and then who?

[RossLeach]

Darn...I see JG has just got a job.

If we took McLeish back, would he have to pay back his severance pay?

(Although I think it could be a train wreck, Harry isn't a bad shout, but we wouldn't pay the money)

[silhillvilla]

I don't want OGS anywhere near our club. He turned us down once. He can do one.
He'd turn up for work in his suit with his Yanited top sticking out a bit underneath at the back.

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

Can't believe people seriously want Hoddle.

One, he's a nutjob (think about our links with Acorns - but in his eyes it's because they did something bad in a previous life) and two, he hasn't managed for bloody ages. Why would he be an option. I don't get why Hoddle is all of a sudden back in the limelight. Probably because of the Spurs job, but if that hadn't come up, nobody would've suggested him.

AVB has been shit. None of the players seem to like him.

Somebody mentioned a manager of a Champions League club, why not? Someone like the Southampton manager. Someone who will not expect to win the league, but will try and play entertaining football. Rather try to win and finish 17th than be boring and finish 8th/9th.

[mr underhill]

agreed but we have not finished ninth since the sick one. if we could finish ninth with Lambert i'd be thrilled despite not being able to string two consecutive forward passes together but of course its probably not going to happen.

[saunders_heroes]

Can't believe people seriously want Hoddle.

One, he's a nutjob (think about our links with Acorns - but in his eyes it's because they did something bad in a previous life) and two, he hasn't managed for bloody ages. Why would he be an option. I don't get why Hoddle is all of a sudden back in the limelight. Probably because of the Spurs job, but if that hadn't come up, nobody would've suggested him.

AVB has been shit. None of the players seem to like him.

Somebody mentioned a manager of a Champions League club, why not? Someone like the Southampton manager. Someone who will not expect to win the league, but will try and play entertaining football. Rather try to win and finish 17th than be boring and finish 8th/9th.

"Rather try and finish 17th"?
I'm sure you'll be headhunted by Lerner sooner or later.

[SamTheMouse]

I still think it's too early to ditch Lambert and I want to see what his transfer targets are first. But if he did go, well....I hate myself for saying this but I think Redknapp would be the one I'd be most optimistic with. It would be a bizarre sensation, wanting to smack my own club's manager in the face every time I saw him, but you can't deny the guy's ability to build an effective squad and his teams tend to play quite good football.

[Monty]

His teams play decent stuff but he has no idea how, and only builds decent squads if you give him infinity kajillion quid to spend on it.

[SamTheMouse]

I know he tends to splash the cash around like the stuff grows in trees, but at QPR this season he seems to be cutting his cloth to suit the circumstances a little more. And their squad looks better than ours.

[mr woo]

I can see where redknapp gets his reputation for being a chequebook manager, but to be fair, I'd say he just makes the most of whatever funds he's provided with.

If he could build a side that contains the likes of Ferdinand, Carrick, Defoe and Joe Cole developed solely from the youth side, then I'd say he's not nearly as one dimensional as some would have you believe.

[cdbearsfan]

René Girard from Lille would be my top choice having done lots of research (on Wikipedia).

I'd be happy with Villas-Boas or Bielsa and would grudgingly accept Di Matteo.

No to anyone without experience in a top league especially if they, like Solskjaer, have already turned us down once.

And absolutely no to Glenn Fucking Hoddle.

[eastie]

I can see where redknapp gets his reputation for being a chequebook manager, but to be fair, I'd say he just makes the most of whatever funds he's provided with.

If he could build a side that contains the likes of Ferdinand, Carrick, Defoe and Joe Cole developed solely from the youth side, then I'd say he's not nearly as one dimensional as some would have you believe.

I like redknapp but I think we should be looking for someone younger - i do think we need someone with football experience on the board though or in a DOF role and bring in a coach to deal purely with the playing side.

[cdbearsfan]

I know he tends to splash the cash around like the stuff grows in trees, but at QPR this season he seems to be cutting his cloth to suit the circumstances a little more. And their squad looks better than ours.

Everyone, rightly, went mad when we appointed a manager with two relegations on his CV, you want to appoint a bloke with three?

Redknapp's a dinosaur, a vile human being and, quite possibly, a crook. He should be filed next to Hoddle on the "Fuck Right Off" list.

[Clampy]

Redknapp never has and probably never will leave his beloved London/SouthCoast.

[citizenDJ]

Villas-Boas is an excellent manager, I think,and just needs to find the 'right club at the right time - I'd be pretty delighted if he were to join Villa (although I'd say it's extremely unlikely!).

That said, I shudder to think of our defence playing his fabled 'high line'.......still, thinking about it, Vlaar and Okore could probably pull it off - Okore is certainly quick enough.

[eastie]

There no really promising up and coming British managers that would fit the bill- does randy have any experience of European football?
Who put OGS in the frame for him last time - or was it another sir alex recommendation ?
I think we need to go down the line of a foreign coach possibly - regarding koeman- would he want the job ?
There are interesting names - koeman, rangnick, Bielsa .