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

[Dave]

Not FSW please. I would have rather have given McLeish more time than him.

Really?  Come off it.

I wouldn't want either is my point.

We don't really have many Liga or Champions League winning managers queuing up at our door.

[PaulMcGrathsNo5Shirt]

I've said it before and i'll say it again. It will be Capello.

[Louzie0]

I've said it before and i'll say it again. It will be Capello.

Bernd Schuster did better with RM (when he took over after Capello.)

But that's no reason for the Villa not to go after Capello! Could be a winning gambit.

[DB]

I've said it before and i'll say it again. It will be Capello.

Bernd Schuster did better with RM (when he took over after Capello.)

But that's no reason for the Villa not to go after Capello! Could be a winning gambit.

Capello was asked to win la liga from Barca which he did, he got Real Madrid back on track. I wouldn't mind him at all, even if he did fuck up the world cup.

[spangley1812]

Frank De Boer has turned down the Liverpool job , they are now speaking to his Brother Rupert.........

[ozzjim]

He wears a good scarf I heard, though dodgy trousers.

[Louzie0]

He wears a good scarf I heard, though dodgy trousers.

Good scarf may score over dodgy trousers.

[ozzjim]

Maybe the season just gone has shaken Faulkner and Lerner, and they realise they have to make this appointment one that the fans are really onside with. Ole captured the imagination, the key is being able to do that again. If there is a budget over time, say Randy is willing to fund fees for 20 million plus sales for the next 4 summers, as long as the wages are in a certain range, then it may well be quite tempting to managers that think they can find a bargain or two. Pardew has shown you can mould a team on a budget, and if you buy young you can sell high to fund new players. A bit of imagination.

[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?

[Summers]

I've said it before and i'll say it again. It will be Capello.

No chance. I'll eat my hat if he comes here.

[Ad@m]

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.

[Rich]

As long as we don't get due dilligenced out of a good appointment.

[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?

[ozzjim]

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.

[KevinGage]

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

Quite right Chris.

It will be Franz Beckenbauer. 

Just a shame he won't be joining us in time to coach young Ivanhoe, the modern day Beckenbauer.