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

[Phil from the upper holte]

FWIW here's my realistic top 3
1. Klinsmann
2. OGS
3. Tbc

Who's that in 3rd?

[hawkeye]

FWIW here's my realistic top 3
1. Klinsmann
2. OGS
3. Tbc

Who's that in 3rd?

Tony buba Connor?

[Dave Clark Five]

FWIW here's my realistic top 3
1. Klinsmann
2. OGS
3. Tbc

Who's that in 3rd?

Trappatoni, Benitez and Coyle. Formidable!

[Concrete John]

The Bibs & Cones.

Nickname for a dream managerial double act.

[wozwebs]

Mirror:

Randy Lerner is jetting back to Aston Villa on Wednesday to finalise their manager search in his most important decision since buying the club.

Villa's US owner Lerner has already held talks with Ole Gunnar Solskjær about succeeding the axed Alex McLeish as manager.

Ex-Manchester United striker Solskjær, 39, has even publicly admitted he would probably quit Molde in his native Norway for Villa Park if offered the post.

But Lerner is refusing to be rushed into an appointment after last summer's disastrous move for McLeish from arch-rivals Birmingham.Y

Lerner and Villa chief executive Paul Faulkner are now considering other alternatives including Roberto Martinez, Paul Lambert, Gus Poyet and Brendan Rodgers.
MirrorSport understands Villa officials have been delighted with the amount of successful managers to register an interest.

Lerner wants to bring in a young, hungry, dynamic new chief to restore vibrancy to the club.

Last season was nearly a catastrophe as Villa ended 16th with just 38 points following just one win their last 16 matches.

Fans protested against the unpopular McLeish amid ugly scenes and attendances fell.

Now Lerner, who inherited Martin O'Neill as boss when he bought Villa in 2006, knows he has to turnaround the club's fortunes by appointing the right man.

His previous decision to name the ageing Gerard Houllier to replace O'Neill in 2010 also backfired as the Frenchman's heart condition flared up again.

And Lerner is desperate to get his latest appointment right to bring some much-needed stability to the club.

He considers Solskjaer a 'good candidate' after the Manchester United legend flew to England on Friday for talks with Lerner, who then returned to the US.

[Monty]

I mean, every single word of that article could simply be plucked out of thin air. Bloody Mirror.

[Lizz]

I mean, every single word of that article could simply be plucked out of thin air. Bloody Mirror.

Many years ago I actually liked the Mirror. Not any more.

[Rip Van We Go Again]

I mean, every single word of that article could simply be plucked out of thin air. Bloody Mirror.

And I hope it is.
Gus Poyet?
No thanks.

[UK Redsox]

According to Beeb 5 this morning; Chelsea and Liverpool are looking for new managers. Who knew ? I'd have thought it would have been mentioned in the media.

Meanwhile, since Villa wasn't mentioned, I assume that our managerial situation is sorted.

[Phil from the upper holte]

We weren't mentioned on ssn either

[Archbishop Herbert Cockthrottle]

One point on Lambert's experience at Dortmund: his manager there was Ottmar Hitzfeld, extremely pragmatic manager of, in fairness, great repute. Those who remember Switzerland's 1-0 win over Spain at the last World Cup will be familiar with his methods, and his ability to implement them. However, the Dortmund of his and Lambert's day was ultra-pragmatic - they largely won that 1997 CL final due to Lambert's strict man-marking of Zidane - and a far cry from Klopp's modern-day goal-machine.

These were the days in Europe, and especially in Germany, of man-to-man marking, the defensive sweeper in the back three such as Matthias Sammer, counter-attacking especially to big, physical forwards like Carsten Jancker, and typical defensive-players-to-attacking-players ratios of 7 to 3 respectively. It was European, it was tactically sophisticated, but it was not entertaining in any way.

You can't make this stuff up!!  First we have people criticising Di Matteo for winning the Champions League using negative tactics and now we have Hitzfeld's record (won European Cups with two different clubs) being discredited because the style of football was not entertaining enough.  Just waiting for someone to come along and say that our achievement in '82 wasn't that great because we played too defensively in the final!!

Quoting Richard Littlejohn is not going to win friends amongst our band of lentil-knitters.

I object to being labelled a lentil-knitter. You can't get the needle through the damn things, for starters.

You can if you soak the lentils in the sweat of the workers' toil.

[Archbishop Herbert Cockthrottle]

Can I be the first to say that I'd really like Gus Poyet to take the job?

[PaulTheVillan]

McLeish is currently out of a job ;-)

[Mazrim]

Is Gus Poyet a verb now?

I'd really Gus Poyet to push Scarlett Johansson's guts in.

[Archbishop Herbert Cockthrottle]

Is Gus Poyet a verb now?

I Gus Poyet
You Gus Poyet
He/She/It Gus Poyet

Yes.