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Paul Trollope, new Albion assistant manager
- Thread starter Thunder Bolt
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sydney
tinky ****in winky
yes ....any time but now......i am now developing a proper dislike for villa
BUTTERBALL
East Stand Brighton Boyz
Good news, obvious choice and hopefully this blip won't affect our season.
Medwayseagull
JCB
Wrong time of year for the plants.
fat old seagull
New member
We will! He can't have less loyalty can he? AV are welcome to Caldewood, I've no time for folk at our club who don't love it.
..... welcome aboard you Trollope you !
Tom Hark Preston Park
Will Post For Cash
- Jul 6, 2003
- 70,874
Loving all the Albion bullets dodged: Nathan Jones, all the clowns aboard the Poyet Glass Ceilinged Clown Bus etc. etc.
One Premier League player said that the assistant manager is the players confidant. Sometimes knows more what is in the player's heads than the manager himself. I don't know how true this is.
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/paul-trollope-qa-im-deep-11653052
Clubs have a special goalkeeping coach. Why not a special "attacking coach" designing to work our ways through stubborn defences.
ferring seagull
Well-known member
- Dec 30, 2010
- 4,607
Paul Trollope is an extremely good solution to what was an annoying situation.
I am sure that his contract will similarly watertight to that of Calderwood !
I am sure that his contract will similarly watertight to that of Calderwood !
el punal
Well-known member
Not a lot to do in the garden at this time of year apart from sweeping up the leaves. Seriously though, wasn't the gardening leave based on awaiting the compensation package and someone to replace Calderwood, now of course we have Trollope. It could also be Bloom wanting to play silly buggers with Villa - make them wait until C.C.'s notice period had been served. Whatever, all seems to be resolved now.
yxee
Well-known member
Must have been reasonable compensation for him to leave immediately. There probably bought him out of his contact plus some more?
Villa will have coughed up a packet to get him released. Will help pay for the buses........
It's great the way the team is now run.
Gone are the days of being patsies turned over on a whim, and then having to settle for the the crumbs.
Not that we'll ever find out but I'll bet it was a serious sized amount as well.
Bwian
Kiss my (_!_)
- Jul 14, 2003
- 15,898
It's been an ongoing process for me since we were rivals in the early 70s. Factor in the Gareth Barry nonsense when that **** John Gregory took the piss when we were near to going out of business and Villa can feck off. Shame they can't fall on hard times like Bolton have/did.
Now they've got Fergie Mk II in charge it's simply one more reason to dislike them even more.
GoldWithFalmer
Seaweed! Seaweed!
Argus comments: Don't know that Trollope will bring much to the table, bit of a backward step. Let's not mess about and get Harry Redknapp down here now, he'd love it here and is unemployed. Assistant manager would suit him at his time of life, theres no one better out there.
It's largely an irrelevance,i assume he does the basics and does them well,can he get the best out of and ultimately help Chris,besides if that is who Chris has chosen (i assume this to be the case) then that is good enough for me.
Mellor 3 Ward 4
Well-known member
As someone who was born in Birmingham and was taken to St Andrews on a regular basis at a very young age, my dislike of Villa is pretty much life long.
However, with regards to Steve Bruce I do have respect for him, and here's why....
A few years ago, I was up in Dorridge, near Solihull visiting friends. It was Remembrance Sunday and I was at the local War Memorial. Bruce lived nearby, and was out for a Sunday morning jog. As he ran past it must have been close to 11 o'clock. He stopped mid run for the two minutes silence, head bowed, then jogged on afterwards.
swindonseagull
Well-known member
Good Swindon boy, lives about 6 miles from me in Bishopstone, my son in law went to school with his sister and has known the family for 20+ years...( I have never met him so don't expect any inside info)
Maybe he will want to share a lift to the Amex on match days?
Maybe he will want to share a lift to the Amex on match days?
portslade seagull
Well-known member
Bruce jogging you sure?, have you seen the size of him
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
Sunami in Japan the other day....surely not Bruce jogging