TheAuthority Posted November 1, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted November 1, 2019 Andy Weimann just scored an excellent header for Bristol City. 6th goal this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted November 4, 2019 Share Posted November 4, 2019 Gareth Barry re-signed for West Brom. Thought he was already under contract Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted November 4, 2019 Share Posted November 4, 2019 12 minutes ago, Zatman said: Gareth Barry re-signed for West Brom. Thought he was already under contract injured so im guessing he waited until he was fit before resigning fair play to him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan-scott Posted November 6, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted November 6, 2019 Gollini playing for Atalanta tonight against City. Matured into a good keeper it seems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted November 6, 2019 Share Posted November 6, 2019 44 minutes ago, villan-scott said: Gollini playing for Atalanta tonight against City. Matured into a good keeper it seems. He has kept 1 clean sheet in 6 months and Atalanta regularly concede goals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted November 6, 2019 Share Posted November 6, 2019 59 minutes ago, villan-scott said: Gollini playing for Atalanta tonight against City. Matured into a good keeper it seems. Helped then qualify for the CL last season and called up to Italian national side this autumn. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted November 6, 2019 Share Posted November 6, 2019 Not an ex-player, but Gerard Houllier was recently talking about his regrets about having to leave management. He wanted to stay on at Villa as DoF and have McAllister as head coach but Lerner didn't want this and wanted to prize Alex McLeish from SHA instead. Also talked about giving Yohan Cabaye a tour of VP and signing Gervinho among others. I guess Lerner preferred to see the famous Dutch 4-3-3 and Alan Hutton and Charlez N'Zogbia come through the door instead. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted November 6, 2019 Share Posted November 6, 2019 McLeish was a shit choice but Houllier was a dickhead to the squad. He fell out with Dunne, Carew, Collins, Petrov, Warnock probably a couple of others too. No man management at all As Petrov said was no chance he would have turned it around at Villa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan-scott Posted November 6, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted November 6, 2019 42 minutes ago, Zatman said: He has kept 1 clean sheet in 6 months and Atalanta regularly concede goals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted November 6, 2019 Share Posted November 6, 2019 1 hour ago, Zatman said: He has kept 1 clean sheet in 6 months and Atalanta regularly concede goals Still from not being good enough for a mid table Championship team to becoming a Champions League keeper for a team in seria A in 4 years is not bad going. I always liked him. He was just raw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted November 6, 2019 Share Posted November 6, 2019 I always saw something in Gollini that I liked, and it wasn’t his rap skills. He wanted an Italian GK coach, which we wouldn’t give him. Either way, I’m much happier with Tom Heaton now. It’s mad to think how many keepers been through in the last three years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted November 6, 2019 Share Posted November 6, 2019 52 minutes ago, Zatman said: McLeish was a shit choice but Houllier was a dickhead to the squad. He fell out with Dunne, Carew, Collins, Petrov, Warnock probably a couple of others too. No man management at all As Petrov said was no chance he would have turned it around at Villa I listened to that interview with Petrov, and whilst I can see where he was coming from, I do think he came across a bit bitter against Houllier. Those players you’ve mentioned pretty much had free reign under MON, and that was how he liked it. We all know those rumours that MON was very hands off approach. It did a decent job for those years, but there certainly was improvement needed. Houllier was a complete change of playing style, change of managerial approach and coaching ethic. He wanted his own players to play his style, he probably wanted a different reign (there’s the rumours that he told Gabby to stop bulking up and to go back to the whippet like player, Gabby disagreed). Personally I think the contacts Houllier had within the game and the knowledge of youth players he had, DOF would’ve been perfect for him and us. But hey we’ll never know now 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted November 6, 2019 Share Posted November 6, 2019 7 minutes ago, mikeyp102 said: I listened to that interview with Petrov, and whilst I can see where he was coming from, I do think he came across a bit bitter against Houllier. Those players you’ve mentioned pretty much had free reign under MON, and that was how he liked it. We all know those rumours that MON was very hands off approach. It did a decent job for those years, but there certainly was improvement needed. Houllier was a complete change of playing style, change of managerial approach and coaching ethic. He wanted his own players to play his style, he probably wanted a different reign (there’s the rumours that he told Gabby to stop bulking up and to go back to the whippet like player, Gabby disagreed). Personally I think the contacts Houllier had within the game and the knowledge of youth players he had, DOF would’ve been perfect for him and us. But hey we’ll never know now Also it depends on the characters in question I guess. Liverpool had a similar culture shock when he came in but the players now can't speak highly enough of him and how he changed the culture there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 7 hours ago, mikeyp102 said: I listened to that interview with Petrov, and whilst I can see where he was coming from, I do think he came across a bit bitter against Houllier. Those players you’ve mentioned pretty much had free reign under MON, and that was how he liked it. We all know those rumours that MON was very hands off approach. It did a decent job for those years, but there certainly was improvement needed. Houllier was a complete change of playing style, change of managerial approach and coaching ethic. He wanted his own players to play his style, he probably wanted a different reign (there’s the rumours that he told Gabby to stop bulking up and to go back to the whippet like player, Gabby disagreed). Personally I think the contacts Houllier had within the game and the knowledge of youth players he had, DOF would’ve been perfect for him and us. But hey we’ll never know now I read a interview with Warnock and Houllier told him he could go home after a game. When he did Houllier lambasted him in front of the squad and told him he wouldnt play again. He had no people skills and all he wanted was to talk about Liverpool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 Last night might be a trivia question in the future. Can't remember 2 ex Villa players playing in goal in the same Champioms League game 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 Scott Carson on the bench for City today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 Henry has replaced Remi Garde at Montreal. Camt say they dont have a managerial type Wonder if Lerner owns Impact Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 Enda Stevens another we discarded way too soon. Probably still better than what currently have Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 1 hour ago, Zatman said: Enda Stevens another we discarded way too soon. Probably still better than what currently have That was a beautiful ball in for the assist tonight. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 1 hour ago, HanoiVillan said: That was a beautiful ball in for the assist tonight. Great cross, we have had so many shit left backs since Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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