chappy Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Before anyone calls me racist, I just feel that we were better suited to having a British manager with a lot of good, young English talent (didn't we have 7 players called into an England squad once?) We had 5 this february, under GH. Not bad for a non-british manager, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 I don't car what language he speaks, what he eats, how he shits or even if he has B-O, as long as we win games and challenge at or near the top, that does it for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich_D Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 British jobs for British people! :x Before anyone calls me racist, I just feel that we were better suited to having a British manager with a lot of good, young English talent (didn't we have 7 players called into an England squad once?) So our players are English, means we should have an English manager? Problem is finding a good one. Other problem is that other foreign managers are still able to bring through English youth. At the end of the day, clubs need to have so many homegrown players now to play in Europe so that aspect will not be overlooked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRS-T Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 A foreign manager will most likely look to bring in foreign talent. Look how many Spaniards Benitez bought at Liverpool. Also Arsenal have lots of home-grown players who aren't English (Fabregas, Bentdner etc) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRS-T Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 I dont care if he cant speak English so long as we start winning again and challenging for honours Surely that's a joke. Look at the farce England have become since appointing Fabio 'I only need 100 English words' Capello. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fran_villa Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 A foreign manager will most likely look to bring in foreign talent. Look how many Spaniards Benitez bought at Liverpool. Also Arsenal have lots of home-grown players who aren't English (Fabregas, Bentdner etc)And these teams are better than AstonVilla. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billy_loes Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 A foreign manager will most likely look to bring in foreign talent. Look how many Spaniards Benitez bought at Liverpool. Also Arsenal have lots of home-grown players who aren't English (Fabregas, Bentdner etc) Fabregas didnt learn the game at Arsenal he spent 6 years at Barcelona. Whats wrong with foreign players? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRS-T Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Nothing, I'm just saying I liked how we were regarded as a club under MON. Everyone used to say how they liked Villa since we had a likeable manager and we had a lot of young exciting English talent - Ash Young, Milner, Davies, Agbonlahor, Barry, Downing, Luke Young, Heskey etc etc Also, we were regared as an exciting counter attacking side with lots of pace (Agbonalhor, Ash Young, Milner/Downing etc) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fran_villa Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Nothing, I'm just saying I liked how we were regarded as a club under MON. Everyone used to say how they liked Villa since we had a likeable manager and we had a lot of young exciting English talent - Ash Young, Milner, Davies, Agbonlahor, Barry, Downing, Luke Young, Heskey etc etc Also, we were regared as an exciting counter attacking side with lots of pace (Agbonalhor, Ash Young, Milner/Downing etc)IMO we played a lot of shite hoof football, smash it up to Carew or Heskey, we would have never won much with an English only attitude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denis_B Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 young exciting English talent Luke Young, Heskey Errrr YOUNG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billy_loes Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Nothing, I'm just saying I liked how we were regarded as a club under MON. Everyone used to say how they liked Villa since we had a likeable manager and we had a lot of young exciting English talent - Ash Young, Milner, Davies, Agbonlahor, Barry, Downing, Luke Young, Heskey etc etc Also, we were regared as an exciting counter attacking side with lots of pace (Agbonalhor, Ash Young, Milner/Downing etc) Even with Barry and Milner we were regarded as one dimensional, kick and rush football that was tedious to watch. Young English talent was a media driven phrase of the worst kind. You do know St.Martin was a republican? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 A foreign manager will most likely look to bring in foreign talent. Look how many Spaniards Benitez bought at Liverpool. Also Arsenal have lots of home-grown players who aren't English (Fabregas, Bentdner etc)Depends who the foreign manager is. Some British managers will bring in lots of foreign players and some foreign managers will bring in lots of British players. I think there needs to be a good balance. Your theory isn't always true.Houllier's signed five players since he came to Villa (two of them loans) and two out of the five have been English. In fact it is the English players (Walker and Bent) who have been the signings he's used the most. Oh yeah, and as good as our counter-attacking was at times it has a glass ceiling and often didn't work. We lacked a plan B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssexVilla Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Yes I liked how we were regarded but in all honesty its left us with an over inflated wage bill and in a relegation battle as soon as the manager left. Add to that I'd rather we did stuff for our club like do well in the league and challenge for cups over being well-liked and if a foreign manager is the way to do that then so be it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRS-T Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 young exciting English talent Luke Young, Heskey Errrr YOUNG fran, we very nearly did win something though if you recall. And we spent a lot of the season in the upper echloens of the table. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fran_villa Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 young exciting English talent Luke Young, Heskey Errrr YOUNG fran, we very nearly did win something though if you recall. And we spent a lot of the season in the upper echloens of the table. Did we win anything though??. The team on the day the had quality from outside England won as far as i remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wedge Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Anyone seen the vague link to Quique Sanchez Flores (Ath Madrid)? Quite a few vague links, I'd be quite excited should we take the risk and appoint him, young, passionate, exciting guy. Rather him than Benitez! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRS-T Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Nothing, I'm just saying I liked how we were regarded as a club under MON. Everyone used to say how they liked Villa since we had a likeable manager and we had a lot of young exciting English talent - Ash Young, Milner, Davies, Agbonlahor, Barry, Downing, Luke Young, Heskey etc etc Also, we were regared as an exciting counter attacking side with lots of pace (Agbonalhor, Ash Young, Milner/Downing etc) IMO we played a lot of shite hoof football, smash it up to Carew or Heskey, we would have never won much with an English only attitude. MON 06/07 - 43 goals for, 41 goals against GD +2 07/08 - 71 goals for, 51 goals against GD +20 08/09 - 54 goals for, 48 goals against GD +6 09/10 - 52 goals for, 39 goals against GD +13 KMac, GH & GMac 10/11 - 45 goals for, 58 goals against GD -13 Shite hoof football please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billy_loes Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Shite hoof football please You obviously never had to sit and watch it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Nothing, I'm just saying I liked how we were regarded as a club under MON. Everyone used to say how they liked Villa since we had a likeable manager and we had a lot of young exciting English talent - Ash Young, Milner, Davies, Agbonlahor, Barry, Downing, Luke Young, Heskey etc etc Also, we were regared as an exciting counter attacking side with lots of pace (Agbonalhor, Ash Young, Milner/Downing etc) IMO we played a lot of shite hoof football, smash it up to Carew or Heskey, we would have never won much with an English only attitude. MON 06/07 - 43 goals for, 41 goals against GD +2 07/08 - 71 goals for, 51 goals against GD +20 08/09 - 54 goals for, 48 goals against GD +6 09/10 - 52 goals for, 39 goals against GD +13 KMac, GH & GMac 10/11 - 45 goals for, 58 goals against GD -13 Shite hoof football please And blow millions and millions every year! Please.................... We could manage a football team like this. Have millions to spend and keep spending it until finally it runs out and you have no plan B of how to stay top six with out it!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivaashleyyoung Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 David Moyes for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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