deltablue Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 I'm mostly as generous when discussing former clubs, not so much in the last instance though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomtuck01 Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 I do love the press conferences when you get a new job. When I took over at Bristol Rovers in my career save I got asked if I thought I was taking a huge step down from FC Seoul! What can I say, "Errr yes of course I am"! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRL88 Posted January 28, 2012 Author Share Posted January 28, 2012 Cool, when I went to Vitesse I told the press there were things going on behind the scenes that were not right. I'm mostly as generous when discussing former clubs, not so much in the last instance though. I do love the press conferences when you get a new job.When I took over at Bristol Rovers in my career save I got asked if I thought I was taking a huge step down from FC Seoul! What can I say, "Errr yes of course I am"! I do enjoy the new club press conferences. They offer much more than on any previous FM's. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dejay Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 So, did you tonk Blackpool? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRL88 Posted January 28, 2012 Author Share Posted January 28, 2012 So, did you tonk Blackpool? For your benefit, I will post an update regarding just the Blackpool game . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRL88 Posted January 28, 2012 Author Share Posted January 28, 2012 Would be funny if I got offered this job just a week after taking the reigns at Villa. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRL88 Posted January 28, 2012 Author Share Posted January 28, 2012 Aston Villa -v- Blackpool So we were big favourites going into my first game against my former club who less than a week ago, I resigned as Manager following a few disputes with the Chairman. I was pretty nervous before the game, wondering if I could get my new club off to a flying start and also wondering what my reception would be like from the Blackpool fans. We went at it with a different formation to what I am used to playing. We went with a back four and an anchor man infront which allowed the front five to do what they wished. I gave Kovacic a free role behind the striker and as my main playmaker. The game was pretty one sided and we deserved our win, but boy it should have been more. We were all over them and their 4-5-1 formation never really caused much threat to us. It was wave, after wave of Villa attack and our clinicalness infront of goal was the only problem with our performance. Giovani dos Santos gave us an early lead with a neat finish after cutting in from the right hand side. The only time we were under a little pressure was in injury time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dejay Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 Haha glad you won and thanks for the update. I do love beating a former club Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 Cruel fixture list. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRL88 Posted January 28, 2012 Author Share Posted January 28, 2012 Haha glad you won and thanks for the update. I do love beating a former club No problem!! Cruel fixture list. For me or them? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRL88 Posted January 28, 2012 Author Share Posted January 28, 2012 Just thought I would give you a glance at the clubs income and expenditure so you can see where the clubs money is going. Income Expenditure Transfer Clauses Transfers - 2011/12 Transfers - 2012/13 Transfers - 2013/14 Transfers - 2014/15 Transfers - 2015/16 Transfers - 2016/17 Transfers - 2017/18 Transfers - 2018/19 - Current season, none are my transfers. Previous Positions per Season Im going to put it down to overspend without achieving. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dejay Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 Aside from two seasons they've been mediocre. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaoTev Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 Surprised to see you got Aston Villa to be honest, but i guess if theres no jobs you gotta take what you can get. Feed the golf habbit and what not Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRL88 Posted January 28, 2012 Author Share Posted January 28, 2012 Aside from two seasons they've been mediocre. Its the only reason I can come up with for their dire financial position. Surprised to see you got Aston Villa to be honest, but i guess if theres no jobs you gotta take what you can get. Feed the golf habbit and what not It was either them, Fulham or unemployed . Fulham were about £100k over their wage budget so I couldnt really go there without selling the team. I didnt realise how bad the finances were at Villa though before I took over. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dejay Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 Its the only reason I can come up with for their dire financial position.It was either them, Fulham or unemployed . Fulham were about £100k over their wage budget so I couldnt really go there without selling the team. I didnt realise how bad the finances were at Villa though before I took over. Think it'll be a short stay? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRL88 Posted January 28, 2012 Author Share Posted January 28, 2012 Think it'll be a short stay? I will see how bad the finances are at the end of the season before making my decision. I have already agreed to sell £15.5m worth of fringe players for January so that will help out a little bit. If I can bring in a few loans/free's then we could be ok. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRL88 Posted January 29, 2012 Author Share Posted January 29, 2012 SRL88's Career - December 2018 - Aston Villa FC A pretty frustrating start to my tenure as Aston Villa Manager in more ways than one. The lack of goals frustrates me whilst we have also forgotten the ability to be able to keep a clean sheet. We started well with 1-0 wins over Blackpool (look up on this page) and Huddersfield to get confidence installed back into the camp. Frustrating draws against Sunderland (we were outclassed) and Fulham (battered them) either side of a very hard fought draw at Man City which really pleased me due to us having to play with 10 men for 35 minutes. Blackburn gave us our first defeat under my management with a late winner before we finally learnt how to score more than one goal against Everton with an impressive win. 2018 was rounded off with a really, really annoying draw against Birmingham. We destroyed them all over the pitch, but out lack of clinicalness infront of goal was punished with them grabbing an equalizer to leave with a 1-1 draw. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iHeadHunta x Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Good luck at the Villains mate! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRL88 Posted January 29, 2012 Author Share Posted January 29, 2012 Good luck at the Villains mate! Cheers . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dejay Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Tough month mate, I'm sure things will pick up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRL88 Posted January 29, 2012 Author Share Posted January 29, 2012 Tough month mate, I'm sure things will pick up. Its going to be hard. Especially with me having to sell players to help the club financially. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.W.G Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Quite a draw specialist,least you still had more wins then losses Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotChocolate Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 A lot has gone on since I last read, good luck at Villa, hopefully you can turn those draws into wins. Well, you wouldn't want it to go the other way would you? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgeeD Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 A nice varied career so far SRL88. Best of luck at Villa Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRL88 Posted January 29, 2012 Author Share Posted January 29, 2012 Quite a draw specialist,least you still had more wins then losses If we are to move up the table we need to sort out the draws. A lot has gone on since I last read, good luck at Villa, hopefully you can turn those draws into wins.Well, you wouldn't want it to go the other way would you? Haha, just a bit of change. Had to leave Blackpool though due to fallouts with the Chairman. A nice varied career so far SRL88. Best of luck at Villa Cheers mate . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Pretty consistent at least. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRL88 Posted January 29, 2012 Author Share Posted January 29, 2012 SRL88's Career - January 2019 - Aston Villa FC Premier League We experienced all three possibilities in the Premiership in January. A very tough fixture away to Arsenal resulted in a credible 2-0 defeat as we put in a very solid performance and could easily have come away with a share of the spoils. Heading into the local derby against Wolves we were really in need of a win and it was a game which was frustrating in different ways. We went 2-0 up pretty early on before Brad Guzan saved a penalty and it just seemed that we took our foot off the pedal and let them back into it before half time by conceding two goals. I wasnt happy and let the lads know and it was a different team in the second half. We came out with fire in our eyes and went at Wolves and deservidly took all three points with a 3-2 win. Against Leicester we were pretty average and were lucky to get a 1-1 draw (my favourite result you would think), but a point gained is better than lost so I wont be complaining to much. FA Cup The FA Cup Third Round gave us a kind draw against Championship side Wigan. We dominated the game and took an early lead through Samuel Armenteros and despire being all over them we just couldnt score. Luckily, debutant Simon Stephenson, back at the club after a loan spell popped up mid-way through the second half to make it 2-0 and give us a comfortable victory. The Fourth Round was once again kind to us by giving us a home draw against Crawley. Transfers - InAlex Olexade-Chamberlain - Loan - A great loan signing with the option to sign perminantly for £3m at the end of the season. Brought in because of a big departure on the right hand side. Gilvan - £400k - A signing from the previous regime who joined in January, and at 1* with the potential for 4 1/2*, he could be a bargain. Daniel Hasanbegovic - £1.9m - Another young player who joins on low wages and for a little fee to help out the awful financial position which the club are in. Looks a class act and has started well in his Villa career. Ugo Hamon - Loan - Young goalkeeper brought in on loan as back-up to Brad Guzan due to two goalkeepers departing during January. Matthias Jaissle - Loan - Another player brought in on loan to give back-up to those already there. Oyvind Johansen - Free - A young player with bag fulls of potential. Will be one for the future. Josip Mrcela - £4m- A solid signing for the left hand side. Will need time to settle but will offer a lot on the left wing. Transfers - Out A LOT of players have left during January and it was drastically needed. The biggest departure was Giovani dos Santos for £8.25m. Interest was high in him and during December he echoed concerns of wanting to leave and I finally gave in. At 29yo I feel we got a good deal and his wages are off our bill to. Everyone else who left was either a back-up or not in my plans and also on pretty high wages. I thought it was best to sell them now, bring some money in and spend it elsewhere. January I feel was a very good month for us. Finances How much one month can help out. We really needed to sort out the dreadful finances and by selling the amount of players we did and bringing in a lot of money, the finances look better than what they did. If we can keep them around the level we are now, hopefully come the end of the season we will be back in profit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRL88 Posted January 29, 2012 Author Share Posted January 29, 2012 Pretty consistent at least. They hadnt drawn all season until I showed up . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 They hadnt drawn all season until I showed up . It's always nice giving a club their first Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dejay Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Results a bit patchy still but great work on lowering the debt! Some shrewd signings too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcidBurn Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Nice win against your old club to start with. Ox should be a good signing he out performs his attributes, that's a good price for GDS as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRL88 Posted January 29, 2012 Author Share Posted January 29, 2012 Results a bit patchy still but great work on lowering the debt! Some shrewd signings too Nice win against your old club to start with. Ox should be a good signing he out performs his attributes, that's a good price for GDS as well. Cheers lads . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRL88 Posted January 29, 2012 Author Share Posted January 29, 2012 SRL88's Career - February 2019 - Aston Villa FC Premier League Another mixed month for us but we're finally starting to look like a team and players are starting to gel. Sadly however, we dont have a striker who knows how to consistantly put the ball in the back of the net with the number of chances we create. A hard faught draw opened up our Premier League month before we got a solid win over Stoke at Villa Park. We had a tough game next against Man Utd, but having started poor I let the lads know they needed to perform better in the second half and we played like a different team. We grabbed a goal back through Gutierrez but our second half dominance couldnt bring a second goal and we went down 2-1 to leave us in mid-table. FA Cup Two nice wins in the Fourth and Fifth Rounds of the FA Cup see us move into the Quater Final to face Premiership strugglers Stoke. Our classed showed against lower level Crawley and we comfortably won 4-0. In the first half against Fulham we were shocking. They had 13 shots to our one, but yet we somehow found ourselves a goal to the good at the interval. A fluke goal from Jay Rodriguez got them back into it, but that was the last of Fulham as we took charge and a bullet header from defender Senah Mango gave us a huge 2-1 win as our FA Cup hopes stay alive. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Solid work on the transfers and keep Villa midtable. Good luck in your next FA Cup match too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dejay Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Solid in mid table. Good wins in the FA cup. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 How's the balance? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotChocolate Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 You never know, a cup run could be in the making. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRL88 Posted January 29, 2012 Author Share Posted January 29, 2012 Solid work on the transfers and keep Villa midtable. Good luck in your next FA Cup match too. Solid in mid table. Good wins in the FA cup. Cheers lads . How's the balance? There is a link at the bottom of post #727. It hasnt changed much during February. You never know, a cup run could be in the making. Fingers crossed we can get past Stoke. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK22 Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Decent enough start with Villa. Hopefully you can continue your FA Cup run, which will set you up nicely. Once you've got everything in order, I'd imagine you should be competing for the top six again Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRL88 Posted January 30, 2012 Author Share Posted January 30, 2012 SRL88's Career - March 2019 - Aston Villa FC Premier League A pretty good March for us in what wasnt an easy month with three tough away fixtures. We started the month off brightly with a fine win at home to struggling Bolton before a trip to Stamford Bridge. We deservidly went in at the break a goal down, but after a verbal bashing the lads came out and had a go at Chelsea in the second half. We could quite easily have nicked a point with the chances we had, but a late second gave Chelsea a 2-0 win. We played out a very entertaining 3-3 draw at Anfield in our next encounter. After taking a 2-0 lead in the first half we probably got a bit complacent and allowed Liverpool to get back into it when they drew level early in the second half. It all looked set to go Liverpool's way after that, but we hit them on the break to grab a third and if it wasnt for a late goal we would have took all three points, but we can still hold our heads up high with the performance we put in. We rounded off the month with a thoroughly deserved with against West Ham which should have been more. Their lack of confidence showed as they rarely ventured out of their own half as we dominated procedings. An early goal done it for us as we keep climbing up the table. FA Cup An excellent win over Stoke in the Quater-Final see's us move into the Semi-Final where we have quite a promosing draw against Championship side Swansea to give us a great chance of making the Final. The Semi-Final's look pretty open and I think we have a great chance of lifting the trophy come May. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotChocolate Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Looking good for the Final of the FA Cup and you might get into Europe if you make it to Wembley for the final. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Yep, I think you can grab it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
City2000 Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Nice job trying to get the finances down and getting results. Hopefully you carry on the good cup form. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRL88 Posted January 30, 2012 Author Share Posted January 30, 2012 Looking good for the Final of the FA Cup and you might get into Europe if you make it to Wembley for the final. Yep, I think you can grab it. Cheers lads . Nice job trying to get the finances down and getting results.Hopefully you carry on the good cup form. Its been tough with the finances, but having made the profit I did in January and also getting a lot of the higher earners off the wage bill to bring in younger players has helped a lot. Hopefully come the start of the new season we will be in the black. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePlaya Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 should improve next season with some quality signings but I believe in Villa getting a TOP-8 performance! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRL88 Posted January 30, 2012 Author Share Posted January 30, 2012 should improve next season with some quality signings but I believe in Villa getting a TOP-8 performance! Hopefully, but it all depends on the finances. I couldnt believe how bad they were when I joined and although they're getting better, they arent in the best shape. It might be another season of selling players for bigger deals and bringing in unknowns from the likes of Scandanavia to help steady the ship. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
abulezz Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Thats a fantastic victory against Bolton and another strong win to end the month on a high note, as well! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRL88 Posted January 30, 2012 Author Share Posted January 30, 2012 Thats a fantastic victory against Bolton and another strong win to end the month on a high note, as well! Cheers mate . I have another update to put up and I am now into May, so nearly the end of the season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.W.G Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 A nice little improvement,could still possibly finish 7th.Good luck in the cup against the Swans. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRL88 Posted January 30, 2012 Author Share Posted January 30, 2012 A nice little improvement,could still possibly finish 7th.Good luck in the cup against the Swans. Cheers . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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