Eric Black

[paul_e]

Picks a negative side built around the players that the fans had long since identified as being at the heart of the club being fucked.  The atmosphere turns more toxic than it was before. Uses the toxic atmosphere to justify his team selection and refuses to play the players the fans like, even after relegation is confirmed.

That sums up why the guy is a twat who deserves all the stick he gets.

[Dave]

It takes a special kind of ineptitude to be given the lowest bar imaginable to be remembered as a qualified success - not be quite so terrible as Sherwood or Garde, and still manage to get nowhere near it.

[SoccerHQ]

His selection at home to Bournemouth when we were all but down was a total disgrace.

Even in the weeks after relegation Grealish and Adama were still glued to the bench.

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

Eric who?


Can hardly believe this bloke was in charge of our team for even one game!

[olaftab]

Goodbye . Close this thread please.

[peter w]

And Garde was better?  Seems Black has caught the backlash from a  lot of shit that had already gone on.

Played ok at OT, at home v Newcastle and away at Watford.

Garde - fairly well against Man City, reasonable at home v Leicester reasonable again at home v Norwich and?

What Garde tried to do is make us harder to score  against.  Not sure what Garde's aims were.

And I am not saying  Black  was brilliant he wasn't but neither was Garde or Sherwood.

Agree. Given an impossible task and I'm almost certain that when the dust settles further down the line, the work that Black did in taking over an almost already relegated team, full of players who acted as if they were bigger than the club, the players that constantly took the piss out of the fans, he will get recognition from those within the club that have seen his input for what it was, and how he should not deserve our ire, but thanks.

[The Edge]

And Garde was better?  Seems Black has caught the backlash from a  lot of shit that had already gone on.

Played ok at OT, at home v Newcastle and away at Watford.

Garde - fairly well against Man City, reasonable at home v Leicester reasonable again at home v Norwich and?

What Garde tried to do is make us harder to score  against.  Not sure what Garde's aims were.

And I am not saying  Black  was brilliant he wasn't but neither was Garde or Sherwood.

Agree. Given an impossible task and I'm almost certain that when the dust settles further down the line, the work that Black did in taking over an almost already relegated team, full of players who acted as if they were bigger than the club, the players that constantly took the piss out of the fans, he will get recognition from those within the club that have seen his input for what it was, and how he should not deserve our ire, but thanks.

Wow. Is that how you think it went down with that dour twat? Did you see his team selections? He was wilfully picking the team's that he knew was going to piss off an already angry Villa park crowd. Probably with the intention of hanging out to dry the feckless assholes who were responsible for the mess we got in. He could of at least tried to appease the fans. But no. He had a point to make. He knew exactly what he was doing and knew all along he would be walking away with a handsome settlement. Goodbye and good riddance Mr Black.

[Ads]

Thanks for what exactly? Making the most awful of seasons even worse?

[oswald funkletrumpet]

black was a useless c***

nothing positive can be said about him

[mr underhill]

Eric Black - why?

[in exile]

I'm just pleased he's gone

[Villa in Denmark]

I remain convinced that Black was just followingt teh path of least resistance to get through to the end of May.

Nothing more, nothing less.

[The Edge]

Eric Black - why?

He was the final management choice of Randy and quite possibly his worst. It was the icing on the cake of the finest example of how to choose the wrong man at the wrong time. Thank god it's all over. We go again into the unknown. And who knows how the new regime will turn out? Never a dull moment down in B6.

[The Edge]

I remain convinced that Black was just followingt teh path of least resistance to get through to the end of May.

Nothing more, nothing less.

Maybe your right VID. But when your given the chance to manage one of England's finest football clubs and getting paid handsomely i remain convinced you should at least TRY and do something positive. Sorry but for me Eric Black deserves all the slating he has had on here and elsewhere.

[Gregorys Boy]

Still don't hold anything against Black, except that his selections after awhile could have been more daring.  Wish him good luck in the future.