Lambert's replacement

[Richard E]

Tom Fox's job not mine. Just get the current incumbent out.

[Matt Collins]

Klinsman backed with new American owner.

Ok, let's do that then

[DB]

Rafa is a good shout.

[PeterWithesShin]

I'm really glad it's not my decision. A lot would depend on what the reality of the finances are, both short and long term is Lerner remains. The Villa job is still a big job, but I reckon a lot of managers would be wary of it right now.

[dekko]

Klinsman backed with new American owner.

DING DING DING

We have a winner

[tepavilla]

Luis Enrique should be jobless pretty soon.

[OCD]

Rafa is a good shout.

He really isn't.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Real Madrid assistant manager, Paul Clement apparently said he's interested in the Newcastle job. If reports are true that Remi Garde is very much the favourite, I wonder whether Clement could be persuaded to Villa Park. After so many disasters, do we really need a manager with Premier League experience?

[Ger Regan]

If he's interested in Newcastle then surely he'd be interested in us.

[Monty]

Thomas Tuechel? He's quite pragmatic in many ways, but pragmatic in modern German football doesn't necessarily mean anything bad.

[Damo70]

Young and hungry?                        Simon Grayson

Fancies a PL return?                       Benitez or Klinsmann

Back to the (short term) future?      Sir Graham or Sir Brian

The classic Red Adair appointment? Albion beat us to it

The 'might not be universally popular to say the least' choice? Steve Bruce

The light the blue touchpaper and run away choice? "How long before The Republic Of Ireland play again and would their manager be interested?"

[TopDeck113]

Tom Fox's job not mine. Just get the current incumbent out.

And there in lies a worrying point.  Fox will never have had to be involved in a managerial appointment during his time at Arsenal.  During the great Lerner love-in (i.e. the first few seasons of his ownership), I said that I would prefer to judge him when he had to make difficult decisions, e.g. sacking a manager and appointing a replacement, rather than making populist pronouncements.  We now know that he is shit at that most fundamental of requisites for a football club owner.  It would be just our luck that Fox turns out to be equally clueless. 

[Toronto Villa]

There are going to be managers that get simply are not realistic. A big reason is because they will be at a point in their careers where they would want CL football, eg Rafa or Klinsmann. Then there are those who will want a big enough budget to achieve CL football soon. Not only might we not be able to provide that but the FFP rules pretty much deny us the opportunity even if the funds existed. It really does filter down the options.

[KKAVFC]

Think Klinsmann is a brilliant shout but can't see him leaving a job where is a safe bet to be in there for the foreseeable. If Lambert had been given the required bullet at the end of May we would have had a lot more choice quality wise. Our biggest issue is that there have clearly been no reasonable offers for a club which is clearly in free fall on & off the pitch. No-one wants to join a "sinking ship" where funds are clearly not available while we are in limbo. We are where we are due to mismanagement across the whole enterprise and the general tone on here is one of abject misery. The Villa are now a laughing stock for those of us who care much too deeply but are simply an irrelevance for the rest of football as a whole. How we have comes to this point is totally unforgivable. Lerner, Lambert & every 1st team squad member should hang their heads in shame for bringing this once great club to its knees. Avfc4ever

[PaulWinch again]

Young and hungry?                        Simon Grayson

Fancies a PL return?                       Benitez or Klinsmann

Back to the (short term) future?      Sir Graham or Sir Brian

The classic Red Adair appointment? Albion beat us to it

The 'might not be universally popular to say the least' choice? Steve Bruce

The light the blue touchpaper and run away choice? "How long before The Republic Of Ireland play again and would their manager be interested?"

Bruce and Grayson would be terrible appointments. But there must be plenty of managers out there and it's up to our CEO to get one.