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

[ozzjim]

I think he is a great coach clearly, and did great in Holland. He could carry on the philosephy of what has been started, but the stigma would bring him down.

It seems a no brainer though if Carlo says no to go and offer it to Rafa, if you are bale to appoint a manager who has won trophies in 2 countries and is a similar age to one who has not, you go with the one who has the track record.

[Matt C]

My top 5.

1. Ancelotti
2. Rafa
3. Moyes
4. Coyle
5. Jol

I concur although I'd have Hughes at 4.

[holtepaul]

The other thing to consider is you dont just need the manager, you need the assistant.

And, the following are both available

Ancelotti / Wilkins

Jol / Hughton

The point that there are lots of options is the thing that frightens me, I wasn't keen on GH when he came, but accepted, in the situation we were in, he was probably the best we could get, with what was available.

There is no excuse like that this time, theirs bloody dozens of quality (or argued quality) out there. names like Van basten , Riykyeard , Van Gaal are not even being mentioned, nor, as I just pointed out, is Flores or the likes of McLeish

So having little 20-30 absolute quality names to consider, if we come up with McLaren or worse - I'll be bloody devastated.

[Ian.]

With Rafa's track record and being available I should be thinking that we should employ him in the hot seat now and be getting excited about it. Why is it I don't? Short term memories I suppose. It's probably like the saying your only as good as your last game and Rafa's last season was not the best and some of his tactics, substitutions and transfers were kind of strange.

[Des Little]

My top 5:
1.  Moyes
2.  Hughes
3.  Jol
4.  Lambert
5.  Coyle

[ozzjim]

DO people really want to watch us play like Blackburn did under Hughes?

[Greg N'Ash]

DO people really want to watch us play like Blackburn did under Hughes?

they were quite happy to see us play like Leicester under MON, so i'm guessing yes.

[holtepaul]

with Rafa it wasn't just that. He seemed to have a breakdown.

He went from a well turned out guy, with smart glasses and suit, to a site remenisent of Clough in his last few years, red blotchy face, put on weight.

He then started to act very strange, his legendary cheating Man U rant , which even as a Man U hater, was laughable and as we all know, the public circus that was the Barry saga.

So, I'd worry which Rafa we was hiring, the one who looked hungry that joined Liverpool, or the one that looked a total mess that left.

[Perry Barr Pet]

DO people really want to watch us play like Blackburn did under Hughes?

We might not like it, but we may have to lump it.  (No pun intended)

[Dave]

DO people really want to watch us play like Blackburn did under Hughes?

When the likes of Bentley, Santa Cruz and McCarthy were scoring more goals than they'd managed since Sutton and Shearer? Doesn't sound too bad to me.

What about when the likes of Robinho, Ireland and Bellamy were ripping teams apart?

He's far from my first choice but he wouldn't be a disaster.

[hilts_coolerking]

In his defence, Rafa got sucked into the boardroom squabbling in his last season and wasted a lot of energy on those two American muppets.  Although you can't overlook him wasting a lot of money on some distinctly average players.  But then there isn't a single manager out there who has an unblemished transfer record.

Prior to that his record was very good at Liverpool.  With an owner like Randy I think he'd thrive here.

[Des Little]

Moyes to Villa
Rafa to Everton

Simples

[KevinGage]

its the daft dutch accent. no-one can take him seriously after he started speaking like that

Fortune smiled on him and ensured he didn't end up a cricket coach. Imagine trying that in Pakistan? He'd have been lucky to get out of there with his life.

[citizenDJ]

I know it's by no means a sure thing that this would happen, but if Hughes were appointed and was able to motivate Stephen Ireland, reignite Dunne and bring Warnock back into the fold....that's almost worth hiring hiring him by itself. Add a fair pile of cash to spend, without going Man City-mental, then Hughes seems to have been pretty successful on that score too. His teams have always been hard to beat, without being Stoke, and played some good stuff without being Arsenal, which may well suit the mix of players we currently have at the club.

Bollocks. I've talked myself into it.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Alternative vesion for Mark: he's a wanker, just being linked with him means that we'll be relegated.

I trust the 'Mark' you refer to is not me.

I like Hughes, seems a decent sort but I think we can do better.

Let's go Dutch!