Next Villa manager

[Stirchley Villain]

The logician in me says Bruce, the optimist in me says Rowett. Surely we have to get it right one day?

Either would do me. We'd be guaranteed a win at The Sty this month if we had either one too.

[LeeB]

Roy Hodgson for me

[Jimbo]

I'd take Rowett, but I think he'd tell us where to go. So I'd settle for Dean Smith. He can't be worse than the current dimwit, can he?

[Cliftonville Villain]

We can either be seen to be a graveyard for managers or an opportunity to awake a sleeping giant and the respect within the game that will go with it, if successful.  I went for Allardyce...he'll keep us up...and whilst the football may be shit to watch, I couldn't care less. We are in the shit like never before and this clueless idiot is taking us into certain relegation.

[Billy Walker]

Rowett, Bruce or Smith for me. Rowett is the guy my instinct is going with.  It's a huge call for the Boardroom.

[VillaAlways]

Roy Hodgson for me

I reckon he'll get a Premier League gig. Stoke maybe

[Billy Walker]

Rowett would be my pick but I can't see him crossing the city mid-season

Therefore, I'd go for Colin

We're barely a quarter in to the season.  If he was offered the job I really think he'd jump at it.

[Monty]

I don't see what other people see in Bruce, I'm afraid. I know he has promotions, but so do a lot of managers. He's always struck me as one of those jobbers-on-the-circuit managers, who have a career pretty much for the sole reason that people think they ought to be good at managing. I don't look at our squad and think that Bruce would bring the best out of it, either.

[ChicagoLion]

I don't see what other people see in Bruce, I'm afraid. I know he has promotions, but so do a lot of managers. He's always struck me as one of those jobbers-on-the-circuit managers, who have a career pretty much for the sole reason that people think they ought to be good at managing. I don't look at our squad and think that Bruce would bring the best out of it, either.

be interesting fights with Gabby in the canteen.

[KevinGage]

Rowett has the added appeal that it knobbles That Lot into the bargain.

His resources there and the personnel are barely even championship standard, yet he has them firing a few bars above.

There is logic to Bruce as well, but the thought of Potatohead in our manager's dug-out is too depressing for words.

I'd go for Hughton or -as an outside punt- Wagner from Huddersfield. From the Klopp school, complete with gegenpress and all those sexy modern approaches. Naturally that shit falls down when you have Westwood implementing it. But we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.  And launch Westwood head first over the bridge, ideally.

[Toronto Villa]

A   AFC Bournemouth   1:0 (0:0)   
H   Manchester United   0:1 (0:1)   
A   Crystal Palace           1:2 (0:0)   
H   Sunderland AFC           2:2 (2:1)   
A   Leicester City           2:3 (1:0)   
H   West Brom                0:1 (0:1)   
A   Liverpool FC           2:3 (0:1)   
H   Stoke City   Stoke City   0:1 (0:0)   
A   Chelsea                     0:2 (0:1)   
H   Swansea City           1:2 (0:0)   
A   Tottenham Hotspur   1:3 (0:2)   
H   Manchester City         0:0 (0:0)   
A   Everton FC              0:4 (0:3)   
H   Watford FC                2:3 (1:1)   
A   Southampton             1:1 (1:0)   
H   Arsenal                 0:2 (0:2)   
A   Newcastle United        1:1 (0:1)   
H   West Ham United        1:1 (0:1)   
A   Norwich City               0:2 (0:1)   
A   Sunderland AFC            1:3 (0:1)   
H   Crystal Palace            1:0 (0:0)   
H   Leicester City              1:1 (0:1)   
A   West Brom                 0:0 (0:0)   
A   West Ham United        0:2 (0:0)   
H   Norwich City            2:0 (1:0)   
H   Liverpool FC            0:6 (0:2)   
A   Stoke City   Stoke City    1:2 (0:0)   
H   Everton FC                    1:3 (0:2)   
A   Manchester City              0:4 (0:0)   
H   Tottenham Hotspur    0:2 (0:1)   
A   Swansea City            0:1 (0:0)   
H   Chelsea                      0:4 (0:2)   
H   AFC Bournemouth    1:2 (0:1)   
A   Manchester United       0:1 (0:1)   
H   Southampton         2:4 (1:2)   
A   Watford                     2:3 (1:1)   
H   Newcastle United         0:0 (0:0)   
A   Arsenal                     0:4 (0:1)
A   Sheffield Wednesday     0:1 (0:0)   
H   Rotherham United     3:0 (2:0)   
H   Huddersfield Town     1:1 (1:0)   
A   Derby County              0:0 (0:0)   
A   Bristol City   Bristol City     1:3 (1:0)   
H   Nottingham Forest       2:2 (0:0)   
H   Brentford                    1:1 (1:0)   
A   Ipswich Town              0:0 (0:0)   
H   Newcastle United         1:1 (0:1)   
A   Barnsley FC                 1:1 (0:0)   
A   Preston North End     0:2 (0:2)

That chaps is a monumental bag of shit since the start of last season

[kippaxvilla2]

Get MO'N back.  He could get this team up.

[KevinGage]

I'd take Rowett, but I think he'd tell us where to go. So I'd settle for Dean Smith. He can't be worse than the current dimwit, can he?

Rowett would crawl over broken glass to escape that lot and manage the Villa.

[mr underhill]

don't bet on it

[Hoppo]

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