The replacement for MON...?

[villa for life]

Moyes won't come and that it totally understandable. EFC fans really think they have a great chance of getting back into the top four this year....

I don't think there's anyone on here who wouldn't want Moyes at Villa park.....however, I can think of only one reason that could/should be at the back of his mind, namely, if he continues at Everton, then when a really big job comes up, say at UTD, they may still opt for someone like mourihno because he has so much more experience. However, if Moyes left EFC and enjoyed even greater success at a club with more resources, then surely that would be enough to satisfy any lingering doubts about how he would handle a bigger transfer budget etc...

[Patricksp]

I thought I would pass this along,
Bob Bradley gave a farewell speech to his players after the Brazil game. This was being reported during the RedBull game tonight.

[N'ZMAV]

I'm thinking Bob Bradley, Lerner wants to lower the wage bill. He'd be cheaper than Sven.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

I would rather have Mike Bassett in charge.

But Mike Bassett quit the job on Monday leaving us in the shit and you want him back?

[Rudy Can't Fail]

I thought I would pass this along,
Bob Bradley gave a farewell speech to his players after the Brazil game. This was being reported during the RedBull game tonight.

Interesting. Whilst almost everybody seems to have written him off, I wonder how much people actually know about him apart from having no PL experience?

[old man villa fan]

I think Randy will want somebody that reflects how he wants to portray the club over the next few years.  He wants to build the club and so I feel that this will be important to him.  He will see the manager as long term that obviously shares his view on how the club is to develop.  He thought he had got this with MON.  I did as well but we were both wrong.

I look back at the world cup and think how refreshing the German team was compared with others and that type of approach is something that I would like for Villa.  I think this type of approach could grow our fan base.

Who that manager is, I am not sure.

[JUAN PABLO]

ASTON VILLA need to convince Ashley Young not to follow manager Martin O’Neill out the door.


Young’s agent is meeting chief executive Paul Faulkner and wants to know what owner Randy Lerner’s plans for the club are before committing his client to a new four-year deal.

Lerner issued a sketchy statement yesterday that gave no detail as to why O’Neill suddenly quit on Monday, but did hint at stricter economies at the club.

Young, who has two years remaining on his current deal, is Villa’s highest earner on £65,000 a week and would be looking for an increase to stay – which does not fit with Lerner’s desire to slash a £70 million wage bill.

It was O’Neill’s reluctance to enforce Lerner’s edict that wages must be reduced that led to the sudden parting of the ways, leaving Villa in deep trouble with no manager on the eve of the new Premier League season. Lerner has refused to meet the media and explain what happened but said in a brief statement: “I can say only that we no longer shared a common view as to how to move forward.”


 ‘Young needs answers from Villa’ 

 

That does not explain what kind of club Young will be playing for next season. Only three months ago, Lerner was buoyant and upbeat. He said the rumours O’Neill was unhappy were untrue and that he was staying.

Lerner said Champions League football was still the ambition and although money for transfers would be tighter and there was a need to sell to buy, the manager would be supported in the transfer market.

Young will want to know how things have changed to such an extent that O’Neill, who bought him from Watford and turned him into one of the country’s top players, walked out.

There would be a strong option for Young to go to Totteham and play Champions League football if what he hears from Faulkner does not match his ambitions.

 
       

For Lerner to lose Young now on top of O’Neill’s resignation would be a blow from which he would struggle to recover with fans still asking what happened to their manager and not getting a full answer.

A crowd of 38,000 is expected for Villa’s home game with West Ham on Saturday when Lerner, and what seems to be his new finance policy, will be on trial.

“There have been no changes in our approach to building the club, aiming always to be as competitive as possible given our size and resources,” his statement read. That, without clarity from Lerner, looks as if it means Villa will have to live within their means from now on. If that is the policy, it explains why O’Neill quit.

His brief was to partner Lerner in an attempt to restore Aston Villa to one of the leading clubs in the country, something they have not been since the early Eighties. O’Neill was under the impression that Lerner understood it would be a long-term project to revive Villa and that he would support him with money as the club built slowly season after season.

But it could be that Lerner, who had no experience of English football before buying Villa from Doug Ellis, has only now realised that the club cannot support a big squad of players on huge salaries. It would seem now that Lerner and Faulkner will run a tighter ship, with wages reduced, the outcome of which will be Villa sliding and becoming a mid-table team at best.

“Having had some time to reflect on Martin leaving, I can say that our most immediate focus is supporting [caretaker manager] Kevin MacDonald and resolving the situation with Manchester City and James Milner,” the Lerner statement added.

The Milner deal is expected to go through today with Villa getting £18m plus Stephen Ireland, valued at £10m.

The fact that Ireland is still joining Villa will impress Young, but he and his agent will need specific answers on what future path the club are taking

[JUAN PABLO]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1302222/Who-Aston-Villa-boss-Sportsmail-takes-look-contenders.html

[Patricksp]

This is the only article I could find on it, http://worldsoccerreader.com/2010/08/bob-bradley-set-to-depart-as-us-manager/ but rumors are flying that Bob Bradley did leave the USA men's team, This could mean that he is going to DC United in MLS but I really doubt that. If Bob did leave you can cross off Klinsman he would be the next USA coach.

[Toronto Villa]

Let's assume for a second it was Bradley. Is that such a bad thing? He's a proven coach and has got a lot out of the US national team in his tenure. The US aren't exactly a laughing stock in world football and they did brilliantly at the Confederations Cup in South Africa beating Spain and nearly beating Brazil. So he has a good amount of tactical ability, something MON was criticized for not being able to adapt in certain situations.

Granted he has no knowledge of the PL but then we've had manager's with more than enough knowledge and it's only gotten us so far. He's well respected in North America, and will have experience at international level. He's a lot better than some of the candidates we've been linked with and may be more appointable than the likes of Jol. I'd certainly be willing to give him a chance. If he brought of over his son and Landon Donovan they would be two very good signings.

[Matt Collins]

I don't see Bradley as necessarly a disaster, but it would be a big risk

[brooklynlou]

Full Disclosure : American Crystal Palace Fan

MON got Villa in a bind because he gave too many first team contracts to players he decided on not playing. Personally I don't think the Board of Villa will allow themselves to get put in that position again.  Either they'll get involved more heavily in the negotiating process (no more free reign to managers) or they'll introduce the Continental System to Villa.

If Villa introduce the Continental System with a Director of Football to keep the costs in line with revenue and manage player aquisitions and signings, then odds are you're getting Bradley.  As an FYI, the 'Continental System' is also the system used by every professional team here in the US. 

PS - If you do get Bradley, don't panic. He's a good honest straight talking person (ala Hodgson), he's good tactically (good, not great) and an excellent man manager that squeezes the most out of each player. 

Good luck to all you Villan's in the days ahead regardless of who is chosen

[Matt Collins]

Why on earth would Moyes leave Everton for villa? They probably have as much money - certainly less pressure to reduce costs -  arguably a better squad and he's venerated there.

All those who wanted  MON out (eg Greg) need to come up with a more credible suggestion. For all his faults, MON would be the best realistic candidate on that list, with the possible exception of Jol, who may also be unattainable (I hope not tho)

[brooklynlou]

I thought I would pass this along,
Bob Bradley gave a farewell speech to his players after the Brazil game. This was being reported during the RedBull game tonight.

The rumor bouncing around all the US soccer boards are that the Brazil game was Bob's farewell game and that they are lining up Klinsmann to take over as USMNT coach. Of course all of this could just be BS.

[UK Redsox]

I thought I would pass this along,
Bob Bradley gave a farewell speech to his players after the Brazil game. This was being reported during the RedBull game tonight.

The rumor bouncing around all the US soccer boards are that the Brazil game was Bob's farewell game and that they are lining up Klinsmann to take over as USMNT coach. Of course all of this could just be BS.

I think that Klinsmann still lives Stateside. When I was in the USA during the World Cup there was already talk of him taking over from Bradley regardless of how the team did in South Africa