and the dead cat settles...
His job was to keep them up, and he was always going to do this by virtue of there being easily 3 worse teams below them. In that sense, it was an easy job to take. I fully expect him to have got the boot by xmas next season.
Agreed that it was a good job for him. But I think it will continue to be a good job for him next season (assuming they stay up). Expectations have probably never been lower at Villa Park. A lower mid table, avoiding a relegation scrap, season will be seen as progress of a kind. They've also shown themselves fairly patient with their managers compared to some other PL teams.
If he can get a couple of good signings come the summer, perhaps he can even get a Spurs player on loan to do well, I think he will do fine again next season. I remain entirely unconvinced by him as a long term manager, in part because he's entirely unproven at that. But he's also shown himself as capable short term at least, and that should be enough to keep the Villa job for a while.
Our players virtually went on strike because they weren't allowed ketchup. I'd be surprised if Captain Bellend's ability (or lack thereof) will be a deciding factor.Be interesting to see how many Spurs players want to make that move. Be an indicator, perhaps, one way or another of how he was actually viewed in the dressing room.
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