Welcome Roberto Di Matteo and Steve Clarke

[Jon Crofts]

Ironic really that his name describes the level at which he coached Guzan down to.  Another one gets a payoff for failure.

[Chico Hamilton III]

Ironic really that his name describes the level at which he coached Guzan down to.  Another one gets a payoff for failure.

Has any coach - in any sport - ever had a more negative impact on the player he is paid to coach than Parkes?

[Clampy]

Ironic really that his name describes the level at which he coached Guzan down to.  Another one gets a payoff for failure.

Has any coach - in any sport - ever had a more negative impact on the player he is paid to coach than Parkes?

For me, the whole defence was woeful, not just Guzan.

[Chico Hamilton III]

Ironic really that his name describes the level at which he coached Guzan down to.  Another one gets a payoff for failure.

Has any coach - in any sport - ever had a more negative impact on the player he is paid to coach than Parkes?

For me, the whole defence was woeful, not just Guzan.

Of course, the entire team were total shite, this was just an observation on Parkes' impact.

[Steve R]

Why are people so taken with the appointment of Kevin Bond? He seems to have sent most of his post-playing career coat-tailing Harry Redknapp in mostly unsuccessful stints as various clubs or getting a quiet exit from Newcastle after having his name mentioned in the doggygate bungs scandal.

I think the point is they appear to be assembling a coaching team - in Clarke, Bond and Marchesi - that has experience and credibility; that has been around the block a few times. Bond has been highly talked of for a while as a no-nonsense defensive coach ... Isn't that what we need?

Highly talked of by whom? Where has he been a successful defensive coach?

Well, he worked at Portsmouth during their better days; Sourhampton and Wt Spam; to name a few. I recall players citing him as a decent coach.
He probably doesn't have Clarke's reputation as a coach but it seems to me that as a coaching team there is a good mix of personality and experience. Possibly lacking is a forward coach, but maybe Sir BL will have some involvement.

He was only briefly at West Ham and it wasn't as coach, I don't think either Portsmouth or Southampton benefitted from his and Redknapp's flitting to and fro and his last gig was QPR. I am not at all sure why we are employing him.

US Gridiron teams employ specialist coaches and I have no idea why we don't do the same, other than 30 odd years ago most clubs did not have a great deal of money. So employing a defensive coach is a good move. I just don't think Bond will keep off the Wanker pile very long.

[Clampy]

Ironic really that his name describes the level at which he coached Guzan down to.  Another one gets a payoff for failure.

Has any coach - in any sport - ever had a more negative impact on the player he is paid to coach than Parkes?

For me, the whole defence was woeful, not just Guzan.

Of course, the entire team were total shite, this was just an observation on Parkes' impact.

I'm not sure even De Gea with a decent coach would have kept us up.

[paul_e]

Parkes has gone. http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villa-part-ways-coach-11427808

Good, his arrival coincided with the downward motion of Guzan's form.  It might be unrelated but that's not a risk I'd be prepared to take.

[Toronto Villa]

Steve Clarke has reportedly said he expects to be in place as Assistant to Di Matteo on Monday

[old man villa fan]

Parkes has gone. http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villa-part-ways-coach-11427808

Good, his arrival coincided with the downward motion of Guzan's form.  It might be unrelated but that's not a risk I'd be prepared to take.

Guzan's form was on the way down a long time before Parkes turned up.  The errors and indecision started to creep in towards the end of Lambert's 2nd season.

[Rudy65]

Best of luck to the new management team. More impressed by Clarke than Di Matteo but looking forward to a new era at Villa Park. Some early signings would be great

Early signings and the departure of some others are a prerequisite. There will be no better way of securing more season ticket sales, including me, than making 2 or 3 astute signings

Given where we are,  the managerial and coaching appointments are fine by me.

[London Villan]

Parkes has gone. http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villa-part-ways-coach-11427808

Good, his arrival coincided with the downward motion of Guzan's form.  It might be unrelated but that's not a risk I'd be prepared to take.

Good riddance, after he swore at the fans in the Trinity he should have been sacked anyway. Clown.

[paul_e]

Parkes has gone. http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villa-part-ways-coach-11427808

Good, his arrival coincided with the downward motion of Guzan's form.  It might be unrelated but that's not a risk I'd be prepared to take.

Guzan's form was on the way down a long time before Parkes turned up.  The errors and indecision started to creep in towards the end of Lambert's 2nd season.

True but it got much worse almost immediately when he arrived and hasn't improved at all.  As I say it might be a little harsh but I can't see any reason why you'd give him another chance.

[Pete3206]

Would be better for all concerned if RDM could bring in a new keeper.

[old man villa fan]

Parkes has gone. http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villa-part-ways-coach-11427808

Good, his arrival coincided with the downward motion of Guzan's form.  It might be unrelated but that's not a risk I'd be prepared to take.

Guzan's form was on the way down a long time before Parkes turned up.  The errors and indecision started to creep in towards the end of Lambert's 2nd season.

True but it got much worse almost immediately when he arrived and hasn't improved at all.  As I say it might be a little harsh but I can't see any reason why you'd give him another chance.

I'm certainly not sticking up for Parkes as he appears to have done nothing since he came here.  I think Guzan's form is a separate issue.

[Richard E]

My only misgiving about the new managerial team is that we can look forward to x number of years of people calling him 'Clark.'