and then who?

[JUAN PABLO]

Hoddle

raring to go - gagging for a job - Villa be great name for him and possible to get

12 month contract - sort this mess out and then we will talk again .

good bloody coach , which we havent got now ,

Hoddle is a c***.

Massive ego. Fucked up the Wolves. Has weird beliefs about disabled people. Didn't exactly do a great job at his beloved Spurs. Is a shit man manager. Massive no for me.

Dont know the bloke at all ,  but understand your feelings . Trying to think of a manager we could get , we re Aston Villa but its getting a struggle now to get a decent one in .

Be great if we can find that Soton type manager some where


Diego Pablo Simeone   then

[BoskoDjembaSalifou]

I'd like Bielsa. I think he'd take it too.

Why do you think that?

He was apparently interested in the Ireland job and has also said he's not motivated by the money, which would appeal to Lerner. It's worth a shot.

[sirlordbaltimore]

Glenn Hoddle talks a good game (but so does Graeme Souness) but what has he ever done as a manager to suggest he can be a good one ?

He's always struck me as one of those blokes that would get frustrated if a player couldn't do what he could. And that's no good as a manager. The hardest job is getting those players that aren't quite as gifted to raise their game and believe they can be as vital part of the team as the naturally gifted players

He's not the man to do that IMHO. And then we've got the whole Acorns debate and his well known 'views' on the subject.


Maybe we need to give Fergie a call and see if he fancies a Father & Son type deal with OGS. Fergie upstairs directing and OGS in the trenches. Yeah, fucking likely

[JUAN PABLO]

I wanted Lambert and look whats happened

I know nothing about managers

[TonyD]

Hoddle would be a disaster.   OGS gets my vote. 

[Damo70]

It is interesting that the one person nobody seems to want is Big Sam. Because nobody will convince me that he wouldn't get more out of our players than Lambert is getting at the moment. That is what he does. Gets results out of turning a sow's ear into a more organised sow's ear. And a sow's ear is what our squad is.

[Dante Lavelli]

I'd like Bielsa. I think he'd take it too.

Why do you think that?

He's out of work is probably the biggest reason, whereas his wiki suggests he has always worked previously.

I was in the Basque region when Bilbao reported back to training and he was having an almighty spat with the club because the training ground was not ready.  He stormed off and caused all sorts of nuisance.  I'd imagine this contributed to him not having his contract renewed at the beginning of this year.

You cannot fault his commitment to management but he is VERY demanding.  He'd either drag the club up by the scruff of it's neck or it'd end in absolute disaster. 

Personally I'd love him and another younger man to come in.  Bielsa could slowly become a director of football ensuring that his footballing philosophy is employed at all levels of the club.  The younger guy - Laursen? - taking in the day to day duties.  The tricky bit would be finding a man who would comply wit Bielsa's madness.

[lovejoy]

We can't keep changing managers every 2 years or we will spend the rest of our lives 'in transition'. This is a misnomer anyway, transition suggests you are getting somewhere.

[Damo70]

I'd like Bielsa. I think he'd take it too.

Why do you think that?

He's out of work is probably the biggest reason, whereas his wiki suggests he has always worked previously.

I was in the Basque region when Bilbao reported back to training and he was having an almighty spat with the club because the training ground was not ready.  He stormed off and caused all sorts of nuisance.  I'd imagine this contributed to him not having his contract renewed at the beginning of this year.

You cannot fault his commitment to management but he is VERY demanding.  He'd either drag the club up by the scruff of it's neck or it'd end in absolute disaster. 

Personally I'd love him and another younger man to come in.  Bielsa could slowly become a director of football ensuring that his footballing philosophy is employed at all levels of the club.  The younger guy - Laursen? - taking in the day to day duties.  The tricky bit would be finding a man who would comply wit Bielsa's madness.

If sanity is what I've been watching at Villa Park since Lambert took over I will take madness.

[john e]

It is interesting that the one person nobody seems to want is Big Sam. Because nobody will convince me that he wouldn't get more out of our players than Lambert is getting at the moment. That is what he does. Gets results out of turning a sow's ear into a more organised sow's ear. And a sow's ear is what our squad is.

you do know that Big Sams West Ham are below us in the league and are in fact in the bottom three,
 so whatever he's getting out of his squad down there after spending more than Lambert isn't what we want at VP

[Damo70]

It is interesting that the one person nobody seems to want is Big Sam. Because nobody will convince me that he wouldn't get more out of our players than Lambert is getting at the moment. That is what he does. Gets results out of turning a sow's ear into a more organised sow's ear. And a sow's ear is what our squad is.

you do know that Big Sams West Ham are below us in the league and are in fact in the bottom three,
 so whatever he's getting out of his squad down there after spending more than Lambert isn't what we want at VP

He messed up by putting nearly all of his budget into signing Carroll who then got injured. He took a gamble which has so far backfired. He never took Bolton, Blackburn or Newcastle down, others did. He will keep West Ham up and would keep us up. I'm not saying I would be delighted to have him but he keeps teams up and anyone who thinks we are not right back into that scenario of just making sure we stay up is deluded at the moment.

[avfc_1874]

It is interesting that the one person nobody seems to want is Big Sam. Because nobody will convince me that he wouldn't get more out of our players than Lambert is getting at the moment. That is what he does. Gets results out of turning a sow's ear into a more organised sow's ear. And a sow's ear is what our squad is.

you do know that Big Sams West Ham are below us in the league and are in fact in the bottom three,
 so whatever he's getting out of his squad down there after spending more than Lambert isn't what we want at VP

A lot of their fans want him out as well. He only really has a bit of backing for beating Spurs in the league & cup.

[Singapore Villa]

Allardyce?  Please, please no.  Anyway, Lambert is going nowhere, so hold onto your hats and get ready for another relegation fight.

[Damo70]

They never wanted him. They wanted someone who plays the West Ham way. Like John Lyall, who won them two FA cups in twenty years but also got them relegated twice.

[JUAN PABLO]

McKay sacked