How would you feel if we appointed Steve McClaren?

[Phil from the upper holte]

I would be totally disappointed, Randy's not a mug so therefore he will not appoint him *fingers crossed emotion*

[Phil from the upper holte]

A Young want's to leave as does Downing, If they do is Steve the man to get in quality replacements? Will he be able to convince players like Bent & Albrighton that thier future lies here?

[john e]

i bet all those posters running around flapping there arms in the air in a blind panic about McClaren coming are the same ones who were convinced we were doomed if we stuck with Houllier in Jan,
you know who you are, 'we are definitley going down if we stick with Houllier' remember, 'lets get Big Sam in NOW before its to late.

we didnt go down, and we aint getting McClaren,

have a bit of faith in Randy,
he's not stupid like some of you, who would be looking forward to a season with Allardyce in charge if you had had your way,

[citizenDJ]

I don't think it will be McClaren, but if it was then I would feel the same as i do about new manager - I'd get behind them and give them every chance to show what they're made of.

I'd be OK with Schteve, even if he is far from being my personal preference, and I'd try to look at the positive side of it; has he won stuff? Yes. Has he a good reputation as a coach? Yes. Has he taken a previously underperforming club and made them a strong side? Yes. Are his teeth suitably gleaming? Yes.

I know there's a bunch of negative stuff, too, but then that's true of any manager, isn't it?

[TimTheVillain]

'Gutted' is the word.

[PaulTheVillan]

McLaren. Won the League Cup, UEFA Cup Final, 7th place finish with Boro.

[jonc73]

I haven't seen any real arguments whyneveryone would be gutted?? Why exactly?His record is decent

[PaulTheVillan]

I haven't seen any real arguments whyneveryone would be gutted?? Why exactly?His record is decent

Because Scott Carson had a shocker & he didn't want to get his hair wet.

[Concrete John]

Was off the grid yesterday, but heard this morning he was now favourite.  Best thing I can say about it is that he's not one of these managers who would be 'doing us a favour' by taking the job - he'll be desperate to prove a LOT of people wrong and be really hungry for the job. 

That's not so much the best thing I can say about the idea of him as our manager - it's the ONLY good thing!

[Jimmy Rimmer]

Lerner jets in for McClaren talks??


http://tinyurl.com/6e432zv

[jonc73]

McLaren. Won the League Cup, UEFA Cup Final, 7th place finish with Boro.
 

Which would have made him a legendary Villa manager.I hope he gets the job now, this backlash against him is ridiculous

[CJ]

McLaren. Won the League Cup, UEFA Cup Final, 7th place finish with Boro.
 

Which would have made him a legendary Villa manager.I hope he gets the job now, this backlash against him is ridiculous

But either side of that successful spell he got them 12th, 11th and 14th with good backing from Gibson. And fans didn't like him (season ticket thrown at him while losing at home to Villa IIRC).  Still a big no for me.

[Concrete John]

McLaren. Won the League Cup, UEFA Cup Final, 7th place finish with Boro.
 

Which would have made him a legendary Villa manager.I hope he gets the job now, this backlash against him is ridiculous

But either side of that successful spell he got them 12th, 11th and 14th with good backing from Gibson. And fans didn't like him (season ticket thrown at him while losing at home to Villa IIRC).  Still a big no for me.

Was that the game where that valiant supporter decided to make a stand against what we was seeing by throwing the season ticket at him on the last game of the season?  A very noble gesture.

[CJ]

Yeah bit of an empty gesture but a gesture nevertheless

[ktvillan]

I don't have a season ticket, living abroad, but think I would just give up if the board appoint McClaren.  I predicted he would be a huge flop as England manager and I was right.  He's about as average and mediocre as it gets and as a statement of intent it's akin to getting out the white flag and saying we'll be happy just to survive in the PL.  It will also be a sure sign that the owners, for all their good intentions,  don't really know enough about football to bring us success. Decent enough coach but never a manager in a million years.