Eric Black

[Diablo]

Eric Black is innocent of corruption claim (apparently) http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38172163

Southampton have concluded "There is no evidence of any wrongdoing, as such the club now considers the matter closed.".

I hate the fact that (at the end of the article) our name is mentioned and associated with his.

[Risso]

I hate the fact that the dismal twat was ever employed by us, full stop.

[CT]

I hate the fact that the dismal twat was ever employed by us, full stop.

This. In fact, "Dismal twat" was pretty kind.

[footyskillz]

I see Eric black is on bench at Southampton.  Yes he's only there because of his French like at villa

[BOB MANSFIELD]

mauvais chatte.............

[Diablo]

Erick Black in League Cup final... Bastardo! There is no God.

[berneboy]

Eric Black interview in the Sunday Times today :

Villa “was without doubt worse”.

Black was caretaker at the end of last season after Remi Garde’s dismissal. “The whole club was rudderless. It had been let go. I’d never seen that. There was an atmosphere I’d never experienced — we got booed going out for the warm-up.”

[dave shelley]

Wrong you moron.  It was YOU who got booed!

[peter w]

Not it wasn't dave. He was just part of the whole mess not the reason.

[wittonwarrior]

Never could understand  the bile against Eric Black.  He was faced with an  impossible task when he  took over from Gard.  He is right in so far  that the Club was at such a low edge.  Not quite sure what fans actually wanted from him (except the obvious to go away).

[Clampy]

He's right, the whole place was a mess but he didn't help himself with some of his awful team selections.

[dave shelley]

Not it wasn't dave. He was just part of the whole mess not the reason.

Perhaps you're right Peter but everytime I see his name come up in association with us it just rises my hackles.  I appreciate that the mess was not of his making but his intransigence with his team selections was, to me, nothing short of deliberate spite and, that I find unforgiveable.  No matter what, the opportunity was there to sow the seeds for improvement, he didn't take it.  Had he done so he could have walked away with at least a small amount of appreciation.

[SoccerHQ]

I'll never forget his team selection for the Bournemouth game.

We were all but down that day so here was a chance to pick a fresh team the crowd would get behind and not boo.

Fair enough he put in Lyden but no one had really heard of him.

He played Guzan, Lescott, Bacuna, Richardson and left Adama and Grealish on the bench.

And he wonders why the crowd were so hostile at that point.

[OzVilla]

In a poll of top 5 arseholes that we had to put up with last season I'm not sure Black would have made the list.  He inherited a shambles, a mess that wasn't of his making.

He was asked to be a caretaker for the last few months, he did so knowing he was off at the end of the season. He probably just did it for the money while he sorted himself out. He just let the useless fuckers take their medicine from the crowd, not throw kids in. Like it not i could understand that.

He was just another lazy football professional in a club already full of them.

[brian green]

As I have said before, I consider him to be the worst of the bad bunch of post MON managers because he was the only one who got a free hit and still managed to enrage the long suffering fans while allowing rigor mortis to set in.