Its generally accepted by most, Villa fans apart that Martin O'Neill takes his time over transfers, preferring to leave matters until the last possible moment.
Supposedly his reputation in paying big wages tends to encourage players to join him when possibly better alternatives exist.
Hmm.Thing is he's now dealing witht he big boys, not just in the Premiership, but all accross Europe and players you may have thought were certs to join, players who have even openly said they would love to could end up going elsewhere.
Thing is as everyone is so tight lipped, fans aren't going to find out until the season starts and the signings made aren't all that was expected.
Take Man City, not that fashionable side, still without a manager and nearly with a new owner, on the verge of signing at least 1 Villa hopeful, why?
Time will tell, with the amount of players now departed the level of inputs must be high, either that or there are some really special youngsters coming through
And I mean coming through and not just players used to prove a point like Osborne, was last season.
If we needed 1, 2 even 3 players to finalise the squad I could understand the tardiness from O'Neill, but 5 players, no matter their quality just is not enough, the squad isn't big enough.
Its interesting to see the owners mouthpiece offering his support for the delays, O'Neill had better deliver, and big time, he won't be there long if he gets it wrong
Friday, 22 June 2007
Thursday, 21 June 2007
Living the Dream ?
Many Villa Fans are happily living the dream, now near completing its first twelve months, O'Neill joined in a blaze of glory and publicity, in the first week of August last year.
Such was the exuberance from the crowd many in the media called it the return of the Messiah, a name that has stuck, a name that for some strange reason winds up his most fanatical support.
Pathetic aren't they.
Having been out of the game for some time his last 10 months have been a learning exercise in which he's taken some considerable time to get up to speed.
His biggest asset is his media image and his superb PR, aided by a knack to pre empt fans feelings, a bright articulate man, who has been a huge aid to the new owners, themselves still two plus months away from 12 months in charge.
Ten big months of change off the field, an adequate if not spectacular season on it, in which the prime aim was survival in the Premiership, and arguably the chance for O'Neill to see if he still could cope.
Villa did, he looks to have, so much so that during the few weeks of the closed season he has continued to decimate the squad he took on 11 months ago,Carew, Petrov, Young, and Maloney apart his only additions.
Which for a squad he has admitted is far too small is a strange, he still has time mind, especially when its generally considered, according to many Celtic fans, he leaves such matters until the last possible moments.
Well in 20 or so days time, the squad officially returns to training, although some can be seen turning up at the New Bodymoor Heath Training facility even now, no doubt there will be a few new faces.
Just shows what the transfer of a whole team of established players can do for moral.
It will be interesting to see if there are enough new faces to fill the gaps left by all those departing or departed, very interesting
We have a new Doctor too, poached they say from Newcastle. I wonder, though, Allardyce is renowned in soccer for being the most thorough of managers when it comes to player perfection, he covers ever aspect of their life to ensure they are and remain at peak performance, no 12 months to settle excuses from him. Additionally if you look at Newcastle's injury list over the last few seasons you have to wonder about their training methods and medical facilities, and of course those that facilitate them
Such was the exuberance from the crowd many in the media called it the return of the Messiah, a name that has stuck, a name that for some strange reason winds up his most fanatical support.
Pathetic aren't they.
Having been out of the game for some time his last 10 months have been a learning exercise in which he's taken some considerable time to get up to speed.
His biggest asset is his media image and his superb PR, aided by a knack to pre empt fans feelings, a bright articulate man, who has been a huge aid to the new owners, themselves still two plus months away from 12 months in charge.
Ten big months of change off the field, an adequate if not spectacular season on it, in which the prime aim was survival in the Premiership, and arguably the chance for O'Neill to see if he still could cope.
Villa did, he looks to have, so much so that during the few weeks of the closed season he has continued to decimate the squad he took on 11 months ago,Carew, Petrov, Young, and Maloney apart his only additions.
Which for a squad he has admitted is far too small is a strange, he still has time mind, especially when its generally considered, according to many Celtic fans, he leaves such matters until the last possible moments.
Well in 20 or so days time, the squad officially returns to training, although some can be seen turning up at the New Bodymoor Heath Training facility even now, no doubt there will be a few new faces.
Just shows what the transfer of a whole team of established players can do for moral.
It will be interesting to see if there are enough new faces to fill the gaps left by all those departing or departed, very interesting
We have a new Doctor too, poached they say from Newcastle. I wonder, though, Allardyce is renowned in soccer for being the most thorough of managers when it comes to player perfection, he covers ever aspect of their life to ensure they are and remain at peak performance, no 12 months to settle excuses from him. Additionally if you look at Newcastle's injury list over the last few seasons you have to wonder about their training methods and medical facilities, and of course those that facilitate them
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