Who Should be Aston Villa Manager ? Now with new, revised poll

[luke95]

Mediocre?

For the past 80 years or so yes.

[Legion]

Ancelotti should come to the Villa.!

Fuck sake people, get a grip.

I'm confused. What should we think/want/hope for?

Someone who we realistically have a chance of getting maybe .

"This is the Aston Villa football club, and it deserves nothing short of the best." Do you know who said that?

[holtepaul]

Why did Carlos tevez join West Ham

Why did Robinho join Man City

Why did Van de Sar spend 4 years at Fulham after dominating with Ajax

Why did Darren Bent join us for christs sake , I still can't work out that one !

Who bloody knows , all I know is, they did ! - and all I feel is, whilst Ancelotti is available, and after he said he wants to stay in England (and, although i font think I ever saw quotes, he was even being mentioned for the West Ham job) , and if, we are saying (although , again, no quotes as it hasn't even confirmed we need a new manager) we want someone with PL experience.

Then giving all that - we'd be mad not to approach him. If he don't come, he don't come - but we would be mad not to try.

[Clampy]

Why did Carlos tevez join West Ham

Why did Robinho join Man City

Why did Van de Sar spend 4 years at Fulham after dominating with Ajax

Why did Darren Bent join us for christs sake , I still can't work out that one !

Who bloody knows , all I know is, they did ! - and all I feel is, whilst Ancelotti is available, and after he said he wants to stay in England (and, although i font think I ever saw quotes, he was even being mentioned for the West Ham job) , and if, we are saying (although , again, no quotes as it hasn't even confirmed we need a new manager) we want someone with PL experience.

Then giving all that - we'd be mad not to approach him. If he don't come, he don't come - but we would be mad not to try.

The answer to the first two are simply....Money!

[Legion]

Mediocre?

For the past 80 years or so yes.

Club Honours

[Olneythelonely]

Ancelotti should come to the Villa.!

Fuck sake people, get a grip.

I'm confused. What should we think/want/hope for?

Someone who we realistically have a chance of getting maybe .

You must have some exciting dreams.

[Olneythelonely]

Mediocre?

For the past 80 years or so yes.

Clearly not a Villa fan or just stupid.

[luke95]

Mediocre?

For the past 80 years or so yes.

Club Honours

Yep I stand by my quote , weve been mediocre for the best part of 80 years.

1 league Championship & 1 FACup in the last 80 years.

Sorry if my opinion doesnt sit well but thats how i see Aston Villa . 

[holtepaul]

5 league cups, 1 league, 1 Euro Cup, 1 super cup in my lifetime (and I am only 40 !)

As well as two runners ups, 1 cup final (FA) and another cup final (L)

Ask any fan outside Anfield or Old Trafford under the age of 41 have they seen all that ?

Oh shit !

Just realised

No Auto Windscreens or Anglo - Italian cup on that list - damn ! 

however, on the other hand, I forgot Simod Cup (now was it semi finalists, or Northern finalists !)

[Dante Lavelli]

Why did Van de Sar spend 4 years at Fulham after dominating with Ajax

...because he went to Juventus and destroyed his reputation resulting in Fulham being his level at the time?

[holtepaul]

So maybe a comparison with Ancelotti and being sacked by Chelsea then ?

[luke95]

Mediocre?

For the past 80 years or so yes.

Clearly not a Villa fan or just stupid.

Villa fan & have been called stupid many a time.

[VillaZogmariner]

Not sure if this has been mentioned yet...

Hughes had an open chequebook whilst at Man City, and signed Shaun Wright Phillips and Roque Santa Cruz.

[Dante Lavelli]

Right I have decided. 

I have read a few articles and other bobbins and I demand that Randy appoints Ancelotti as head coach with Gareth Southgate as a sort of Aston Villa overlord responsible for youth development and as a diplomat who represent us (he could even carry on with his punditry).

I have always liked Southgate.  He comes across as intelligent and studious about football yet maybe lacks the charisma to be a true coach/motivator.  Furthermore he appears to have turned his back on management - see the following quote after being appointed at the FA:

“I certainly won’t be leaving this role to go and manage a club in the foreseeable future. I accept the longer you are outside management, the opportunity might not be there for you but I’m very comfortable with that. You have to look at what drives you as a person and I like longer-term planning.”

Ancelotti - for me - is the best available coach out there and I think they could work well as a partnership.  If Ancelotti left (after being a success) then Southgate's infrastructure would be in place so the club would not have to completely change direction when the next manager came in.

Discuss.

[KevinGage]

Yet most of the players he signed still form the backbone of the Citeh side who have just finished 3rd and won the FA Cup.

Mancini -with close to unlimited resources- still had enough faith in the bulk of the players he inherited to do the job.

In fact, Mancini's big signings have arguably been more questionable; Boateng, Milner, Balotelli haven't exactly brought much to the table. Yaya Toure has done well, but at 250k a week you'd flaming well hope so.