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

[eastie]

we put faith in randy last summer and that didnt exactly turn out well- i really wonder what qualification and knowledge of the game thst faulkner has if he is doing the interviews?

reminds me of cloughie saying how the people interviewing him 'didnt have a bloody clue about football'.

[eamonn]

At least Eigentor would be happy. And maybe Blackwell John.

[Neil Hawkes]

I'm yet to see any comment from the club saying we have been rejected by anyone. I'm also yet to see any comment from all the managers who have supposedly said no.


To those that know it all, please explain to this old fool why you believe anyone has turned us down thus far, if no-one anywhere has come out and said so?

I've been saying that all along, even had a heated talk with VillaMatt from talksport about this, but they seem to THINK they know "sources" when they talk crap.

At last, a voice of reason and sanity.

[Claret trim]

Grayson. Hmmm. We could do worse.

Oooh oooh Dave, why would you say Grayson, what do you know, is it cryptic?

Someone mentioned him above, and he's already with a club where there's pressure on.

Frankly, Grayson would be a half decent appointment considering the ongoing debacle.

[Corleone]

I have always kept the hope that Randy Lerner is doing the best for the club, and still believe that - therefore, I still fully expect a manager that I will punch the air and say "yes !" will still be appointed, no matter if it is tomorrow, or August 5th.

However, if on the off chance we do appoint some of the names being mentioned now - it will prove a point there is only one way the club is going.

Sorry, I just never saw it coming. In 2006 - when we were bought by the 2nd richest owner in the Premier League did I ever think that 5 yrs on, we would be talking about the likes of Kevin Keegan, Simon Grayson , Steve McLaren and all becoming our next manager.

Surely, if it is - the next thread to be opened would have to be titled "Where did it all go wrong".

And thats why I am chilled about it - coz these people ain't gonna be appointed.

You remind me of a chap who used to frequent VillaTalk

[King of the Nørth]

Bilic - yes
Ranieri - no
Grayson - no

I still think it'll be Moyes.

 Bilic - no
Ranieri - maybe
Grayson - no

[Neil Hawkes]

I'm yet to see any comment from the club saying we have been rejected by anyone. I'm also yet to see any comment from all the managers who have supposedly said no.


To those that know it all, please explain to this old fool why you believe anyone has turned us down thus far, if no-one anywhere has come out and said so?

I agree that it isn't easy to seperate noise and signal from the reports in papers, Twitter etc. but one has to try and find a way. That's why I said that "seemingly we don't have the pulling/spending power to get the likes of Ancelotti, Benitez or Moyes". Ancelotti has said publicly that he wants a year off; Benitez has reportedly asked for more money (to spend on players) than the board wants to give (this is, more or less, confirmed by a poster on here that is close to one of the board members); Moyes has publicly said that he isn't interested in the job.

But there is still nothing from any of them to confirm we have asked and they have rejected us - do you not find that odd in these days of reporters on door steps looking for soundbites?

[Clampy]

It's Egil Olsen. Close the thread.

I see some wag has been on Wikipedia and put him down as new Aston Villa manager.

[dave.woodhall]

It's Egil Olsen. Close the thread.

I see some wag has been on Wikipedia and have him down as new Aston Villa manager.

I wonder how much it would take to get him into the betting?

[Tokyo Sexwhale]

Egil Olsen is the name I'm hearing...

[TheSandman]

Somebody tweet about Egil Olsen and sound ITK!

[Neil Hawkes]

I'm yet to see any comment from the club saying we have been rejected by anyone. I'm also yet to see any comment from all the managers who have supposedly said no.


To those that know it all, please explain to this old fool why you believe anyone has turned us down thus far, if no-one anywhere has come out and said so?

Sorry if I'm a bit late with this one folks but just listened to the interview with Martinez about staying with Wigan. He states that its flattering to be linked with clubs with a great tradition but he hasn't been approached by anyone and implied he'd already decided to stay at Wigan anyway. Our club is not mentioned by him or the interviewer (Murphy?).
So you're bang on Neil: no one (certainly Martinez) has rejected us. It's just paper talk creating a crisis where there isn't one. I think we need to put faith in RL to make a good appointment. If that means him being "nice" about, then so be it!

Thank you, my thoughts exactly.

[Clark W Griswold]

Bilic - yes
Ranieri - no
Grayson - no

I still think it'll be Moyes.

 Bilic - no
Ranieri - maybe
Grayson - no

I'm not dead against Ranieri, but i think he's a bit of a has been at it would probably go a bit like Houllier did. Bilic would take a while to shape the team his way, but i reckon he'd make us a good side in the long term. Grayson needs to manage at a higher level first.

[eastie]

bilic - yes
ranieri- yes
grayson-maybe next time

[cdbearsfan]

It's Egil Olsen. Close the thread.

I see some wag has been on Wikipedia and put him down as new Aston Villa manager.

'Some wag'? I think you'll find the perpetrator was highly amusing, intelligent and rather handsome too.