I like to think I’m a pretty patient bloke.
I was slow in calling for Lambert out and I was slow calling for Sherwood to go.
And I think the Villa away fans are similar in being patient.
But you know when they turn, the manager is on borrowed time.
And rightfully so, as today’s performance sounded like an utter disgrace.
When you listen to commentators insinuating that the side are a shambles and actually hear words like “mish-mosh” even after the manager makes his changes, you know there’s something majorly wrong.
As fans, we were generally happy with our incoming players in the window.
So how is what on paper, the most potent attacking force in the league (by a mile) made to look so impotent?
And how is the defence made to appear so nervy when it’s faced with the slightest bit of pressure?
These are the questions that I think the away fans are asking and for me, it has to come down to the manager, why is why they were singing “You’re getting sacked in the morning” to RDM.
Let’s look at some facts.
We had one shot on target, yet dominated possession with 60 odd per cent of the game.
Whereas Preston had a boatload.
And the commentators reported that they didn’t think Preston were a very good side.
It just isn’t good enough, because even if you consider we’ve only lost two in eleven games, we’ve still only won one.
And when you hear commentary along the lines of “the players are looking for someone else to do it”, “they don’t have the belief” and worst of all, “they don’t look interested”, you quite simply know it’s all over.
I suspect the away fans have called this exactly right and Dr Xia has to sack RDM quickly.
We have an international break coming up and it would be an ideal time for a new manager to come in and get his ideas across.
Sadly, I think Dr Xia won’t want to be seen as trigger happy and may not have started a backup plan yet.
But if he has, he has to bullet RDM as soon as possible.
Is there anyone who can still defend the manager?
We need a motivator, imo.
Mr Motivator! 😄
Said it from day one RDM is not the man.
BRING BACK LAMBERT!
Rdm needs to go I’m afraid, I was in favour of this appointment and thought he might just do the business. Truth is clear that we have one of the best teams in the league. Rowett should do very nicely. Might just send a tweet to dr x tbh.
Any new manager would struggle now until Jan window opens. Remember we will also be missing a load of players with African cup plus bound to have more injuries and suspension. This season is about staying up I’m afraid
absolutely spot on. Bruce or Alladyce should be appointed without delay.
He’s shown us now he’s not up to it, makes me mad to here Dion Dublin make a statement saying Villa should give him the money and let the manager do his job, I’m at a loss as to what he’s saying 50 million given on players, then he’s unable to identify bad performance from players like Westwood then wrong formation of fielding positions, what the hell we’re to say about the club.Get him out now.
Dublin should stick to what he’s good at. Making a token gesture appearance in homes under the hammer to fill the BBC s minority quota even though they don’t need another presenter and have actually spent around £60k plus of our licence money to train him!! Bloody joke
Your bang on Badger when you say we have the most potent strike force in the league yet the manager seems to bring out the worst in them.mcormack missed that penalty due to lack of confidence this I totally I believe to Mr (lack of) motivator RDM.if this problem ain’t eradicated soon then only the worst of outcomes will happen.God forbid whoevers our next fixture we’re at rock bottom imo
So what manager is going to do any better. We’ve virtually no proper midfield. Top heavy with strikers and rubbish defence. Pep Guadiola would struggle with that team until he can bring players in in jan
After today I’d take dean smith
No chance jobs far too big for him
After today I’d take Sooty!!
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True, but when you are given the money to buy half a team, it is up to you where you look to spend money.
Last season Villa were weak in all sections, though in Ayew and Gestede they did look to have forwards who would trouble Championship defences. So spending almost the whole pot (Elphick was only 3M) on goalscorers and a full back while doing nothing to strengthen the midfield was a gamble. It has failed. Enough to cost RDM his job? It should be.
I agree we are top heavy with strikers. We only really needed one and at least another 2 midfielders where we are so weak it’s untrue
Oohah, I’m not sure if your gloating about all this, its easy for anyone to come back with questioning to who we would have then knock them down on answers, the thing about the twit hes not identified Villas massive mistakes at all, its one humiliating game after another, I’d take Mickey bloody mouse knowing we are trying to get the right manager.it’s all about identifying problems and he doesnt even do that. I’ve had enough of him .
I’m not gloating I wish I was proved wrong for once! But who else is there for midfield. We are limited to 4 midfielders 2 r ok 2 are useless. Unless a new manager can maybe improve current bunch or throw in a couple of kids then he will have the same problem until Jan window.
I know RDM is setting up the squad, and failing us, but I thought Clarke was there to mold the side – be that Mr. Motivator everyone is calling out for? What is the whole coaching staff doing other than papering over the cracks?
I was thinking the same marvin I can’t see Clarke having a say,can’t we put RDM on gardening duty & hand the reigns over to Clarke???I’d love to see if there was a big difference.
Clarke’s body language on the bench is all wrong he doesn’t look interested in my opinion . The squad we have should be doing a lot better instead they look like a team that’s confused something wrong somewhere.
Maybe he’s unhappy with his boss.
Certainly think its an option if Dr. Tony can’t find anyone immediately. Let’s face it could Clarke do any worse?
Maybe, but doubtful. He would at least get the usual bounce and perhaps that is all we need to get the squad into gear and over whatever voodoo surrounds the club.
Very confusing why we struggle against teams who we should be beating. Most games we’ve been unlucky. Take forest at home, we battered them and ended up drawing. If we had not let in the late goals we would be up there and RDM would not be under pressure. Having said that no excuses, late goals poor performances of late and a lack of desire. 1 win against a potential relagation team is not good enough. We definately have quality players but not the correct formation. Mentally we need a motivator who is strong and can win us games. Far to many negatives at the moment. Poor management decisions have also lost us games when in front. If RDM goes who do we bring in. Personally I’d bring back Sherwood with all our attacking options.
I’m sure many will disagree but Can’t see anybody else out there.
Bruce or Pearson maybe an option.
Had enough – fed up of having my weekends spoilt. RDM is clearly not the answer and Dr T can’t risk losing the fans now. He says he’s listening so Dr T. GET RID OF RDM NOW.
And I was all for giving him time but I was wrong. If Dr T doesn’t act quickly we’ll be STILL fighting a relegation battle come Christmas.
Just watching rhe Ch5 highlights show. Interesting watching the surprisingly high quality of this league. A few years back it was like watching park football. Not anymore. I think we all underestimated this league, but in saying that we’ve spent a lot of money so things should be better than this. It also seems that the lack of confidence is highly contagious with even Elphick looking a shadow of himself. I really think we are cursed. My other half said we remind her of Leeds fall from grace and that is scary. Two points away from the bottom three.
Wasn’t impressed by RDMs appointment in the first place. We need a strong leader to replace him but there isn’t a great list…I’d even take Holloway!!!
Haven’t got a clue what’s going on but it ain’t good. Like last year, we have a squad of potentially good players buy for some reason the pull on the claret and blue shirt and turn into idiots. It’s totally foxing. I know the rot of the Lerner years won’t be reversed overnight, but I expected better than this.
Hello everyone by the way!!!
Hello fella, I was wondering where you’d been.
Following as usual…little to say!
You could put Messi and Ronaldo in a villa shirt and they would because crap overnight too!
Would the midfield be any worse if we brought back Gil, Sanchez and Veretout from on loan, can’t believe they’re any worse than what we’ve got, I for one think that Veretout could develop into a very good player.
Bring in Big Sam.. Corruption or not, looks like they’ve all been at it. He’s a straight shooting guy that can turn things round.
Woke up SHITE heads still here,Dr x over to you.going back to bed fucked off
oh dear another defeat. i am grateful, i was too busy to watch the game if i could get a link or not.when i saw the result, i wasn’t surprised. pressure i guess is too much for the players and managing staff alike.
whether we blame this in the manager, i doubt its all down to him. we blamed the managers before he arrived, so why change this now. the team is basically brand new, all are well capable of championship football. new management and ownership. the management team, whether its our own preferred manager or not, he is capable at this level. as been proven before. owner has thrown good money at the problem.
so why are we so crap, i haven’t a scooby. i doubt we will see a surge now up the table now. changing manager just for the sake of it. blind faith in the hope the change will click things together. if we change the manager its for the long term. i look around and i don’t see any managers free to take the job. bruce almighty will the fans support a former bluenose. we already seen most won’t. big sam wouldn’t take the villa job. i think you can write of this season much like the previous season. not ideal to attract a manager with ambition.
heard robinson had a decent game, i find it hard to believe,that he wasn’t good enough for villa. we paid alot of money for a new front line, yet we still can’t score or still look clueless.
RDM is not the manager to get us promoted
He was out witted tactically by Wagner the Huddersfield manager and after spending 60m on new players had no response or a plan b
He keeps playing Ross McCormack an out and out striker as a number 10???????
He signed mainly attacking players and put them into a defensive formation, these are talented Championship players who would never make it to the top of the Prem, so they are good at what they do but have alot of weaknesses in other areas, this means RDM playing a formation that does not suit them will never work.
Parking the bus with so much attacking talent is just simply ludicrous, and attack is always the best form of defence
We need to take on a number of different managers to get us where we need to be, the coninuity needs to be kept elsewhere in the club but we need a manger firstly who can get us promoted, we then need a manager who will keep us in the prem, we will then need a manager who has the ability to push us on and another to take us that little bit further. A manager who sits at the helm for the next 20 years is literally unheard of and we need to change from that way of thinking.
Big Sam will get us up and keep us up and I don’t give a toss if he likes to keep his bank balance topped up. Probably no chance of getting him. DM is not the man and never was, any word from the Doc on social media .
Nothing he has spent £130m or so buying the club, new players and staff and we now sit near the bottom of the Championship, cant imagine he is very happy
Nothing on twitter yet I can imagine him flying back from wherever in the world he is to have crisis talks with wyness tomorrow morning then hopefully giving knoberto his marching orders.here’s hoping
Dr x for God’s sake nomore motivational videos at least we were drawing before they watched it.
Problem is Giddy he’s at Business meeting abroad for a few weeks, and now we have a break in football I don’t think it will happen till the start again, i want him gone now and two weeks to knock the team into gear by a new man , yes Bruce would do me he’s more motivated than Di Matteo but can’t see it happening. Di Matteo is a quiet manager and not forceful in his management his coaching staff are sitting on backsides not involved we have some good players lost in knowing what to do.all in imo.
Haven’t we got a CEO???? I’m sure it would only take a phone call from Dr x.
Bring back Gabby, I’m serious, he can’t be any worse than the shower of shite we play now. Also, all you lot who were abusing Ian Holloway for just stating an opinion, when he said we would finish 16th, well, it seems he was over rating us, how dare you give us false hope Ian, we were never good enough for 16th!