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

[Michel Sibble]

Benitez would be an exciting move... for the wrong reasons.

Doesn't he have a track record in blaming his employers about a lack of respect?

[Greg N'Ash]

Rafa is a decent bet. It's just the liverpool love-in really. He'll upset the "must love villa unconditionally" contigent within a month. Did for DOL more than his crap management and was the major reason GH was wanted out

[PeterWithe]

Rafa is a decent bet. It's just the liverpool love-in really. He'll upset the "must love villa unconditionally" contigent within a month. Did for DOL more than his crap management and was the major reason GH was wanted out

Strange that Villa fans actually like Villa. The major reason GH was wanted rid of was that for most parts of the season, he took a decent team into a relegation battle.

[dave.woodhall]

Benitez would be an exciting move... for the wrong reasons.

Doesn't he have a track record in blaming his employers about a lack of respect?

He'd have a hard job blaming an owner who gave the last manager a fortune to spend when he could have sacked him without much complaint.

[abc123cox]

I think villa should go on who's name would be best to sing at away games..... Gotta be rafa rafael benitez

[ozzjim]

"Now we have to think about the future. I am ready, waiting. It is not easy because you don't have many too teams available now, but there is still time," said Benitez

"You are looking for a club with an idea about the future, an idea about how to create something, but at the same time to keep winning.

"Because I came from Spain I have a different vision. I know how you can do things in Spain, Italy or here. After six years at Liverpool I am really pleased to stay in England.

"I know how to manage, I know about business plans, I know how to buy and sell players. In Spain and Italy, they take care of them. Here you have more experience.

"I know what it means after five years in charge of the Academy and you can see now how the young players of Liverpool have progressed.

"I have enough experience and I am still quite young for a manager."

Rafa last week. Would take him over Hughes.

[Greg N'Ash]

Rafa is a decent bet. It's just the liverpool love-in really. He'll upset the "must love villa unconditionally" contigent within a month. Did for DOL more than his crap management and was the major reason GH was wanted out

Strange that Villa fans actually like Villa. The major reason GH was wanted rid of was that for most parts of the season, he took a decent team into a relegation battle.

then why when anyone listed the reasons they wanted him out the Liverpool game was always the first or 2nd thing mentioned? Sorry but very few managers love the club when they arrive - whoever gets the job won't love us. Dropping your guard and actually admitting it maybe foolish but it just means you're probably more honest than the rest of them

[pauliewalnuts]

"Now we have to think about the future. I am ready, waiting. It is not easy because you don't have many too teams available now, but there is still time," said Benitez

"You are looking for a club with an idea about the future, an idea about how to create something, but at the same time to keep winning.

"Because I came from Spain I have a different vision. I know how you can do things in Spain, Italy or here. After six years at Liverpool I am really pleased to stay in England.

"I know how to manage, I know about business plans, I know how to buy and sell players. In Spain and Italy, they take care of them. Here you have more experience.

"I know what it means after five years in charge of the Academy and you can see now how the young players of Liverpool have progressed.

"I have enough experience and I am still quite young for a manager."

Rafa last week. Would take him over Hughes.

That just reads as "I would like the Aston Villa job. I would like the Aston Villa job. I would like the Aston Villa job"

I'm surprised he didn't go on to say

"I would also like to work at a cloob where they have a respect for history, with, say, a recently renovated Victorian pub, one which might be described as nestling in the grounds of a Jacobean stately home."

[adrenachrome]

"Now we have to think about the future. I am ready, waiting. It is not easy because you don't have many too teams available now, but there is still time," said Benitez

"You are looking for a club with an idea about the future, an idea about how to create something, but at the same time to keep winning.

"Because I came from Spain I have a different vision. I know how you can do things in Spain, Italy or here. After six years at Liverpool I am really pleased to stay in England.

"I know how to manage, I know about business plans, I know how to buy and sell players. In Spain and Italy, they take care of them. Here you have more experience.

"I know what it means after five years in charge of the Academy and you can see now how the young players of Liverpool have progressed.

"I have enough experience and I am still quite young for a manager."

Rafa last week. Would take him over Hughes.

That just reads as "I would like the Aston Villa job. I would like the Aston Villa job. I would like the Aston Villa job"

I'm surprised he didn't go on to say

"I would also like to work at a cloob where they have a respect for history, with, say, a recently renovated Victorian pub, one which might be described as nestling in the grounds of a Jacobean stately home."

That would explain why he was spotted lurking in the shrubbery in Aston Hall Park today.

[KevinGage]

Rafa is a decent bet. It's just the liverpool love-in really. He'll upset the "must love villa unconditionally" contigent within a month. Did for DOL more than his crap management and was the major reason GH was wanted out

I can readily accept that any prospective candidate might not have grown up with  posters of Peter McParland and Gerry Hitchins on his wall. I might even accept a bloke that gives off a vibe that he's too good for us if he does actually deliver results and performances way in excess of what we could reasonably hope to achieve.

I just draw the line at muppets like O'Leary serving up dross and then making cracks like 'Aston Villa last won a cup in 1980 or something.' Liverpool away was done to death, but it wasn't particularly clever behaviour on the back of a defeat to B-lose in the cup and the general shiteness of our form around that time either.

[PeterWithe]

Rafa is a decent bet. It's just the liverpool love-in really. He'll upset the "must love villa unconditionally" contigent within a month. Did for DOL more than his crap management and was the major reason GH was wanted out

Strange that Villa fans actually like Villa. The major reason GH was wanted rid of was that for most parts of the season, he took a decent team into a relegation battle.

then why when anyone listed the reasons they wanted him out the Liverpool game was always the first or 2nd thing mentioned? Sorry but very few managers love the club when they arrive - whoever gets the job won't love us. Dropping your guard and actually admitting it maybe foolish but it just means you're probably more honest than the rest of them

Because as you say it showed a complete lack of thought about how he would be perceived by all at Villa. For one of the most experienced managers in the game his PR was atrocious. You can get away with it if you're Mourinho but not when you are guiding one of the most expensive teams in the country toward the bottom of the league.

[Greg N'Ash]

maybe, but can you imagine benitez going to liverpool is we're not doing well. He won't be able to resist responding to them. If we lose it will be "f**k off back to liverpool" Once you've got that dislike colouring people's opinions you're on borrowed time unless the results are very very good.

[PeterWithe]

maybe, but can you imagine benitez going to liverpool is we're not doing well. He won't be able to resist responding to them. If we lose it will be "f**k off back to liverpool" Once you've got that dislike colouring people's opinions you're on borrowed time unless the results are very very good.

And if he responds in the way GH did he'll fucking deserve it.

[Greg N'Ash]

As i've said before if we only pick managers who are disliked by their former club's fans and hate their ex-clubs then its a pretty shite shortlist.

[Barca 2011]

Looking at whats gone on today I think its going to be
a choice oh Martin Jol or Rafa.
Which do I prefer? Hmmm ??