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[olaftab]

No thank you. I am already fed up of not winning any cups and I don't care if he manages 8th every year for the next 10 years.

[olaftab]

Not for me.
Can we try another nationality next please?

You mean someone from Edinburgh rather than Glasgow?

[supertom]

A year ago I'd have said yes. Now I'm not sure. He's not suddenly a bad manager and I'm sure he could do great things at a club like ourselves. My main issue is whether or not the Utd gig has taken its toll on him. He may well be damaged goods at the moment. I think he needs to go to a smaller club than ourselves next up, or take a year off.

He took on the most high pressure gig in English football, possibly even the World, given the legacy Fergie left behind and the length of time he'd been there. He inherited a pretty average squad (two good forwards but a very ordinary defence and midfield), given it had just won the title, and he was expected to play a brand of football he wasn't known for at Everton. He was always on a hiding to nothing going there. It was a job only one of the elite managers could have stepped into, like Mourinho for example, who'd have come in with respect readily forth coming. He looks like he's aged about 10 years in this one season. I feel sorry for the guy to be honest. It's a gig you can't really turn down if you have the ambition Moyes does, but at the same time, as he's found out. The liklihood was that he was on a hiding to nothing.

I'd also like to have a break from Scottish managers. We've had TSM and now TOSM. If we then have TOOSM it's just getting silly.

[Des Little]

Damaged goods. No thanks

[Toronto Villa]

The irony of Moyes being available as Lerner is about to leave. You couldn't have made it up. Maybe Alanis can stick that in a song.

[JUAN PABLO]

hope they dont sack him


hes doing a fine job.

[silhillvilla]

He does deserve a second season

[Jon Crofts]

He deserves a lifetime contract.

[Des Little]

Just our luck for Man U to be managerless the week they play Naaaarich.

[KevinGage]

No thanks. Moyes is the past. I want to see us appoint someone for the future, not some old-fashioned British ex-pro who doesn't know how to set up a side without a big lump up front.

When Lambert was appointed, he was vaunted as being a pragmatic sort with a horses for courses approach. I thought that might be an advantage, but in hindsight I think it's turned out to be a millstone. Having a single-minded ethos - like Wenger or Martinez' commitment to football on the deck - might not guarantee success, but at least it shows you have a plan about what you want to achieve. With Lambert, I genuinely can't work out what he's trying to do.

Completely agree. 

For Martinez and Rodgers, even if their teams are on a bad run or lack a cutting edge, they don't abandon their principles and start smashing it long.

Same with Sawnsea and Southampton this season.

Lambert wouldn't have been my first choice back in 2012 (he wouldn't have been way down the list either, mind) as I was a bit concerned at his preference for having two big lumps up top at Norwich. That side still displayed more attacking intent than McLeish's rabble and this seasons vintage too, it must be said.

In truth, I didn't see Liverpool going for Rodgers or Martinez. I thought they'd have aimed higher.  But both at that stage would have been good for us.  They wouldn't have been coming in with the demands for top 4/ European qualification within 2 years, but they would get breathing space - if the football was seen to be progressive.

The financial restrictions that PL has had to contend with naturally have to be factored in, but a number of clubs with less income and even bigger restrictions vis a vis wages have managed to play football with far more flair and imagination than us.

[Steve67]

Well, aren't we a choosy bunch? David Moyes? Yes please. Unless there is a takeover, the Moyes would be perfect. Remember, if there is a takeover and we have lots of money to spend, it will have to be spent steadily. No one at the very top of their games is going to jump at the chance of joining Villa, if they have other offers. Let's not delude ourselves.

[john e]

Well, aren't we a choosy bunch? David Moyes? Yes please. Unless there is a takeover, the Moyes would be perfect. Remember, if there is a takeover and we have lots of money to spend, it will have to be spent steadily. No one at the very top of their games is going to jump at the chance of joining Villa, if they have other offers. Let's not delude ourselves.

Some one at the top of there game at a 'smaller' club than Villa or from Europe might

[eamonn]

There's a forgotten man in all of this. A hero who had the foresight to stand up for what he believed in.

He deserves immense credit, but what will Moyes_Must_Go change his twitter handle to now?

Hasn't affected CanCarew/BentBeBothered posting on here.

[KevinGage]

There's a forgotten man in all of this. A hero who had the foresight to stand up for what he believed in.

He deserves immense credit, but what will Moyes_Must_Go change his twitter handle to now?

James Brown ‏@jamesjamesbrown 52m

@Moyes_Must_Go will you continue when Moyes has gone? You are the key figure in his removal as far as I can tell. The Boris Yeltsin.

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[Pete3206]

Well, aren't we a choosy bunch? David Moyes? Yes please. Unless there is a takeover, the Moyes would be perfect. Remember, if there is a takeover and we have lots of money to spend, it will have to be spent steadily. No one at the very top of their games is going to jump at the chance of joining Villa, if they have other offers. Let's not delude ourselves.

Spot on. Among all the "No thanks" and "in the past", etc, etc, who are these great alternatives to bring in the attacking, attractive football and lead us to cup glories?

It's academic anyway. Even a jobless Moyes, wouldn't touch Villa with a  barge pole.