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

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I think Martinez would be a good manager at a decent club (which hopefully we still are!). I'd be happier than some of the other options. He's ambitious and encourages good football.

Why do some people assume it's a 'cheap' appointment? He'll be on good wages and I am sure with the numbers leaving he will be given quite a bit of money to spend. Don't confuse Wigan with Villa. We may sell our best player(s) every year but that doesn't mean everyone at the club is for sale and things must be done on the cheap.

Well said!

[PeterWithe]

Though it doesn't really seem RL's style to de-stabilise the likes of Wigan by asking to speak with their manager despite having no intention of hiring him.

Oh, I dunno.

[Greg N'Ash]

well if this is bobbins i'm gonna track down kendrick personally. Fed up with these journo types spreading arse on no basis whatsoever.

[EmileHefty]

Where is the Steve Staunton/Gary Charles combo option?

[pauliewalnuts]

Where is the Steve Staunton/Gary Charles combo option?

Ive no idea, but you've got the best username I've ever seen on here.

Bravo!

[Pete Green]

Martinez would be fine I reckon. With better players at his disposal, he could surprise a few people. He's intelligent, charismatic and ambitious.

However, if he oversees a 9-0 defeat to Tottenham whilst managing the Villa I will change my mind and castrate the bloke.

[andyh]

Wigan are worse under Martinez than they were under Steve Bruce.  For me, he's shown nothing to suggest he has anything like what it will take to get us to where we want to go.

what a very,very good point.

[pauliewalnuts]

He might be intelligent, charismatic and like football to be played the right way, but what has he demonstrated to suggest he's the best man to move Aston Villa forward?

[The Situation]

He is not a manager who is the finished article like Benitez and ancelotti but he is ambitious and has talent. It is achievement in itself to keep Wigan in the Premier league amongst much bigger clubs who have gone down in recent years. He also did much to develop Swansea.

I think we may be pleasantly surprised if the fans give him the chance. I'd much rather have a manager like this than one who might just move on within 2 years

That's what I've been trying to say on here the last few days. No-one is having it though.

Too many people are looking at what Martinez has done like a Special Needs child who only thinks in a black and white manner. Lets forget where Wigan have finished and so on, stop thinking so rigidly, lets look at Martinez with an open mind, lets see his potential, lets see he's a young and ambitious manager with bright ideas, lets see he likes to play football in a glamourous way and doesn't opt for the typical long ball English game, lets see that we're much better than Wigan and lets see what he could do with this Villa team.

Remember who started the Martinez 4 Villa campaign at the weekend?

[Holte L2]

I think Martinez would be a good manager at a decent club (which hopefully we still are!). I'd be happier than some of the other options. He's ambitious and encourages good football.


Why do some people assume it's a 'cheap' appointment? He'll be on good wages and I am sure with the numbers leaving he will be given quite a bit of money to spend. Don't confuse Wigan with Villa. We may sell our best player(s) every year but that doesn't mean everyone at the club is for sale and things must be done on the cheap.

Well said!

Agree. Happy with Martinez.

[curiousorange]

Anyone hear Pat Murphy on 5Live saying Lerner had cancelled Shteve's job interview because the fans forums have made it clear that he wasn't the man WE wanted??  Why don't we all let the board do their jobs?  Gods I hope we don't get Benitez, I can't stand the prick.  However if he is the man on the bench next season I will still be a proud Villa fan.  This club is more than it's manager, chairman, or CEO and it's certainly more than us.  If you don't support the board you know what you can do about it.

We'll all be proud Villa fans, and none of us can influence the work the board do directly. What we can offer is opinion though, and there's no point pretending if you think Martinez will be a crap appointment. Managers and players at a club are transient but the club is not bigger than its support. We have a platform on this forum to offer our views and if the majority of people choose to make their negative feelings known then that's as valid as sticking your fingers in your ears and waving a scarf to prove you're a fan.

[john e]

He might be intelligent, charismatic and like football to be played the right way, but what has he demonstrated to suggest he's the best man to move Aston Villa forward?

have you not answered your own question there mate

[Clampy]

EmileHefty is indeed an inspired choice of name. Paranoid Ormandroyd is still my favourite though.

I can't see it being Martinez, it would'nt make sense. I think Matty boy may have got this one wrong, well that's what i'm hoping anyway.

[old man villa fan]

Another name pulled from nowhere and the toys get thrown out of the pram.

We are seriously in danger of undermining any manager we appoint with negativity from the start.  What hope as anybody got of succeeding.  GH had to put up with this and you cannot say it did not affect the performances on the pitch.

Whoever we appoint, I will get behind them as they will be manager of my club.  I will give them time.

[Karl Bridges]

He's the man I said I wanted so i'll be happy if this comes off. If you believe what's gone on so far, we've been knocked back by Ancellotti and Rafa is out after telling them how much he wanted to spend. Mclaren is out because the fans hate him so we move onto Martinez.