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Has any one heard anything in reference to Paolo ?

 8) :( >:(

Will be interesting to see if he can manage a football club without a chairman who throws him money everytime he throws his toys out of the pram.

nope he's been quiet, probably a good thing Imo.

Will he want to.

PDC seems to me to really really want to get us promoted. But if the means are removed, and I agree we need to be more froogle, but if we can't afford the wages of quality players then what is the point of staying.

Of course we know nothing at this stage.

So why assume we can't afford the wages for decent players?

On a side note, is froogle a new search engine to rival google? 8)

Last seen boarding a plane to Milan waving at the public  :smugfu:

Having slept on this, I think he will stay. He won't do his future any favours by quitting at the first sign of trouble. That said, if Lambert gets sacked, I think he could be in the mix - Villa need some shock tactics to survive.

Who is this Paolo you speak of?  :toocool:

PdC 12/1 for Villa job. Sensible money is on Di Matteo

I'm hoping he'll say You can take my best players away, we'll still win this league.

He's got more chance of championship football with Villa than Swindon

Actually, it's what Google used to call their price comparison service which is now called Shopping.

yes

 :clap:

Come on chaps....all this is brilliant for our manic one.

If he gets us promotion with all this lot going on it puts his reputation up tenfold......he loves it.

love it!

Just watched that interview.

Wise was persistent in trying to get a reaction for PDC about the Ritchie sale. He didn't get it.

Am I the only one to have observed how much PDC has chilled in his interviews since Patey arrived and since Patey said there would be a 'code of conduct' with the press?

I can't stand Chris Wise. He's such an arsehole, always trying to stir up some shit or other. And his match commentary annoys the fuck out of me too.

Listened to the PDC interview on the way home from work. I thought he was superb in the way he conducted himself. I have criticised him for singling out players, but these last months have really made me realise whilst here he will give absolutely everything for this club.

I don't know about Patey sitting on him, nobody puts Paolo in the corner.

Maybe he's just learning how to conduct himself a little more professionally?

I think that PDC is learning all the time. I think that last year was a very stressful one and Wray probably didnt come down hard on him. PDC probably didn't give it another thought. Then, when Patey said about the COC then PDC towed the line.

I think that PDC is a pretty genuine bloke. I think he is passionate and will do what it takes to succeed. But I also think he is a humble man and learns from his mistakes. I suspect that it hurt him when the fanbase started to turn on him after some of his outbursts.

Exactly.

maybe they've got him drugged up?

It's his job to ask searching questions.He's not there to represent us fans,he's there as a reporter. Just a little unfair to call him an arsehole for doing his job don't you think?  ::)

Hi Chris.

I don't really get the Morsehead/Wise hatred myself.

 Quite wrong. Just don't understand people having a go at a man doing his job.

 
Think Morshead handled the last couple of days very well... Limited seen of wise seems to suggest his desperation to break stories can sometimes leave a little undersourced or substantiated.f

It was a joke. Don't go nuts

Neither do I. Takes all sorts I guess  ::)

Nice one  :D

They're journalists... of course they put sensational spin on things or blow things out of proportion, it's what journalists do and editors demand. I can't say either bother me too much.

Nor me. There's a section of our fans (it seems to have developed over the last couple of years) who are viscerally intolerant of almost any word of criticism of the club, the manager, the chairman etc etc and react like religious fundamentalists to even the merest hints of anything other than unstinting praise. Even, in the case of when Sam Morshead was getting his worst houndings, when the reporters weren't even criticising, they were just reporting what was being said and were then getting slated for not censoring it or dressing it up a little better.

It's a trend that's especially worrying at a time when we may well need local reporters to be digging around uncovering uncomfortable truths

In all seriousness, I don't use twitter but I've recently been keeping an eye on Sam morshead's twitter and the guy is pretty on the ball and seems to work bloody hard.

they're all useless.

I think its just poor, or possibly just shows how better others are. Wise today trying to get Paolo wound up about Ritchie just illustrated the point, a good journalist gets the story by knowing their topic and subtle questions not by being snotty and rude.

On similar basis, does anyway listen to FiveLive - what's Pat Murphy problem with Lambert, he may have a point but his questioning is embarrassing and rude!

Unfortunately sometimes the truth hurts and the bearer of bad news is the one who takes the brunt. Agree with Bob, it looks like Morshead has been working hard to bring us breaking news good or bad.

If that's the interview I heard the other night, I was quite surprised at his directness but I actually found it very refreshing. I don't remember all of it but he said at one point, "Well Paul, Villa were rubbish in the 1st half weren't they?" or something along those lines - very un-BBC. Good though.

No one can't question the effort of Morshead, he seems to work ridiculously long hours.

He is an invaluable resource to us, as were the Gary Rose's of the world

Probably was, its just that he has done a few. Lambert does sound about 80 and is the dourest man!

He is a very dour Scot for sure. He also sounded like a man who didn't have the faintest idea what to do and didn't really believe he could turn things round.

for a moment there i thought you were describing Malpas

"Useless" "Shit-stirrer" "sensationalist rubbish" ... he's been called all these within the past few months by folk on here. So yes apparently some people can

To be fair you can be a hard working shit stirrer, especially if you worked in say a sewerage farm?

Which is probably a reasonable description of the Adver so yeah, fair enough

I know - spooky.

On the subect of Chris Wise and Sam Morshead, they take a disgusting amount of abuse. They do a bloody hard job pretty well. When I say it's a bloody hard job I mean any illiterate monkey with access to a keypad of some kind can effectively scream in their ear that they are complete dog shit. Nice.

PDC has been learning ever since he arrived - and in my opinion, very quickly

He is driven, he is motivational, he is disciplined.  He always praises us, the customers.  The system of play can vary but is nearly always planned and the opposition reserached.  Fitness levels are maintained at a high level and there are no prima donnas in the squad.  He is decisive, whether with early substitutions and about players (albeit at some expense, where there is still a balance to seek) but no-one ever gets too comfortable and the team is everything (Wilson anyone?).

PDC tragically loses both parents in Italy in quick succession and gutted though he is barely loses focus on the job.  When STFCs star player is sold under his feet to a promotion rival amidst AB putting a gun to STFCs head to achieve a hasty disinvestment, is it really such a surprise that PDC now steps up and acts with restraint?

If it is surprising, it is also because PDC is also a maverick who often surprises.  PDC is a Latin Brian Clough and no corporate speak manager.  He is driven to achieve and steps on toes.  Unconventional is not unprofessional however.

Like the space you have under your new patio foundations for Mrs Thatcher?

di Canio's rants have more than likely been the result of tension in the backroom. He knew what was going on, the fans didn't. I'd rather have a ranting PDC than him leave asap, which a lot of managers would have done at the early stages of trouble (Paul Sturrock being one).

That said, he has asked for more money time and time again and got it.