New coach - Aaron Danks

[ozzjim]

I couldn't put my finger on why his name reminded me of my golf. Then I realised I was thinking of endless shanks.

Sounds like me with a driver.

[Duncan Shaw]

Bumping this as a bit of a mention of him on the Austin McPhee thread, employed on 1st Sept with the emphasis on the attacking side.

I think it's fair to say his influence has been somewhat lacking thus far......

[Monty]

Is he not very good or is he being held back? Is Dean maybe favouring McPhee's influence over him? Or is he maybe part of the problem?

[sickbeggar]

Should have listened to McPhee and bought in his old pal Kevin Banks

[Beard82]

Yeah - seen nothing from the 2 new coaches to suggest they anything other than a downgrade.

I think the profile doesn't help, particularly Danks, it was pretty underwhelming, when they were saying someone has worked in Europe.

I wonder if they are too similar to Dean?

[kippaxvilla2]

What I notice more than anything these days is how isolated Dean looks on the touchline.  Cutler in particular used to be front and centre with Terry not far behind.

[Footy-Vill]

What I notice more than anything these days is how isolated Dean looks on the touchline.  Cutler in particular used to be front and centre with Terry not far behind.

Well Ashley Preece said

"The touchline is a hectic one now with MacPhee running out to players barking instructions. Smith tends to stick with Shakespeare during the game. There's a lot of information being passed around which could be confusing. I said this, JT and ROK's departures appear bigger by the week. The pair were huge for this group of players"

[KNVillan]

Aaron Danks is moving on

https://twitter.com/coachdanks/status/1598302427442450433?s=61&t=xGoMXh85xb3qne32wf_7Qg

[olaftab]

Good luck Aaron and thanks for the Brentford game. Hope it goes well for you at Middlesboro  and usually the next step is England.

[Drummond]

Class statement that. Good luck to him.

[cdbearsfan]

Good luck Aaron. Seems a good guy who made a positive impact at Villa. Hope he helps to make Middlesbrough Yorkshire's only Premier League club.

[Risso]

Good luck Aaron. Seems a good guy who made a positive impact at Villa. Hope he helps to make Middlesbrough Yorkshire's only Premier League club.

I hope he does well but I could live without Boro in the Prem quite happily.

[cdbearsfan]

Why? We always win there, for starters. More Northern teams and fewer Southern upstarts that we always do terribly against, please.

[nigel]

Is it definitely Middlesbrough?
My immediate thought was QPR

[Pat McMahon]

Good luck Aaron. Seems a good guy who made a positive impact at Villa. Hope he helps to make Middlesbrough Yorkshire's only Premier League club.

I hope he does well but I could live without Boro in the Prem quite happily.

I know what you mean. I think Boro are consistently one of the dreariest teams in football and would happily see them stay where they are, were it not for our very good record at the Riverside.