Tony's Tweets

[Diablo]

If another team had come down from the Premier League, and immediately spent £50 million, I'd expect them to be at or near the top.

exactly

the quality of the league is shit which makes our position worse

be interesting to see his tweets if we lose saturday

we dont really lose either we just draw a hell of alot

We've lost twice as many as we've won. I'm sad to say it but I just don't have any confidence in RDM. I see him as a continuation of our run of successive crap managers. In fact a question for the historians on here, in our entire history have we ever had such a run of successively cack managers?

[eamonn]

We can't write off this season thinking we will be fully prepared for promotion by next year. Three more relegated clubs with a year's worth of TV money to burn will just make it harder for us to get up. It has to happen this season, I fear.

[ChicagoLion]

We can't write off this season thinking we will be fully prepared for promotion by next year. Three more relegated clubs with a year's worth of TV money to burn will just make it harder for us to get up. It has to happen this season, I fear.

I agree and also think it is too late to get this team any where near the top of the division.
It was too big a task to turn around years of decline.

[Jimbo]

We can't write off this season thinking we will be fully prepared for promotion by next year. Three more relegated clubs with a year's worth of TV money to burn will just make it harder for us to get up. It has to happen this season, I fear.

My point is it won't happen this year so let's not stress over it. Take it one step at a time. The job is too big to turn this around in one season, and I've believed that ever since the end of last season.

Don't forget we're not only dealing with our own 'psychological' problems, but the psychology of every team we play, who think "Villa? They're weak, losers, last-minute bottlers. We can do 'em."

It's going to take time, but we can do it as long as we recognise that fact. Otherwise the frustration, expectation and tension creates an evil atmosphere that nobody can flourish in and we'll get nowhere.

[sirlordbaltimore]

We can't write off this season thinking we will be fully prepared for promotion by next year. Three more relegated clubs with a year's worth of TV money to burn will just make it harder for us to get up. It has to happen this season, I fear.

How will three more teams with TV money to burn hinder us? We've got an owner who's already shown he's willing to spend big if needed. No worries on that front

[saunders_heroes]

We can't write off this season thinking we will be fully prepared for promotion by next year. Three more relegated clubs with a year's worth of TV money to burn will just make it harder for us to get up. It has to happen this season, I fear.

I agree and also think it is too late to get this team any where near the top of the division.
It was too big a task to turn around years of decline.

The club was in tatters after relegation and 6 years of sabotage have taken its toll. It's no surprise that the other 2 teams relegated with us are doing much better, after all they went down with more than double our points tally. Saying that though we should have still expected a bit more from RDM, and let's face it his results have been very poor so far. What's the solution? God knows. One minute I want the manager out then the next I'm reminded of the state the club was left in when the previous owner sold up and you realise this is gonna take time to turn us around.

[Hookeysmith]

Did we not draw a lot of games in MON's first season?

Agreed it takes time  - I just wish RDM and Clarke had some enthusiasm and would hurry up and find the right formula

[sirlordbaltimore]

My point is it won't happen this year so let's not stress over it. Take it one step at a time. The job is too big to turn this around in one season, and I've believed that ever since the end of last season.

Don't forget we're not only dealing with our own 'psychological' problems, but the psychology of every team we play, who think "Villa? They're weak, losers, last-minute bottlers. We can do 'em."

It's going to take time, but we can do it as long as we recognise that fact. Otherwise the frustration, expectation and tension creates an evil atmosphere that nobody can flourish in and we'll get nowhere.

Nailed it mate. A return to the PL this season was never on the cards for me, just too big a mess to clear up in one summer

I don't know why people can't just relax and enjoy the journey back, i've not missed the PL at all yet, not even watched any other PL matches on the telly. If anything i'm finding this season a breath of fresh air (well apart from too many late goals and lack of streams but there you go)

We're on a ride, it's not going to be all uphill

[sirlordbaltimore]

Did we not draw a lot of games in MON's first season?

Agreed it takes time  - I just wish RDM and Clarke had some enthusiasm and would hurry up and find the right formula

I'm more concerned with Clarke than RDM personally. I've yet to see Clarke even look awake on the bench never mind showing us any of his supposed coaching qualities

[Clark W Griswold]

His tweet doesn't say anything specifically defending De Matteo though, just that it can take time and effort to succeed which is fair enough. He could be talking from his own point of view rather than the manager.

[Sexual Ealing]

Did we not draw a lot of games in MON's first season?

Agreed it takes time  - I just wish RDM and Clarke had some enthusiasm and would hurry up and find the right formula

We did draw a lot that season (we have for every season I can remember apart from last year) but we also won every now and again.

[villadelph]

His tweet doesn't say anything specifically defending De Matteo though, just that it can take time and effort to succeed which is fair enough. He could be talking from his own point of view rather than the manager.

That's the feeling I got.

[eamonn]

We can't write off this season thinking we will be fully prepared for promotion by next year. Three more relegated clubs with a year's worth of TV money to burn will just make it harder for us to get up. It has to happen this season, I fear.

How will three more teams with TV money to burn hinder us? We've got an owner who's already shown he's willing to spend big if needed. No worries on that front

It will hinder us because it will make it harder to get out of this division if they get more out of the players that they buy than we do.

If you were resigned to spending at least two seasons in this league since the summer fair enough but most of us expected more and the consensus seems to be that anything less than play-offs is failure.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Did we not draw a lot of games in MON's first season?

Agreed it takes time  - I just wish RDM and Clarke had some enthusiasm and would hurry up and find the right formula

I'm more concerned with Clarke than RDM personally. I've yet to see Clarke even look awake on the bench never mind showing us any of his supposed coaching qualities

I get the feeling all is not right between the two. Who was the coach that said he prepared the team all week depending on the opposition, only for the manager to come in Friday and change everything? I really hope that's not the case with RDM and Clarke.

[auntiesledd]

Doesn't sound like someone about to pull the trigger to me...

Dr. Tony Xia ‏@Dr_TonyXia  6h6 hours ago
It always takes longer than predicted, needs harder work than expected 2succeed in everything! But it'll come.It's my experience&philosophy.

I am reassured by that. It says to me he is not going to be one of those interfering 'wants it done yesterday' type of owners and understands that it takes hard work, rather than just a cheque book, to achieve anything.

I broadly agree with those sentiments, Chris, however this is the very same owner who stated that it's his aim to make us the biggest club in the world in 5 years; and has spunked a huge amount of dosh before & during his current position. I haven't a clue how long he's willing to give RDM to turn this listing tub into a fully-restored vessel that's properly fit for purpose, but I'd imagine that he'll be getting increasingly concerned by the disjointed/crap performances and the lack of points on the board. 

We are two months into his and the manager's first season trying to put right several years of neglect. I look at it as to how I would think if it was another club thinking it was time for another overhaul and I would be laughing at them.

I respect your opinion however the best we can probably do regarding this subject is agree to disagree. I know if it was another team in our situation I'd be thinking it was understandable that the manager got the tin-tack; and concerned that they might appoint a talented manager with a good track record - who would turn them into promotion candidates. I guess we'll just have to wait and see how things pan out.