New coach - Aaron Danks

[Toronto Villa]

So we have gone from an experienced older coach towards the end of his career who spent most of his time in the lower leagues and an up and coming inexperienced one, to two experienced coaches who have very targeted missions in the development of players at the club.

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

Welcome to Aston Villa Aaron.
Please be very, very good and a key part of our qualification for the CL next season.
UTV!
 

[The Edge]

He's a local lad then too.... I wonder what his colours are....

I wonder who is behind the appointment.... Smith? Lange? or someone different...

I'm told he's a blue nose. I couldn't give a flying fuck though so long as he does the business for us. Seriously,welcome to the pride of the Midlands Aaron.

[RamboandBruno]

He's a local lad then too.... I wonder what his colours are....

I wonder who is behind the appointment.... Smith? Lange? or someone different...

I'm told he's a blue nose. I couldn't give a flying fuck though so long as he does the business for us. Seriously ,welcome to the pride of the Midlands Aaron.

When I was a primary school kid I used to knock about with a kid who is now our academy manager, him and his dad were massive blue noses. Haven’t seen or spoken to him in decades, so who knows whether he still looks out for their results. A bit like the players, I guess it’s all about the job and profession.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

It's not just an American thing - we've had offensive coaches before. And offensive managers.

O'Leary.

[wince]

More Danks less wank(s)

[Dante Lavelli]

Seems a good appointment. 

The only thing that isn’t obvious within the coaching set-up is the personality/intensity/aura that JT brought with him.  I actually think Young has a touch of that and - fingers crossed - the culture at the club has elevated over the past few years so a professional approach is now a given.

[Dante Lavelli]

Slightly off topic but a bloke on the Football weekly podcast is now GK coach at Sunderland and - whilst discussing Sunderland Till I Die series - said that it is the tea ladies and staff often in the background that are the most crucial at a club.  Similarly the Man City series was quick to identify the kit-man as a key character.

They transcend managers and players but are crucial to creating the environment and culture.

[Des Little]

Well I’m looking forward to the song we’ll sing about him when we win something...

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Slightly off topic but a bloke on the Football weekly podcast is now GK coach at Sunderland and - whilst discussing Sunderland Till I Die series - said that it is the tea ladies and staff often in the background that are the most crucial at a club. 

Given Sunderlands position in recent years the tea they're brewing must be bloody awful.

[aev]

Another interview with him.

https://www.buzzsprout.com/205642/8681886-series-8-episode-9-aaron-danks

We had Russell Earnshaw visit us at our rugby club, where he held a session for both the coaches and the kids. He is a very interesting individual. A lot of the stuff was about empowering individuals, encouraging them to think and play it as they see it.

[The Edge]

He's a local lad then too.... I wonder what his colours are....

I wonder who is behind the appointment.... Smith? Lange? or someone different...

I'm told he's a blue nose. I couldn't give a flying fuck though so long as he does the business for us. Seriously ,welcome to the pride of the Midlands Aaron.

When I was a primary school kid I used to knock about with a kid who is now our academy manager, him and his dad were massive blue noses. Haven’t seen or spoken to him in decades, so who knows whether he still looks out for their results. A bit like the players, I guess it’s all about the job and profession.

Absolutely. I'm also told that he was previously wanted by Ole at Man United but turned it down. He is very highly rated. Seems to me that the club were all over this before the departures of JT and RoK. I'm really warming to this one.

[p_ad]

A great addition to the coaching staff I think, I know some people question if Dean is the manager to take to the top it's a fair question.
 He does seem to have surrounded himself with a top quality team, to give himself and the players the best possible chance to succeed, I really hope he does.

[tomd2103]

Looks like a good choice, our overall balance in the coaching team looks better now than it did 2 months ago even though I liked RoK and JT.

Just been listening to an interview with him, where he was explaining the FA's concept of "specialist coaching", which he has been involved in.  He said that the set up in that kind of model consists of a head coach, an in possession coach, an out of possession coach and a goalkeeping coach.  Suppose it makes sense to split a coaching into specialist areas and to have coaches focussing on and being responsible for specific areas.

Which would again lean into the idea that we're going to focus heavily on transitional play.

Since read that the FA have subsequently scrapped their concept of specialist coaching!!

[darren woolley]

Welcome to Aston Villa Aaron.