BOF Posted May 30, 2012 Moderator Share Posted May 30, 2012 Villa squad said to have seen the error of their ways, thanks to VT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted May 30, 2012 Moderator Share Posted May 30, 2012 Looks like a McLeish team set up to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwpzxjor1 Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 Add to that.With Liverpool if you don"t win something every so often you are in big trouble. And 'something' has to be more than a League Cup and FA Cup Final.. Basically, top 4 is a minimum requirement, it seems. I'd welcome Martinez here. He was in my (realistic) choices from the beginning; Lambert, Martinez and Rogers (before the whole OGS, he'd still be my first choice now, he actually made me feel genuinely excited, but oh well). He plays good football with a good attacking philosophy, he gets the best out of average players (something we really need with our squad if investment isn't hugly forthcoming) and has great media handling skills. My housemate is from Wigan and he's said all season that he regards Martinez as one of the best in the league, even before their epic run at the end of the season. Wigan have poor players, yet he's avoided relegation 2 seasons running now, it's a minor miracle really when you actually look at their squad and starting 11. Hard to say whether or not he's ready for a bigger challenge. He's unproven, yes. That's not a reason to write him off though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulieB Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 Should have posted Rodney Marsh's tweets about Martinez on this thread... ooops Rodney Marsh @RodneyMarsh10 Oh no!! My grapevine says Martinez has burned his bridges. #stuckatwigan?? Rodney Marsh @RodneyMarsh10 Apparently #AVFC have not received an application nor approached DW, still waiting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packoman Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 So he doesn't have a clue really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omariqy Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 Seems like he hasnt got a clue what is going on and is just going off the rumour mill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted May 30, 2012 Moderator Share Posted May 30, 2012 The first tweet is wrt the Liverpool job from what I can gather from his timeline. As he retweeted a response along the lines of "He's a fool, the lfc job was the opportunity of a lifetime" and he agreed with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nabby Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 Saw this from a Swansea fan on another site regarding Rodgers and Martinez influence on Swansea ,found it an intresting insight As a Swans fan, Brendan Rodger's had nothing to do with changing the way the team played from traditional 4-4-2 to tiki taka. That was Martinez. Infact, the only time Rodger's attempted to change the style of play was with Reading and failed! Martinez installed the style but was too attacking, when he left for Wigan, Sousa took over and installed the defensive side but was so defensive it was dire to watch (40 goals in a season but finished 7th). Rodger's came in and got the balance right, infact the key to his success at Swansea is his knowledge of young players at previous posts and key loan/signings: (Sinclair/Borini/Sigurdsson) that ultimately got us to the Premier League and kept us there. In fact there are a no. of similarities between Martinez and Rodgers, both are very PR friendly, both study Catalan methodology in their approach and both speak fluent Spanish. Selfishly I hope you go for Martinez only because last season is the first one in years we haven't gone in to the close season managerless and it was like a breath of fresh air, plus we hate the bugger for the way he left us Just hurry and decide the Planet Swans forum is going into meltdown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 Should have posted Rodney Marsh's tweets about Martinez on this thread... ooops Rodney Marsh @RodneyMarsh10 Oh no!! My grapevine says Martinez has burned his bridges. #stuckatwigan?? Rodney Marsh @RodneyMarsh10 Apparently #AVFC have not received an application nor approached DW, still waiting. So in conclusion posters on Twitter taliking bollox...again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irreverentad Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 Should have posted Rodney Marsh's tweets about Martinez on this thread... ooops Rodney Marsh @RodneyMarsh10 Oh no!! My grapevine says Martinez has burned his bridges. #stuckatwigan?? Rodney Marsh @RodneyMarsh10 Apparently #AVFC have not received an application nor approached DW, still waiting. First tsunamis now burning bridges, what is it with Rodney Marsh and water??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaRoy Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 Rule out Martinez, he has pledged his future to Wigan. Just on Sky Sports, the outcome of his meeting with Dave Whelan resulted in him pledging future to the club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razor Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 SSN BREAKING NEWS - Martinez staying at Wigan. lol, doesn't he have any ambition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 This is why i didn't want us to go after him, dave whelan don't half love his trumpet Saying Martinez spoke to is this time but turned us and Liverpool down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Die_Hard Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 Thats that then. Martinez certainly lacks ambition, what on Earth does he think he can achieve at Wigan? Whelan is such a prat as well. If we don't get Lambert now I am very concerned about who will be coming in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 Thread lock then if we are not getting martinez, clearly he is not interested.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted May 30, 2012 Moderator Share Posted May 30, 2012 Speculation over,Martinez confirms he's staying at Wigan, if situation changes in any way, topic can be re-opened Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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