Who do you want as the next manager? New poll option.

[Chris Jameson]

Are people seriously expecting the likes of Capello, Villas Boas or Benitez to be in the running to be the next Villa manager?

Well, yes.  Why not?

I suppose there is as good a chance of them turning up at Villa as Wigan or West Brom.

[James]

At this point, even Sir Tom Jones (The Voice tm) would get my vote.

I just don't want The Villa to settle for mediocrity. 

Id much prefer to give it to jessie j!

No chance! 
How do you feel about Englebert Humperdinck?

Sir Paul McCartney is spoken for, I believe.  My money's on P.William doing an intervention and getting us Will.i.am.

I was just about to quote eastie saying 'well, who wouldn't?' when you spoiled my fun and answered the question before I'd even asked it!

No fair! 

[Toronto Villa]

The Villa job should be more attractive now than at almost any time in our history.

The squad and team have clearly underperformed recently, the outgoing manager was one of the most loathed we've ever had, fans expectations are rock bottom, and the owner is as soft as billionaires get.

Oh, and we're one of the biggest clubs in the land.

For any aspiring manager with ambition this is one of the best opportunities they'll ever see.

Spot on. We play it down so much. AVB is a very long shot, I said to Maz on here a number of times no chance, but I would hope we are at least sounding him out and explaining where we want to go. And his options, from this time last week, appear have reduced dramatically. Benitez wants to stay in the Premier league and still lives here. City, Man U, Arsenal, Spurs, Newcastle, are not going to come up, and Liverpool and Chelsea have passed him over. We may not be able to get the top managers, but the ones that have fallen from their perch a little and need a club to prove they still have it, could do a hell of a lot worse than looking at Villa.

I completely agree with the fact that too many of us downplay how great an opportunity managing Villa is. Mind you it doesn't help that we hired McLeish last year but the situation has changed and the board have acknowleged that. We are simply not going after the bollocks names that do the circuit every time a new job comes up. It won't be Curbs or Bruce or any other has been wanker. Faulkner has been very specific that the new bloke will meet the "Young, Ambitious and Hungry" criteria. It might be Martinez, it might be Lambert, possibly Di Matteo or Poyet, or indeed someone else completely off the radar. It won't be Benitez and it certainly won't be Capello. I'd be stunned if the new bloke was any more than 45 years old, and he'll be given a lot of rope to get fans back into loving the club again. This isn't last year. It's clear to me at least that Faulkner was bored to shit by the end, and never expected things to get this bad and they have a competely new approach to who should lead us forward.

I'm not worried, and I stand to make a complete fool of myself if they go against everything they said. But naive though I might sound I don't see it being anything outside of the parameters they've set, with OGS being a tiny sample of what I think they are looking at.

[Louzie0]

At this point, even Sir Tom Jones (The Voice tm) would get my vote.

I just don't want The Villa to settle for mediocrity. 

Id much prefer to give it to jessie j!

No chance! 
How do you feel about Englebert Humperdinck?

Sir Paul McCartney is spoken for, I believe.  My money's on P.William doing an intervention and getting us Will.i.am.

I was just about to quote eastie saying 'well, who wouldn't?' when you spoiled my fun and answered the question before I'd even asked it!

No fair! 

That's the way the learjet lands.

[nigel]

Are people seriously expecting the likes of Capello, Villas Boas or Benitez to be in the running to be the next Villa manager?

Well, yes.  Why not?

Capello & Bentitez don't tick all the boxes regarding young, vibrant etc
I'd like to see Villas Boas, I wouldn't mind Martinez, Lambert or Rodgers, but I really think it will be Di Matteo.

[ozzjim]

Of all the young ones, Di Matteo is the one I want least I have to say. 2 wins in 18 before getting the chop at West Brom, and very defensive.

[PaulWinch again]

I see on Villasquawk a photo of Martinez and the Liverpool owner walking along chatting has been posted.

[James]

At this point, even Sir Tom Jones (The Voice tm) would get my vote.

I just don't want The Villa to settle for mediocrity. 

Id much prefer to give it to jessie j!

No chance! 
How do you feel about Englebert Humperdinck?

Sir Paul McCartney is spoken for, I believe.  My money's on P.William doing an intervention and getting us Will.i.am.

I was just about to quote eastie saying 'well, who wouldn't?' when you spoiled my fun and answered the question before I'd even asked it!

No fair! 

That's the way the learjet lands.

Just my luck! 

[Louzie0]

Are people seriously expecting the likes of Capello, Villas Boas or Benitez to be in the running to be the next Villa manager?

Well, yes.  Why not?

Capello & Bentitez don't tick all the boxes regarding young, vibrant etc
I'd like to see Villas Boas, I wouldn't mind Martinez, Lambert or Rodgers, but I really think it will be Di Matteo.

I just don't want the Villa to be underestimated.  I want to think we could get anybody, because we deserve it.

[cdward]

Paolo di Canio ticks all the boxes for me. Young enough, good style of football, a real disciplinarian and a winner. His first season stats and achievements are worth taking notice of, he would represent a gamble, but so was OGS.
Another name is Lee Clark, he appears to have fallen off the football radar, I thought he was a very promising manager, young, ambitious, very experienced for his age, his home record and unbeaten run stand up for themselves. Not sure why he parted company with Huddersfield, or why he hasn't surfaced elsewhere.
Either of those two would be more appealing than Curbishley, McCarthy, FSW.

[PaulWinch again]

Di Canio can fuck right off, nutcase.

[Phil from the upper holte]

If it was going to be curbs then surely they would have moved for him by now considering he's been out of work for fecking ages!

[PaulWinch again]

If it was going to be curbs then surely they would have moved for him by now considering he's been out of work for fecking ages!

That's a good point and hopefully proof they don't want him. It really needs to be an exciting and ambitious appointment, to reinvigorate the club.

[James]

Di Canio can fuck right off, nutcase.

I've read a lot of your posts Mr Winchagain, and I wish for once you'd just get off the fence and say what you bloody mean! 

[nigel]

Of all the young ones, Di Matteo is the one I want least I have to say. 2 wins in 18 before getting the chop at West Brom, and very defensive.

I was of the opinion that Albion played nice stuff under Di Matteo but couldn't win, bit like Martinez at Wigan.
If he came with Wilkins that would be a bonus, but I reckon he'd want to stay down in London.