Terry Jones submitted this last week, but there was lots of other news and opinions, so it got sidelined.
We’re happy to put it up now though;
Now last friday in the Birmingham Mail, Rodney Marsh, a well known and respected footballer now turned pundit commented that Villa are now in the Hangers-On-League. Now for me and I don’t know about the rest of you, that is an insult too far when an ex-footballer makes comments in the local press of this kind.
Is this is what we have become because of one man and his ideas and tactics and also his inability in the transfer market to attract above average players to the club?
Now we all know the owner wanted to cut costs but at the same time he has backed this (may I say “so-called” manager?) with some forty odd million pounds over two transfer windows and yet the money seems to be wasted on players apart from the odd one or two that are below average and may or may not make it in this league.
Yes, I will admit we do find ourselves in a better position than last season. But have we moved forward?
The answer to that remains to be seen as although we had a good start by beating the Gunners, things since have seemed to go in the opposite direction with dire performances and tactics and yet again we find ourselves dumped out of the cup by lower league opposition.
Now we are in January and another transfer window is upon us and speculation is rife as to players we are linked to.
But are they going to come to a club whose manager’s tactics are inept and dire and a club with the stigma in the media of being in the Hangers-On-League?
Somehow I don’t think so if they have any sense or unless they are wannabes like the rest of the dross we have at the moment.
You can see I have not mentioned any names in this post as I cannot bring myself to do so as my blood is still boiling at the thought of being in the Hangers-On-League.
What are your thoughts on what Rodney Marsh had to say?
If you are like me you will be incensed.
Rodney Marsh was picked by him for England and in the team talk before the game and Alf told him all had to work harder.
Sir Alf “Rodney you in particular, if you don’t work hard I’m going to pull you off at half time.”
Marsh “Christ, at Man City all we get is a cup of tea and an orange.”
Classic.
I would not say we are hangers on but we have had 3 relegation dog fights in a row ,but there are teams in the prem that have also been throw these patches in the time ,in the league, Spurs, Everton ,Westham ,all well known teams that have all been where we are now.
We are the new Wigan, the team whose only ambition is to scrape survival. Call it hangers on if you like.
And like Wigan eventually we’ll go down, might not be this season but sooner rather than later Aston Villa will be a struggling championship team at best thanks to the lack of ambition from board level and terrible management.
I don’t really care what Rodney Marsh has to say.Whoever fault it is it is shocking that we find ourselves buying shitty players from lower leagues.Lerner needs to put for a club of our size at least that 40 million each transfer window so he is a stingy Fucxxxr is Lerner.We cannot attract proper players anymore & are definately struggling t sign players.We are in a dire situation ATM even though we are 11…..UTV
Lack of ambition, awful manager, clueless CEO, absent owner & continuous relegation battles, this is not a blip, we are hangers on….. Wake up and smell the coffee !
‘I don’t care about Rodney,
he don’t care about me,
all I care about,
is AVFC!’ 🙂
He’s a washed up has been who was sacked from Sky for making inappropriate comments. I won’t be losing sleep over his thoughts.
Just the other day he was telling all and sundry that he knew that Yaya Toure wanted to leave Citeh in the transfer window. That forced the player to state that in fact, quite the opposite, he was happy at the title chasing club.
Take anything a Talkshyte presenter says with a bag of salt.
Villa don’t garner positive headlines when we’re fighting for fourth or in a cup final, so we’re hardly going to receive compliments in midtable.
As for all this constant Lamberk & Lerner out, the Villa is ours, what is the alternative ? I didn’t receive a reply last time I asked, I won’t hold my breath.
I think that we’re top six in terms of spending under Lerner, so it must be the managerial appointments. I, like many was reasonably happy to get Lambert in as he had such an excellent track record in building and improving teams.
I don’t have a solution myself, surely it has to be continuity at some stage. But I refrain from sheeplike baaing of ‘everyone out’.
Fantastic footballer but a nob as a pundit. Not interested in his opinion about Villa or anyone else. Have to agree with you Vaze. I don’t know whether we should stick or twist. Changing managers hasn’t done much for us the past few seasons. I suppose if we do it often enough we will get the right man in at some point. I’m not happy with things at Villa but it looks like Lambert is going to given time to turn things around so let’s hope he can.
I don’t think that anyone can be happy with the dross on display right now, but surely if this guy is bringing in the players he wants for the future, he is going to be the best bloke to manage them.
Just a thought. I don’t think that we’re serious under investors, we just dug a bloody deep financial hole under MON chasing the lure of CL football.
Can’t blame anyone for once bitten and all that.
Yep that’s my view too. My big worry is that Lerner has been put off to the point he has lost interest. I bought the family issues means having to be in America for a bit line, but this has gone on for so long now.
That is the concern.
It’s one thing for blokes to post on the internet that millions should be spent, but sat around a board room table, it’s probably harder to sanction another hundred million to try and make up three or four places in the league.
That is the reality, but the fan in me dreams we’ll be up there once again. Probably when the money runs out at Chelsea & Citeh.
That may be a while lol !