The fact that most of us fans knew the lack of proven striker would be our undoing before a ball was kicked, is a quite frankly unforgiveable error on the club's part. ..... And then to REPEAT that mistake in January is mindblowing!
I've been saying it for years - there are no men in grey suits to advise behind the scenes, no Grand Old Man of Villa Park to reassure the common herd and there are no self-appointed PR men to push our case in the media.
Quote from: Nii Lamptey on July 17, 2020, 12:26:44 PMThe fact that most of us fans knew the lack of proven striker would be our undoing before a ball was kicked, is a quite frankly unforgiveable error on the club's part. ..... And then to REPEAT that mistake in January is mindblowing!Yeah. Not buying anyone to even compete with Wesley was madness. Add that to not getting any pace to hurt teams on the break and you're just inviting teams to put you under pressure.
It wasn't a moment. For me, its been the fact that ever since O'Neil's departure, the club have made too many repetitive errors in management appointments, repeating the tactic of hiring young, inexperienced managers into a role way above their pay grade - Lambert, Sherwood, Garde, Matteo, and now Smith. None of them had any/anywhere near enough top flight experience. One or two as gambles, fair enough - 5 in 8 years is suicide.Add to that the fact that even when the club veered away from that tactic, they appointed dull, uninspiring, experienced managers - Bruce and McLeish. I keep saying it - for Villa to return to top flight stability (which one needs before looking to genuinely compete at the top level) we need to appoint a manager with top flight experience and success. Is the money there - yes.Is the brand there - yes.Is the potential there - yes.Do those managers exist and are they available - yesWould they come if offered the role in the summer - maybe.Is the ambition from the club there - yes.Who are tha managers you believe exist and are available?Do we trust the people running the club to get this right - ?
We should have signed players that were less of a gamble. 2016 all over again
Schmidt, Setien, Marcelino - to name just 3. This question (who?) is often asked and when people suggest names the same people usually come out with the “they won’t come” nonsense. Hasenhüttl is a really good example of a promising manager who came to Saints (surely no more attractive that Villa) with top flight experience and the ambition to coach in the best league in the world. Bielsa at Leeds. Was he too big for a Championship club.We have just done a very poor job appointing managers, it’s really that simple. And sadly, when I look at the setup of the club today, I fear we won’t fix it anytime soon despite the fact we could. And the longer we go on in this state, the harder it will be to make the turn.