Mark Delaney

[SaddVillan]

According to The Athletic, he's moving on/been moved out


Not sure why.

Does anybody have and idea why?

https://theathletic.com/news/mark-delaney-to-leave-role-as-aston-villa-under-23-boss/rjs6qNBtTFxN/

[cdbearsfan]

Presumably cos the under-18s keep losing.  We are below West Brom even though we've signed all their players. I assume we will appoint whoever their kids' manager is.

[Gareth]

According to The Athletic, he's moving on/been moved out


Not sure why.

Does anybody have and idea why?

https://theathletic.com/news/mark-delaney-to-leave-role-as-aston-villa-under-23-boss/rjs6qNBtTFxN/

Nope but by the same degree we have no clue how good Delaney is in his role, with the amount of investment that has gone into the young player recruitment it is only right that the club will want the person they believe is best in that role. 

U23 isn’t purely results driven but they have seemed to cave in a few times this season appreciating that for large parts they have been without Archer / KKH / Barry / Carney / Ramsey etc.

[N'ZMAV]

Presumably cos the under-18s keep losing.  We are below West Brom even though we've signed all their players. I assume we will appoint whoever their kids' manager is.

I thought Delaney managed the u23s?

[eamonn]

Gerrard was waxing lyrical about him only yesterday in his pre-match presser, unprompted.

Hard to get consistent results when his stronger players are loaned-out/promoted to the first team. In fact, that's surely sign of Delaney's success.

[cdbearsfan]

Presumably cos the under-18s keep losing.  We are below West Brom even though we've signed all their players. I assume we will appoint whoever their kids' manager is.

I thought Delaney managed the u23s?

Ah, in that case... dunno.

[eamonn]

I wonder will Boateng follow. Is it part of a club's identity to have ex-players employed at the club (provided they're good at what they do, obvs)?

[Rudy Can't Fail]

I read earlier that the board want him out due to lack of progress by the U23s this season. Most upset if true.

[kippaxvilla2]

Presumably Mr Gerrard wants his own team in.

[paul_e]

Seems very harsh given that most of our U23 squad this season has been 16 and 17 year olds who are playing 18-24 months up from their own age group.

[dcdavecollett]

That's right.

Keep half the loan players and we could be top of the league!

[OCD]

It's hard to know without knowing the full picture. He can only manage/coach the players he has at his disposal. If the results aren't good enough, then that suggests to me the recruitment isn't providing the strength in depth of the quality we're looking for. I want us to be blooding kids through the age groups, being among the top sides but also using the loan system effectively so they get first team experience once they're good enough or old enough.

[dcdavecollett]

What will the club say to his replacement at interview?

"We want you to improve the results of the U23s but we will insist on taking the best 7/8 players away from you, as they're going out on loan. And if you don't improve results despite that, you'll be sacked."

Not a great job spec...

[AV82EC]

Or maybe he isn't good enough?

[dave.woodhall]

It seems very strange. If his job is about getting results, why send the best players out on loan? If it's about attracting the best youngsters we seem to be doing that, if it's bringing them into the first team just look at last Saturday's squad and if Gerrard wants his own man it's more evidence that the idea of continuity has been scrapped.