Indecent haste?

[SoccerHQ]

Is it just me that thinks Everton have played pretty good football this season?

They played us off the pitch at VP, create loads of chances and then someone like Beckford just falls over.

[garyfouroaks]

Benitez will be in the frame

[Mazrim]

I'm not sure how I feel about it but I can kind of see Moyes getting the job.
It just seems... likely somehow.

[Toronto Villa]

Moyes might be the right bloke. He might just need a change after so many years in one place. It must be shit knowing that you're so close to something, but the board simply cannot support your ambitions or needs. He'll make us tough to beat. He just needs to tell the players to start playing football in August, not December/January because for whatever reason, he's not started a season off that well for a few years now. That has to change.

[eastie]

Why you shouldn't expect to see Houllier in the Villa dugout again, and who will replace him!

http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/opinion/columnists/james-nursey/James-Nursey-on-Aston-Villa-Why-you-shouldn-t-expect-to-see-Gerard-Houllier-in-the-dugout-again-and-why-Rafa-Benitez-and-Steve-McClaren-are-favourites-to-replace-hism-this-summer-article729207.html

[Mazrim]

It might be that Everton have rarely carried any momentum into a season from a busy transfer window. It rarely gets shaken up. I dont know if that makes sense or not.

[Rip Van We Go Again]

If it is true that we're after Benitez and McClaren, that would rather look like the cheap option of going for someone who is out of work, not necessarily the best man.

[TonyD]

I'd think Sid is worth a shot.   He has seen how a team is built steadily over time under Saunders.  Bent is Withe,  Albrighton is Morley, Bazza is Sid etc....

[Mazrim]

Benitez, van Gaal and McLaren are out of work. McLaren does scrub up to either of the other two and I'd hope he wouldnt be considered. After his Dutch language skills I cant help but feel he's an absolute clown too.
But I think Randy will be looking at the Super dour duo of Moyes and Hughes. Of those two Moyes stands head and shoulders above.

I'd love it to be van Gaal though.

[Brend'Watkins]

I'd love it to be van Gaal though.

That would still fit with the Faulkner idea of the Ajax model.

[Mazrim]

Actually, Muttley is out of work too isn't he?

Fun trivia: he has a brother called "Cock".

[TheSandman]

Wouldn't be that unhappy with either McLaren or Benitez.

Would like better but both have a decent enough record.

[pauliewalnuts]

If it is true that we're after Benitez and McClaren, that would rather look like the cheap option of going for someone who is out of work, not necessarily the best man.

Benitez won the Champions League 6 years ago, and has just been managing Inter Milan. He's not going to be cheap by any stretch of the imagination.

In all this, the important thing is not solely that we make the right decision, but that we make a decision as soon as we can. We absolutely can not afford any pissing about or confusion ("well, I haven't signed a contract yet, I might start next week, or maybe the week after") this time around like we had earlier this season.

Personally, I would be happy for GH to come back, and I suspect that is Lerner's preference, but if the guy is unable to do so on medical grounds now, it isn't as if he's going to be in a much better position to do so in two months time - it is a serious condition he has, not something that is going to get better in a hurry.

Last time around we were fishing in a pool with the likes of Pardew, Curbishley, Sven - desperately uninspiring stuff. This time around, if we're looking for a new manager at the start of the summer, we are in an infinitely better position to get one, than we would be later on.

Take someone like Moyes - he's now another year on at Everton and closer to wanting a change of scenery, too, but if we were to approach him, we'd be asking him to leave Bill Kenwright, not to to leave him AND drop him right in the shit.

[cheltenhamlion]

I know that Randy is a fan of Moyes.

[Concrete John]

Why you shouldn't expect to see Houllier in the Villa dugout again, and who will replace him!

http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/opinion/columnists/james-nursey/James-Nursey-on-Aston-Villa-Why-you-shouldn-t-expect-to-see-Gerard-Houllier-in-the-dugout-again-and-why-Rafa-Benitez-and-Steve-McClaren-are-favourites-to-replace-hism-this-summer-article729207.html

I agree with his assessment of Gezza's ability to continue in the job, but not who he nominates for a successor.  My choice was and still is Moyes*

(*unless we can land a top foreign coach, such as van Gaal)