Hendrik Almstadt has left the club

[aj2k77]

And no Benteke was prior to Reilly being here.

Might be wrong, but Reilly was at Liverpool the summer they spunked loads of money on Blues wasn't he?

[Gareth]

What does Riley do again?

He's the PlayStation guy

did he find benteke?

Nope, that was in the early days of Lambert when he was advised on signings by Michael Henke who was gonna be our Euro guru until he moved on to a coaching role. 

[SheffieldVillain]

What does Riley do again?

He's the PlayStation guy

did he find benteke?

Benteke was already a Belgian international before we signed him so I don't think anyone at the club can take any credit for "finding" him - least of all this load of parasites.

Had you heard of him? Had any other Premier League side signed him? There's enough mistakes and bad decisions to go into without having to take the credit away from one of the few decent ones.

No indeed, that's fair enough.  Benteke was a great bit of business, and one that paid off in terms of his goals and the profit made on him.  However I think it's fair to say that however good that was, just about everything since has been terrible, and this summer's business is absolutely dismal and has relegated us.

I find this summer's business intriguing. For arguments sake, if you replaced Gestede with a £5m striker who actually knows where the goal is, and Lescott / Richards with leaders who can actually lead rather than disrupt, I wonder how differently this summers business might have been viewed. I still don't see the French contingent/Traore as bad signings. What has screwed us is the choice of the senior pros / spine of the team.

I agree, if we had that essential spine we might not be in this mess. Your missing the goalkeeping situation though. Sherwood dropped Guzan last season and replaced him with Given who he let go. I can't believe Bunn was a first choice signing?

You'd hope not, wouldn't you. But then Gestede was bought as Benteke's replacement, so who knows?

[Ian.]

What does Riley do again?

He's the PlayStation guy

did he find benteke?

Benteke was already a Belgian international before we signed him so I don't think anyone at the club can take any credit for "finding" him - least of all this load of parasites.

Had you heard of him? Had any other Premier League side signed him? There's enough mistakes and bad decisions to go into without having to take the credit away from one of the few decent ones.

No indeed, that's fair enough.  Benteke was a great bit of business, and one that paid off in terms of his goals and the profit made on him.  However I think it's fair to say that however good that was, just about everything since has been terrible, and this summer's business is absolutely dismal and has relegated us.

I find this summer's business intriguing. For arguments sake, if you replaced Gestede with a £5m striker who actually knows where the goal is, and Lescott / Richards with leaders who can actually lead rather than disrupt, I wonder how differently this summers business might have been viewed. I still don't see the French contingent/Traore as bad signings. What has screwed us is the choice of the senior pros / spine of the team.

I agree, if we had that essential spine we might not be in this mess. Your missing the goalkeeping situation though. Sherwood dropped Guzan last season and replaced him with Given who he let go. I can't believe Bunn was a first choice signing?

You'd hope not, wouldn't you. But then Gestede was bought as Benteke's replacement, so who knows?

It's got to be the most spineless team (in both senses) I have ever witnessed.

So, anyway what does Reilly actually do?

[olaftab]

So, anyway what does Reilly actually do?

He is the playstation guy!

[TB]

http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10265~5422097,00.html

We hardly knew you...

Ironic seeing as he hardly knew what he was doing.

Possibly. But then again, who outside the club actually knew what he was supposed to do? I'm sure he did, although as he's been given the  heave-ho, he didn't do it properly.

[Ian.]

So, anyway what does Reilly actually do?

He is the playstation guy!

Oh yeah! Got it now.

[kippaxvilla2]

So, anyway what does Reilly actually do?

He is the babestation guy!

Fixed.

[supertom]

What does Riley do again?

He's the PlayStation guy

did he find benteke?

Benteke was already a Belgian international before we signed him so I don't think anyone at the club can take any credit for "finding" him - least of all this load of parasites.

Had you heard of him? Had any other Premier League side signed him? There's enough mistakes and bad decisions to go into without having to take the credit away from one of the few decent ones.

No indeed, that's fair enough.  Benteke was a great bit of business, and one that paid off in terms of his goals and the profit made on him.  However I think it's fair to say that however good that was, just about everything since has been terrible, and this summer's business is absolutely dismal and has relegated us.

I find this summer's business intriguing. For arguments sake, if you replaced Gestede with a £5m striker who actually knows where the goal is, and Lescott / Richards with leaders who can actually lead rather than disrupt, I wonder how differently this summers business might have been viewed. I still don't see the French contingent/Traore as bad signings. What has screwed us is the choice of the senior pros / spine of the team.

I agree, if we had that essential spine we might not be in this mess. Your missing the goalkeeping situation though. Sherwood dropped Guzan last season and replaced him with Given who he let go. I can't believe Bunn was a first choice signing?

You'd hope not, wouldn't you. But then Gestede was bought as Benteke's replacement, so who knows?

Well I think Adebeyor was supposed to be Benteke's replacement. As for a keeper we did chase a couple more in the summer, but of course we failed dismally.
Not that signing Adebeyor would have changed our fortunes.

[JJ-AV]

Wasn't Benteke a personal recommendation from Wilmots to Lambert?

[KevinGage]

Well I think Adebeyor was supposed to be Benteke's replacement. As for a keeper we did chase a couple more in the summer, but of course we failed dismally.
Not that signing Adebeyor would have changed our fortunes.

I wasn't a fan of the idea at the time, but we probably could have done with him.

On the basis that we seemed to decide it was him or nobody, for some reason.

Not that he would have made us a good team, mind. Just slightly less shit.

[wince]

F*** Almstadt, his stereos and computers were shite anyway

[pauliewalnuts]

F*** Almstadt, his stereos and computers were shite anyway

And that emailer phone thing. Fuck that.

[cdward]

Will we go back to the manager being given a budget and deciding on new players, with input from the board and sporting director rather than the other way around.

[ROBBO]

I imagine Little will have some input I could see him and Garde working well together.