Poll - Sherwood - got rid

[Risso]

If it means bringing Allardyce in I'd rather keep him a bit longer, I cannot stand watching Allardyce's brand of football. We've got a decent squad with a fair amount of young foreign players, surely there is a coach outside the British Isles who could do a better job than the usual uninspiring suspects?

I'm sorry but I'm finding it just a bit hard to swallow this line from a lot of people tbh about 'Allardyce's brand of football' - It's not as if we're renowned for our free flowing football over the years is it? So if it's a choice of watching crap football, and every so often taking three points I'll have that please, thank you.

I tend to agree.  I'm no fan of Pulis, but his football is no worse than Lambert's, and I'm not sure it's any worse than what we watched today.

[TopDeck113]

Anyone would think Allardyce is the only out of work manager.  If Sherwood was sacked tomorrow there would be dozens of interested candidates. 

Our problem would be that, yet again, our owner and Chief Executive would manage to fuck up the recruitment. 

[pauliewalnuts]

This guy is hilarious. Hands up who thought that today would be the day for Crespo part of a back 5, Hutton as wingback and 3 centre mids all playing within 10 yards of each other? Gestede, I'm sorry, he can head a ball but as a team player he's fucking useless. Moves as much as an oak tree.

.... and when we saw the line up, the reaction on here was almost universal.

[PeterWithesShin]

He's certainly not doing himself any favours is he.

[john e]

If it means bringing Allardyce in I'd rather keep him a bit longer, I cannot stand watching Allardyce's brand of football. We've got a decent squad with a fair amount of young foreign players, surely there is a coach outside the British Isles who could do a better job than the usual uninspiring suspects?

I'm sorry but I'm finding it just a bit hard to swallow this line from a lot of people tbh about 'Allardyce's brand of football' - It's not as if we're renowned for our free flowing football over the years is it? So if it's a choice of watching crap football, and every so often taking three points I'll have that please, thank you.

I tend to agree.  I'm no fan of Pulis, but his football is no worse than Lambert's, and I'm not sure it's any worse than what we watched today.

It's not, but it doesn't mean we want more of it

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

Fat Sam is the ideal appointment for where we are as a club.

Aston Villa is not a ******.

Do you watch us down Villa Park? If so, why would you want Allardyce? Staying up is not an achievement.

[pauliewalnuts]

If it means bringing Allardyce in I'd rather keep him a bit longer, I cannot stand watching Allardyce's brand of football. We've got a decent squad with a fair amount of young foreign players, surely there is a coach outside the British Isles who could do a better job than the usual uninspiring suspects?

I'm sorry but I'm finding it just a bit hard to swallow this line from a lot of people tbh about 'Allardyce's brand of football' - It's not as if we're renowned for our free flowing football over the years is it? So if it's a choice of watching crap football, and every so often taking three points I'll have that please, thank you.

It isn't though, is it?

It certainly doesn't have to be, anyway.

[Ger Regan]

If it means bringing Allardyce in I'd rather keep him a bit longer, I cannot stand watching Allardyce's brand of football. We've got a decent squad with a fair amount of young foreign players, surely there is a coach outside the British Isles who could do a better job than the usual uninspiring suspects?

I'm sorry but I'm finding it just a bit hard to swallow this line from a lot of people tbh about 'Allardyce's brand of football' - It's not as if we're renowned for our free flowing football over the years is it? So if it's a choice of watching crap football, and every so often taking three points I'll have that please, thank you.

I tend to agree.  I'm no fan of Pulis, but his football is no worse than Lambert's, and I'm not sure it's any worse than what we watched today.

I'm not 100% against allardyce, but that's really damning with faint praise, there. I'd hope we'd be aiming a little higher this time than "he's got to be better than the previous manager".

[pauliewalnuts]

If it means bringing Allardyce in I'd rather keep him a bit longer, I cannot stand watching Allardyce's brand of football. We've got a decent squad with a fair amount of young foreign players, surely there is a coach outside the British Isles who could do a better job than the usual uninspiring suspects?

I'm sorry but I'm finding it just a bit hard to swallow this line from a lot of people tbh about 'Allardyce's brand of football' - It's not as if we're renowned for our free flowing football over the years is it? So if it's a choice of watching crap football, and every so often taking three points I'll have that please, thank you.

I tend to agree.  I'm no fan of Pulis, but his football is no worse than Lambert's, and I'm not sure it's any worse than what we watched today.

I'm not 100% against allardyce, but that's really damning with faint praise, there. I'd hope we'd be aiming a little higher this time than "he's got to be better than the previous manager".

Precisely.

The current manager is fucking useless, Lambert was fucking useless.

Being better than that pair is surely the faintest of faint praise.

[john e]

Fat Sam is the ideal appointment for where we are as a club.

If you support Aston Villa and love football he's actually not

If you support Aston Villa but have no interest or love for the game he's your man

[adrenachrome]

I'm ust not convinced we have the players to play Allardyce's style effectively.

Endless diagonal balls at Gestede to knock down for Sinclair.

I'd take that

Because it worked so well in the first half today.

At least it's a game plan whereas today ?? This season, I see no plan , no method.

Hutton and Amavi were getting to the byline often enough, but the final ball was usually lacking. So the plan, if it could be called such, failed.

I reckon Timah reasoned that Gil and Grealish would be bullied and so kept hem on the bench until Sterk were tired. 

Going from 3 central defenders to 2 cost us the goal, as the two had not adjusted properly and were too far apart.

So there was a plan, but not a very effective one.  I don't think TS is ever short of plans, to be fair.  He got some well wicked slick schemes up his sleeve innit.

[OCD]

I've seen a few posts where people are saying it's time for Fox to admit his mistake etc. I don't think it was a mistake as Sherwood kept us up, I just think that's his limit though and now the right thing to do is to make a change and bring someone in who's experienced and proven tactically enough to bring together what looks like the makings of a good squad.

[aj2k77]

This guy is hilarious. Hands up who thought that today would be the day for Crespo part of a back 5, Hutton as wingback and 3 centre mids all playing within 10 yards of each other? Gestede, I'm sorry, he can head a ball but as a team player he's fucking useless. Moves as much as an oak tree.

.... and when we saw the line up, the reaction on here was almost universal.

Because we've all watched enough shit over the years to know if it looks ridiculous and completely out of left field it normally is. It has all the signs of a ship about to sink, this is normally what managers do right at the end of their shelf life, when everything else they've tried has flopped, I didn't expect to see it after 6 months. It's utterly hopeless and clueless. Honestly, we've become a shambles. We might need to take a drop to sort this shit out, from top to bottom there's so many useless people at the club.

[Chris Jameson]

Allardyce out of work and Kevin Nolan a free agent, dream team.

[Ger Regan]

I've seen a few posts where people are saying it's time for Fox to admit his mistake etc. I don't think it was a mistake as Sherwood kept us up, I just think that's his limit though and now the right thing to do is to make a change and bring someone in who's experienced and proven tactically enough to bring together what looks like the makings of a good squad.

It will have been a mistake if he relegates us this year, even more of a mistake by giving him 4 years. Yes, Sherwood did reverse a seemingly inevitable decline last season, but any number of managers could have done similar, particular when you consider the form benteke got himself in.