No real outstanding candidate, I'd be intrigued to see what Southgate could do if he had an experienced man alongside him to guide him. Southgate always struck me as a man who understood Villa and had the same ambition as the fans, was just badly advised and backed himself into a corner when he left, though he only voiced what every fan was thinking regarding our ambition.
As for the experienced man alongside him, how about the man who signed him for the Villa, the man whose heart belongs at Villa Park. I would genuinely like to see Southgate and Brian Little given a year - we won't go down this year and if it isn't working out at the end of the season then we will have had a year to identify the manager we want to replace them. If it does work out then so much the better - it won't have been a wasted season which is what is facing us right now.
