07 Jan 2026 07:54:38
No point in sacking Nuno now. Let him try and build some pride back into the team and if we do go down, build a squad of hungry young players that can get us straight back up and start challenging for European places again just like Villa have
1.) 07 Jan 2026
07 Jan 2026 09:21:15
The idea of course is good
However Nuno is not Emery, Villa have wealthy owners who stump up within reason on a regular basis, to keep the status quo going
A while back. You may remember, WH were in an excellent January position under Moyes, when the addition of 2/3 players, could have propelled us into the top four
THAT was WH, s Waterloo moment, four weeks that could have made WH a champion league side
Sullivan refused all Moyes requests, to get players in, and refused to spend a penny
Sullivan has brought about the demise of WH
WH WILL NEVER ACHIEVE ANYTHING WHILST HE REMAINS THE CHIEF SHAREHOLDER END OF STORY
Sorry Mac I will always love WH, but Sullivan has destroyed the club
Until we get new owners, nothing will ever change
2.) 07 Jan 2026
07 Jan 2026 10:23:57
Oh I totally agree Joyful. Its the owners have us in this position but we can't keep changing the manager thinking things will change, when the damage is already done
3.) 07 Jan 2026
07 Jan 2026 10:24:44
I sort of agree with you Jofull. Ironically, one of the players Moyse really wanted was Mikenkovic. He was only £15m. He’s now one of Forest’s outstanding players.
4.) 07 Jan 2026
07 Jan 2026 11:04:50
I wouldn't sack him until the summer, have a replacement lined up.for then he isn't capable of building any pride he has had half a season and we are still terrible, no leadership, no direction, no long term plan, terrible tactics and team selections, awful defence, no creativity in midfield and can't attack he has changed nothing
As joyful says though nothing will change until the owners are gone anyway as they make football decisions without having football brains everything is firefighting all the time short term solutions, we need someone at the top with a long term vision, relegation is inevitable now I for one will not pay to go in that stadium whilst these owners are in place
5.) 07 Jan 2026
07 Jan 2026 13:46:19
I definitely wouldn’t keep Nuno for next season if he even wanted to stay. I do have some sympathy for him as he inherited a far worse situation the the previous managers. Virtually all of the players we have were bought by our useless major shareholder and his sidekick and the previous 3 managers. He was responsible for a number of poor results which has come back to haunt him. His tactics are very Moyes-like and too cautious in his early days I and many others did see an improvement and thought we would be okay but that has obviously proved to be wrong since the Liverpool game that improvement has disintegrated and losing game after game becomes like a form of muscle memory and your confidence goes and it all becomes a habit.
If he goes now or at the end of the season it doesn’t really matter as others have said we need to get a young progressive manager or set up with a long term plan. But that won’t happen while’s these idiots are running the club so I can foresee some sort of Steve cooper appointment who could potentially take us down to the 1st division. I will be giving up my season ticket or as Robbo says won’t go back until Sullivan and Brady and kretinski are gone. I don’t know what the financial implications are of us getting relegated maybe Joyful can shed some light on that
6.) 07 Jan 2026
07 Jan 2026 14:27:40
There were games under Nuno where we should have won, but ended losing or drawing, due to either poor officiating, individual mistakes or his subs/tactics. Things might have been very different a win early on it that run would have given the confidence a massive lift, say brighton, Mavro kicked in the head then the striker controls the ball with his hand. We should have won that 2-1
Then yesterday was one of the most inconsistent refereering displays I've seen slightest touch on their player wins a free kick, few times ours was clattered and nothing. The offside summerville did not intentionally play the ball he was shoved multiple times running full speed before milenkovic touches the ball into the bath of taty.
Disallowed. Then youve summerville running full speed about to go into the box and he's shoved in the back, no foul. They immediately go up the pitch get a soft free kick that is cleared by soucek. And unfortuantely they get a pen because 2 players off the ball collided 50 50 nothing in it.
stuff like this that has been going against a lot.
Now i'm sure Sullivan is looking at Nuno and thinking about what he done at Wolves in the championship with the help of Mendes signings.
But that Nuno had his team who he's always worked with and apprently has fell out with, now you could back him get a few more signings probably via mendes and hope it goes well, but if it doesn't where stuck with a dud Nuno and a load of mendes signings he will probably be happy to sell on in the summer when we are relgated, do either of these care?
Alternitively you go get a, Carrick, Bilic or even a Redknapp. Sign them a few players they want and try put a run of games together to stay up, our confidence is so low if one these brings it back get a win or 2 we could go on a run, long way to go a lot of points to play for. For me sticking with Nuno is defeatist and kicking the can down the road for when invetibly he falls out with Sullivan. Cut our losses now before half our squad is made up of Mendes clients.
Carrick took boro from relegation zone to play of places, playing attacking exciting football, some of these players have had boring defensive football under Moyes, Lopetugui, Potter and now Nuno. Give them something different let them off the leash and go after games. i'd rather our defenders make mistakes high up the pitch than in our own box.
7.) 07 Jan 2026
07 Jan 2026 15:15:21
Really good post that Iron Al, couldn’t agree more with it
8.) 08 Jan 2026
08 Jan 2026 06:26:07
I second that.