I have a few submissions in the past week but the story was moving fast, they were soon out of date, apologies.
However davidg has sent in this piece and we can look forward to other candidates, I am sure that his suggestion will provoke a vigorous debate.
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So after all the hyperbole and excitement, it isn’t going to be OGS. Well, I for one can only breathe a huge sigh of relief! What on earth could Lerner have been on, even to think about taking such a huge gamble on such a young and hungry manager?
People on here are screaming for an “exciting” appointment, for some out-the box thinking, some entertainment, but consider things for a minute, guys. The club has said on more than one occasion recently that we need stability and continuity. The last think we need right now is some continental type coming in with controversial notions about playing tippy-tappy keep possession football.
We need to stick with the tried and tested methods that have served the English national side so well for so long, the type of game which our stalwarts such as Dunne, Collins, Warnock and Hutton have honed to perfection. No fannying about, just get it over the heads of our midfielders and up the park to the big man up front, then when we lose possession (which strangely, does seem to happen quite a bit), get everyone back behind the ball as fast as possible.
Okay, things didn’t quite work out under Alex McLeish, and towards the end, some of his comments were getting a bit bizarre. But let’s be fair, the guy wasn’t given any time, and didn’t have much chance to get his own players in. As he said himself, “this wasn’t an Alex McLeish team”.
Anyway, we all know what happened. Lerner panicked, and McLeish was forced out. Anyway, it’s water under the bridge, and this is no time for recriminations. We’ve got to look ahead, and I think it’s got to be a case of “steady as she goes”. No, this is not the time for the new broom that some have called for. We need the proverbial steady pair hands, someone with that crucial Premier League experience who can continue the work started by Eck, and mold us into a really strong ultra defensive outfit that anyone will struggle to beat.
There are some obvious candidates in the frame; McCarthy, Bruce and Curbishley, to name a half dozen right off the top of my head. All have the right qualifications and all are available, so there’s the added advantage that no compensation would be payable. However there’s one candidate that stands head and shoulders above the rest when thinking about those vital factors of stability and continuity. He’s got that vital Premier League experience, he’s available, and just like McLeish, he’s Scottish, and a miserable git to boot.
We don’t need any fancy Dan new approach at Villa Park, Lerner. We want what we know and love, so go out and get King Kenny. You know it makes sense.
Haha, one of the best reads I’ve had in ages. Unfortunately the comedy may be a bit high brow for some fellow fans. But, just to stop you throwing yourself from any building, cylindrical shaped or otherwise, I thought it was a damn good article and the only parts that made me laugh even more were the misguided comments afterwards. I think the sun has got to some people.
Top work fella.
UTV
I can’t believe this. Its incredible, I don’t know whats going on with this! Whhhhppphhu.
I agree with the suggestion of King Kenny, but only if we play him up front!
4 me getting kenny the c**t is wrong, old man thinks hes better then he is and i cant stand the way he talks 2 the press think hes a total prick, he would b my last choice and sorry 2 say but really hate him a dnt think i would give him a chance. but thats just me.
Agreed Mint. Kenny isn’t wanted anywhere near B6, he’s an old fool that couldn’t hack it at Liverpool even after spending around £150mil on players.
What could honestly possess anyone to want him when we have next to nothing to spend (Randys money is mostly tied up in assets) and backroom staff who still call football ‘soccer’!
Americans dont belong in football and Kenny doesn’t belong at Villa. Best thing Liverpool did was sack him.
Fuck you, you clueless piece of shit! Let me just tell you for starters that ‘KING KENNY’ is just now true and simply ‘KENNY’. He is out of touch with the game, 35m Carroll, 18m Henderson, 20m Downing…what is the world coming too. Kenny had a dreadful season with Liverpool, winning a simple Carling Cup with the squad he has does not change that. Why bring in an old bitter man when we need to build for the future, this man backs racism, therefore he is racist, him at Villa would be a disgrace.
i dont know what i enjoyed reading more, a great piece of tongue in cheek writing or the silly cunts taking it serious!!!!
Help!!
I really don’t understand how anyone can read this and not see it’s a piss take. THICKOS
Brilliant!
Are you mad. Bruce and McCarthy, you think 2 managers that weren’t going anywhere with Sunderland and Wolverhampton are obvious candidates for a villa team that need to go places and not just play the same long ball to the solitary frontman who then 9/10 times proceeds to lose possession. We need someone new and exciting, someone who will get bums on seats at villa park, and that’s certainly not Bruce, McCarthy, Curbishly and I doubt even Dalglish
Helllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllp!
I couldn’t agree less with this post but I had Paul Jewel in mind, Lets all campaign for Paul Jewel!!!
Bloody hell, Spagbol; how did I forget the legendary Paul Jewel??? Great shout, mate!
Haha, is this guy still getting abuse, he must have wrote this with tongue firmly in cheek
Ha ha!! Great article!! Forget Kenny though – why is nobody considering Gary Megson???