We tried to get Dwight Gayle as well according to Sky Sports news, but apparently Palace laughed at our offer.
We've spent a fair bit of money this window comapared to the last few seasons, i hope we start to see some return on it, i'm fed up of relegation battles
I've never rated Sherwood to be honest. A short decent spell at Spurs with no achivements shouldn't make you the Aston Villa manager. He did well to keep us up but I don't think he'll cut it long term.
I predicted 18th in the original poll on the Villa forum and this game highlights exactly why. When the pressure is on we simply fall apart. Well done Leicester for wanting it more even after being so useless in the first half.
Sherwood showed in the second half that he is out of depth at this level.He only has one way to play and he couldn't cope today when Ranairi changed his tatics in the second half
I think that if things have not improved by Xmas at Villa then Sherwood will be gone!
Disgraceful collapse at 2-0 up, weak minded players who crumble and panic when under pressure, there is something wrong at the club, we change manager, we spend money, but the same basic mistakes cost us time and time again,
There is a losing mentality at the club which Sherwood has not been able to control, naive manager making naive substitutions, would it be knee jerk to suggest Sherwood may have to go to save us from relegation ?
When such a poor team as West Brom come and win at your ground without their keeper having to do anything then you need to start worrying. Nobody emerged from the game with any credit but Gabby, Westwood and Sinclair were particularly anonymous. Sherwood also needs to stop treating the fans like idiots with his "our points total does not reflect our performances" nonsense. We have not been unlucky in any games so far so 4 points is an accurate reflection of how poor we have been so far. The next 7 league games are much tougher than the first 6 so I cannot see us not being in the bottom 3 when Watford come to VP at the end of November.
Hopefully the badly missed Gana and Adama can give us a bit of hope, but even then I cannot think of a worse set of "strikers" in the league than our lot. With those 2 likely to still be missing on Tuesday, I think we are that bad that Small Heath go into the match as favourites!
Poor start anyway but last week was a shocker which might well define the season. Last year there were a few early points in the bag before the rot set in-this year its already here and there are too many Premier League teams willing to die for every point to suggest anything other than a struggle to the wire again.
I'm getting ready for our new song before christmas ;-)
Seriously though, i would rather see Sam Allardyce take over , its got to that stage now where i'm sick of seeing Sherwood learning how to be a manager, getting us into more and more trouble, we cant afford to have a tactically naive manager learning on the job in charge anymore, we just do not have the time. When he took over last year he was just what the squad needed in terms of a fresh voice and a lift, but now he is showing just how naive he is.
who knows he might be a good manager in 5 years time, but are we going to go down and spend years struggling hoping Sherwood comes good for us, i'm scared of taking that risk tbh.
Allardyce gets a lot of criticism from supporters, but he has experience of keeping teams up, he has been there and done it and that is the type of person we need imo
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We've spent a fair bit of money this window comapared to the last few seasons, i hope we start to see some return on it, i'm fed up of relegation battles
We got rid of a mug named Lambert and replaced him with another mug.
One win from the last seven league games
We are at home to West Brom next that for me is a must win.
I think that if things have not improved by Xmas at Villa then Sherwood will be gone!
There is a losing mentality at the club which Sherwood has not been able to control, naive manager making naive substitutions, would it be knee jerk to suggest Sherwood may have to go to save us from relegation ?
But after last weeks collapse I'm not getting my hopes up.
Tim is not all that he was cracked up to be.
We offered very little today, rarely troubled West Brom
We are going to need a strong manager to knock the losing mentality out of the club, at the moment its rotten to the core
Hopefully the badly missed Gana and Adama can give us a bit of hope, but even then I cannot think of a worse set of "strikers" in the league than our lot. With those 2 likely to still be missing on Tuesday, I think we are that bad that Small Heath go into the match as favourites!
I hope this
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/34237362
is not Tims plan B for Villa
Now let's find some of that second half form for the league!
At least Sherwood could see it wasnt right at half time and changed it, but he really has got to learn his best eleven and quick
I can't see anything other than relegation for Villa and Championship football for us next season unless things change soon!
Chelsea away next.
I'm getting ready for our new song before christmas ;-)
Seriously though, i would rather see Sam Allardyce take over
who knows he might be a good manager in 5 years time, but are we going to go down and spend years struggling hoping Sherwood comes good for us, i'm scared of taking that risk tbh.
Allardyce gets a lot of criticism from supporters, but he has experience of keeping teams up, he has been there and done it and that is the type of person we need imo