I always had a soft spot for Alex McLeish ever since he was part of the Abderdeen squad that stayed here in Dawlish for a pre-season. They were a great bunch, really friendly. Jim Bett, Willer Miller, Jim Leighton, Dave Dodds. Ian Porterfield had just taken over from Ferguson and was a real gent. At the time Dawlish Town managed to get decent teams coming down for pre-season. They would play here as well as Torquay and Exeter City. Aberdeen though really made the most of our Football Club, staying behind using the facilities and getting to know everyone here.My mom washed their kit for them between matches and gave them lifts from the hotel to town, or to our club. As a 12 year old mad on football it was fantastic. When they played Exeter, Jim Bett was injured and in the stands, he shouted over to my mom and gave her a wave. It was really ace!McLeish was a great bloke, I just wish he was not given the job here. He was completely the wrong choice of football brain for us and nothing to do with managing that lot.
Quote from: Ian. on March 02, 2021, 09:35:40 AMI always had a soft spot for Alex McLeish ever since he was part of the Abderdeen squad that stayed here in Dawlish for a pre-season. They were a great bunch, really friendly. Jim Bett, Willer Miller, Jim Leighton, Dave Dodds. Ian Porterfield had just taken over from Ferguson and was a real gent. At the time Dawlish Town managed to get decent teams coming down for pre-season. They would play here as well as Torquay and Exeter City. Aberdeen though really made the most of our Football Club, staying behind using the facilities and getting to know everyone here.My mom washed their kit for them between matches and gave them lifts from the hotel to town, or to our club. As a 12 year old mad on football it was fantastic. When they played Exeter, Jim Bett was injured and in the stands, he shouted over to my mom and gave her a wave. It was really ace!McLeish was a great bloke, I just wish he was not given the job here. He was completely the wrong choice of football brain for us and nothing to do with managing that lot.Great attitude, Willer Miller. Always just seemed to want it more!
Quote from: Ian. on March 02, 2021, 09:35:40 AMI always had a soft spot for Alex McLeish ever since he was part of the Abderdeen squad that stayed here in Dawlish for a pre-season. They were a great bunch, really friendly. Jim Bett, Willer Miller, Jim Leighton, Dave Dodds. Ian Porterfield had just taken over from Ferguson and was a real gent. At the time Dawlish Town managed to get decent teams coming down for pre-season. They would play here as well as Torquay and Exeter City. Aberdeen though really made the most of our Football Club, staying behind using the facilities and getting to know everyone here.My mom washed their kit for them between matches and gave them lifts from the hotel to town, or to our club. As a 12 year old mad on football it was fantastic. When they played Exeter, Jim Bett was injured and in the stands, he shouted over to my mom and gave her a wave. It was really ace!McLeish was a great bloke, I just wish he was not given the job here. He was completely the wrong choice of football brain for us and nothing to do with managing that lot.Who’s results should I keep an eye on and who should I go and watch if I need a footy fix down here then Ian, non league and league. The Gulls should be back in League 2 next season, derby day v Exeter and of course the Carlisle home game for the well travelled Cumbrians.
Lambert, ok. Not a great manager but some of the view on here towards are pretty extreme. He kept us up as the club the board / owner didn't give a f**k. He left then not long after he went down. Basically, I don't think he was that bad in the circumstances.
Lambert did as he was told by the person paying his wages. You can't really blame him for that. Also, the principle of buying young players with promise isn't inherently flawed either. The issue with Lambert is he was all or nothing. At first we had a bunch of journeymen and players coming to the wrong end of their career, then at the drop off a hat he stuck them all in the bomb squad and expected a team of kids to pick up the slack on their own.Also, and he's not alone in recent Villa managers here, almost without exception he didn't develop any of our promising young players. The fact the likes of Lowton, Westwood, Clark, etc have all gone on to have decent Premier League careers shows they were good enough. Lambert just didn't know what to do with them to make them better.
Quote from: DB on March 02, 2021, 05:32:02 PMLambert, ok. Not a great manager but some of the view on here towards are pretty extreme. He kept us up as the club the board / owner didn't give a f**k. He left then not long after he went down. Basically, I don't think he was that bad in the circumstances.Randy gave him money to sign Clint Dempsey at his peak, Lambert said "No, don't worry, you're grand. I can get by with...Westy and whichever other average fcuk we had in midfield. He ostracised Albrighton, he played sideways back-pass football to get the possession percentage up, he sounded like a complete dullard, taking Villa fans for mugs and earned millions for the privilege of being our manager. As with O'Neill, their careers post-Villa have seen the mask slip. A fucking chancer.
Lambert replaced at Ipswich by Paul Cook. Great upgrade for them.
Quote from: eamonn on March 02, 2021, 06:41:43 PMQuote from: DB on March 02, 2021, 05:32:02 PMLambert, ok. Not a great manager but some of the view on here towards are pretty extreme. He kept us up as the club the board / owner didn't give a f**k. He left then not long after he went down. Basically, I don't think he was that bad in the circumstances.Randy gave him money to sign Clint Dempsey at his peak, Lambert said "No, don't worry, you're grand. I can get by with...Westy and whichever other average fcuk we had in midfield. He ostracised Albrighton, he played sideways back-pass football to get the possession percentage up, he sounded like a complete dullard, taking Villa fans for mugs and earned millions for the privilege of being our manager. As with O'Neill, their careers post-Villa have seen the mask slip. A fucking chancer. Clint Dempsey. He did sign Benteke, I know which one I'd rather have.