Brian Little set to be new manager at Sligo Rovers

[VillaSpen]

I hope it won't be too expensive to buy out his new contract in the summer.

[Brian Taylor]

He may take up Surfing to keep fit. Sligo is the surfing centre of Ireland, with astonishing waves coming off the Atlantic.
http://www.surfsligo.com/ 
http://www.surfworld.ie/

dead trendoi!

[olaftab]

Good luck Brian.

[dcdavecollett]

I remember my mate, who has never suffered from subtlety issues, relating the news about Brian's demise through the medium of an old Glitter Band tune: 'Hey! Rock 'n' Roll! Little's on the Dole!!'

Good, eh?

[simon_spellman]

Well just to update on the latest, Brian didnt get the gig, Ian Baraclough did ( former Scunthorpe manager), dont know much about him, but ill be keeping my finger crossed that he can do as well as Paul Cook did over the last 5 years!

[cdbearsfan]

Baraclough? Mean, moody, magnificent.

Shame Brian didn't get it. I still don't have an Irish team to support. Except whoever's playing Rangers Linfield.

[curiousorange]

I always wondered where it went wrong for Brian in management. To fail so comprehensively with practically every team since leaving Villa beggars belief - it's as if after losing the one job he always wanted, he couldn't really be arsed.

[Oscar Arce]

Come back Brian

[Dave Clark Five]

Come back Brian

Not for Blackburn away, after the last time.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

I always wondered where it went wrong for Brian in management. To fail so comprehensively with practically every team since leaving Villa beggars belief - it's as if after losing the one job he always wanted, he couldn't really be arsed.

Brian had the dream team with himself, Alan Evans and John Gregory. Once Gregory left it all started to slowly fall apart.

[Irish villain]

That's dreadful, I can't believe it.

[KevinGage]

I always wondered where it went wrong for Brian in management. To fail so comprehensively with practically every team since leaving Villa beggars belief - it's as if after losing the one job he always wanted, he couldn't really be arsed.

Brian had the dream team with himself, Alan Evans and John Gregory. Once Gregory left it all started to slowly fall apart.

Aye.

Someone said to me a while ago that when things started to go wrong (post Collywobbles signing)  Brian was too introspective and couldn't lift the players.  The senior players (Bosnich, Southgate and Yorke) weren't happy with the latitude given to Stan either, when he clearly wasn't pulling his weight and barely breaking a sweat on matchday.

Gregory was always the counterbalance, the cheeky chappy to Brian's more thoughtful approach, and as a partnership (or triumvirate with Evans)  it worked.  And was part of the reason why JG initially got such a good response from the players when he came back in 1998.

The sentimental part of me wouldn't mind seeing all three back fulfilling their original roles.  But football has moved on since then.  And I don't think JG's ego would take being no.2 to anyone now.  I'm not even sure they're still friends - According to JG's book things got a wee bit strained between him and Evans when he didn't keep the latter on when he was made manager in 1998.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

But football has moved on since then.

It may have elsewhere but at Villa Park it's gone backwards, what with JG, Sir Graham MKII, DOL, MON, GH and now McCleish.
Looking at that list, it's about time we had a bit of luck with our management appointments.