Hard to imagine replacing a high achieving manager like Houllier with the relegated small heath manager. The mind still boggles.
Quote from: ez on June 27, 2021, 06:23:10 PMHard to imagine replacing a high achieving manager like Houllier with the relegated small heath manager. The mind still boggles.I was relatively optimistic, I must say. Obviously I was wrong!I never warmed to Houllier, I never felt his heart was in it (no pun intended). I don't watch PL football unless Villa are involved, so I wasn't too aware of his eye-bleeding style of play, I just saw a bloke who'd managed to win a trophy with a Blues club, who went on to be relegated precisely because they were Blues, and thought 'if he cares, he'll be an upgrade'.I was complacent, and actually thought SHA would be annoyed that we'd stolen their manager. The fact my SHA-supporting mate sent me a message as soon as it was confirmed which simply read 'HAHAHAHAHA' began to raise concerns. That said, it was a surprise and a disappointment quite how unutterably dreadful that year actually was - not to mention the subsequent five.
Quote from: Meanwood Villa on June 19, 2021, 03:03:17 PMTen years on and the only plausible reaction remains what the actual fuck did we do that for?Didn't Alex McLeish get a glowing reference from Alex Ferguson which impressed Randy?
Ten years on and the only plausible reaction remains what the actual fuck did we do that for?
I found a couple of links if you really want feel bad.https://www.heroesandvillains.info/forumv3/index.php?topic=43882.0https://www.heroesandvillains.info/forumv3/index.php?action=search2;params=eJwty8sOwiAUhOFXMW7czAZKtV2612cg9HAiGFoM4C3h4aWmu_m_ZIx9mYXY1kMVdV-n9F-QEBIKPZSCFBBHqA7ihK6HGCBHqAFqbIfs4ltTnB-BC7frSs_pzlR0XMJ3k5iKtj61Mpk2aOGtnvNtbTaJXJNz4M_uShf22f0A9nQ06Q..;start=60