mjmooney Posted October 9, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted October 9, 2018 9 minutes ago, peterms said: Better keep him away from the matchday water bottles. The man who put the claret in claret and blue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troglodyte Posted October 9, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted October 9, 2018 I'd heard Purslow was a Christian, but I didn't expect this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reivax_Villa Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 Mendes seems to be having a big influence at this club with this appointment. I am worried because I read a few articles about him and most of his jobs have not lasted for more than a year. Pitarch is not the modern day sporting director that uses analysis and creates a proper scouting in fracture in sourcing players. He has an outdated approach.. I am more concerned with the owners because it does not appear that they are attempting of laying any type of long term foundations at this club. They are going to try and throw money at everything and it does not work like that. I just hope that he is part of an extensive structure that involves a technical director also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted October 9, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted October 9, 2018 Here he is, arriving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted October 9, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted October 9, 2018 Hopefully this should help us see a resurgence during the tricky Easter period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eholm Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 46 minutes ago, Reivax_Villa said: Mendes seems to be having a big influence at this club with this appointment. I am worried because I read a few articles about him and most of his jobs have not lasted for more than a year. Pitarch is not the modern day sporting director that uses analysis and creates a proper scouting in fracture in sourcing players. He has an outdated approach.. I am more concerned with the owners because it does not appear that they are attempting of laying any type of long term foundations at this club. They are going to try and throw money at everything and it does not work like that. I just hope that he is part of an extensive structure that involves a technical director also. Agree re Pitarch. Has had little to no success in similar roles where has appointed poor managers and principally favoured an ‘experience over youth’ transfer strategy with many more misses than hits. Is there a danger that Mendes’ influence is getting too strong? Time will tell if course. Just concerned about this appointment if confirmed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlack Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 Worked with flores at Atletico Madrid 2010-2011... May be some thing in that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reivax_Villa Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 27 minutes ago, eholm said: Agree re Pitarch. Has had little to no success in similar roles where has appointed poor managers and principally favoured an ‘experience over youth’ transfer strategy with many more misses than hits. Is there a danger that Mendes’ influence is getting too strong? Time will tell if course. Just concerned about this appointment if confirmed. Well he has influenced our CEO to appoint the most influential figure at this club. It is concerning, because Mendes advice is now pretty much gospel in the football world which is bad. A football agent should not have that much influence over a football club he knows very little about. I am disappointed in the owners that have allowed this to happen. It probably also highlights the vision & understanding that Purslow actually has for this football club which also disappointing because i was a huge supporter of his arrival. But hey.. I will hope for the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OutByEaster? Posted October 9, 2018 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted October 9, 2018 It's strange isn't it? We've signed, one maybe two Mendes players and suddenly we're apparently in his thrall, he's the shadowy figure running the club. At this point, there's really no suggestion that's actually the case or that he has any more influence at Villa Park than whoever John McGinn's agent is. If Pitarch becomes our Director of football (and at the moment all we've got on that is a rumour from twitter) then maybe it suggests he's an agent whose voice might be louder than the next agent along, but I think it's a bit of a leap from what we know at the moment to being worried that Mendes is some dark mastermind, the machiavellian puppet master intent on running the club for his own evil intention. I mean, it's possible I suppose, but personally I think it's probably worth waiting for a tiny bit of evidence. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skruff Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 1 hour ago, Reivax_Villa said: Mendes seems to be having a big influence at this club with this appointment. I am worried because I read a few articles about him and most of his jobs have not lasted for more than a year. Pitarch is not the modern day sporting director that uses analysis and creates a proper scouting in fracture in sourcing players. He has an outdated approach.. I am more concerned with the owners because it does not appear that they are attempting of laying any type of long term foundations at this club. They are going to try and throw money at everything and it does not work like that. I just hope that he is part of an extensive structure that involves a technical director also. Based on what exactly? What do you mean by an outdated approach? And how do you know that he does not use modern tools? It would be interesting to hear. There's little information about him. That I've found. That says anything about how well he did at the club's, what were his signings and appointments etc? What were the current situations at the club's he resided? Just asking out of curiosity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Reivax_Villa Posted October 9, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted October 9, 2018 6 minutes ago, Skruff said: Based on what exactly? What do you mean by an outdated approach? And how do you know that he does not use modern tools? It would be interesting to hear. There's little information about him. That I've found. That says anything about how well he did at the club's, what were his signings and appointments etc? What were the current situations at the club's he resided? Just asking out of curiosity. I will drop some links; Quote Former Valencia president Paco Roig has launched a stinging attack on the club's administration, accusing those in charge of squandering money on sub-standard players. The Spanish giants are currently battling against relegation to the second-tier, as they sit level on points with 18th-placed Sporting Gijon in the winter break. Cesare Prandelli, meanwhile, became the third Che coach to be sacked or resign during 2016 alone when he threw in the towel in December, leaving the club mired in chaos. Roig focused his criticisms on Valencia sporting director Suso Garcia Pitarch, while he also had some choice words for Gary Neville's ill-fated spell on the bench. "Mr Garcia Pitarch has to go because he has f***ed up this team. Garcia Pitarch only says stupid things and he has brought in some f***ing s*** players," the ex-president fired to Mundo Deportivo. "What has Garcia Pitarch done to be running Spain's third club? I am pissed off with so many lies. He says he is going but they won't let him... just go!" http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/3277/la-liga/2017/01/06/31221842/valencia-have-bought-s-players?ICID=TP_HN_HP_RI_1_2 Quote "Following that relegation, and with the idea of once again coming straight back up, Jesús García Pitarch was hired to be Real Zaragoza’s new general director, making him the main decision-maker ahead of placeholder president Fernando Molinos. Pitarch was a big name, but his reputation was similarly in decline. With a background in professional football and law, he’d been a hot young sporting director when he took over at Valencia at the beginning of the century, when Los Che experienced several glory years. Even then, though, there were some doubts about his methods. “I asked for a sofa and he’s brought me a lamp,” Rafa Benítez famously said of Pitarch’s transfer dealings. Next, he was hired by Atlético Madrid, where he made some very impressive signings like Filipe Luís, Miranda, Diego Godín and Diego Forlán, as well as making some big mistakes. Too many flops in the view of many at the capital city club. There was then a brief stint at Hércules before the opportunity in Zaragoza came up, yet this was not the happy ending he or the Zaragoza fans were hoping for, as Pitarch proved he wasn’t a just-add-water solution." https://thesefootballtimes.co/2018/09/03/the-decline-of-real-zaragoza-a-club-once-lifting-trophies-amongst-laligas-elite/ Quote "With an idea of running Valencia like an English club, based on certain principles, Los Che were stripped of its sporting structure. The attempt to remedy the initial error only succeeded in making things worse. Sporting director Jesus Garcia Pitarch, via his complicity, had the sole objective of earning money from the sales of football players to square the budgetary gap caused by being out of the Champions League. Five coaches and four sports directors in less than three seasons show a lack of stability." http://www.marca.com/en/football/spanish-football/2017/02/07/5899e0e4268e3e49398b45f6.html 1 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjaacckk91 Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 28 minutes ago, Reivax_Villa said: I will drop some links; http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/3277/la-liga/2017/01/06/31221842/valencia-have-bought-s-players?ICID=TP_HN_HP_RI_1_2 https://thesefootballtimes.co/2018/09/03/the-decline-of-real-zaragoza-a-club-once-lifting-trophies-amongst-laligas-elite/ http://www.marca.com/en/football/spanish-football/2017/02/07/5899e0e4268e3e49398b45f6.html Thanks for the nightmares, they are some absolutey scathing reviews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 Sounds like just the man for Villa. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, Reivax_Villa said: I will drop some links; http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/3277/la-liga/2017/01/06/31221842/valencia-have-bought-s-players?ICID=TP_HN_HP_RI_1_2 https://thesefootballtimes.co/2018/09/03/the-decline-of-real-zaragoza-a-club-once-lifting-trophies-amongst-laligas-elite/ http://www.marca.com/en/football/spanish-football/2017/02/07/5899e0e4268e3e49398b45f6.html In the surface it looks shit, but it also seems he mostly failed at already failing clubs, and did a relatively good job at Athletico. As someone else pointed out he joined Valencia 2 months after Neville? It's the same way we would now claim the likes of Tom Fox, Steve Round etc are complete incompetent bellends when in reality we don't know the mitigating circumstances, scenarios, or background behind their tenures. At face value those articles aren't inspiring, however I'm sure we can dig up negative info in almost anybody with even the lowest level of profile. I refuse for everything to be shite again smh. Edited October 10, 2018 by JAMAICAN-VILLAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDuck Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 Getting the impression that he's not the messiah... he's a very naughty boy. <grabs coat> 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skruff Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 Looks like made some good transfers at both Valenica and Athlethico Madrid. If you look thru transfers made by those club's during his time there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrow1988 Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 7 hours ago, leighavfc said: Pagiluca did as well! https://www.avfc.co.uk/News/2014/05/09/inter-milan-goalkeeping-legend-pagliuca-reveals-villa-love Inter Milan legend Gianluca Pagliuca has revealed his love of Villa. Pagliuca, one of Italy's finest goalkeepers, has followed Villa's fortunes since our title-winning campaign of 1980-81, when he was just 14. He was captivated by the team that swept to glory under Ron Saunders and to a European Cup triumph under Tony Barton 12 months later - and his love for the club has never diminished. Stick him in goal. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted October 10, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted October 10, 2018 2 minutes ago, sparrow1988 said: Stick him in goal. Be better than Nyland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 From reading those reviews it sounds like he has found his spiritual home here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted October 10, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted October 10, 2018 Is there any evidence that this is happening other than a dodgy Internet link? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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