Morley_crosses_to_Withe Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 Finally, and perhaps in a bid to silence the growing calls for Gérard Houllier's head, rumours have begun circulating that Aston Villa may appoint Steve Staunton. The Guardian Down at the bottom of the article. And that will achieve what exactly?! Good player back in the day, but hasn't got a **** clue about the managerial/coaching side of things as his record shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacketspuds Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 Unless Staunton comes in as a defensive coach it would be another massive **** up by the club to appoint him as manager. Unless they wanted to prove that GH is the best man to keep us up by appointing a man who would be worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billy_loes Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 Shillzz is right, there is no way Lerner will sack Houllier before the end of the season. My choice Billy?...Rafa or Jol, failing those i would go for Curbishley. Rafa or FSW. Nope I'm not having another continental in love with liverpool. Jol - I dont know, would he bang heads together. Curbs - Nowhere near a stong enough character. (Houllier staying anyway) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shillzz Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 I gather that the Staunton thing is some kind of PR stunt to keep us from protesting against Houllier. i.e. If Houllier goes, you get an even worse manager. I wouldnt actually put any credence to the rumours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morley_crosses_to_Withe Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 I gather that the Staunton thing is some kind of PR stunt to keep us from protesting against Houllier. i.e. If Houllier goes, you get an even worse manager. I wouldnt actually put any credence to the rumours. I don't think it means that. I think it's saying that we'll appoint Steven Staunton as a coach (rather than as a replacement of Houllier). It would be a PR stunt though - "Let's get an old Villa favourite in as a coach; that'll quieten them down" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maradona10 Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 Steve Staunton has been the shit stirrer within Villa anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jat_r Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 Steve Staunton is a joke. Don't want him, or Rafa. Not sure on Jol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiggyrichard Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 Not sure on Jol. Out of interest, why do you say that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilchard Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 Appointing Steve Staunton as manager, at this stage, would make me more angry than the Incredible Hulk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pelle Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 I gather that the Staunton thing is some kind of PR stunt to keep us from protesting against Houllier. i.e. If Houllier goes, you get an even worse manager. I wouldnt actually put any credence to the rumours. I don't think it means that. I think it's saying that we'll appoint Steven Staunton as a coach (rather than as a replacement of Houllier). It would be a PR stunt though - "Let's get an old Villa favourite in as a coach; that'll quieten them down" Maybe, but we'va already got Cowans and they don't come much bigger than that. Peter Withe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villan81 Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 KM with coaching staff of Bosnich,Mcgrath,Cowans,Taylor,Yorke & Saunders hahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maradona10 Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 The only short term solution for me would be John Gregory at this stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jat_r Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 Not sure on Jol. Out of interest, why do you say that? I think he is a good manager but not sure if I would trust him with a transfer budget. Tottenham signed a lot of good players in his time but they were all Damien Comolli's signings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maradona10 Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 No they weren't they were actually Arneson's signings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacketspuds Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 If Jol can get us playing half as well as his Tottenham team I would be delighted. Not everyone agreed with MON's signings or trusted him with a budget but he got results. If it's the choice of appointing a manager who gets results but signs some duffers or someone who signs good players and ends up getting us relegated through negligence I know what I would choose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jat_r Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 No they weren't they were actually Arneson's signings. They are probably are. Apologies for getting my facts wrong. Still not convinced though but I would give him a chance here. He would probably be doing better then GH atm! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pelle Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 I don't think Jol would be a bad choice. I'd welcome him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 If Staunton comes anywhere near Villa as coach or manager we will go down. Still probably a better left back than Warnock then again he is one coach Stephen Ireland actually likes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted March 22, 2011 Moderator Share Posted March 22, 2011 What do people think about giving Sven Goran Eriksson a chance? I know we laughed at the sugggestion in the summer before Houllier arrived but he has gone up t'road and done not half bad at Lee-chester in the interim, so it appears he still has it and I reckon his stock might have gone up in here since as a result of that. Thunks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted March 22, 2011 Author Share Posted March 22, 2011 No good Brian as he is employed by someone else so that makes him not even a possibility with Randy it seems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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