AstonMartin82

Like I said in the pulis thread, all Warnock being in charge means, for Bannan, is that the list of managers that don't consider him good enough will grow. 5 managers at Palace. At least 4 at Villa. Weird how none of them can see how good he is. Plus all the Scottish managers that put Morrison ahead of him.

Good article about Tom here: http://www.teamtalk.com/blog/16129/9469843/Villa-s-Cleverley-must-discover-new-path

Lambert has been treated disgracefully by certain sections of the fans and has been hung out to dry by the club in many situations also. He should have stuck 2 fingers up at the club a long time ago, but he stayed and we will hopefully start reaping the rewards of hanging on to a manager for more than a couple of seasons going forward.

He'll fit into any team in League One mate. The reason? Because that is his standard.

Dropped. http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/sport/11472397._/

Dropped from the squad again today. Yet another manager judges Bannan not good enough. Lost count of how many that is now.

Always enjoy the pre-season positivity around the place. Fact is though, in around 9 hours time we'll start killing one another and it won't stop until roughly this time next year. Enjoy the next few hours because it will be your happiest and most peaceful for a very long time.

This approach works for some, though I fear it to be the exception rather than the rule. There is no doubt he drilled people hard and wanted the best the whole time but in our dressing room I feel he is going to alienate more people than he drives to success. Yet the person he knows him and knows our dressing room clearly thinks otherwise. Hardly makes him immune from making mistakes. No but personally I'd rather wait and see than assume I know better than him about the workings of our dressing room. I stated what I feel will happen. I haven't stated that I know better. If no one is allowed to speculate as to what they think will happen what's the point in even having a forum.

I'm not sure that's true. I don't think it's enough to just say "I was a great player so listen to me." If that was the case then surely all the best managers and coaches would be past top class players. Indeed.. "I was therefore I am" line doesn't quite cut it for me.

This approach works for some, though I fear it to be the exception rather than the rule. There is no doubt he drilled people hard and wanted the best the whole time but in our dressing room I feel he is going to alienate more people than he drives to success. Yet the person he knows him and knows our dressing room clearly thinks otherwise. Hardly makes him immune from making mistakes.

This approach works for some, though I fear it to be the exception rather than the rule. There is no doubt he drilled people hard and wanted the best the whole time but in our dressing room I feel he is going to alienate more people than he drives to success.

Only it's not is it? And the likes of Roy Keane going 14 games without a win with Ipswich in that league is the eqivilent of someone taking over Everton in the PL and going 14 games without a win. It truly is exceptional in a world of exceptions.

No he hasn’t. How is taking a bottom of the table championship side to the premier league a woeful record? Taking a team that had huge investment after losing their first four games of the season (and weren't bottom) to the Premier League isn't an amazing achievement. The likes of Iain Dowie's achievement at Crystal Palace was about 100 times more impressive (and doesn't exactly make him a good manager either...). He then had a below average season in the Premier League followed by an awful start to the next and he walked away when the going got tough. He then took over at Ipswitch Town, signed numerous Premier League players, and started a season going 14 games without a win. Yes, 14 games. Then walked away from that job. I'd say that his success in management is well below average / woeful. Can't see any redeeming features in this guy at all... the fact that he is controversial and doesn't care who he pisses off strangely seems to endere him to many. To me though he comes across as a spoilt brat who walks away from situations that he can't control (has happened at every crossroads in his career) and upsets numerous people along the way. How this qualifies him as a competent assistant manager at Aston Villa I'll never know.

Woeful record as a manager and shown on numerous occassions just how out of touch with players and supporters he is. That is even before you take into consideration that he is one of the biggest pricks you could possibly meet within football. Our players are going from a bullied culture in Karsa and Culverhouse to this. I wonder what they think of this appointment. Can't say I'm overly impressed. At all.

Meh, the present is always way more emotional than the past in football. How many times a season do we say this is the most important game in the last decade? Must be at least 10 games a season!

This? Clicky

Platini is now, maybe slightly surprisingly, not supporting Blatter:

I think if you are rich then you don't look to the Premier League to become richer. You look to the Premier League for global recogination and status and to back that up you must be willing to make losses to some degree. I think the people who are after making money in football are probably looking at the Championship clubs and hope for a cash windfall by getting promoted. Obviously I could be wrong because to understand a rich mans mindset and logic you have to be a rich man. Which I am very not.

Absolutely. Using FIFA's logic a rich owner spending their money on a football team is 4,900 times worse than racism. (Man City £49m fine / Villarreal £10k fine) Is that not UEFA? UEFA is a confederation of FIFA so approved, signed and sealed by FIFA (I believe).

Absolutely. Using FIFA's logic a rich owner spending their money on a football team is 4,900 times worse than racism. (Man City £49m fine / Villarreal £10k fine)

He was talking to Fifa delegates in a place in the world who will feel victimised by the West whilst trumpeting support for his next election next year. He was going to say and do anything that these guys wanted to hear. The fact he got a standing ovation suggests it worked. Anyway, since Splatter has started talking about racism shall we start talking about sexism? How many women are on the boards or executives of Fifa and Fa's around the world? What are Fifa doing to change this incredibly sexist mentality?

The fact he is owed money discredits him a little bit...

I should think that there is a strong possibility the Russian bid was rigged if the Qatar one was. It doesn't really matter to me if they are more suitable hosts if the process was unfair. I never understood how England's bid could have got such little support. England were bidding for the European 2018 World Cup, not the 2022 one which has to be held on the other side of the World... the Sunday Times has millions of documents regarding FIFA and the vaiorious FA's around the world. If they were going to concentrate on one of the 2 World Cups to discredit and try to get a revote done on it would be the 2018 one due to Englands involvement. Now whilst I'm sure the Russian bid wasn't squeaky clean the fact that there is little publicity regarding their bid compared to Qatari's would suggest that there isn't anything near as sinister in the 2018 vote as there was in the 2022. This fact is also very inconvienient for Blatter as he has batted previous negative publicity regarding the voting system away by using the England sour grapes notion. Now he has resorted to the racism card instead.

hmmm, so he's willing to state racism exists with no proof but deny corruption with overwhelming proof. Sign of a guilty conscience.

I don't have any issues with Russia winning their bid... up and coming footballing nation with a strong domesic league and clearly the infrastructure to host it. I might not like the decision for them getting it but there are no real concerns on them being able to host it. Qatar on the other hand... possible the worst place on the planet to host it? Absolutely farcial decision.