Riley - When Will It Happen

[CJ]

Why does everyone call him Reilly?

It's Riley isn't it?

Really?

[MillerBall]

Riley Ace of Spies (Cough, cough)

Gabby Ace of Pies

[pauliewalnuts]

Why does everyone call him Reilly?

It's Riley isn't it?

Really?

O

[kingstanding villa]

So last night people were told about redundancies at villa park. I hope your proud of yourself Reilly you bought this team. I hope you can look people in the eye at bodymoor heath today. if  you had any balls you would resign.

[SheffieldVillain]

So last night people were told about redundancies at villa park. I hope your proud of yourself Reilly you bought this team. I hope you can look people in the eye at bodymoor heath today. if  you had any balls you would resign.

It's a bit much to suggest that the redundancies are down to the signings Reilly suggested (not made, as the final sign-off would have been down to Sherwood, Fox, Lerner or a mixture of those three). It's taken five years of mismanagement at every level to have reached this stage.

Also, as has been pointed out before - Ayew, Amavi, Veretout, Gana have been some of the better players this season (faint praise I know). It's largely the previous signings and the British based ones that have let us down.

[OzVilla]

If you want to single one individual out for our shit signings then come on down Mr Paul Lambert.

[exigo]

So last night people were told about redundancies at villa park. I hope your proud of yourself Reilly you bought this team. I hope you can look people in the eye at bodymoor heath today. if  you had any balls you would resign.

The only players with any resale value are the ones Reilly found.

[ASHTONVILLA]

The only players with any resale value are the ones Reilly found.

It was Lescott replacing Vlaar, and Gestede replacing Benteke, and Gana replacing Delph, and Bunn replacing Given (leaving us with Guzan in goal) that caused the problems. Reilly was only responsible for Gana on that list.

Amavi replaced Bennett and was a definite upgrade, Ayew replaced Weimann and has been better, Veretout should be competing with Westwood and is better than him. I think we overpaid, but his signings are far from the worst made this season.

[supertom]

The only players with any resale value are the ones Reilly found.

It was Lescott replacing Vlaar, and Gestede replacing Benteke, and Gana replacing Delph, and Bunn replacing Given (leaving us with Guzan in goal) that caused the problems. Reilly was only responsible for Gana on that list.

Amavi replaced Bennett and was a definite upgrade, Ayew replaced Weimann and has been better, Veretout should be competing with Westwood and is better than him. I think we overpaid, but his signings are far from the worst made this season.

A big issue is consistency between what the club is striving for, what the manager wants to go for and what Reilly identifies. There was no cohesion in our signings. It was a bizarre hodgepodge (as it has been in the last few windows).
Reilly needs to go though. We need a completely new direction and fresh start on all fronts.

[kingstanding villa]

Ok we will see . wait until Sherwood can talk about what went on. He was part of the team that has built the shitest team in our history. he was part of the team that got in our last 2 managers.

[AVH87]

I'll take what Sherwood says about it with a pinch of salt. He selected Rudy as the Benteke replacement, Richards as a centre half which he's never been and a past it Lescott. Oh and didn't identify a goalkeeper other than the unrealistic Begovic.

[rapidlad]

Patrick 'Paddy' Reilly (born October 18, 1939 in Dublin) is an Irish folk singer and guitarist. He is one of Ireland's most famous balladeers and is best known for his renditions of "The Fields of Athenry" and "The Town I Loved So Well". Reilly released his version of The Fields of Athenry in 1983; it was the most successful version of this song, remaining in the Irish charts for 72 weeks.[1]

[kippaxvilla2]

Head of recruitment Paddy Riley escapes the sack at Aston Villa

Paddy Riley
No exit: Paddy Riley has been given a stay of execution
 John Percy, midlands football correspondent
23 APRIL 2016 • 10:40PM
Aston Villa’s much maligned head of recruitment Paddy Riley has been given a stay of execution in a move which will infuriate supporters.

Riley’s job is safe – for now – despite a ruthless cull which has seen Remi Garde, Tom Fox and Hendrik Almstadt leave the crisis club as part of an extensive review into Villa’s nightmare season.

Telegraph Sport can reveal that Riley has even been involved in discussions over the new manager and his future is unlikely to be decided until an appointment is made.

Riley has emerged as a target for frustrated fans as he was heavily involved in Villa’s £55million spending spree last summer, which has proven such a contentious issue.


Many of those 12 signings have flopped spectacularly, while Riley’s scouting network was pinpointed as a major problem by former director David Bernstein, who sensationally quit on Monday.

Yet Riley is known to be close with owner Randy Lerner, leading to suggestions that his position is secure until a new manager comes in.

He has been watching Championship games this month as Villa prepare for next season in the second tier, following their first relegation since 1987.

Villa are stepping up their attempts to sell the club this summer, with chairman Steve Hollis thought to be considering three bids.

Lerner will accept around £75million for the relegated club – half the initial asking price – and Hollis is using London-based law firm Squire Patton Boggs to assist in the sale.

Villa also expect to conclude their investigation into striker Gabriel Agbonlahor this week, after he was pictured with laughing gas canisters on the night the club’s relegation was officially confirmed.

Agbonlahor was suspended for the second time and is likely to be fined, ahead of his departure this summer. The 29-year-old is understood to have an offer on the table from a club in the Middle East.

[ozzjim]

The shouting network may be a problem but sherwood signed the rotten apples not Reilly. I think the bigger problem is not the players he signed but the overall strategy in terms of what we needed and the personality research of the players coming in. I don't mind him staying if he is managed well in a clear structure.

[aj2k77]

Who has Reilly 'signed' that has been any good?