KJT123 Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Why would McLaren come here? Flying with Derby and has a chance of getting them promoted. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GENTLEMAN Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Fox is just Lerner's new dog. Nah, Fox is running the show here. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted February 12, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted February 12, 2015 I would only be happy with McLaren if he speaks in his Dutch Schteeve accent. anything less and he can stick it. he'd be saying "ent", "yoam", "foive", "buz" etc. in his first interview 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SikhInTrinity Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 What about Martin Jol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-Reacho Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Fox is just Lerner's new dog. If Pat Murphy is correct I reckon Fox would have sacked Lambert if he'd been here after Bradford, Millwall etc. He definitely seems to have more control or at least more influence than Faulkner ever did. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 I miss the previous manager hunts with the planespotter updates. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Sounds like a long term appointment is being seeked out going off that from Pat Murphy. Fred Rutten or something of that ilk? At another club, does coaching, would be willing to come to the PL i'd imagine also has contacts that Koeman has and works with younger players etc. That from Pat Murphy seems to suggest foreign not sure why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted February 12, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted February 12, 2015 What about Martin Jol He'd deffo want a crack at the prem, would probably like some funds though. I like him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted February 12, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted February 12, 2015 Why would McLaren come here? Flying with Derby and has a chance of getting them promoted. I agree. But I guess if you're making a case for it you could say promotion isn't guaranteed this season with Derby. And even if they get promoted, if he came to us and kept us up then he'd have an arguably better chance of staying in the league next season with us than with a newly promoted side. Plus we're a "bigger club", with the potential of a takeover in the near future to improve finances. I think it would be a very hard sell right now though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam3773 Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 I miss the previous manager hunts with the planespotter updates. Where is Thetrees?! We need flight information, damnit! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoD Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 I'm not really fussed about who we end up getting but whoever it is will need to have a backroom staff with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momo Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Who gives a shit who the manager is? 3 managers in a row has failed, and the last one was the one who got least money and the one we should not have let go. Making him sign washed up players on free (Cole-injury prone, Richardson-unspectacular in a relegated team, Senderos-free because he was not good enough), buy players from struggling clubs (Sanchez + Gil last played regularly for Elche), and loan bench warmers from other clubs (Cleverely-was not first option at all united, Sinclair-the same + out of form). He wanted a striker, but had no money to get one that he believed would take to the premier league in an instant. None of the players he signed were good enough for a top team. That put Villa the same position as the bottom 10 clubs, where luck with injuries, not meeting top 7 teams 7 games in a row (here was the turning point for Lambert this season), and whether players bought are instant hits deciding whether you get 11th or 20th spot. How this team was supposed to be better than last season baffles me when you also take into account injuries (short and long) to all the key players (Vlaar, Benteke and Delph because Villa is so shit that we have no more then three key). Buying cheap is a long term plan that has a 90% chance of failing. Too bad it was what Lambert was forced to do. Last summer he was screwed by Lerner. He was supposed to get a significant war chest, instead he got peanuts and when Lerner finally opened his Aston Villa wallet, it was too little cash in it. A warning to whoever is the new manager: if we stay up, and you can't trick a few more quid of Lerner than Lambert managed, you will face a relegation battle next season. Good luck. You are doomed. Thing is - it wasn't the finicial constraints what did him. Yes it was. I think a top goals scoring striker was a top priority in the summer, along with a central midfielder that was not Cleverley. Where do you get a good enough striker for a pund and a half. He could not afford the players he wanted and had to take a chance on Bent. Even Tadic was out of reach economically last January, and we all agree that he is better than each one in the Villa midfield and would improve the team, not just make the team stand still. If he hadn't wasted money (transfer fees and wages) on the likes of Bowery, Bennett, Luna, Tonev, Cole, Lowton, KEA, Bacuna, Sylla and Cleverley he'd have had the money to buy a striker. He failed because he was a disasterously bad coach, not because the money he had wasn't enough. Yes, he didn't have a fortune, but then neither did Burnley or a lot of the teams currently above us in the table. This again...yes you are right. He could have bought a striker combined and used the a couple ballboys at left and right back. Or just started with 7 players on the pitch against the opposition 11. It is nice that people forget there is a s a budget for playing purchases and a wage cap. If he has a set amount to buy for and a wage cap that is too low to attract top players, then sure Tadic and Bony would be here and not Bowery, Sylla, etc. haha. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Richard Posted February 12, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted February 12, 2015 No letter from Fergusson this time. Letter from Wenger 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexbelowsound Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 I think people calling for Sam Allardyce should remember that he has spent a massive chunk of money this year on both wages and fees. Far more than he would likely see here under Randolph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 How about Dragan Stojković, who Wenger recommended as a replacement for himself. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Sherwood. I'm pretty sure I'll never have to go out for a beer with whoever is appointed. So I don't have to like him. These players need their arses kicked. Martin Jol is too laid back and didn't seem to care one jot while he was relegating Fulham. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 I think people calling for Sam Allardyce should remember that he has spent a massive chunk of money this year on both wages and fees. Far more than he would likely see here under Randolph. Yep, you are right. I just feel he would get the best out of a Benteke/Kozak and Gill combination. I've enjoyed watching their games this year too, they mix it up a lot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GENTLEMAN Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 No letter from Fergusson this time. Letter from Wenger Explains the Hoddle talk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted February 12, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted February 12, 2015 I think people calling for Sam Allardyce should remember that he has spent a massive chunk of money this year on both wages and fees. Far more than he would likely see here under Randolph. I don't think anyone would be expecting him to get us as high as West Ham are (in the near future anyway) but he has nearly always got his team performing above their station. This is a guy who finished 5th in the prem with Bolton flipping Wanderers. If we can get a manager to even get this team to perform on par, then we'll stay up. If we can get a manager who makes us play above ourselves, like Allardyce, then we're **** laughing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swerbs Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Why would McLaren come to a club where it's fans protested his potential interview? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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