Richard Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Another club with a great chance of finishing above us now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheus Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Bitterly, bitterly disappointed by this. If Randy had any sense whatsoever he would have employed Martin Jol instead of AM. He didn't. If Randy had any sense whatsoever he would have sacked AM and employed Hughes. He didn't. A totally inept chairman who makes 'deadly' look like a genuis! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloBarnesi Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Lerner and Faulkner wanted someone who would say yes. Because Faulkner and Lerner know more about football then a manager would. MON thought he knew more than them, and in the end he had to go. Some might say that Randy and Paul lack imagination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NowDoINotLikeThat Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 So let's get this straight.... Sunderland - Bruce sacked, MON hired within days during the season. QPR - Warnock sacked, Hughes hired within days during the season. Villa - Houllier compensated, McLeish hired/compensated and it took weeks during where there was no football playing. Agreed its a joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 When you get rid of a manager you should actually appoint someone better, a la Blunderland and now QPR Randy got rid of a manager and then appointed someone worse, got rid of him and appointed someone worse than the original replacement It really is quite unbelievable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG_Villa_Fan Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 ^ Makes you wonder about the next appointment On a side note, apparently it doesn't take weeks and months to hire a manager even in the middle of a season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 ^ Makes you wonder about the next appointment On a side note, apparently it doesn't take weeks and months to hire a manager even in the middle of a season. Both QPR and Sunderland's new managers were free agents though. I remember there being thin pickings amongst free agents when MON left. I'm less inclined to criticise the Houllier appointment than the McLeish one because we were in a pretty desperate situation back then. Last summer however we really should have done a much better job of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 both clubs also sacked their manager and you would say at a guess (QPR especially) both clubs would have put the feelers out before doing so, or at least in preparation have some sort of effective contingency in place IMO you cant blame randy for not having the same, it took so long and was such a mess because MON **** us, agree with londonlax, last summer we had the chance to put it right but didnt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG_Villa_Fan Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 ^ Makes you wonder about the next appointment On a side note, apparently it doesn't take weeks and months to hire a manager even in the middle of a season. Both QPR and Sunderland's new managers were free agents though. I remember there being thin pickings amongst free agents when MON left. I'm less inclined to criticise the Houllier appointment than the McLeish one because we were in a pretty desperate situation back then. Last summer however we really should have done a much better job of it. Well to me it looks like both QPR and Sunderland knew exactly who they wanted and simply went and got their man, unlike us, who had to schedule many interviews ( then cancelled some ) - the whole publicity made it a proper farce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 both clubs also sacked their manager and you would say at a guess (QPR especially) both clubs would have put the feelers out before doing so, or at least in preparation have some sort of effective contingency in place IMO you cant blame randy for not having the same, it took so long and was such a mess because MON **** us, agree with londonlax, last summer we had the chance to put it right but didntI agree. Can completely understand what happened the summer before last, along with the appointment. They made a complete hash of it this summer though. Wouldn't have been so bad if we had got somebody decent but we ended up with one of the worst managers in the history of the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 ^ Makes you wonder about the next appointment On a side note, apparently it doesn't take weeks and months to hire a manager even in the middle of a season. Both QPR and Sunderland's new managers were free agents though. I remember there being thin pickings amongst free agents when MON left. I'm less inclined to criticise the Houllier appointment than the McLeish one because we were in a pretty desperate situation back then. Last summer however we really should have done a much better job of it. Well to me it looks like both QPR and Sunderland knew exactly who they wanted and simply went and got their man, unlike us, who had to schedule many interviews ( then cancelled some ) - the whole publicity made it a proper farce. thats the difference when you sack your manager! of course fernandes knew who he wanted and went and got him he's probably spent the last 2 months thinking about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted January 20, 2012 Author Share Posted January 20, 2012 Queens Park Rangers captain Joey Barton has launched a Twitter tirade on Neil Warnock by saying the team's former manager "needs to look in the mirror" if he wants to blame anyone for his sacking. On Thursday, Warnock made comments on the power of social networking sites such as Twitter and said he lost his job after his reputation was "slowly poisoned" by critics inside and outside the club. "My (former) chairman (at QPR) tweets a lot and some of my players tweet and players only look after themselves so it's quite easy to start rumours with this new modern media and I don't think it helps anybody," Warnock had told the BBC. "It's a dangerous precedent if you let players talk to the chairman but, you know, you can't stop tweeting." Barton, famous for causing controversy throughout his career, used his favourite medium to hit back. "Lost his job and the guy is blaming everyone but himself! Embarrassing, time to look in the mirror mate," Barton tweeted (@Joey7Barton). "If I talked about Neil, he'd do well to get another job. Twitter cost him his job???? I can think of a million other things!" Barton, who was made club captain by Warnock, also hinted new manager Mark Hughes had superior tactical and organisational skills to Warnock. "Looking forward to the game against Wigan tomo (tomorrow). 1st time in a while we actually have a plan and seem organised," he added. Warnock was fired after a dramatic slump in form that left them without a win in eight successive Premier League matches and on the edge of the relegation zone. Warnock, who was appointed in March 2010 and won 33 of his 84 matches in charge, guided the West London club back to the Premier League for the first time in 15 years last season. http://tinyurl.com/6qmohj2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 I don't like Warnock but Barton is a prick of the highest order. Wonder how he'd react if someone said the same thing in response to Barton getting sent off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Lost the dressing room apparently Hehe, I'm reminded of Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NowDoINotLikeThat Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 I would ban players using twitter if i was a manager. Barton quoting Neitzche , Sigmund Freud months back when leaving Newcastle was hilarious tho. Complete prat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted January 21, 2012 Moderator Share Posted January 21, 2012 One prick slagging off another prick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Warnock isnt everybody cup of team but what he said in interview was 100% spot on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted January 21, 2012 Moderator Share Posted January 21, 2012 He is still a prick regardless of if what he says on this occasion is accurate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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