Aston Villa vs Fulham Post Match Thread

[Legion]

That last minute sub of Bowery was pointless. He should have sent on Robinson for the last 10 minutes to see what he's made of. He had nothing to lose. Instead we saw the lamentable Bowery on 90 minutes.

Agreed.

[Mister E]

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Next possible manager Uwe Rosler?

Dave won't let Rosler come to a 2nd rate club like AV

[El Hurricane]

Not much has changed since Martinez spoke to us.We want Rosler !!!

[kippaxvilla2]

That Martinez bloke is a proper shit manager so glad we got Lambo

[Chris Jameson]

If Villa were to dispense with Lambert you can almost guarantee Lerner will blow the transfer budget on paying compensation to West Ham to get Allardyce on a 6 year contract.

[curiousorange]

I'm not trying to be argumentative, but what's Rosler got as an alternative? Do Wigan play lovely, attractive football on limited resources? I'd genuinely like to know.

[Billy Walker]

Not much has changed since Martinez spoke to us.We want Rosler !!!

...and so the cycle begins again.

[curiousorange]

I didn't want Martinez, but that was more based upon his Wigan finishes than anything else. I assumed that his decent results tended to be late into the season when they were frantically scrabbling to stay up, and I didn't want an entire season of cluelessness followed by three or four games of surprisingly good football.

But I have to admit, I think Wigan held Martinez back rather than the other way around. The freedom Everton play with is undeniable.

[mjlions]

Not only was the 90 min substitution a mystery but why did one of the coaching (!) staff spend at least 2 mins standing at the back of the dugout with him discussing tactics surely at that stage the instructions should just have been get in the box and make a nuisance of yourself.

Same happened against Stoke when El Ahmadi was obviously was not going to be able to continue we played for at least 3 min while they discussed the replacements role

[Monty]

Not only was the 90 min substitution a mystery but why did one of the coaching (!) staff spend at least 2 mins standing at the back of the dugout with him discussing tactics surely at that stage the instructions should just have been get in the box and make a nuisance of yourself.

Same happened against Stoke when El Ahmadi was obviously was not going to be able to continue we played for at least 3 min while they discussed the replacements role

You know, Lambert etc have many faults, but I don't think tactical overthinking is one of them.

[LeeB]

So Baker makes stupid mistakes, his distribution is awful and been stated on many occasions his positional sense lets him down, apart from that he is ok, F..k me how we have fallen.

I don't get either. I'm a so called happy clapper and I think he's shite, miles off being good enough.

[El Hurricane]

I'm not trying to be argumentative, but what's Rosler got as an alternative? Do Wigan play lovely, attractive football on limited resources? I'd genuinely like to know.

Seems to be successful at each club he goes to,done well at Brentford and done well at Wigan, he's an option and seems to be a winner.

[darren woolley]

I really thought we could get a win against Fulham but I don't know what I was thinking I must be mad.

[brontebilly]

I'm not trying to be argumentative, but what's Rosler got as an alternative? Do Wigan play lovely, attractive football on limited resources? I'd genuinely like to know.

Seems to be successful at each club he goes to,done well at Brentford and done well at Wigan, he's an option and seems to be a winner.

Wigan seem to be going well and I think they will give Arsenal plenty of it next week in the Cup semi final. But I think revitalising Aston Villa as a club might be too much for an inexperienced manager. The likes of Lambert, Jewell, Coyle even Ian Dowie looked decent managing in the lower leagues to being found out at the top division. Is there any evidence Rosler is a step above the likes of the others I've mentioned?

Considering there is more value for money available on players in Europe, I think an english speaking European coach is what we should be looking for next.

Rather than the board going out on a limb picking a clearly unsuitable manager (McLeish) or getting the supporters choice in (Lambert), they really need to hire someone to run the football club and that person should be making the choice on who should be first team coach. Sporting Director, Director of football, doesnt matter but filling that role is crucial if we are to have any kind of future.

[El Hurricane]

If not Rosler then Laudrup, knows how to work on a budget,has premiership experience and good knowledge of other leagues.I'm sure we could do a lot worse !