One of the issues with MON was he bought players then didn’t play them if they made a mistake.
Nickey Shorey trying to head the ball with his bottom that led to a goal (think it was Portsmouth at home) and we hardly saw him again.
This meant squad was done by March whereas had these fringe players played for a couple of games the main players wouldn’t have burned out by March.
the 90’s were also the scene of many missed Opportunities for Villa. Finishing second and then tenth was poor (although we won 1994 league cup). We should have challenged for the title again instead of licking our wounds and feeling sorry for ourselves.
Juninho, Robbie Keane , not paying the extra £750k for these two when we’re near the top of the league.
I think we’re scared of success.