Ramón Rodríguez Verdejo (AKA Monchi)

[purpletrousers]

That video link won't work for me however, might it be this, from a Frankie Boyle election special from 2015?

Blimey he’s/that’s good eh.

Interestingly I’ve not had any interest to even look up the Monchi thing but obviously do have the motivation to chime in on the subtleties of a racism debate.

I guess it’s limited how much one can judge from a distance, but for me it’s was notable how much it hurt when we necessarily potted Deano as I loved him and the human qualities he seemed to show. (I was swooning at a Potter article and would have gone got him over Gerrard at that point).

I’ve also had a sense of satisfaction of the at least apparent sense of politeness I get from Emery. Do we know much about his (Emery’s) character/ethics/politics, him as a man I guess? I naively probably project some ‘goodnes’/wholesome qualities onto him and therefore probably rely on his judgement of characters the club hires, not much idea of how valid that is. 

I’m someone who seems to have morally been ‘convenient’ around Emi’s dark arts and perhaps through attrition taken on the idea of our having not been nasty enough/been too nice, but  I’d still ideally win/succeed with good folk up front and central and ‘playing fair’.

That brief dip into the Mings thread when he beautifully handled racism in an England shirt (along with the tweet calling out Priti Patel & the Tory’s hypocrisy in not backing the players gesture on race but being willing to be publicly at the consequences of their actions) was a lovely reminder of what a great ambassador he is. Makes me wonder what he’ll do post playing days, if he’d be sensible enough to skip the craziness of the management game and put his qualities to use somewhere.

Anyway Monchi, trust in Unai, trust in his men etc.

[JD]

That video link won't work for me however, might it be this, from a Frankie Boyle election special from 2015?

That is brilliant. This man should run the world, he is so articulate and so correct in everything he said.

[Dogtanian]

An article on Monchi’s scouting process and philosophy;

https://totalfootballanalysis.com/data-analysis/why-monchi-will-be-aston-villa-greatest-signing-data-analysis-statistics

[OCD]

You've saved me a job! Thought it was an interesting read.

[Scott Nielsen]

An article on Monchi’s scouting process and philosophy;

https://totalfootballanalysis.com/data-analysis/why-monchi-will-be-aston-villa-greatest-signing-data-analysis-statistics

Done by a "20-year old analyst from Germany. I am currently studying football management as I aspire to work in elite football" and it very much reads like it.

[Dogtanian]

An article on Monchi’s scouting process and philosophy;

https://totalfootballanalysis.com/data-analysis/why-monchi-will-be-aston-villa-greatest-signing-data-analysis-statistics

Done by a "20-year old analyst from Germany. I am currently studying football management as I aspire to work in elite football" and it very much reads like it.

I’m very much looking forward to reading yours! 

[Scott Nielsen]

An article on Monchi’s scouting process and philosophy;

https://totalfootballanalysis.com/data-analysis/why-monchi-will-be-aston-villa-greatest-signing-data-analysis-statistics

Done by a "20-year old analyst from Germany. I am currently studying football management as I aspire to work in elite football" and it very much reads like it.

I’m very much looking forward to reading yours! 

Buy cheap, sell high.

[villadelph]

It’s monchiball time.

[jwarry]

Hello Mr Monchi are you there?

[Brazilian Villain]

Now that the "racist" festival furore has died down, can I assume we're going for the 'mon-CHEE' pronunciation of his name as opposed to 'MON-kee'?

[Broadlee]

Has Monchi arrived at the club.?
Anyone seen him?

[algy]

Has Monchi arrived at the club.?
Anyone seen him?

And when he did/does show up, will he sing

"Hey hey I'm the Monchi!
And people say I monkey around.
But I'm too busy signing
Wingers to play at this ground"

[Broadlee]

Has Monchi arrived at the club.?
Anyone seen him?

And when he did/does show up, will he sing

"Hey hey I'm the Monchi!
And people say I monkey around.
But I'm too busy signing
Wingers to play at this ground"

Mmmmmm🤔
Do you have a day job?
If so - we’ll you can guess the rest 😊

[Tayls_7]

Has Monchi arrived at the club.?
Anyone seen him?

And when he did/does show up, will he sing

"Hey hey I'm the Monchi!
And people say I monkey around.
But I'm too busy signing
Wingers to play at this ground"

Mmmmmm🤔
Do you have a day job?
If so - we’ll you can guess the rest 😊

Excellent.

In fact, here he comes, walking down the street.

[Toronto Villa]

Lovely for us balds out there. A solid Monchi sighting

https://twitter.com/avfcofficial/status/1679131804022841347?s=46&t=0-BUXD66ovTcofwrbTW4Ag