Johan Lange - appointed

[N'ZMAV]

Trouble is that is from Greg Evans. Who has made a living from making utter bull shit about Villa up.

that Albion gutter rat knows sod all. Makes it up as he goes along.

[chrisw1]

From this I gather we don't hold Greg(g) in high regard.

The Athletic does have some decent, insightful, tactically aware reporters with their finger on the pulse of the clubs they report on.

Unfortunately Gregg Evans isn't one of these.  We've been saddled with the Robin Reliant of Athletic reporters.  In fairness, he isn't helped by the fact that the club doesn't give anything away, but at least he is helped by being part of a network where some coleagues will get stuff from other clubs.

He's pretty decent at the puff pieces on former players, youth players etc.  But I've never read or heard anything from him that made me sit up and think 'he knows what he's talking about' 

[Monty]

If Evans reports something it does tend to be true. He just misses a lot of stuff too, probably because the club is so poker-faced.

The thing we really lack is any good tactical analysis of our performances. I'm so tired of reading the basic, plodding stuff we get about our matches - 'off the pace', 'improved after the break', 'looked dangerous on the left' - like, can't you tell us why these things happened? Can't anyone? It's annoying.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Maybe we should ask the Liverpool Echo to cover our games.

[OCD]

Seen it reported somewhere that Smith wanted a DM but Lange strongly leaned towards him giving Sanson a chance this season.

Sanson isn't a DM though so that doesn't really make any sense. Sanson's more like McGinn so it's like saying we can't have a DM because we want McGinn to play when really you would want a top quality DM alongside him to get the best out of him.

[Footy-Vill]

Norwich Sporting Director Stuart Webber: "It really grates at me, this obsession with money, money, money. Only one team can win the Premier League. So are the other 19 all failures? Bullshit. Then you hear you’ve got to “go for it”. Football is an infinite game, it’ll be played long after we’re all dead."

[Risso]

Norwich Sporting Director Stuart Webber: "It really grates at me, this obsession with money, money, money. Only one team can win the Premier League. So are the other 19 all failures? Bullshit. Then you hear you’ve got to “go for it”. Football is an infinite game, it’ll be played long after we’re all dead."

Admirable sentiments, but he's probably working in the wrong industry.

[Sexual Ealing]

Norwich Sporting Director Stuart Webber: "It really grates at me, this obsession with money, money, money. Only one team can win the Premier League. So are the other 19 all failures? Bullshit. Then you hear you’ve got to “go for it”. Football is an infinite game, it’ll be played long after we’re all dead."

Struggling to see what this has to do with Lange?!

[GordonCowansisthegreatest]

Norwich Sporting Director Stuart Webber: "It really grates at me, this obsession with money, money, money. Only one team can win the Premier League. So are the other 19 all failures? Bullshit. Then you hear you’ve got to “go for it”. Football is an infinite game, it’ll be played long after we’re all dead."

Struggling to see what this has to do with Lange?!

He will probably post it on another twenty threads!

[nigel]

Norwich Sporting Director Stuart Webber: "It really grates at me, this obsession with money, money, money. Only one team can win the Premier League. So are the other 19 all failures? Bullshit. Then you hear you’ve got to “go for it”. Football is an infinite game, it’ll be played long after we’re all dead."

Struggling to see what this has to do with Lange?!

Think it’s that he’s our sporting director and Webber is Norwich’

[tony scott]

I thought with him being Dof ,a couple of Scandinavians would have emerged ,previous associations etc

[Footy-Vill]

If some want to have a go on Smith then this chap hasn't covered himself in glory.

Danny Ings although quality wasn't something much scouting would take
Seemed an opitunist move and then shoe horn him into the team
And how about Ashley Young as well?

What's this guy doing?
We cant put it all on Smith for the 6 defeats in 10

[Ads]

Yes we fucking well can. There's fuck all wrong with the recruitment. We have a better squad than half the league. This fucking shit show is on Smith.

[SoccerHQ]

I agree Ads.

I think Leon Bailey is best signing we've made in years, certainly with his general profile. By all accounts that was one Lange really pushed for.

Just don't think DS is up to making it work anymore so he'll have to be accountable for the current failures rather than it being Suso after 19/20.

[Footy-Vill]

Well if he gets credit when things go well he has to have some responsibility when they don't is all I saying.
But that's just how i see it.