How does Norwich draw a bigger crowd than West Brom?
Quote from: taylorsworkrate on November 05, 2011, 04:25:42 AMVery fair, well balanced article.Only part I disagree with is Jonathon Fear's ridiculous comments.He's right, people might not want to admit it but it would be naive in the extreme to think it hasn't made a difference to some people.
Very fair, well balanced article.Only part I disagree with is Jonathon Fear's ridiculous comments.
The whole "We don't want him as he's managed blues" is a lazy, simplistic media viewpoint.
I asked my 5 year old last night "Fancy going to the Villa tomorrow son?""No Dad the football is boring, can we watch Man City?"I nearly cried
The problem is that a lot of those put off by AM would have been worried to a large degree about his record for drawing matches and deeply uninspiring football.There hasn't been anything at home so far this season to make this look like a false concern.
QuoteI asked my 5 year old last night "Fancy going to the Villa tomorrow son?""No Dad the football is boring, can we watch Man City?"I nearly criedWhat? when I was growing up in the 70s/80s, Liverpool (other than 1 season) were always better and probably more entertaining than us but no way would I prefer to watch them.
I feel sorry for AM, in that he's pretty much on to a loser from the start, with the budgetary constraints he's working under, and I personally do not give a shit that he was at Blues (it's his record of relegation and uninspiring football that bothers me, not where he came from), but even now, thinking about it, I still can not believe they appointed him.
I really don't feel Villa are any less attractive to watch at home under McLeish than they were under Houllier and O'Neill. The guy had balls to come here given the negative viewpoint of a minority, and he's shown dignity, humility and a lot of respect to the club in recognising our place in football history. He's had the creativity of Young and Downing taken from him and is making the best he can with the resources at his disposal. We had Heskey, Bent, N'Zogbia and Agbonlahor in the starting XI yesterday, in fact in the starting XI in most weeks. It's hardly a negative line-up is it? I think the guy deserves credit, not this constant sniping about his Blues background. Leave the media to bang on about it in their shit-stirring quest to get more callers/viewers, while the rest of us get over it and move on.