Christian Purslow - Resigned

[dicedlam]

My concern is that we'd sack Bruce and then replace him with yet another manager who is just a continuation of the old school.

The Hodgson / Allardyce / Moyes style (I am not suggesting we'd get any of those, I am referring to their type).

I'm so sick of watching the inevitable result of that sort of appointment. We need to completely start again.

Watching the re-run of MOTD this morning, it was so refreshing to see the likes of Fulham taking the game to Man City. Same can be said for teams like Watford, Huddersfield and Bournemouth.

What do they all have in common? Progressive, forward-thinking managers with backroom team of coaches who know what the bloody hell they are doing.

[Chinchilla Bathhouse]

My concern is that we'd sack Bruce and then replace him with yet another manager who is just a continuation of the old school.

The Hodgson / Allardyce / Moyes style (I am not suggesting we'd get any of those, I am referring to their type).

I'm so sick of watching the inevitable result of that sort of appointment. We need to completely start again.

Watching the re-run of MOTD this morning, it was so refreshing to see the likes of Fulham taking the game to Man City. Same can be said for teams like Watford, Huddersfield and Bournemouth.

What do they all have in common? Progressive, forward-thinking managers with backroom team of coaches who know what the bloody hell they are doing.

Not sure you can say the same about Huddersfield, whose promotion and survival has been fought in a dour and pragmatic way that rarely involves taking the game to the opposition. Also, Fulham got thrashed yesterday.

Aside from the style of play though you're dead right. The common theme is a manager who knows what he's doing and a backroom set up that supports him in executing the plan.

[Damo70]

My concern is that we'd sack Bruce and then replace him with yet another manager who is just a continuation of the old school.

The Hodgson / Allardyce / Moyes style (I am not suggesting we'd get any of those, I am referring to their type).

I'm so sick of watching the inevitable result of that sort of appointment. We need to completely start again.

Watching the re-run of MOTD this morning, it was so refreshing to see the likes of Fulham taking the game to Man City. Same can be said for teams like Watford, Huddersfield and Bournemouth.

What do they all have in common? Progressive, forward-thinking managers with backroom team of coaches who know what the bloody hell they are doing.

Not sure you can say the same about Huddersfield, whose promotion and survival has been fought in a dour and pragmatic way that rarely involves taking the game to the opposition. Also, Fulham got thrashed yesterday.

Aside from the style of play though you're dead right. The common theme is a manager who knows what he's doing and a backroom set up that supports him in executing the plan.

The concern would be that the likes of Allardyce and Moyes may well be on the short list if we do get shot of Bruce. Although personally, whilst he wouldn't be my choice I do rate Allardyce.

[Damo70]

My concern is that we'd sack Bruce and then replace him with yet another manager who is just a continuation of the old school.

The Hodgson / Allardyce / Moyes style (I am not suggesting we'd get any of those, I am referring to their type).

I'm so sick of watching the inevitable result of that sort of appointment. We need to completely start again.

Watching the re-run of MOTD this morning, it was so refreshing to see the likes of Fulham taking the game to Man City. Same can be said for teams like Watford, Huddersfield and Bournemouth.

What do they all have in common? Progressive, forward-thinking managers with backroom team of coaches who know what the bloody hell they are doing.

I can't comment on the coaching set ups of Watford, Huddersfield and Bournemouth as I only know their managers. Who are their current coaches/assistants and where did they work previously?

[eamonn]

Huddersfield have failed to score in almost 60% of their league games since promotion. Their manager appears to be more pragmatic than the sexy swine we all dreamed about who would come and save us from Nan'sHair.

[in exile]

Huddersfield have failed to score in almost 60% of their league games since promotion. Their manager appears to be more pragmatic than the sexy swine we all dreamed about who would come and save us from Nan'sHair.

Completely wasted on me.
What do you mean?

[eamonn]

Sorry, it was a nod to how some of us were keen to nab Wagner from Huddersfield after he got them promoted on a shoestring.
NansHair is the wonderful, if sparsely used, alias of our manager due to his grandmother-hairstyle.

[tomd2103]

Huddersfield have failed to score in almost 60% of their league games since promotion. Their manager appears to be more pragmatic than the sexy swine we all dreamed about who would come and save us from Nan'sHair.

Bit harsh on Wagner as he got Huddersfield Town promoted to the top flight and kept them up in their first season.  Maybe he has developed a style that he thinks best suits the resources he has available to him and might have a different approach given a different environment to work in. 

[eamonn]

True

[JUAN PABLO]

Mark hughes has a bit of Nans hair about him too . Maybe its a Manure thing .

[chrisw1]

Huddersfield have failed to score in almost 60% of their league games since promotion. Their manager appears to be more pragmatic than the sexy swine we all dreamed about who would come and save us from Nan'sHair.

Bit harsh on Wagner as he got Huddersfield Town promoted to the top flight and kept them up in their first season.  Maybe he has developed a style that he thinks best suits the resources he has available to him and might have a different approach given a different environment to work in. 

You could have said the same about Bruce before he joined us.

[tomd2103]

Huddersfield have failed to score in almost 60% of their league games since promotion. Their manager appears to be more pragmatic than the sexy swine we all dreamed about who would come and save us from Nan'sHair.

Bit harsh on Wagner as he got Huddersfield Town promoted to the top flight and kept them up in their first season.  Maybe he has developed a style that he thinks best suits the resources he has available to him and might have a different approach given a different environment to work in. 

You could have said the same about Bruce before he joined us.

You could and that is probably why he got the job in the first place.  He has failed to achieve at Villa what Wagner has done at Huddersfield though and Wagner's time at Dortmund with Klopp might suggest at a more progressive approach in the right environment. 

[mattjpa]

Huddersfield have failed to score in almost 60% of their league games since promotion. Their manager appears to be more pragmatic than the sexy swine we all dreamed about who would come and save us from Nan'sHair.

Bit harsh on Wagner as he got Huddersfield Town promoted to the top flight and kept them up in their first season.  Maybe he has developed a style that he thinks best suits the resources he has available to him and might have a different approach given a different environment to work in. 

You could have said the same about Bruce before he joined us.

You could and that is probably why he got the job in the first place.  He has failed to achieve at Villa what Wagner has done at Huddersfield though and Wagner's time at Dortmund with Klopp might suggest at a more progressive approach in the right environment. 

Ive always thought he did well initially because we were a big club in dire straits so bringing in the small club siege mentality worked perfectly. When we hit Christmas 6points off the playoffs or whatever it was, we needed to start acting like the big dog on the block. We didnt and havent ever since. Even in the playoffs, set up, tactics  and mentality were all of the smaller club ilk, like how id expect us to set up/play against Man Utd. Steve Bruce's Aston Villa of the past year and a half are the ultimate square peg in a round hole. He has entered self preservation mode, the away fans have turned and I think its a matter of when not if now...

[The_ads]

Has there ever actually been an interview? I have seen nothing about his vision, ideas, how excited he is joining club. Absolutely fuck all.

[pauliewalnuts]

Does he actually exist?