thetrees Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 FFS he's only gone and won manager of the month He is now 3rd in the all time Premier League list behind Ferguson and Wenger. Not bad going considering he spent a few years up in Scotland and also a couple of seasons not managing. He is not surprisingly, given the shit served up since, the last Aston Villa manager to win the award for April 2010. If only he could convert that success into victories at Wembley....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markavfc40 Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 FFS he's only gone and won manager of the month He is now 3rd in the all time Premier League list behind Ferguson and Wenger. Not bad going considering he spent a few years up in Scotland and also a couple of seasons not managing. He is not surprisingly, given the shit served up since, the last Aston Villa manager to win the award for April 2010. If only he could convert that success into victories at Wembley....... He did three times with Leicester, one play off final win and two League Cups which as I am sure your aware was a remarkable achievement on a shoestring budget. He also won there a number of times with Wycombe in FA trophy and play offs. Of course he may well of had success with us as well had Phil Dowd not **** up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetrees Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 FFS he's only gone and won manager of the month He is now 3rd in the all time Premier League list behind Ferguson and Wenger. Not bad going considering he spent a few years up in Scotland and also a couple of seasons not managing. He is not surprisingly, given the shit served up since, the last Aston Villa manager to win the award for April 2010. If only he could convert that success into victories at Wembley....... He did three times with Leicester, one play off final win and two League Cups which as I am sure your aware was a remarkable achievement on a shoestring budget. He also won there a number of times with Wycombe in FA trophy and play offs. Of course he may well of had success with us as well had Phil Dowd not **** up. True, our present manager, on even more of a shoestring budget, took a much less quality team to Wembley and won, although I don't think that he needed play-offs to gain promotion. I suppose that the theme of this exchange is that shit football from a team built on a shoestring budget brings success. We'd bettere prepare ourselves for Wembley glory then, as it may come sooner than we think :winkold: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 He is now 3rd in the all time Premier League list behind Ferguson and Wenger. Not bad going considering he spent a few years up in Scotland and also a couple of seasons not managing. He is not surprisingly, given the shit served up since, the last Aston Villa manager to win the award for April 2010. hmm i wonder how he would have performed the season houllier came in. i suspect he would have flopped hence why he walked like a coward not a man like david moyes in my opinion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markavfc40 Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 FFS he's only gone and won manager of the month He is now 3rd in the all time Premier League list behind Ferguson and Wenger. Not bad going considering he spent a few years up in Scotland and also a couple of seasons not managing. He is not surprisingly, given the shit served up since, the last Aston Villa manager to win the award for April 2010. If only he could convert that success into victories at Wembley....... He did three times with Leicester, one play off final win and two League Cups which as I am sure your aware was a remarkable achievement on a shoestring budget. He also won there a number of times with Wycombe in FA trophy and play offs. Of course he may well of had success with us as well had Phil Dowd not **** up. True, our present manager, on even more of a shoestring budget, took a much less quality team to Wembley and won, although I don't think that he needed play-offs to gain promotion. I couldn't agree more an excellent achievement with that two bit club down the road. Not so sure about him doing it on a shoestring budget though. In 2009/10 he spent over 30 mill. He of course also got them relegated...twice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markavfc40 Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 He is now 3rd in the all time Premier League list behind Ferguson and Wenger. Not bad going considering he spent a few years up in Scotland and also a couple of seasons not managing. He is not surprisingly, given the shit served up since, the last Aston Villa manager to win the award for April 2010. hmm i wonder how he would have performed the season houllier came in. Given that the only difference in last seasons squad to the previous seasons, when we had our best ever 38 game Prem season points wise, was the loss of Milner and the signing of Ireland. I'm confident had he not have been sacked we'd have done OK under O'Neill and 100% certain we wouldn't have been in and around the relation zone for 5 months and still in with a shout of the drop with a couple of games to go. It really doesn't matter now though does it. Its the here and now that matters and he is currently doing very well which is no surprise and we are still wallowing in self pity looking absolutely clueless just as we have been for the last 18 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 hmm i wonder how he would have performed the season houllier came in. i suspect he would have flopped hence why he walked like a coward This is the way the Board spun his departure. But surely the fact that they subsequently had to pay him compensation suggests it's not that black and white? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimzk5 Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Reo-Coker gave good service to the club IMO - it was his contract situation that we messed up that meant he left for nothing. but was he worth £8million? i liked NRC, when we signed him he was one of the best box to box midfielders in the prem, then MON plays him as a DM and then a right back before dropping him completely. poor management. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDrums Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 FFS he's only gone and won manager of the month He is now 3rd in the all time Premier League list behind Ferguson and Wenger. Not bad going considering he spent a few years up in Scotland and also a couple of seasons not managing. He is not surprisingly, given the shit served up since, the last Aston Villa manager to win the award for April 2010. If only he could convert that success into victories at Wembley....... Eh? What did he win with Leicester, and didn't he win a playoffas well? :? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krenborg Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Why do ITV just cut to shots of him standing there, or calling back a sub? Its very strange to me. Does anyone else agree? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 They do it with every manager. You just notice it because it's MON. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetrees Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 They do it with every manager. You just notice it because it's MON. And there was me thinking that the ITV Sport production team were made up of certain VT members doing their version of the wedding video out of 'Love Actually' :winkold: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 What they show of MON is very dull compared with the shots they catch of some other managers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NowDoINotLikeThat Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Why do ITV just cut to shots of him standing there, or calling back a sub? Its very strange to me. Does anyone else agree? No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krenborg Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 They do it with every manager. You just notice it because it's MON. Thanks LondonLax must just be that then Ta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chappy Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 hmm i wonder how he would have performed the season houllier came in. i suspect he would have flopped hence why he walked like a coward not a man like david moyes in my opinion Pretty sure he didn't walk as the club had to pay him off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted January 9, 2012 Moderator Share Posted January 9, 2012 i liked NRC, when we signed him he was one of the best box to box midfielders in the prem He really wasn't at all, possibly MON's worst signing. The West Ham fans used to say exactly the same things about him as we did, tunnel vision, blind alleys, headless chicken, etc. He cost so much because iirc he was U21 captain at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Also he was being booed by West Ham fans when he was sold. Think he believed the hype and never paid off. Same when he left Villa thought he was going to a major club Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwpzxjor1 Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Reo Coker has amazing tackling stats every season.. because every tackle he makes gets doubled up.. He tackles. Loses ball. Has to tackle again. So for most people's 1 tackle, he makes 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ml1dch Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 hmm i wonder how he would have performed the season houllier came in. i suspect he would have flopped hence why he walked like a coward not a man like david moyes in my opinion Pretty sure he didn't walk as the club had to pay him off. He resigned. The club may have put pressure on him to budget better and to trim the wage bill, but ultimately it was his decision to leave rather than the clubs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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