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

[SteveN]

I'm sure I read somewhere one of the reasons why Clark was sacked was that Huddersfield played a dire style of football.  I think of Lambert as MON lite although I've nothing to back that up.

Whoever comes has to play a style of football that our young players and those coming through can fit in with, Rogers would seem to fit that bill, as would Martinez.

I'd like John Blackwell to come back and recommend a young and upcoming foreign manager who meets the criteria.

[PaulWinch again]

I'm not sure Lambert is 'O'Neill lite', I've seen Norwich play some really good stuff this year and particularly at home. I have a mate who's also a Norwich fan and he says they play some good stuff and also have a variety of systems. My only concern would be he has tended to buy British and they concede a lot of goals. I'm hoping the buy British bit is mainly because he's dragged Norwich up from the lower leagues and picked players up a long the way and he could be a bit more ambitious at Villa.

[VillaAlways]

isnt Di Matteo a bit defensive like most Italian managers not very attack minded

I think he was pretty attack minded with the Baggie.They had that great start last seasonthen went on a terrible run where they were conceding a shit load of goals.Still think he was sacked prematurely though,yet our manager is somehow still in a job.Unbelievable really

[Walmley_Villa]

I do like Lambert's CV as he has played abroad and won the European Cup abroad. Didn't he also do his coaching badges in Germany?

I would just hope we are an attractive proposition and that the outside world isn't looking at us as a club in terminal decline. 

[ClaretAndBlueBlood]

Guardiola wants a break from footy - he could be our new manager 

[john e]

isnt Di Matteo a bit defensive like most Italian managers not very attack minded

I think he was pretty attack minded with the Baggie.They had that great start last seasonthen went on a terrible run where they were conceding a shit load of goals.Still think he was sacked prematurely though,yet our manager is somehow still in a job.Unbelievable really

the WBA board thought they were going down with him in charge, so they sacked him bought in RH and he kept them up,

timing is the most important thing for a manager to get any job,
 Rogers, Lambert, Di matteo are all in favour because of the seasons or in the case of Di Matteo the last 8 games they have had,
when Rogers was failing at Reading he wouldnt have been mentioned, last season there were rediculous calls from some posters calling for the sacking of Houllier and the appoinment of Allardyce to 'keep us up' he doesnt even make the frame now thank goodness

Roy at Liverpool was considered useless but now after doing great at the baggies would be good for the job,
there is always a massive element of luck, you just dont know if a manager will be a good fit untill he starts and we can see the results,

i championed Martinez when MON left, and would still love him to come,
 but there is no gurantees he would be successfull, i just know he definitley tries to play football the way i like to see it played, and i think he would be good at building a team and squad long term, but there is always negatives as there are with any names mentioned

i wonder if we could see into next season what names would come to the fore, others where if the timing was right would be in contention for better jobs

[villajk]

James Nursery just tweeted:

Regarding Paul Lambert of NCFC to AVFC there's been no contact from Villa but I have heard he would take Villa post if offered job.

[TonyD]

RL,  redeem yourself and go get Rodgers,  today,  now, sharpish. 

[PaulWinch again]

James Nursery just tweeted:

Regarding Paul Lambert of NCFC to AVFC there's been no contact from Villa but I have heard he would take Villa post if offered job.

Hmmm that seems to be rather presumptuous.

[avfcpg]

James Nursery just tweeted:

Regarding Paul Lambert of NCFC to AVFC there's been no contact from Villa but I have heard he would take Villa post if offered job.

Hmmm that seems to be rather presumptuous.

Very much so. He probably would if offered it but there's no way anyone has "heard" this.  Another "someone from inside the club" source no doubt.

[john e]

the great thing is the media and supposedly ITK twitterers etc are now openly talking about who the next Villa manager will be, its just a steady build up of pressure which will have only one outcome.

i know its jumping the gun somewhat but i'm actually getting quite excited about next season now, as i honestly believe we will survive and also have a new manager in charge,

there is some light at the end of the tunnel at last

[PaulWinch again]

the great thing is the media and supposedly ITK twitterers etc are now openly talking about who the next Villa manager will be, its just a steady build up of pressure which will have only one outcome.

i know its jumping the gun somewhat but i'm actually getting quite excited about next season now, as i honestly believe we will survive and also have a new manager in charge,

there is some light at the end of the tunnel at last

I might join you on that, if we have survived come the end of the season, once Mcleish has gone and once we see the new manager is actually a good appointment.

[Lowendbehold]

Whether I wanted either of them or not, this week if I were Randy I would ring Lambert and Hodgson's agents and offer them both the Villa job, starting at the end of the season.  I would tell them they would have £40m + whatever they raised from sales.

[The Laughing Policeman]

I've been to a couple of the Next Gen matches and also watched the reserves a few times this season, and believe me when you then go to watch the first team it's as if there are two different clubs called Aston Villa.
The Academy and reserves play an adventurous style of football, score a fair number of goals and yes they also let a few in but no matter what the result you come away from those games feeling that you have seen your team give it their all in an attempt to win the game. Then you go to see the other Aston Villa play in the PL and all we seem to get is an exercise in damage limitation, ie, setting the team up not to lose by too many goals no matter who we are playing.
What the kids who have been taught to play attractive football under Kevin Mac and Sid must make of it when they are put into the first team and seemingly are told to play in a style that is alien to them I shudder to think. It most certainly wont help in their development.
So, if and when McLeish does go the club should look at what is going on at the Academy and try to find a manager with a similar philosophy to that at Bodymoor so that as players come through the ranks, the transition from youth team to first team should be almost seamless.
There just doesn't seem to be that kind of long term vision at the club at the moment. Why spend eight or nine years teaching young kids to play one style of football yet when they get into the first team it all gets thrown out of the window?
For me, I'd move heaven and earth to get Brendan Rogers in.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

I think of Lambert as MON lite although I've nothing to back that up.

Have you considered what a 'MON lite' would be like..

Doing a little skip when we score rather than jumping around like a monkey on speed.
Hoofing the ball to the stands rather than upfield.
Only buying players from Yorkshire rather than British.
Sending Villa Ladies to Moscow rather than the Reserves.
Turning up on a Saturday rather than the Friday before the game.
Offering 32 year olds 7 year contracts on 6 figure contracts rather than three and a half on £60k.
A team only turning up for a quarter of the game rather than 45 minutes.
Falling out with every player in the squad rather than just half of it.
Making his first substitution afer 85 minutes rather than 67 minutes.
After a 0-0 bore draw telling the press we play "wonderful football" rather than "scintillating football".
Secretly courting the Everton job rather than the Liverpool job.
Walking out on the Villa 5 minutes before the first game of the season instead of 5 days.

I could go on..

As I've mentioned before, Lambert is a thinking man's MON, somebody that understands the game, has his teams playing a wonderful passing game and has all the attributes to be a great manager in the future. He may not have the profile to excite everybody but I'd prefer a that than another gobshite who thinks he's doing us a favour.