duke313 Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 Just now, sne said: Won the CL with Liverpool as assistant. Was it specified that it was CL winner as player? I don’t think so. Also, he might have another assistant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 Just now, alreadyexists said: I mean… look at this guy, this can only be a good thing! The Spanish Gary McAllister? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 (edited) 3 minutes ago, sne said: Won the CL with Liverpool as assistant. Was it specified that it was CL winner as player? no wasnt specified as "player". Seems i was wrong in my initial statement, i was looking at the 2007 Champions League that Liverpool lost to Milan when he was there. Was Pako at Liverpool when they won in 2004/5? edit: Yes he was, looks like this is the guy, he is also out of work currently, so seems to me it is Pako. Edited October 26, 2022 by MaVilla 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston_Villan4 Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 3 minutes ago, lexicon said: He won it as an assistant under Benitez at Liverpool IIRC Lol that makes more sense then what I was thinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 1 hour ago, Indigo said: Pako Ayestaran being linked by Tom Collomosse. Highly-regarded as a coach, been said by people at Liverpool that there was a big drop off from them once he left Benitez's staff, although his own managerial career has been a bit of a mess. 1 hour ago, villan-scott said: Would be a very good appointment! looks like this 100% is the guy. He is out of work currently, spanish journalist Guillem Balague said Emery's new assistant manager would be a historic champions league winner. Pako won the champions league as Benitez's assistant manager in 2004/05. all seems to add up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas10 Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 18 minutes ago, alreadyexists said: I mean… look at this guy, this can only be a good thing! Looks like a biro is responsible for that “facial hair”… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted October 26, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted October 26, 2022 1 minute ago, Jas10 said: Looks like a biro is responsible for that “facial hair”… I thought that, or that he dribbled some Guinness down his chin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphouneso Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 I can only assume if we're appointing Ayestaran our next step will be to activate Ganso's release clause then pick up Keisuke Honda on a free in January. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WallisFrizz Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 Jeez, don’t Google this fella, it’s not an inspiring read bar the spell at Liverpool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Made In Aston Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 (edited) 12 minutes ago, WallisFrizz said: Jeez, don’t Google this fella, it’s not an inspiring read bar the spell at Liverpool. Too late! I hope he is a better assistant than a manager. He hasn't made it to 12 months at 6 out of the 7 clubs he has been in charge of. Even managed 11% win rate at one of them. Edited October 26, 2022 by Made In Aston Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 Did anybody guess at Pako? Because as soon as I saw his name it seemed like an obvious and good candidate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermon Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 Sign him up 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 4 hours ago, WallisFrizz said: Jeez, don’t Google this fella, it’s not an inspiring read bar the spell at Liverpool. 2 league titles at Valencia, promotion at Tenerife and Extremadura plus an Isreali and Mexican title on his own What are we missing? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WallisFrizz Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 7 hours ago, Zatman said: 2 league titles at Valencia, promotion at Tenerife and Extremadura plus an Isreali and Mexican title on his own What are we missing? Almost everything past 2008 Hey if he’s our number 2, so be it, I hope he does well and he appear to be a much better number 2 than number 1. However not knowing anything about him, I had a little read up and wished I hadn’t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted October 27, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted October 27, 2022 13 hours ago, alreadyexists said: I thought that, or that he dribbled some Guinness down his chin It's this level of technical analysis that makes villatalk such a valuable resource 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfTimePost Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 (edited) Mings is obviously one but he's also too smart to become a hindrance to the dressing room. My other guesses would be Watkins, Buendia, Bailey, Dougie and slightly left field - Digne Edited October 27, 2022 by HalfTimePost 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlack Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 15 minutes ago, HalfTimePost said: Mings is obviously one but he's also too smart to become a hindrance to the dressing room. My other guesses would be Watkins, Buendia, Bailey, Dougie and slightly left field - Digne "Didn't like how he was" ... I'd say being dropped without good reason is enough to justify not liking him for most of those. Watkins would fit the category of "didnt like how he was". Gerrard played him all the time, but wouldn't surprise me if he didn't like the position and role he was being asked to play, and seems to me to be more of an "arm around him" confidence kind of player, than one that prefers the tough love. From that, you can infer that I don't get the impression Gerrard was a particularly comforting coach. Not to mention that his tactics were rubbish so even if you did like him, you weren't getting any chances created by his formation. Digne got signed and then given an impossible task by Gerrard ball so you're probably right to assume he isn't particularly a fan either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reivax_Villa Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 Pako is a very good appointment if true. He speaks better English than Unai currently and can help the communication barrier between the manager and British players. He is also a high level assistant manager.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayls Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 (edited) The fact of the matter now is, with the incoming coaches and Unai as head coach, our approach now has to be to support the coaching staff in what they are going to be doing. There is no point in us demanding change again in six months time or whatever if things are going terribly. We would need to look at the playing staff and realise that there are some who simply are not good enough for where we want to be. Can those players be ‘coached’ by the new lot - who knows. But I imagine some will really struggle. Edited October 27, 2022 by Tayls 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 3 hours ago, HalfTimePost said: Mings is obviously one but he's also too smart to become a hindrance to the dressing room. My other guesses would be Watkins, Buendia, Bailey, Dougie and slightly left field - Digne FYI its from this podcast, the Villa discussion starts around the 34 minute 30 second mark. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0d9n2df (you might need to copy paste this in to your browser, for some reason i cant get it to link properly) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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