Kevin MacDonald the next Manager???

[pauliewalnuts]

I really think the club needs to act ambitiously at this point. This is a pivotal decision, and I don't think appointing from within is going to work.

I'm also - from what I've seen of KM when interviewed - not entirely sure he looks comfortable in the role.

[Toronto Villa]

I'm edging towards thinking the job's Kevin's if he wants it. Whether he wants it is the big question.

I don't think he looks that comfortable, but then to be fair, he was probably just getting ready to prepare the kids and reserves for the new season, then all of a sudden, wham, he's manager, having to give interviews, sorting out the team for the new Premier League season and Europe, all inside two weeks.

That was the concern I had after Saturday's win. Coaching a team to a win against West Ham and managing full time is massively different. He's never had to do it before, even at a small club where the spotlight isn't remotely as intense. Managing a big club like Aston Villa needs a big personality that can handle the media scrutiny, player egos, time away from family, board and fan demands in their stride. As much as we could criticise MON for how handled it sometimes, and irrespective of what he got paid, it's got to be mentally and physically exhausting. You wouldn't want a good coach to get burnt out by the burdens of being a football manager if his heart really isn't in it.

[PaulMcGrathsNo5Shirt]

I'm not doubting Kev Macs ability to do the job, I think he could do it. My fear is that we would lose someone like him (and Tony McAndrew) to nuture some of the young talent that has come through the club.

He has to remain at the club for the long term benefit of the club.

[JJ-AV]

After the euphoria of Saturday has died down, I don't think he's the right man for us. Good bloke and we definitely have to keep him here - but we need a big name. We need to stay on the European map.

[Dazvillain]

Kev Mac has done a terrific job with reserves over the years, let him continue, he is obviously comfortable with that . He would have put his hat in the ring for job by now if he wanted it.
Felt sorry for him in a TV interview today when he said he hadnt had time to think about it as him, Tony McAndrew and Sid were helping each other out and doing their own original jobs still at the same time 

[Pete3206]

Let's hope we win on Sunday so everyone thinks Mac's great again.

[Percy McCarthy]

An ITK on another site is saying that Klinsmann was interviewed at the weekend and it's between him and KMac.

Someone told me Klinsmann was at Villa Park all day on Tuesday, and that I should have a bet on him at 25/1. I haven't though, as I can't help thinking that if it were true, the news would have spread like wildfire.

[adrenachrome]

An ITK on another site is saying that Klinsmann was interviewed at the weekend and it's between him and KMac.

Someone told me Klinsmann was at Villa Park all day on Tuesday, and that I should have a bet on him at 25/1.

Twenty fucking five to one?

Thanks and praises
Thanks to Jesus
I bet on the Bottle of Smoke
I went to Hell
And to the races
To bet on the Bottle of Smoke

The day being clear
The sky being bright
He came up on the left
Like a streak of light
Like a drunken fuck
On a Saturday night
Up came the Bottle of Smoke

Twenty fucking five to one
My gambling days are done
I bet on a horse called the Bottle of Smoke
And my horse won

Stewards inquiries
Swift and fiery
I had the Bottle of Smoke
Inquisitions and suppositions
I had the Bottle of Smoke
Fuck the stewards
A trip to Lourdes
Might give the old fuckers
The power of sight
Screaming springers and stoppers
And call out coppers
But the money still gleams in my hand like a light

Bookies cursing
Cars reversing
I had the Bottle of Smoke
Glasses steaming
Vessels bursting
I had the Bottle of Smoke
Slip a fifty to the wife
And for each brat a crisp new five
To give me a break on a Saturday night
When I had the Bottle of Smoke

Priests and maidens
Drunk as pagans
They had the Bottle of Smoke
Sins forgiven and celebrations
They had the Bottle of Smoke

Fuck the Yanks
And drink their wives
The moon is clear
The sky is bright
I'm happy as the horses shite
Up came the Bottle of Smoke

[Rudy Can't Fail]

You know, I'm starting to think of Klinnsman and K Mac being a sort of dream team. It would be a lot like Klinnsman and Loew with the German national team, with the bringing through of youth players and coaching teamwork. Would they wear matching suits though? It remains to be seen.

It's a funny one, because Loew's role within that team was understated in 2006, and now Klinnsman's is being understated now Loew's been a success without him. Fact remains they drew up the strategy together, and with the other coaches, and it's a strategy much like K Mac's and Randy's. It really does look an option to me, but I know others have different views of Klinnsman.

Care to expand on this, Monty? My knowledge of Klinnsman is limited to his goals and diving for Spurs and the blue shirts he wore when Manager of Germany. Everything else is a haze.

[Muscle-Dolphin]

Kevin MacDonald is a class act.  I do get the feeling that he doesn't really like the media side of the job.  IMHO I think that he has already told Randy that he doesn't really want the job permanently but as a good "company man" will do his best in the meantime.  I think that he should of removed Heskey today at halftime.

[timeoutbigbar]

He has done a good job to date, but as far as i'm aware has never suggested he would even want the job full time.  Seems a nice enough bloke, straight talking, but the concern is whether he has the ability to turn things round when inevitably the honeymoon period ends.  Nobody can say with a degree of certainty, obviously, but i just feel you'd be more confident if it were someone with a bit of experience in charge, not just someone riding the wave.

[Toronto Villa]

Let's hope we win on Sunday so everyone thinks Mac's great again.

Everyone thinks he is great. That's not the issue. It's whether he (personally and professionally) and the club are best served with him being manager, or whether he would be better off being a first team coach or assistant manager to a more experienced manager. Everyone appreciates the work he has done with the kids and reserves, and most recently with the senior players.

[john e]

my own view is that he will decide not to do it,
 he's undecided at the moment, i think he'l say no because he doesnt want the job to take over his life.

he will stay on for however long it takes to find another manager.

just what i reckon, could be totaly wrong of coarse

[Matt C]

I think Kevin is a coach - and a bloody good one too - not sure he's a manager though.

That's not to say he couldn't play a more senior role in the future than he has in the past though - I'm just not sure it will be as manager.

[eastie]

http://lifeiscinema.wordpress.com/2010/08/10/jurgen-klinsmann-almost-certain-to-be-new-aston-villa-manager/