If we'd done what Manchester United did

[LeeB]

My mates often discuss a similar conundrum.  What if we'd have won the league in 1992-3, & not Manure?  Would we have gone on to enjoy similar dominance?

Probably not. They would have won it sooner rather than later and the 1,000 Year Reich would have begun then.

I do wonder that if we'd have won it, they might have chopped Ferguson for choking twice on the trot.

[junxs]

Southgate

Was that a joke?

[Smirker]

Melberg or Laursen. Both leaders.

Giggs is a wanker.

Biggest in the league. Makes Terry look like a saint in comparison.

[GordonCowansisthegreatest]

Southgate

Was that a joke?

No! A master-stroke, to give us a real scapegoat and lay off the players.

[Dave]

Southgate

Was that a joke?

No. He's exactly the sort of ex-player that they would hire.

[Dave Cooper please]

Ian Taylor would probably be popular, but he's never shown any indication that he would want to go into management.

[cdbearsfan]

Boris Johnson is, inexplicably, popular, but I wouldn't want the bumbling buffoon managing Villa.

We should appoint someone who is good at managing football teams. Not an ex-player as a pathetic Geordiesque sop to the fans.

Mind you, Kent Nielsen's doing well with Aalborg...

[supertom]

Boris Johnson is, inexplicably, popular, but I wouldn't want the bumbling buffoon managing Villa.

We should appoint someone who is good at managing football teams. Not an ex-player as a pathetic Geordiesque sop to the fans.

Mind you, Kent Nielsen's doing well with Aalborg...

Definitely. There's no room for sentiment really. Results have to come first. It worked out well enough for Little and to a lesser extent Gregory, but they'd got their toes wet before coming here.
I wouldn't be adverse to players like Laursen and Taylor being part of the coaching set up of a more experienced manager. But the top job would be beyond them at this moment in time to be honest.

[Handsworth Wood Villa]

Ian Taylor.

[adrenachrome]

A point worth remembering. All the relegated teams changed managers during the season.

[ciggiesnbeer]

A point worth remembering. All the relegated teams changed managers during the season.

Good point.

[rob_bridge]

My mates often discuss a similar conundrum.  What if we'd have won the league in 1992-3, & not Manure?  Would we have gone on to enjoy similar dominance?

Probably not. They would have won it sooner rather than later and the 1,000 Year Reich would have begun then.

I do wonder that if we'd have won it, they might have chopped Ferguson for choking twice on the trot.

I suspect he would have been given one more season as like it or not they were becoming the team to beat and were underlying becoming stronger.

[adbo9]

Lets not forget Lambert was the "fans" choice.......... by and large fans know pretty much the sum total of fuck all about the workings and goings on of a topflight football club.........

If fans had their own way we'd have a new signing every day, a new manager every time we lose and a new contract for the gaffer every time we pick up some points......

[tomd2103]

In such circumstances, Sid would probably be the ex-player most suited to take over the job in the same circumstances Giggs has. 

[tomd2103]

Lets not forget Lambert was the "fans" choice.......... by and large fans know pretty much the sum total of fuck all about the workings and goings on of a topflight football club.........

If fans had their own way we'd have a new signing every day, a new manager every time we lose and a new contract for the gaffer every time we pick up some points......

Hindsight is 20/20.  Problem is, I think we forget just what a big and sometimes difficult job being manager of Aston Villa is.  As with players, some managers are going to struggle with the expectations of bigger clubs.