New Back Room Staff

[PaulWinch again]

Indeed coaching has been severely lacking for a long time.

[Dante Lavelli]

Indeed coaching has been severely lacking for a long time.

Indeed.  I think there are some decent footballers in that squad that have been neglected.
Clark, Baker, well the lot of them, have a fair few of the raw ingredients to see us mid table, but individually and collectively they have improved at a much slower rate than expected.  Coaching, simple as it may sound, may really improve a fair few of our squad.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Interesting..

Former U.S. national team coach Bob Bradley is in the running to become Aston Villa's director of football, sources have told ESPNFC.

Villa are searching for a director of football to help manager Tim Sherwood in a new-look management set-up at Villa Park.

Villa owner Randy Lerner and chief executive Tom Fox see the creation of a director of football role to work alongside the manager as part of the long-term vision to help the club try and recapture former glories.

Lerner and Fox are thought to be admirers of their fellow American Bradley with the 56-year-old linked with the Villa manager's job in 2010 following the departure of Martin O'Neill before he eventually signed a new deal with USMNT.

Bradley, who admitted he was interested in the Villa job in 2010, is currently working in Norway with Stabaek after joining the club in January 2014.

[OCD]

Petrov was in the BT studio and said that Sherwood has been talking to him about joining the coaching staff. Stan was with the players a lot today and was saying how positively they were talking about Sherwood. It would be a good move.

[Toronto Villa]

Petrov was in the BT studio and said that Sherwood has been talking to him about joining the coaching staff. Stan was with the players a lot today and was saying how positively they were talking about Sherwood. It would be a good move.

I'll tell you what. He's taking the club very seriously and getting help in all areas of coaching. Something Lambert flat out ignored. If Stan joins it would be another massive boost to the club.

[Damo70]

Interesting..

Former U.S. national team coach Bob Bradley is in the running to become Aston Villa's director of football, sources have told ESPNFC.

Villa are searching for a director of football to help manager Tim Sherwood in a new-look management set-up at Villa Park.

Villa owner Randy Lerner and chief executive Tom Fox see the creation of a director of football role to work alongside the manager as part of the long-term vision to help the club try and recapture former glories.

Lerner and Fox are thought to be admirers of their fellow American Bradley with the 56-year-old linked with the Villa manager's job in 2010 following the departure of Martin O'Neill before he eventually signed a new deal with USMNT.

Bradley, who admitted he was interested in the Villa job in 2010, is currently working in Norway with Stabaek after joining the club in January 2014.

Bob Bradley is the new Steve Bull. This will be the twenty fifth time he is joining us.

[Damo70]

Petrov was in the BT studio and said that Sherwood has been talking to him about joining the coaching staff. Stan was with the players a lot today and was saying how positively they were talking about Sherwood. It would be a good move.

I'll tell you what. He's taking the club very seriously and getting help in all areas of coaching. Something Lambert flat out ignored. If Stan joins it would be another massive boost to the club.

I was watching BT and unless I misunderstood I thought they said it was a done deal and he was starting pretty much straight away.

[Whiney MacWhineface]

Petrov was in the BT studio and said that Sherwood has been talking to him about joining the coaching staff. Stan was with the players a lot today and was saying how positively they were talking about Sherwood. It would be a good move.

I'll tell you what. He's taking the club very seriously and getting help in all areas of coaching. Something Lambert flat out ignored. If Stan joins it would be another massive boost to the club.

It wasn't terribly clear, but I thought Stan said that they'd been in discussions for a while but couldn't agree on the details. Then he said he'd been asked this week to spemnd some time with the players.

I was watching BT and unless I misunderstood I thought they said it was a done deal and he was starting pretty much straight away.

[OCD]

Petrov was in the BT studio and said that Sherwood has been talking to him about joining the coaching staff. Stan was with the players a lot today and was saying how positively they were talking about Sherwood. It would be a good move.

I'll tell you what. He's taking the club very seriously and getting help in all areas of coaching. Something Lambert flat out ignored. If Stan joins it would be another massive boost to the club.

I was watching BT and unless I misunderstood I thought they said it was a done deal and he was starting pretty much straight away.

I didn't quite get that level of confirmation but there's clearly a will from both parties so looks very likely.

As for Lambert not taking the coaching seriously enough, the number of coaches that we're needing to bring in now shows just how poorly that area was being run. In this modern era, it's scandalous that an elite level organisation should be run so amateur-like.

[Walmley_Villa]

As long as we keep Stan away from scouting in Bulgaria.....

[Mister E]

As long as we keep Stan away from scouting in Bulgaria.....

tee, hee

[paul_e]

As long as we keep Stan away from scouting in Bulgaria.....

Lets wait and see with all those Lambert signings who are out on loan, when they were signed we were quite excited because the footage we could find showed glimpses of ability, it may be that, come pre-season, Sherwood takes a look and thinks there's something to work with.  Nzogbia looked like a football player for the first time in nearly 4 years last night so there's clearly some hope that 1 or 2 can come back and find their way back to the first team squad.

[Mister E]

As long as we keep Stan away from scouting in Bulgaria.....

Lets wait and see with all those Lambert signings who are out on loan, when they were signed we were quite excited because the footage we could find showed glimpses of ability, it may be that, come pre-season, Sherwood takes a look and thinks there's something to work with.  Nzogbia looked like a football player for the first time in nearly 4 years last night so there's clearly some hope that 1 or 2 can come back and find their way back to the first team squad.

I hope Helenius would be one of these. And I think Bennett might not be beyond redemption.
Luna? - probably not.

As you say, N'Z actually looked like a player last night; I was shocked tbh.

[paul_e]

Helenius, Bennett and maybe Sylla are all worth a good look, as is Gardner now that he's getting fitness (and confidence that he's not going to break again).  I'd hope at least some of those guys get a chance in training/friendlies before we move them on and/or replace them.

[RussellC]

Helenius, Bennett and maybe Sylla are all worth a good look, as is Gardner now that he's getting fitness (and confidence that he's not going to break again).  I'd hope at least some of those guys get a chance in training/friendlies before we move them on and/or replace them.

I think Bennett's definitely worth another chance. I think he's a better footballer than both Cissokho and Richardson, and just badly in need of some defensive coaching and some confidence - two things it now looks like we might have staff capable of providing him with now.