collapse collapse

Please donate to help towards the costs of keeping this site going. Thank You.

Recent Topics

It's Our Year Vol. 69 ....FA Cup R3. Spurs (A) by oldhill_avfc
[Today at 08:12:27 AM]


The International Cricket Thread by PaulWinch again
[Today at 08:06:58 AM]


Other Games 2025-26 by ADVILLAFAN
[Today at 07:51:44 AM]


Morgan Rogers by Dave
[Today at 07:44:40 AM]


Aston Villa v Manchester United 21.12.25 - Pre Match Thread by Baldy
[Today at 07:29:26 AM]


Other Villa stuff by Dave
[Today at 07:19:59 AM]


Europa League 2025-26 by Percy McCarthy
[Today at 07:10:51 AM]


Harvey Elliott (signed on loan) by algy
[Today at 07:08:01 AM]

Follow us on...

Author Topic: Avoiding the Gee spot  (Read 5313 times)

Offline dave.woodhall

  • Moderator
  • Member
  • *
  • Posts: 64003
  • Location: Treading water in a sea of retarded sexuality and bad poetry.
Avoiding the Gee spot
« on: November 09, 2021, 10:16:53 PM »

Online Legion

  • Moderator
  • Member
  • *
  • Posts: 59853
  • Age: 54
  • Location: With my son
  • Oh, it must be! And it is! Villa in the lead!
    • Personal Education Services
  • GM : 05.04.2019
Re: Avoiding the Gee spot
« Reply #1 on: November 09, 2021, 10:29:12 PM »
Done.

Online Legion

  • Moderator
  • Member
  • *
  • Posts: 59853
  • Age: 54
  • Location: With my son
  • Oh, it must be! And it is! Villa in the lead!
    • Personal Education Services
  • GM : 05.04.2019
Re: Avoiding the Gee spot
« Reply #2 on: November 09, 2021, 10:33:08 PM »
Clever opening paragraphs.

Offline Louzie0

  • Member
  • *
  • Posts: 16465
  • Location: wrangling jellied eels in the Albert Dock
  • UTV: I’m retired, hurrah!
  • GM : 04.03.2026
Re: Avoiding the Gee spot
« Reply #3 on: November 09, 2021, 10:38:28 PM »
Yes, good article, Dave 👍

Offline Steve67

  • Member
  • *
  • Posts: 14190
  • Location: Down south now. Born in Aston.
  • GM : 08.12.2025
Re: Avoiding the Gee spot
« Reply #4 on: November 09, 2021, 10:44:03 PM »
It'll all be ok as Johan Lange is apparently putting together a dossier, according to Sky Sports News, thank goodness for the dossier!!  I know there are debates elsewhere on this, but I don't understand why Villa would bring in a Manager with less experience than the guy they sacked.  Gerrard's coach sounds like a top coach to be fair, but that's about the only redeeming feature to such an appointment, if it happens.

Enjoyed the article Dave.  I hope Mr Purslow reads it.

Offline Brend'Watkins

  • Member
  • *
  • Posts: 23699
  • Location: North Birmingham Clique teritory
  • GM : 23.07.2026
Re: Avoiding the Gee spot
« Reply #5 on: November 09, 2021, 10:48:14 PM »
Clever opening paragraphs.

Clever closing one too.

Offline Percy McCarthy

  • Member
  • Posts: 36472
  • Location: I'm hiding in my hole
    • King City Online
Re: Avoiding the Gee spot
« Reply #6 on: November 09, 2021, 10:48:26 PM »
It'll all be ok as Johan Lange is apparently putting together a dossier, according to Sky Sports News, thank goodness for the dossier!!  I know there are debates elsewhere on this, but I don't understand why Villa would bring in a Manager with less experience than the guy they sacked.  Gerrard's coach sounds like a top coach to be fair, but that's about the only redeeming feature to such an appointment, if it happens.

Enjoyed the article Dave.  I hope Mr Purslow reads it.

And the stats guy is highly rated too apparently.

Offline Risso

  • Member
  • Posts: 89951
  • Location: Leics
  • GM : 04.03.2025
Re: Avoiding the Gee spot
« Reply #7 on: November 09, 2021, 10:53:42 PM »
It'll all be ok as Johan Lange is apparently putting together a dossier, according to Sky Sports News, thank goodness for the dossier!!  I know there are debates elsewhere on this, but I don't understand why Villa would bring in a Manager with less experience than the guy they sacked.  Gerrard's coach sounds like a top coach to be fair, but that's about the only redeeming feature to such an appointment, if it happens.

Enjoyed the article Dave.  I hope Mr Purslow reads it.

Dean Smith had much less experience than Steve Bruce.

Online Legion

  • Moderator
  • Member
  • *
  • Posts: 59853
  • Age: 54
  • Location: With my son
  • Oh, it must be! And it is! Villa in the lead!
    • Personal Education Services
  • GM : 05.04.2019
Re: Avoiding the Gee spot
« Reply #8 on: November 09, 2021, 10:55:23 PM »
But eventually a lot more success.

Offline Risso

  • Member
  • Posts: 89951
  • Location: Leics
  • GM : 04.03.2025
Re: Avoiding the Gee spot
« Reply #9 on: November 09, 2021, 10:58:30 PM »
But eventually a lot more success.

That's the point I was making Lee. Experience by itself is no guarantee of success.

Online Legion

  • Moderator
  • Member
  • *
  • Posts: 59853
  • Age: 54
  • Location: With my son
  • Oh, it must be! And it is! Villa in the lead!
    • Personal Education Services
  • GM : 05.04.2019
Re: Avoiding the Gee spot
« Reply #10 on: November 09, 2021, 11:00:39 PM »
Yes. I see. Just re-read it.

Offline Toronto Villa

  • Member
  • *
  • Posts: 59236
  • Age: 53
  • Location: Toronto, Canada
  • GM : 23.07.2026
Re: Avoiding the Gee spot
« Reply #11 on: November 09, 2021, 11:06:18 PM »
I’m keeping an open mind until I no longer have to. Not my preferred choice but let’s see what he brings. Good article

Offline ROBBO

  • Member
  • *
  • Posts: 7864
  • Location: MELBOURNE
  • GM : 15.01.2026
Re: Avoiding the Gee spot
« Reply #12 on: November 09, 2021, 11:07:21 PM »
Grealish leaving has really pricked the balloon, as has happened many times before, we were i believe, on the edge of something really remarkable. Vic Crowe like Dean Smith was Villa through and through and both were casualties of their best players being either sold or choosing to move up to a so called bigger club. This time the difference is that the player leaving was we believed one of us. My biggest fear is that the owners will become disallusioned with it all and sell up, thats why the the next senior coach appointment will tell us a lot about the future.

Offline ozzjim

  • Moderator
  • Member
  • Posts: 31204
  • Location: Here.
  • GM : 30.08.2022
Re: Avoiding the Gee spot
« Reply #13 on: November 09, 2021, 11:10:01 PM »
Good article. Nothing we can do but hope it turns out well. One thing's for sure, any manager we appoint does well enough to be considered for the Liverpool job after Klopp goes, we are in for a pretty good couple of years. In addition, I would like to think the club would be ready for that eventually, so it does not have a seismic effect on us. The structure around the club is massively better now than when MON walked.

Offline rougegorge

  • Member
  • Posts: 1661
Re: Avoiding the Gee spot
« Reply #14 on: November 09, 2021, 11:20:09 PM »
Good article. Nothing we can do but hope it turns out well. One thing's for sure, any manager we appoint does well enough to be considered for the Liverpool job after Klopp goes, we are in for a pretty good couple of years. In addition, I would like to think the club would be ready for that eventually, so it does not have a seismic effect on us. The structure around the club is massively better now than when MON walked.
I agree. We shouldn’t get too hung up if Gerrard were to become manager and then went to Liverpool as it would mean he will have done a good job for us.

 


SimplePortal 2.3.6 © 2008-2014, SimplePortal