Monkeys Fist 39726 Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 Houllier is going to Turdsville as Director of football , McDonald to remain as manager with Steve Staunton as assistant is what I've heard. Am I miles behind with this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaMoUsE 0 Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 yesterdays news? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivid 0 Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 yesterdays news? It's news to me. Yesterday I'd heard he was being interviewed as manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 39726 Posted September 4, 2010 Author Share Posted September 4, 2010 Aye, didn't think it was a scoop like. Just hadn't heard owt about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeazesMag 0 Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 Director of Football Deary me. Where is Baggio these days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnie1993 0 Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 director of football seems such a pointless, really your sat there being a big name in football and getting paid for it. Sven for Notts County and Dickhead Wise for us. Total waste of money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Besty 4 Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 director of football seems such a pointless, really your sat there being a big name in football and getting paid for it.Sven for Notts County and Dickhead Wise for us. Total waste of money. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 Director of Football Deary me. Where is Baggio these days Supporting Villa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monroe Transfer 0 Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 Phil Thompson to be his assistant. Sending my condolences to all Villa fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shackbleep 0 Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 Phil Thompson to be his assistant. Sending my condolences to all Villa fans. Some suggestion that it could be MacDonald. Fuck the condolences tbh, they deserve everything they get Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinnieq 0 Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 When Wise was appointed, i was thinking the same as i think of this situation... He's an ideal backup, if McDonald starts getting stick. They can say then "Oh you know what, we've a fella on our roster here that's managed a team before. We'll get him to fill in for a while" It sounds like the players there want McDonald to stay. So maybe, that's the reasoning behind it. Staunton tho...!! That has to be a piss-take! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 9566 Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 GH confirmed. An entirely predictable, boring appointment, for an entirely predictable boring club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shackbleep 0 Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 Aston Villa appoint Gerard Houllier as new manager Former Liverpool and Lyon boss Gerard Houllier has been appointed the new manager of Aston Villa. The 63-year-old left the post of technical director at the French Football Federation to return to English football after six years away. He takes over from caretaker Kevin MacDonald, who had been in charge since Martin O'Neill left on 9 August. Chief executive Paul Faulkner said: "He [Houllier] understands the ethos of our club and shares our core values." The length of Houllier's contract has not yet been revealed, but he will be formally presented to the media on Friday, with his first game in charge away to Stoke on 13 September. "Two of the key qualities which we identified as being of crucial importance in our search for the new manager were experience of managing in the Premier League and a strategy for building on the existing strengths in our current squad," stated Faulkner. "Gerard Houllier comfortably satisfies these criteria." Houllier admitted it had been a "very difficult decision" to leave his post in France but he was "very happy and proud to join this great and historic club. "I could not turn down the opportunity to manage a club whose approach, both on and off the pitch, I have long admired," he said. "Aston Villa is one of England's biggest clubs and has an amazing set of fans. "This is a tremendous challenge and one I am very much looking forward to taking on." Houllier has an impressive record in club management, having led Liverpool to the FA Cup, League Cup and Uefa Cup Treble in 2001. After leaving Anfield, he managed Lyon between 2005 and 2007, winning two league titles. His other former clubs include Paris St Germain and Lens, and he also coached France between 1992 and 1993, when he failed to secure qualification for the 1994 World Cup finals. It is not yet clear who will be Houllier's assistant at Villa Park. Phil Thompson, his number two at Anfield, has decided to continue working as a television pundit and no announcement has yet been made on the future of caretaker manager McDonald. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/t...lla/8969268.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 39726 Posted September 8, 2010 Author Share Posted September 8, 2010 Chief executive Paul Faulkner said: "He [Houllier] understands the ethos of our club and shares our core values." Calling your new manager a classless, shit boring non-entity in your first press release about him? Bad move Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shackbleep 0 Posted November 9, 2010 Share Posted November 9, 2010 Jeff Vetere, Dennis Wise's former right-hand man at NUFC during his time overseeing player recruitment, is the new chief scout at Aston Villa Good luck - they fucking deserve each other! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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