Stuartc445

Obviously if the same thing happened to them 3 months into a job then Villa came after them then they'd definitely turn it down.... Nope of course they wouldn't. If i was in Bruce's position and Villa came after me I'd accept the Villa offer without hesitation.

There isn't a big deal it's just the snowflake twitter generation we have now, I didn't see it but if i did i would have laughed.

Again as i said Arsenal under Wenger on their day could do what they did to us to anybody. yes they struggled Vs Hull the year before Arsenal under Wenger were one of those teams that could embarrass themselves for example Vs Blues in the league cup but were more than capable to tear a team several arseholes. Yeah had we gone after them in that game we could have got something but equally they could have scored so many that Man City wouldn't have the record for biggest FA Cup Final victory. Anyway for the record i'm not saying Sherwood is any good i'm just saying that he's better than Lambert because he got us to the final, whereas Lambert lost over 2 legs to league 2 Bradford City how you can say losing to a team that had at that point never failed to qualify for the Champions League under Wenger is more embarrassing than Bradford is utter madness. Also lets not forget Lambert changed his footballing philosophy every time he returned from Germany.

Bradford was so much more embarrassing than the FA Cup Final as lets face it on there day under Wenger Arsenal could do that to anyone. Bradford was so much more embarrassing it's practically impossible to compare.

So someone who managed to get a premier league team to lose over 2 legs to a team 3 leagues below then (last professional league) is worse than a manager who got us to an FA Cup Final that's some logic. Sherwood Vs Lambert isn't about who's better it's more a case of who's less crap. Eric Black was our manager after Garde and as has been mentioned managed for a similar time as Sherwood so that is the reason he is on the list.

Paul Lambert managed to lose to Bradford City over 2 legs who were in League 2. tbh i've just read that out loud and i'm considering changing things and putting him behind Eric Black. How you can defend Paul Lambert after that embarrassment is astonishing.

No I'm saying that the players he was given could have succeeded had he not brought wasters like Richards and Lescott.

You're kidding right? the signings that were his was Lescott, Richards (the Winners in his words) and Gestede. Lescott and Richards were the ones that poisoned the dressing room and Gestede was just useless. The players that weren't his signings Amavi, Veretout, Gana and Ayew were actually the better players but needed was experienced pros (of the John Terry mould) but what they got was Lescott, Richards and Gabby. As i said the ONLY reason he isn't joint bottom for me is the FA Cup Final.

For Me it's: Smith (No explanation needed) Houllier (could have taken us forward had it not been for his heart) Bruce (reignited my passion for villa after so many years of shit had extinguished it) Garde (as other have said has he started the season we'd probably not gone down as he wouldn't have signed the players that poisoned the barrel) McLeish (got exactly what you new you'd get from him and if my memory serves me right we never dropped into the relegation zone with him) Sherwood (would be joint bottom without the FA Cup Final) Lambert (finally killed off my passion for Villa) RDM (spent a fortune and had us scrapping at the wrong end of the championship) Black (took charge when we were already down but unlike when Darren Moore took over West Brom in a similar situation didn't even try to go down with a little bit of pride which is unforgivable)

If that happens then the TMO if he's viewed it differently on his screen (given that generally you get a better view on TV) then he'll step in and advise the Ref he has got it wrong because the TMO is there to assist the Ref come to the correct decision. It doesn't always work but nothing will ever be faultless, imo Rugby has a better system but that doesn't mean that wrong decisions aren't made because they are nothing can correct all the time. It should work better and quicker in football then in Rugby tbh as you have goal line technology so doesn't need to be used for that and offside only needs 1 replay. For penalties or red cards you only really need to see 1 or 2 different angles in football to get a clearer picture of whats happened whereas in Rugby a lot of the time it's called upon there is 10 to 15 men on top of the ball so takes up a lot of time looking at different angle to try and see the ball. For anyone who is concerned that it'll kill the goal celebrations the reality could be that it makes it better because if a goal is reviewed and it stands then you get the chance to celebrate that goal twice and if the goal does get disallowed then it's only like celebrating a goal then finding out it's been ruled offside etc.. so it's not like it'll change that dramatically.

So just to clear things up us football fans moan when the ref makes an incorrect decision, and when they get something that will help them make a correct decision football fans moan about that as well. The TMO in rugby isn't always correct as perfection is impossible but it just cuts down on the amount of incorrect decisions that are made. The problem with VAR is that unlike the TMO in rugby which is 1 person in the stands whereas VAR is a committee (this is what is wrong with it imo) The TMO doesn't get involved with every decision it's only used if the ref asks for it when the ref is unsure (if the TMO isn't sure then it's the refs decision that stands as he's the one that is in charge) the only time the TMO gets involved without the ref asking is when he sees something that the ref has clearly missed. In short football needs to ditch the current VAR system and adopt the TMO system.

My God they answer every question with that, they may as well close down that twitter account as it's as useful as a Birmingham City chairman

The away season ticket last season you didn't have to pay for every away game as if you couldn't attend or afford to attend you just didn't buy a ticket. As you brought a ticket like everyone else you were just first in line, you didn't automatically receive the ticket like the previous away scheme, This is why I can't understand why Villa are trying to change it as you brought the away season ticket if you knew you'd go to most if not all the games and if you couldn't you just didn't buy a ticket. So it wasn't like you sent it back meaning the club would have to resell it which could mean people missed out, last season no one missed out if you didn't go because the ticket was never allocated to anyone in the away season ticket.

To be honest the ticket office is a shambles at the moment I've tweeted them asking for an update regarding the away scheme and all I get is a stock answer saying to keep checking the website. The fact that we are 6 weeks away from the start of the season and they haven't announced this is shocking and shows that the ticket office needs an overhaul.

I think when they suddenly changed the rules a few weeks into the season the rule is that you'd have to have been to 75% of games

Tickets were never sent back with the away season ticket last season, as you never got the ticket automatically you brought them like everyone else it's just you were 1st in line so all it was, was a queue jump. It wasn't like the old away scheme where you automatically got the ticket and had to send it back then the club had 5o resell it. So anyone on the away scheme last season that didn't go meant that it made it easier for a fan who wasn't on the scheme to get the ticket. Doesn't bother me tbh as I won't be refused this season as i went to pretty much all the games last season.

No, i just questioned Smith during our bad run (in no way did i say i wanted him gone or anything anywhere near that) i just read too much into your comment. I'm glad that Smith has more than answered the questions i had about him, he's performed miracles because he's even got me softening to John Terry and that is something i thought was impossible lol.

If this was aimed at me i haven't the reason i haven't posted in ages is because of a job change I've hardly had any spare time, I've just about managed to have time to get to games (luckily i was able to) although I'm sure I was still posting when we were winning tbh

Point 1) Considering it's a results business wins are what the managers ability will be measured on as if he doesn't get wins he will end up Sacked it's as simple as that. You can go on about all the other bullshit you spoke about but it's just that bullshit because win games manager keeps his job loses games manager will get the sack. Point 2) Maybe you need to learn how to read education isn't as good as it used to be I suppose. I'll try and dumb it down for you, I'll Criticise Smith when he makes mistakes (which he has done) but I'll Also Praise when he gets things right. If you are still struggling to understand it's best you go ask a teacher to explain.

Well if @villalad21 wants some more analysis of the game then you could argue that the 2 best chances Blues had (Both Gardner's misses) came when McGinn was on the pitch so using his logic maybe bringing McGinn on was a mistake because clearly that nearly cost us the 3 points

You do understand football don't you? You do realise the scoreline is the only stat that'll determine where we end up in the league you can analyse the game all you want but the only thing that matters in football is we scored 1 to the oppositions 0. Also for the record I have criticised Smith in the past and was right to do so when he made errors in our poor run but I will also praise him when he gets things right, which imo he did vs Blues, he didn't change the side that destroyed Derby which was the correct decision because it says that he'll pick on form and not just his favourites. Whelan did a good job he kept things tight you say he could have cost us the game I don't see how because despite Blues having lots of the ball they didn't really do anything with it and we had the best of the chances. Then when Blues had tired out he put McGinn on and they just didn't have the legs to deal with that. Smith got the line up and sub spot on Vs Blues.

I don't see it as a shame i see it as finally the nation see them for what they are.

McCormack how much has he been paid for doing nothing? £12.87 million signed so that's 10 million more than Bolasie right from the start and i'd imagine it's more than 2 million since we signed him for doing nothing here.

I'm not quite sure why you mention RDMs 11 games in charge as that doesn't match what i said. I said it's strange you brought up Bruce as the cause of the financial problems when between Bruce and RDM, RDM was the one that spent more, RDM brought McCormack for £12.87 million, Tshibola £5.31 Million and Gollini £4.50 Million who all flopped that's £22.68 million wasted on players that flopped and that isn't including wages. Whereas the only flop Bruce had was Hogan who cost around £9..45. So I think you'll find RDM was far more wasteful than Bruce

weird you'd mention Bruce when i think you'll find RDM spent more than Bruce.