Why are people queuing up to declare that he's a decent bloke? He might well be, but who cares when it comes to winning football matches. I wouldn't call Ferguson or Wenger 'decent blokes' but I'd have them at Villa Park like a shot, given the chance.
I just get the feeling that he never worked out what he wanted to do on the training field, with most managers, even if things are going badly, you can see what they want to achieve, last season it was impossible to pin down any area where we improved thanks to training, we weren't solid defensively, we weren't potent in attack, we didn't play for set pieces, we didn't counter-attack, we weren't even particularly fit.
The fact that we're still stuck with the appalling Hutton and the useless N'Zogbia and are probably nearly £20m lighter as a result is another reason to give him stick.
Quote from: Rissbert on August 22, 2012, 01:19:00 PMThe fact that we're still stuck with the appalling Hutton and the useless N'Zogbia and are probably nearly £20m lighter as a result is another reason to give him stick.We signed N'zogbia when he was possibly the best winger in the league the season before, he can't really be criticised for that. No excuses with Hutton though.
Quote from: timeoutbigbar on August 22, 2012, 03:41:16 PMQuote from: Rissbert on August 22, 2012, 01:19:00 PMThe fact that we're still stuck with the appalling Hutton and the useless N'Zogbia and are probably nearly £20m lighter as a result is another reason to give him stick.We signed N'zogbia when he was possibly the best winger in the league the season before, he can't really be criticised for that. No excuses with Hutton though.You could argue that just about every Villa manager has signed players that turned out to be a waste of money. McLeish is hardly unique in that department.
Fuck him and the donkey he rode in on (Peter Grant)
Even with Bent in the team we looked dismal as an attacking unit, so I wouldn't have banked on us winning more games.