Popular Post yayoboy Posted September 30, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 30, 2020 15 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: Just think of how different this window would have been, if we had gotten ONE less point. I think the reality of how close it was, makes what we are doing now, even sweeter 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 (edited) Whilst we ain’t about to win the league there are some parallels with Leicester. They were looking a dead cert for relegation but want on an incredible run to survive and then had a fantastic season a year later. Edited September 30, 2020 by Vive_La_Villa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted September 30, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted September 30, 2020 11 minutes ago, yayoboy said: No thanks. If he is successful here, I want him to continue being successful here. VTID I agree - would not want it - but, it could happen - it's all hypothetical of course but there appears to be some sort of destiny going on here, especially when you look at how close it was getting promoted and then staying up - always said Smith was a lucky manager and I doubt we're anywhere near the end of the story, but yes let's hope it's at villa after lots of success. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yayoboy Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 1 minute ago, Jareth said: I agree - would not want it - but, it could happen - it's all hypothetical of course but there appears to be some sort of destiny going on here, especially when you look at how close it was getting promoted and then staying up - always said Smith was a lucky manager and I doubt we're anywhere near the end of the story, but yes let's hope it's at villa after lots of success. Once he has won the quadruple with us a few times, if he really want's to take the England job on part time for a summer, I'm sure we would begrudgingly allow it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 13 minutes ago, Woody1000 said: The finest of margins It happened to Fergie.....the rest is history. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 (edited) 44 minutes ago, TRO said: It happened to Fergie.....the rest is history. Fergie had also broken the Celtic and Rangers dominance with Aberdeen and also won an European cup where he beat Real Madrid. With Aberdeen! This was before he even joined United. Fergie is the greatest manager ever and no one will ever come close. Edited September 30, 2020 by villalad21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 10 minutes ago, villalad21 said: Fergie had also broken the Celtic and Rangers dominance with Aberdeen and also won an European cup where he beat Real Madrid. With Aberdeen! This was before he even joined United. Fergie is the greatest manager ever and no one will ever come close. He never won the European Cup though with Aberdeen, it was the Cup Winner's Cup. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 14 minutes ago, villalad21 said: Fergie had also broken the Celtic and Rangers dominance with Aberdeen and also won an European cup where he beat Real Madrid. With Aberdeen! This was before he even joined United. Fergie is the greatest manager ever and no one will ever come close. Pretty sure most of us would settle for Fergie Light, Budget Fergie or Fergie Beta 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indigo Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 Only a couple of weeks ago it was apparently looking like a disastrous window that was highlighting Smith's inability to attract players, now anything less than comfortably mid table and it's a disappointment. Relax like. He's got things under control. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 1 hour ago, yayoboy said: Once he has won the quadruple with us a few times, if he really want's to take the England job on part time for a summer, I'm sure we would begrudgingly allow it I think anyone can be an international manager. How much influence can you have on a team in the short periods you get to spend with them? If you have world class players you just need to pick them, stick them in a decent formation and the players will do the rest. France once had a manager that picked players based on their star signs. They were a penalty miss away from lifting the World Cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAV1 Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 3 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: I think anyone can be an international manager. How much influence can you have on a team in the short periods you get to spend with them? If you have world class players you just need to pick them, stick them in a decent formation and the players will do the rest. France once had a manager that picked players based on their star signs. They were a penalty miss away from lifting the World Cup. Picking a team based on their star signs is better than letting Southgate pick the team. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 32 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: Pretty sure most of us would settle for Fergie Light, Budget Fergie or Fergie Beta I can think of someone who wouldn't and would complain they weren't as good as Bielsa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punkymonkey666 Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 (edited) 9 minutes ago, DaveAV1 said: Picking a team based on their star signs is better than letting Southgate pick the team. He just follows his nose. Edited September 30, 2020 by punkymonkey666 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 10 hours ago, Vive_La_Villa said: Whilst we ain’t about to win the league there are some parallels with Leicester. They were looking a dead cert for relegation but want on an incredible run to survive and then had a fantastic season a year later. Momentum is a hell of a thing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 19 hours ago, villalad21 said: Terry had left Chelsea by the time Barkley arrived there. They don’t know each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted October 1, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted October 1, 2020 (edited) The only mystery that needs clearing up is how such a low profile manager as Dean Smith has managed to get someone like Ross Barkley to play for him. I am sure there are some posters on here who can enlighten us on how such an impossibility has occurred. Oh, sorry, I see I am late to the party. Edited October 1, 2020 by sidcow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted October 1, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted October 1, 2020 19 hours ago, villalad21 said: Pressure certainly is on now. I think it's safe to say the majority of fans are expecting mid table now. depends what you call mid table. the october optimism gauge has over 3/4 of us expecting bottom half still, so i doubt there's much pressure at all offer us 13/14/15th now, with rarely any danger of relegation throughout the season, and maybe a cheeky cup run or 2, i'd wager most would take it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulberto21 Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 Genuine Question. Do we always train with the Mitre balls? I noticed that in the Barkley training video we were using the mitre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouUnastanFren Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 18 minutes ago, Sulberto21 said: Genuine Question. Do we always train with the Mitre balls? I noticed that in the Barkley training video we were using the mitre. 99% sure they train with whichever balls will be used in the next match. The difference isn't massive but it just makes sense really. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenfly Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 1 hour ago, tomav84 said: depends what you call mid table. the october optimism gauge has over 3/4 of us expecting bottom half still, so i doubt there's much pressure at all offer us 13/14/15th now, with rarely any danger of relegation throughout the season, and maybe a cheeky cup run or 2, i'd wager most would take it Then again, upper bottom half still counts as midtable. I think most of the fan base agrees that at the very least we should be out of the relegation picture and pushing up the table. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts