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Offline Legion

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Re: More than a feeling
« Reply #15 on: November 07, 2021, 05:12:32 PM »
Ron Saunders?

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Re: More than a feeling
« Reply #16 on: November 07, 2021, 05:14:21 PM »
Ron Saunders?

Ther have been a few since him, but not many.

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Re: More than a feeling
« Reply #17 on: November 07, 2021, 05:14:38 PM »
I always mean to say thank you for these articles as I really enjoy reading them, I'm sorry for not posting that often enough. Thank you for this one.

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Re: More than a feeling
« Reply #18 on: November 07, 2021, 05:15:45 PM »
Yes it’s good but all of this Roy of the Rovers is starting to get on my nerves. Aston Villa is bigger than any fan or manager. Thanks Dean but for Gods sake come on. An unpopular view yes I know.
Maybe a lot of us like to think of this huge company owned by American & Egyptian

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Re: More than a feeling
« Reply #19 on: November 07, 2021, 05:17:43 PM »
….  (Sorry) as OUR club. Nothing wrong with romance in football.

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Re: More than a feeling
« Reply #20 on: November 07, 2021, 05:19:36 PM »
Well said Dave. Yes indeed a very sad day for me as well. It was always going to be that  one way or the other. And yes Brian's appointment was the happiest time for me and therefore his leaving was gut wrenching  and now it feels same even though I have, like you, grown up and learnt to live with ups and downs and  moderated my emotional attachment with the Villa it still feels terribly personal.   I did not want to see this day so soon....

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Re: More than a feeling
« Reply #21 on: November 07, 2021, 05:24:35 PM »
Great article. The last point really stuck with me. Who is the last manager to leave Villa in a better position than when he started?

Little, possibly.

Bruce….. possibly

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Re: More than a feeling
« Reply #22 on: November 07, 2021, 05:26:08 PM »
Sir GT first time round?

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Re: More than a feeling
« Reply #23 on: November 07, 2021, 05:26:26 PM »
Weren’t we in the same position in the table when bruce joined us as we were when he left.

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Re: More than a feeling
« Reply #24 on: November 07, 2021, 05:26:44 PM »
Another great article and it completely mirrors my feelings, we might not have got near the Arab and Russian oil teams but with a Brummie manager and captain, we’d have felt a lot better about getting close than they did about winning.

The end of a period of optimism, lets hope another is on the way.

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Re: More than a feeling
« Reply #25 on: November 07, 2021, 05:32:20 PM »
Great article. The last point really stuck with me. Who is the last manager to leave Villa in a better position than when he started?

Little, possibly.

Bruce….. possibly

Houllier and Bruce in terms of pure league position. On a wider, health of the club way though, Smith undoubtedly. But that's to do with the owners' backing as well.

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Re: More than a feeling
« Reply #26 on: November 07, 2021, 05:33:04 PM »
Weren’t we in the same position in the table when bruce joined us as we were when he left.
Not quite. When his first game, an evening one against Wolves, kicked off we were actually in the Championship relegation zone. As for others only really Ron Saunders, SGT and Brian Little left with the club significantly improved by the influence they had on the club. BFR took us from 17th in the season before he took over to the relegation zone when he left admittedly via runners up and a League Cup win.

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Re: More than a feeling
« Reply #27 on: November 07, 2021, 05:35:26 PM »
Nice article Dave summing up the way I feel today. I knew this could well happen over the weekend but I didn't think it would feel so personal and upsetting. The highs have way outnumbered the lows over the last 3 years and we should be very grateful for that. If he felt bad when Jack left, I'm sure he feels worse today. As many have said "the dream is over" but Deano will always be one of us. I hope that in years to come he will become as highly thought of as Sir Brian for the role he played in getting us back on a straight and narrow path and will become an ambassador for the club in the way Sir Brian is now. I'm sure when he writes his autobiography, information will come out that we are currently unaware of but for now I wish him all good luck in his next venture. As the saying goes sometimes you don't know what you've got till it's gone !

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Re: More than a feeling
« Reply #28 on: November 07, 2021, 05:46:20 PM »
^^^ Yup

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Re: More than a feeling
« Reply #29 on: November 07, 2021, 05:46:44 PM »
Weren’t we in the same position in the table when bruce joined us as we were when he left.
Not quite. When his first game, an evening one against Wolves, kicked off we were actually in the Championship relegation zone. As for others only really Ron Saunders, SGT and Brian Little left with the club significantly improved by the influence they had on the club. BFR took us from 17th in the season before he took over to the relegation zone when he left admittedly via runners up and a League Cup win.

Bruce i think improved us by about 5 or 6 places in the Championship but more damningly left the most lopsided and underperforming squad i can remember (apart from maybe the relegation team). He was an utter disaster.

 


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