ender4 Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 it has only been just over a week since Houllier left the club. Pre-season won't be starting till July. plenty of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHV Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 Im totally baffled as to what his qualities were to be held in such high regard if I'm honest??? Christ on a bike!!!! Who makes these manger short lists at Villa Park. I agree with the bit that he is young but that is the only part I agree with Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islingtonclaret Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 This is an odd situation. Yes, it's making it look a shambles in the press, but only because the board refuse to let a slip of information out on this, no matter what SSN are spouting. Telling them to do one is fine by me, I just think internet warriors (exluding the trolling of course) need to calm the **** down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSV Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 What a joke.. absolute joke.. cover it up all you like..but he rejected the job. We may have not offered, yet he rejected even wanting the chance to offer.. whether we offered it or not is relevant. A 37 year old Wigan Manager.. rejected the Aston Villa job. Job will now go back to McLaren. What a farce this club has become. He is the only one desperate enough to come. Meanwhile in other news.. we let our best player go for the third season running. Bye Ash. Ugh...... Heres the melt down. Well done Aston Villa FC. Or it shows his loyalty to Wigan - Whelan stood by him all season - the last two seasons - and gave him his chance in the prem. They have a close relationship and it would be a bit of a dick thing to do to abandon ship after all the support he has been given. He has just formed his own team at Wigan and is only 37. It's not unbelievable that him staying at Wigan has nothing to do with Villa at all. So get off your high horse. Mysteryman on H&V said the meltdown specifically referred to Moyes but that he doesn't know what happened with that. Everton might have just said 'no' you can't talk to him. Whether it's not the most ruthless method or whatever it seems Villa are behaving with respect to other clubs. I don't mind that. I'd rather that than to support some soulless dickhead club. Still be nice to have a manager though. He should not have been 'high' on our short list in the first place. He is not good enough for this club. He doesnt have enough experience to run a club of this magnitude. I am disapointed in Randy and the Board as we should be aiming much higher. Whelan confirmed we had spoken to him yesterday, there were rumours everywhere that we were in talks. Villa is just covering up what has been an awful PR mess. He is a loyal manager, all credit to him.. but none of this should have come out. Since Whelan let it out of the bag, we should have announced something sooner that we havent spoken to him. Just a farce in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 I see the words "shambles" and "farce" have reared their ugly heads again but have people not stopped to think that none of this would be out in the open had it not been for loudmouth Dave Whelan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redditch_Villa Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 McLeish moved up to 4/1 on WH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted June 10, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted June 10, 2011 Glad to hear he's not coming. It might be a slap to the face that Wigan's manager would rather stay there than take our position but better than that imo than him here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante_Lockhart Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 I am disappointed that Martinez has chosen not to pursue our interest in him, but in this day of billy-big time bollocks premiership, it is so nice to see that football still has at least one man of total integrity. Yeah, you've got to say fair play to him really. Although it's good to get communication from the club, I'm not sure the official statement was the best idea really.......makes it look like Martinez was the number 1 option. It REALLY doesn't. "ensured him of a position high on our short list of potential new managers" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smetrov Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 I really can't understand why we aren't in for Mark Hughes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recircle Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 I see the words "shambles" and "farce" have reared their ugly heads again but have people not stopped to think that none of this would be out in the open had it not been for loudmouth Dave Whelan? Whelan let Villa talk to Martinez. He could've said no and that would've been it, because Randy Lerner seems to like doing things in an honourable way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogso Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 Right that'sh it then. Time to bring in Shteve. I Jusht want this Shaga over and shdone with. Free Brolly's to everyshone on VT when he ish appointed. sh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BatesAvfc Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 Guy called AVFCMysterMan has picked up a following on Twitter & has just urged everyone to bet on Moyes.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHV Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 I see the words "shambles" and "farce" have reared their ugly heads again but have people not stopped to think that none of this would be out in the open had it not been for loudmouth Dave Whelan? We should not have even bothered requesting speaking to him in the 1st place!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 I do sometimes wonder what the percentage of Villa fans is on these boards with the amount of trolling. Definintely and it seems to be getting worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praisedmambo Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 let's keep kidding ourselves. Martinez wasn't even interested in speaking to us, **** me!! Bet the players are really looking forward to next season, bet downing has got his pen ready to sign a new deal. We are looking a right shambles in the press. Blame the press for that one. You do come across as someone who pays too much attention to what you read/hear in the press. Am I allowed to say that? No offence. Just because the media are doing their usual tripe doesn't mean the club are not going about this properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morales Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 Can't have seen how Martinez would have been ahead of Coyle and Moyes, so I guessing a approach for those two where rejected by their clubs. I still we should give Rafa a chance to put his ideas forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villastine Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 I really can't understand why we aren't in for Mark Hughes Who said we are not in for Hughes?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted June 10, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted June 10, 2011 Are we still limiting ourselves to Premier League experience managers? If so, I'm sure we're running out of options. Nah - there's plenty to choose from: Perryman, Royle, Gould, Harford, Reid, Rix, Robson - the world is our lobster, Rodney! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelGabriel Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 Rafa or Rijkaard - one has prem experience, the other has youth on his side, Lerner you complete moron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recircle Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 Guy called AVFCMysterMan has picked up a following on Twitter & has just urged everyone to bet on Moyes.. Everyone that is except those who have been cleaned out betting on Martinez and Ancelotti. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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