Kendrick Says It's Time To Ask Questions

[kippaxvilla2]

The bottom line is something I found out a long time ago; the only thing that matters to the vast majority of supporters is how the team is doing. Randy could live on Mars if we were in the top half of the table. None of this week's outpouring of rage would have happened if it was us who'd scored in stoppage time on Sunday.

This sums it up perfectly for me.

Except that wasn't always true of Doug's tenure was it?  I remember us being top of the league or close to it, when the old miser was still being criticised for not giving JG the money for Muzzy Izzet (shudder).

[hilts_coolerking]

No, I mean they've not all been by him, including the obvious grey area.

Okay, got you now.  It begs the obvious questions which appointments didn't he make, and who did make them?

[dave.woodhall]

The bottom line is something I found out a long time ago; the only thing that matters to the vast majority of supporters is how the team is doing. Randy could live on Mars if we were in the top half of the table. None of this week's outpouring of rage would have happened if it was us who'd scored in stoppage time on Sunday.

This sums it up perfectly for me.

Except that wasn't always true of Doug's tenure was it?  I remember us being top of the league or close to it, when the old miser was still being criticised for not giving JG the money for Muzzy Izzet (shudder).

The perception then was that we could have been better. One more push...

[dave.woodhall]

No, I mean they've not all been by him, including the obvious grey area.

Okay, got you now.  It begs the obvious questions which appointments didn't he make, and who did make them?

O'Neill is the obvious one, and also a few he inherited.

[hilts_coolerking]

O'Neill is the obvious one, and also a few he inherited.

Apologies, I thought we were just talking about managerial appointments but clearly you're also talking about staff appointments more broadly.  What I was driving at was that Houllier, McLeish and Lambert were ultimately down to Lerner.  Is that fair to say?

[eastie]

With moyes position becoming more precarious I am hoping that maybe his possible availability in the summer could tempt randy to fire lambert in the summer if we do manage to avoid relegation .

[rob_bridge]

With moyes position becoming more precarious I am hoping that maybe his possible availability in the summer could tempt randy to fire lambert in the summer if we do manage to avoid relegation .

I reckon Moyes will be given at least the summer and first couple of months of next season unless they really bomb for the rest of the season. He is Fergie's pick and Fergie still wields a lot of influence though that will diminish over time.

[dave.woodhall]

O'Neill is the obvious one, and also a few he inherited.

Apologies, I thought we were just talking about managerial appointments but clearly you're also talking about staff appointments more broadly.  What I was driving at was that Houllier, McLeish and Lambert were ultimately down to Lerner.  Is that fair to say?

Definitely. One unfortunate, one inexplicable and one I hope will ultimately prove inspired.

[not3bad]

With moyes position becoming more precarious I am hoping that maybe his possible availability in the summer could tempt randy to fire lambert in the summer if we do manage to avoid relegation .

I reckon Moyes will be given at least the summer and first couple of months of next season unless they really bomb for the rest of the season. He is Fergie's pick and Fergie still wields a lot of influence though that will diminish over time.

That's my take.  Moyes will be given the opportunity to rebuild Man Utd over the Summer.

[not3bad]

... While Lambert, I guess, will be give the opportunity to bring in more players of the ilk of Benteke/Okore.

[Concrete John]

O'Neill is the obvious one, and also a few he inherited.

Apologies, I thought we were just talking about managerial appointments but clearly you're also talking about staff appointments more broadly.  What I was driving at was that Houllier, McLeish and Lambert were ultimately down to Lerner.  Is that fair to say?

Definitely. One unfortunate, one inexplicable and one I hope will ultimately prove inspired.

I take it you're classing Houllier as unfortunate?

In many ways it was, but lots on here raised concerns about his health when he got the job and given his age medical history, it could be argued that Randy & Co should have taken it into account more when making the choice.   

[TheSandman]

Wasn't he given the all clear by the doctors or something like that at the time of appointment?

[dave.woodhall]

O'Neill is the obvious one, and also a few he inherited.

Apologies, I thought we were just talking about managerial appointments but clearly you're also talking about staff appointments more broadly.  What I was driving at was that Houllier, McLeish and Lambert were ultimately down to Lerner.  Is that fair to say?

Definitely. One unfortunate, one inexplicable and one I hope will ultimately prove inspired.

I take it you're classing Houllier as unfortunate?

In many ways it was, but lots on here raised concerns about his health when he got the job and given his age medical history, it could be argued that Randy & Co should have taken it into account more when making the choice.   

Some criticised the signing of an injury-prone central defender in 1989. I also think - with the usual caveat of this being no more than a guess - that Houllier proved himself in the manner of his leaving to be a lot less of a gentleman than the board believed him to be. And so, after being stitched up twice in ten months they decided to go with someone whose integrity and decency were beyond question. The rest is history.

[Toronto Villa]

Wasn't he given the all clear by the doctors or something like that at the time of appointment?

Ironically had we been a mid table non entity during that season it would have been good for Houllier's health. No stress on his ticker at either end of the table.

[aj2k77]

I doubt if he's doing it to get a few Facebook likes. He sounds like a passionate long time Villa fan, just like every other Villa fan I guess. Perhaps he's just fed up with the way Lerner and co are running the club?
The club has been in decline for 4 years now and doesn't seem to be any sign of it getting any better. What's your view on it?

I think money will be spent in the summer and it'll be interesting to see how opinions will change again once it is.

As I mentioned several times in the last few days, we're the sixth biggest net spender over the last five years. It's what we do with the money that really matters. Ask Everton and Spurs, they're both in the black with their 5 year net spend.

Those figures quoted can't be true though in that article, didn't it say £186m in the last 5 seasons? If you got back and take a look £43m Lambert, £18m ish Mcleish, £40m ish Houliier. So theres no way in MON's last season with us he spent £86m in transfer fee's.