Official - Houllier leaves by mutual consent (p.28)

[achilles]

Hughes has done a good job everywhere he's been IMO.
Ancelotti would be brilliant.
I'd be happy with Moyes.

Agree with that, wouldn't mind Jol either!

So 1) Ancelotti 2) Moyes 3) Jol 4) Hughes and then the rest (i.e. fat waiter)!

[Toronto Villa]

I'm not sold on Hughes. Moyes, if approached, should jump at the chance. Everton and Villa are equivalent in size and history, but we'd give him the platform to get himself to the next level consistently. Ancelotti would be brilliant, he's got nothing to prove but I think the QPR brass will ditch Warnock and appoint him

[UsualSuspect]

Daily Mail reporting that it could cost us £5 million to get rid of Houllier.

[Marlon From Bearwood]

If not Carlo, what about one of the 3 Dutchmen...

Van Gaal
Rijkaard
Jol

All available I believe.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

I know everybody is keen for news but Im glad this is being sorted out in a gradual and timed manner. If Houllier had been manager of Chelsea/Westham then Abramovich/Sullivan would have been kicking nurses out the way and pulling tubes out of him to tell him he was sacked weeks ago. Villa have a little bit more class.

[pooligan]

Maybe we are waiting for Mcleish to become available .

[Summers]

Daily Mail reporting that it could cost us £5 million to get rid of Houllier.

That would be if he was fully healthy.

[N'ZMAV]

of all the people I think we could attract I.d go for Moyes or Ancelotti. Maybe Mark Hughes. Not Rafa.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Daily Mail reporting that it could cost us £5 million to get rid of Houllier.

That would be if he was fully healthy.

Dont all key employees have  some sort of health insurance policy in place for them ? Then again, with his previous health history the premiums would be exhorbitant. 

[john e]

the sooner Aladyce checks in at the Hammers the better,
 then and only then will i breath more easily

[Hookeysmith]

Sad to GH go as he is a very decent man and i liked the fact he had a plan in place to build a decent footballing team

Ancelloti - could he actually do it without the finances of Chelsea and the prestige of bringing players to London?  Remember he spunked £50m on Torres whilst letting some one like Sturridge go?

Moyes - Too dour and boring for me - another MON mid table mediocrity is acceptable manager for me

Jol - been out of work for a while now  - wonder why no one else has picked him up?

McClaren - even though he has some virtues (hungry to prove doubters wrong etc) i feel he is shot over here with the press and we would become a laughing stock


Hughes - never liked the cnut as a player and even less as a manager


Benitez - actually my least favoured of all of them

I actually would like to see Martinez from Wigan as i like the way his teams play football

[Irish villain]

i wouldn't want Rafa either. He seems obsessed with tactics. Obviously tactical knowledge is important but I think the eleven players on the pitch are more important than any system. He seems a bit of a B.S merchant to me.

[Irish villain]

Hookey, the Russian bought Torres behing Ancelotti's back. The Russian intrudes in all his manager's dealings.

[Diablo]

What's Bilic up to? Is he not being linked to the West Ham job? Or more importantly
ours when or if it becomes available?

[cdbearsfan]

Not sold on Bilic. If we want to pay somebody £3 million a year just to do a lot of shouting, I'll happily do it.