Our sources say.....

[JJ-AV]

Why don't we go and get Moyes? If the ambition is still there I'm sure we could tempt him at the end of the season as he's certainly not going to get the Man Utd job without doing something better than he is currently.

Even if it means getting a Sven for the season.

[mrshnn]

What about big sam

[Dave]

What about big sam

*shocked emoticon*

[Chris Smith]

The 3 best pound for pound managers in the PL came from Aberdeen, Grampus 8 and Preston.

True, I was just pointing out that it's a gamble.

To a certain extent every appointment is a gamble but you reduce the odds if you go for a man with a proven track record.

They all have to start somewhere but people like Dowie, Jewell and Boothroyd have all been touted as the next big thing in recent years.

[Rancid custard]

I really think that our man isn't out there at the moment, this whole year we should be looking for that person and bring someone like Sven in for one year to steady the ship.

[Surrey Villain]

I really think that our man isn't out there at the moment, this whole year we should be looking for that person and bring someone like Sven in for one year to steady the ship.

Like the captain of the Titanic?

[Leighton]

The E & S reckon Dave Jones is one of the names being considered. Not exactly one to set the pulses racing.

I'd rather have Mickey Dolenz

I reckon Randy would quite like to have the Scouse Git.

Well I'm certainly not a believer.

[smudger]

Dave Jones..........................................i'd rather have Grace Jones

[barrysleftfoot]

   I'm not surprised by your info dave, if it was'nt for the Noooocastle result i probably would have been ok with it.The only thing that worries me, that with the closure of the transfer window, if we do go into freefall then the calibre of the candidates/players at our disposal will reduce.

   I think if it was up to me i would approach Hiddink or Jol today with the intention of getting them in , in the next 24 hrs, so that they can get some players in, or just appoint Sven.

[Toronto Villa]

Getting the right manager in, for me, is far more important than the close of the transfer window. I still believe with the right man in charge this squad is top 8. And that's where we need to be by January, in a position to go on and attack the European positions in the 2nd half of the season. Man U have shown over a number of years that they didn't need to be top in January to finish top in May. We don't need to be in a top 5 or 6 position in January either, but we will need some fresh faces in that window.

Get the right man in now. Allow him to settle things down and show some leadership. We have lots of very good players at Villa who will do a solid job until new signings arrive.

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

Who, realistically, is going to be on the short list next week then? And how many?

The E & S reckon Dave Jones is one of the names being considered. Not exactly one to set the pulses racing.

You sure you didn't get him mixed up with the story about two male adults being arrested for posession of indecent images of children?

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Saunders got it without being a Villa man...

This whole "understands the special nature of Aston Villa" argument is nonsense if the examples given include the man who walked out of the club a couple of months before we were due to play a European Cup quarter final and pitched up on the other side of the city a week later.

All managers are self-serving - that's a direct consequence of being in a career where the likely tenure is usually no more than a couple of seasons.  He simply doesn't have the time to immerse himself in the history and tradition.  In the vast majority of cases, there is no point in the emotional investment. 

All we can ask is that whoever is in the manager's seat does their best by the club during his time with us.  They then in time become part of the tradition by dint of what they achieve.  If they do that, where they go next - be it a local rival, the England job or retirement - is irrelevant. 

 

Exactly, spot on. And quite what is the special nature of Aston Villa when we deride other clubs for thinking too that they are special like Newcastle, Spurs and Liverpool....

The greatest manager in our post war history didn’t get Aston Villa? Ok. Clearly I was talking nonsense.

Only a mentalist would need to ask what was special about Aston Villa.

[Toronto Villa]

Who, realistically, is going to be on the short list next week then? And how many?

The E & S reckon Dave Jones is one of the names being considered. Not exactly one to set the pulses racing.

You sure you didn't get him mixed up with the story about two male adults being arrested for posession of indecent images of children?

I cannot believe anyone is going to buy into Villa appointing the likes of Jones, Curbishley, Jewell or Phil fucking Brown. I would like to think our board are little more clued in than that. I'm thinking of sending in a Steve Staunton or Alan Pardew in the E&S later today. It will be in the papers as 100% fact tomorrow.

Why are we so down on ourselves? We want to a CL team, yet we lose our manager and we start to believe we are Wigan or Reading. We're Aston Villa. We may not be good enough for Mourinho or Hiddink, but we're miles above the likes of that shower of bollocks I listed above. We need to give ourselves a little credit.

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I’d rather save Martin his bandwidth and not talk about dross like Jones, Jewell and other no-hopers.

But then I just did. Whoops *facepalm*

[JJ-AV]

I'm coming round to Koeman.

Even if he did play Arizmendi at right back.