Dodgyknees Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Clueless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Clueless. Based on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GENTLEMAN Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Clueless. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadlyDirk Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Clueless. Was that aimed at my admittedly barmy post? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 To be fair I think Fox had many conversations with Lambert about his position and the results, which is maybe why there was no need for that one to one Lambert enquired. Nothing more could be said by Fox. I agree Lambert was managing like his end was nigh. It was just the fans he wanted to please, seemed to have lost interest what the board thought. The last game looked like he said to the players at half time do what you want, even Gil looked poor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 credit to Fox, previous managerial appointments have been a disaster Houllier and McLeish spring to mind. Whether Sherwood is the man is debateable but at least we didnt waste any more time on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicho Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 credit to Fox, previous managerial appointments have been a disaster Houllier and McLeish spring to mind. Whether Sherwood is the man is debateable but at least we didnt waste any more time on it Not only did he not waste any time. Sherwood has been in Villa park a fair few times in the last 2 months or so. So the contingency plan that some pine for so much was alive and kicking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smetrov Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Credit he has done it quickly - and we haven't embarrassed overselves in front of the media ! Ive said numerous times before why didn't we make the chance November\December when Moyes/Pullis were available - thats my only real gripe... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 (edited) QPR turn Sherwood down and employ his assistant instead, so we are basically just picking up the scraps from that deal. This all points to there being no plan in place when we sacked Lambert. Awesome work on coach selection for our soccer franchise Tom dude...ffs Absolute nonsense! Edited February 14, 2015 by JAMAICAN-VILLAN 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omariqy Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Not sure Fox is the kind of guy you would want to be mates with but probably the kind of guy you'd want to run your company. My only concern is his lack of football knowledge. I think with the Sherwood appointment, that has been shown. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Womble Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Not sure Fox is the kind of guy you would want to be mates with but probably the kind of guy you'd want to run your company. My only concern is his lack of football knowledge. I think with the Sherwood appointment, that has been shown. You may want him to run your company if your company isn't a football club! I could have made this appointment......a guy out of work,no compensation required,don't interview anyone else......uninspiring......lacking in imagination......this is the level our once great club has stooped to!!! Cheers Tom.......you've earned your salary with this one!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliffy Biro Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Yea im not really too impressed that we seem to have gone for the first and easiest option we saw. Sure get things done quickly but it really only took 2 days to figure out who was the man to take us forward? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 maybe Fox knew this long time ago that Sherwood was his man, He turned down QPR and Palace and West Brom in last month or so, obviously he knew this position might come up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Wishin'nhopin Posted February 15, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted February 15, 2015 Ffs – Tom Fox spent 4+ years at Arsenal before he came to us – I think he picked up some sort of football knowledge there and made a pretty good job of what he was asked to do – prior to that he worked at senior management level with NBA Asia, Gatorade and PepsiCo. What sort of credentials would you look for in a CEO? I feel far more confident with him involved in making appointment decisions than when it was Lerner and Faulkner. Who would you have gone for as manager who was either available, or likely to have given up an existing job? (Moyes was never coming to us after Man. U., and there were plenty of voices dreading the appointment of Pullis). I don’t know if Sherwood will be right for us – and the truth is neither does anyone else at this stage. The appointment of a successful manager is always a peculiar mix of good fortune and serendipity. Even Alex Ferguson came perilously close to being dismissed in his early days with Man. Utd. and was not a popular choice with their fans in those days. If you think Fox is such a waste of space who would you have had in his place – the thing that amazes me is that he wanted to come to us in the first place. But when he decided to move from Arsenal he chose to stay with football, and with us. I think he seriously wants to make a success of his time at Villa, and I think, given the status of his background, we should at least give him time. 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrytini Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Great post Mr wishin' . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Ffs – Tom Fox spent 4+ years at Arsenal before he came to us – I think he picked up some sort of football knowledge there and made a pretty good job of what he was asked to do – prior to that he worked at senior management level with NBA Asia, Gatorade and PepsiCo. What sort of credentials would you look for in a CEO? I feel far more confident with him involved in making appointment decisions than when it was Lerner and Faulkner. Who would you have gone for as manager who was either available, or likely to have given up an existing job? (Moyes was never coming to us after Man. U., and there were plenty of voices dreading the appointment of Pullis). I don’t know if Sherwood will be right for us – and the truth is neither does anyone else at this stage. The appointment of a successful manager is always a peculiar mix of good fortune and serendipity. Even Alex Ferguson came perilously close to being dismissed in his early days with Man. Utd. and was not a popular choice with their fans in those days. If you think Fox is such a waste of space who would you have had in his place – the thing that amazes me is that he wanted to come to us in the first place. But when he decided to move from Arsenal he chose to stay with football, and with us. I think he seriously wants to make a success of his time at Villa, and I think, given the status of his background, we should at least give him time.i didn't think Sherwood was the right appointment but obviously Fox does and for some reason I have some blind faith in Fox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Big gamble by Fox this. He will look like a tit if Sherwood absolutely bombs and we send him on his way with £2m plus in his back pocket. Slightly concerned he'll have been won over with Sherwood talking miles above his station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electronicmaji Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 QPR turn Sherwood down and employ his assistant instead, so we are basically just picking up the scraps from that deal. This all points to there being no plan in place when we sacked Lambert. Awesome work on coach selection for our soccer franchise Tom dude...ffs Once again. Who would you have signed? I have yet to hear one answer from anyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Clueless. Based on? My opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Thank you for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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