m estimate include paying off Houllier and McAllister, and settling with MON? On that basis you'd have to include Ancelotti's pay off along with what Chelsea have to pay Porto for Villas Boas.
I saw it in papers, but strangely the article is no longer there on E&S site, only the heads from Google.
Quote from: Dan England on June 21, 2011, 06:54:31 PMQuote from: hilts_coolerking on June 21, 2011, 06:22:05 PMThe worrying thing for me is that McLeish was unable to arrest the post-League Cup slide and didn't even attempt to change their style at a time when wins were clearly needed and his Plan A wasn't working. It's one thing to argue that circumstances weren't in his favour, which they may or may not have been, but he manifestly wasn't getting the best out of his players when he most needed to.Exactly like MON after our League Cup final. Come to think of it, just like MON after Feb every season!In 1994 we picked up just 8pts from 27 available after winning the League Cup, and in 1996 7pts from 21. Small Heath took 9pts from 36 in their 12 league games after Wembley and even Arsenal managed just three points more in their 12.It's a common theme with League Cup winners that once they've peaked they drop away, although the likes of ManU and Chelsea have been able to keep their seasons going afterwards, probably as they don't see the League Cup as being such a big deal.
Quote from: DeKuip on June 21, 2011, 09:22:04 PMQuote from: Dan England on June 21, 2011, 06:54:31 PMQuote from: hilts_coolerking on June 21, 2011, 06:22:05 PMThe worrying thing for me is that McLeish was unable to arrest the post-League Cup slide and didn't even attempt to change their style at a time when wins were clearly needed and his Plan A wasn't working. It's one thing to argue that circumstances weren't in his favour, which they may or may not have been, but he manifestly wasn't getting the best out of his players when he most needed to.Exactly like MON after our League Cup final. Come to think of it, just like MON after Feb every season!In 1994 we picked up just 8pts from 27 available after winning the League Cup, and in 1996 7pts from 21. Small Heath took 9pts from 36 in their 12 league games after Wembley and even Arsenal managed just three points more in their 12.It's a common theme with League Cup winners that once they've peaked they drop away, although the likes of ManU and Chelsea have been able to keep their seasons going afterwards, probably as they don't see the League Cup as being such a big deal.but contrary to Dan's point, we took 19 points after the League Cup final in O'Neill's final season. It was a pretty decent end to the season for a LC finalist, although not an excellent one.
The worrying thing for me is that McLeish was unable to arrest the post-League Cup slide and didn't even attempt to change their style at a time when wins were clearly needed and his Plan A wasn't working.
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