The Football Thread 2011/12

PostRe: The Football Thread 2011/12 by **SandyCoin** » Fri May 18, 2012 8:42 pm

You lot better treat him with respect and not bitch and moan when he doesn't win you the league.

PostRe: The Football Thread 2011/12 by **Glowy69** » Fri May 18, 2012 8:46 pm

SandyCoin wrote:You lot better treat him with respect and not bitch and moan when he doesn't win you the league.

We will win the league 8-)

actually just avoiding relegation would be good

:shifty:

PostRe: The Football Thread 2011/12 by **Glowy69** » Fri May 18, 2012 8:47 pm

Dark Ritual wrote:Almost put money on that as well after suggesting it to the Villa fan at work.

Why didnt you?

He was 25/1 at one point

glowy69 wrote:
Dark Ritual wrote:Almost put money on that as well after suggesting it to the Villa fan at work.

Why didnt you?

He was 25/1 at one point

40/1 was the longest I saw.

Well, it was just a passing comment to him when he heard McLeish was gone- I would've then, but can't access gambling sites at work and just plain forgot while submerged.

Spindash wrote:
glowy69 wrote:
Spindash wrote:
glowy69 wrote:Whats wrong with giving a young manager a chance, its not like he had gooseberry fool training, he has learn from the man that has dominated english football for nearly 20 years.

So did McLeish.

He learnt from fergie at United?

Played under him at Aberdeen...

STAAAAAAAND FREE

Corazon de Leon

PsychicSykes wrote:Cora and PatSharpsMullet rejoice, it looks like Kean is finished as Blackburn manager, confirmed by of all people Australian cricketer Brett Lee on twitter.

@SportingIntelligence wrote:Don't have much more but can confirm Brett Lee DID lunch with Venky Rao, and VR DID tell Lee that SK gone. He tweeted it then removed!

What in the hell? :lol:

PostRe: The Football Thread 2011/12 by **Glowy69** » Fri May 18, 2012 10:05 pm

Twitter, always good for a laugh :fp:

Daily Mail are saying that he's pretty much gone. The fact that Kean hasn't come out and said how wonderful his talks went with Venky's and that we have a big budget and an exciting summer ahead of us is also a positive sign.

PostRe: The Football Thread 2011/12 by **Zellery** » Fri May 18, 2012 11:14 pm

glowy69 wrote:Solskjaer to be announced as Villa Manager Monday

The new era begins. :wub:

PostRe: The Football Thread 2011/12 by **Luboluke** » Fri May 18, 2012 11:34 pm

I'm not so sure about Solskjaer, if Villa are going to take a punt on a young manager I think Martinez is the more calculated risk. I'm sure he could end up doing a good job for them, but the fact is he's only been a manager for a grand total of one year, the Villa fans seem awfully excited about a guy they know nothing about, no one knows how his teams play, what his man-management skills are like or how he is in the transfer market - and the fans will want significant investment in the team. At least Martinez has a decent amount of experience in the premier league, and we know he can play positive football with an average team. I suppose time will tell though, I'm sure he is a promising manager.

PostRe: The Football Thread 2011/12 by **bear** » Fri May 18, 2012 11:43 pm

Luke_25 wrote:I'm not so sure about Solskjaer, if Villa are going to take a punt on a young manager I think Martinez is the more calculated risk. I'm sure he could end up doing a good job for them, but the fact is he's only been a manager for a grand total of one year, the Villa fans seem awfully excited about a guy they know nothing about, no one knows how his teams play, what his man-management skills are like or how he is in the transfer market - and the fans will want significant investment in the team. At least Martinez has a decent amount of experience in the premier league, and we know he can play positive football with an average team. I suppose time will tell though, I'm sure he is a promising manager.

Was Martinez even an option for Villa once Wigan confirmed Liverpool had sought permission to speak to him? He probably wasn't going to take the Villa job before speaking to Liverpool and it would have made Villa look small time if Lerner had hung around waiting to see how Martinezs meeting with FSG went.

Annoyingly I think Solskjaer could do well for Villa.

PostRe: The Football Thread 2011/12 by **BCFC Fan** » Fri May 18, 2012 11:43 pm

Solskjaer? Well that's Villa strawberry floated. :lol:

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Cuban Pete wrote:Cant wait for Denny "hypocrite" Denster to see that.

I learned my lesson. i'll just Pm Joer. No one else needs to see it. Nice to see i'm still getting gooseberry fool for that, though.

PostRe: The Football Thread 2011/12 by **Denster** » Sat May 19, 2012 12:22 am

I went for something pithy!

PostRe: The Football Thread 2011/12 by **bear** » Sat May 19, 2012 12:36 am

Just for you Denster:

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/next-liverpool-manager-rafa-benitez-839519

PostRe: The Football Thread 2011/12 by **Denster** » Sat May 19, 2012 12:40 am

PostRe: The Football Thread 2011/12 by **Preezy** » Sat May 19, 2012 12:41 am

Preezy wrote:

I remember Fergie flying off the handle at that geasture :lol:

PostRe: The Football Thread 2011/12 by **Psychic** » Sat May 19, 2012 2:10 am

He did. Fergie likes to have his verbal jabs at managers who he regards as a threat.

PostRe: The Football Thread 2011/12 by **Psychic** » Sat May 19, 2012 2:14 am

Cuban Pete wrote:What was the gesture for?

IIRC Rafa was shouting about a set-piece routine which was ignored and we scored anyway.

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