Eric Black

[paul_e]

Bye Eric. You took an absolutely terrible situation with awful players and yet somehow managed to make it all worse.

Negative tactics, almost absent substitutions and zero motivational powers.

That takes talent.

You obviously dislike Aston Villa, enjoy your money. Now go.

Yep.  When you think about it, he came into a situation not too bad for a caretaker - no pressure on him because of where the team were and a chance for him to make a bit of a name for himself.  Instead of being positive and going out to try and win games though, he set up to try and not lose instead, and failed badly.  As it is, I think he leaves as the worst manager we've had over the last five years, which is an achievement in itself.

This is exactly why I'm so pissed off with him, he had absolutely nothing to lose and he decided to be incredibly defensive.  If he had plans to be here longer term I'd have seen some sense in trying to create a stable platform, etc but that's not the case and all he's done is take away the thread of comfort fans had about being relegated early which was that it would give us a chance to see a team for the future and maybe have something to be excited about.

[Ads]

He could have sent us out and we could have lost 6-3 every week with two up top and Grealish, Green and Traore getting a go. Some result, but at least we'd have gone out on our feet throwing punches.

[curiousorange]

I must say, I find it bizarre that he lauded Grealish this week but gave him about ten minutes game time in his tenure.

[dave shelley]

He's a c**t, and if I ever met him; I'd tell him he was...and why!

[Risso]

The man has been an absolute disgrace.  He can fuck off, and when he's finished fucking off, he can fuck off some more.  He can take his 35 years and his 0% win record elsewhere.  Absolute dismal bastard.

[PaulWinch again]

The man has been an absolute disgrace.  He can fuck off, and when he's finished fucking off, he can fuck off some more.  He can take his 35 years and his 0% win record elsewhere.  Absolute dismal bastard.

Sums it up nicely.

[Villa in Denmark]

What idiot plays 5 at the back against 1 striker and 3 in the middle against against 5.

It takes a special kind of fuckwit.

Or someone who doesn't really give a shit and has just been doing whatever was easiest to get through to 5pm tonight.

I forget which commentator said it, but one of them nailed it this afternoon.

He's thrown just enough scapegoats onto the pitch to deflect the pressure from himself for 90 minutes and enough sheep onto the pitch to not cause him problems for the other 166 1/2 hours per week.

[Des Little]

The man has been an absolute disgrace.  He can fuck off, and when he's finished fucking off, he can fuck off some more.  He can take his 35 years and his 0% win record elsewhere.  Absolute dismal bastard.

Sums it up nicely.

Best summing up of the man I've read. Well struck sir!

[kippaxvilla2]

Agreed.

[PaulWinch again]

Compare what Newcastle achieved today, after being psychologically crushed this week, with that utter garbage Black's Villa have served up. It shows what we're up against.

[tony scott]

Communication was his only asset, he spoke french brilliant he could keep the whole squad update right to the bitter end, is it possible that his employer 're Mr Holis can explain why given his previous experience he was given the role!!!

[ozzjim]

For certain.  The guy is a total and utter cretin. Fucking shambles of a manager. I really hope he is no longer employed by Villa as of 5pm today.

[rob_bridge]

My criteria for the next Villa manager:

Not Pulis
Never been on the payroll of either Aberdeen or Celtic

Tick both of those boxes and you'll be more than welcome.  Anyone else can piss off quite frankly.

Ally McCoist?

Barry Fry?

[adrenachrome]

The man has been an absolute disgrace.  He can fuck off, and when he's finished fucking off, he can fuck off some more.  He can take his 35 years and his 0% win record elsewhere.  Absolute dismal bastard.

Sums it up nicely.

But however far he fucks off  it can  never be far enough, the fucker.

He should be made to sit in the Upper Trinity and fucked off to fucksville like the poor bastards who used to sit up there before we right-sized in a downwards direction. 

[mr underhill]

has he been fucked off yet? If not, why not?