Board vs Manager Signings

[sirlordbaltimore]

This thing came up over the summer and around the time Tim got the boot. The general consensus being he as the manager didn't want all the players we brought in, and according to the crab Wilkins, it was probably near half and half in terms of acquisitions made (or suggested) by the board and manager himself. Collymore's also had a bee in his bonnet of late about it, despite it surely happening at a lot of other clubs as well as ours.

Anyway, looking at the summer signings who do we put them down to ? for me (and it's purely guess work) i reckon the board have done the better business

Ayew - board
Amavi - board
Veretout - board
Traore - board
Gueye - board
Gestede - Tim
Sinclair - deal agreed before Tim arrived
Lescott - Tim
Crespo - god knows
Ilori - Tim
Bunn - Tim
Richards - Tim
Sarkic - board

Just guesses of course

[Dave]

Didn't Reilly take Ilori to Liverpool in the first place?

If so I think it's a safe bet he was the driving force on that one.

[Duncan Shaw]

I think Traore was Tim, just he was a lot more effusive about it than the others when it happened, things like "I've been watching him for a couple of years"
I don't think he'd have signed Sinclair either if he had a choice.

[Stirchley Villain]

This thing came up over the summer and around the time Tim got the boot. The general consensus being he as the manager didn't want all the players we brought in, and according to the crab Wilkins, it was probably near half and half in terms of acquisitions made (or suggested) by the board and manager himself. Collymore's also had a bee in his bonnet of late about it, despite it surely happening at a lot of other clubs as well as ours.

Anyway, looking at the summer signings who do we put them down to ? for me (and it's purely guess work) i reckon the board have done the better business

Ayew - board -Good
Amavi - board - Potential
Veretout - board- Potential
Traore - board - Potential
Gueye - board - Potential
Gestede - Tim -Shit
Sinclair - deal agreed before Tim arrived - Shit
Lescott - Tim - Shit
Crespo - God knows - shit
Ilori - Tim- ?
Bunn - Tim - below average
Richards - Tim - shit
Sarkic - board -?

Just guesses of course

My two pen'orth. For what it's worth.

[postal]

Other than getting the goal that got the single win, Gestede has been one of the worst players I've seen for a long time. I dont care how "good" he is in the air, he just can't kick a ball. Surely that should be something all players should be able to do? His awareness is poor and considering how tall he is, he should be able to have a wider range of vision. His one saving grace is he knows what the Championship is like.

[cheltenhamlion]

Gestede, Richards and Lescott are the ones Sherwood really pushed for

[nigel]

If those guesses are correct then the board have much better judgment than Tim.

[cheltenhamlion]

He really wanted Townshend, Lennon and Adebayor as well.

[ozzjim]

This is one of the things that annoys me about the laziness of journalists and some fans at the moment. We are in the shit because of Sherwood much more than the players the board pushed for.  The problem is the two we failed to get in Cambiasso and Adebayor. We should have had decent backup options  for those two.

[cheltenhamlion]

Gestede was the back up plan he went for after Adebayor twice failed to turn up for a medical.

[Villa in Denmark]

Gestede was the back up plan he went for after Adebayor twice failed to turn up for a medical.

If there's even a grain of truth in that (and I'm not doubting it us true), then that is shocking.

Benteke --> Adebayor: Not great but if he can repeat the trick from last time around, probably the closest we can afford to come to a like for like replacement.

Adebayor --> Gestede: WTF! There were absolutely no other strikers on the planet that were potentially available who could actually run about a bit, kick a ball where they meant it to go and were half decent in the air?

Christ the money we spent, I'd rather have had Cardiff's flop Andreas Cornelius back or Mortem Rasmussen from FC Midtjylland and he was shit for Celtic 6 years ago.

[cheltenhamlion]

Benteke scored lots of goals with headers. Alright, stats wanker, who scores lots with headers?

Gestede.

Ooooh, I really like Gestede. Get him. Nobody else will do.

[Allan C]

Been thinking who the worst Villa player I've seen since my first game in 1970. Gestede is definitely in the top 5. Who on earth decided that he is premiership class ??

[Villa in Denmark]

Been thinking who the worst Villa player I've seen since my first game in 1970. Gestede is definitely in the top 5. Who on earth decided that he is premiership class ??

I'll have a guess that his name begins with Tim and ends with Sherwood.

[brian green]

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