romavillan Posted May 1, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted May 1, 2015 Yeah but lots of DOFs don't work too. And which bit should someone have and which not. For example whatever his faults it is hard to argue, given the budget, with a fair bit of lambos transfers....they didn't all work but nobody's do....Sherwood is doing very well but with Lambert's team. Yet who would have thought of Lambert as a possible for dof !...so mons transfers were on the poor side but we did OK, lambos were good but we did poor ! Sherwood is very keen on development of youth, so he is bound to want control in that area. As he isn't likely to give control on transfers to someone else I would think any dof role could be limited indeed. Not saying I'm for or against it, just that its got ups and downs to both sides. In the end, whatever they are called and whoever it is, the most crucial thing is that the manager has a clear way he wants to play, gets the players he thinks will do it, and implements his system throughout the club. At a guess I would think that would be what Sherwood wants. It has it's pros and cons, but nearly everywhere in the world apart from the UK it's the norm. Which is at the least interesting. I agree with Zatman, it looks like Paddy Riley will be working closely with Sherwood and fulfil a lot of the job description a DOF might have. Personally I think we missed a trick by not appointing Houllier to that role when his health problems stopped him managing us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Supposedly wants full control in the summer, the club meanwhile wanted (still want maybe) a director of football in place. Think if Lerner does stay I certainly would feel much more comfortable with a director of football in place. To give an young unproven manager full control would be immensely stupid (and just like Villa to do) It didn't work with MON, it didn't work with Lambert and i don't wan't us to risk it with Tim You do know that MON and Lambert had nearly 20 years managerial experience between them before taking the Villa job If such experience was shit in the market then I would rather trust a rookie as he cant do much worse *FWIW Lambert problem wasnt really the transfer market* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Joe Kinnear as Director of Football then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condimentalist Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 We don't need a DoF but neither should Sherwood be given MON style control over incomings and outgoings. Some sort of a transfer committee between Riley, Sherwood and Fox would probably do the trick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted May 1, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted May 1, 2015 "some sort of committee" is exactly the DoF system, the coach the DoF and others working out between them what they need and how best to get it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Liverpool have a transfer committee. not the way forward Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrytini Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Yeah. We beat them ..... In the fa cup.. Semi final. Ho ho blo##y ho ! Were going to Wembley. They are going on their holidays.Sorry couldn't help myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillakevBromsgrove Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 To say he is living off the bounce at the moment is a bit unfair, he came into a club at rock bottom, no confidence, passion, poor tactics, no unity in the fan base, it took him 2 weeks to start seeing an improvement in the team, he has got us firing, great football, goals, players smiling again, the crowd rocking, confidence through the roof, the only negative is the defense, with all the injuries we have had it is amazing we can actually field a defense. He deserves a lot more credit than he is getting, can he deliver over a season well time will tell, it depends if he is backed in the transfer market, if we keep our best players and how we do with injuries. He has totally won me over with his attitude, confidence and desire and I can not wait till next season as I dont think we will be near the bottom again. Yep - he's done everything right - Damm that League Table. Bet if you did a league table of all teams in the last six games it would make interesting reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted May 1, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted May 1, 2015 like this one?http://www.footballformguide.net/form/barclays-premier-league Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 so we are 2nd best of the relegation contenders in last 6 games. All that negativity from some people for nothing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Zatman Posted May 2, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted May 2, 2015 In the last 4 games we have OUTPLAYED the champions, last seasons runners up, 5th and 6th position teams. This is best ive seen Villa play in years 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 absolutely love this guy, he really could go on to be one of our greats at this rate miracle man timbo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condimentalist Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 The change is unbelievable. This is the best football we've played in 20 years. Bossman. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 we are after a very long time no longer the lowest scoring team in the league Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillakevBromsgrove Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 it just gets better and better, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 He's turned us into a very good team very very quickly. I thought taking Westwood and Bacuna off so late in the game was a slight mistake though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeps Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 We are playing the best football we have played in a long long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 The change in everything is amazing. And each game shows just how awful Lambert was. So glad we've got this guy in now. Excited to see what we can do next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 The change in everything is amazing. And each game shows just how awful Lambert was. So glad we've got this guy in now. Excited to see what we can do next year. anything less than the title be disappointing at this stage 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunnski Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 (edited) He's turned us into a very good team very very quickly. I thought taking Westwood and Bacuna off so late in the game was a slight mistake though. Yeah that's my only concern with Sherwood at this point, he doesn't seem to like shutting up shop and holding onto a lead and it's cost us a lot of late goals. If he can get that aspect of his management style right then he could be our best manager in a very long. Aside from that he deserves so much credit for the job he has done and how he motivates the players. The football we are playing now is a joy to watch and it fills my little heart with joy. Edited May 2, 2015 by Bunnski 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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