So who do you want as the next Villa manager?

[supertom]

To be fair Pulis's brand of football could even look attractive compared to Lambert.
I would say that someone like him (though Moyes would be more enticing) would be ideal if the takeover hasn't happened. Getting our current batch well organised will take us a long way, and we've never really looked very well organised under Lambert (clueless is more the word).

When we do get taken over, whenever that may be, that is the point at which rebuilding should start and a change in emphasis, and a more modern approach to our football. Under Lerner it aint gonna happen.

If we still have Randy at the club, I'd rather go into the new season with a solid manager, who's got a bit of nous. It amazes me that West Ham fans moan about Allardyce. He's made a complete yoyo club pretty safe in this league. They've sacrificed the sort of football that West Ham were traditionally known for (or perhaps what the WH fans would like everyone else believe they were) but they've finished above us both seasons since returning to the top flight and they've suffered just as badly from injuries. Not that I'd want Allardyce here saying that. But if we took him on, though I wouldn't be too excited about the brand of football we'd be watching, I wouldn't be too concerned about relegation. You always sense with a Big Sam side that even if they hit a rough patch, they'll always pull it round and find some form when they need to. And just ask Bolton, Blackburn and Newcastle whether him leaving was good for them in the immediate future. He's probably gonna get the heave ho, and it wouldn't surprise me to see them drop next year. If they drop down playing attractively there'd probably be Hammers fans happier than staying up ugly to be honest.

[Monty]

Haven't read the whole thread, so has anyone mentioned Guidolin? He'd be my choice.

Is he part of the Lute family?

Francesco Guidolin the pretty excellent manager of Udinese, who would be good in footballing terms but might be one of those casualties of the culture shift - not speaking the language, not being used to working without a DoF, etc.

And he's a member of the lute family.

[pauliewalnuts]

Ask Newcastle fans if they'd want Allardyce back, or West Ham fans if they want him now.

I appreciate things are bad now, but what I don't understand is why people think "he's better than Lambert" and accept that as enough. Surely if Lambert is that bad, it's easily possible to be better than him but still not be good enough?

And have people forgotten the horrible, embarassing, cynical offence to football which Pulis's Stoke were?

Football is supposed to be fun, the likes of Allardyce, Pulis and co make it anything but fun.

What's the point in jumping out of this frying pan and straight into another one? **







** Young Ones quote, there, I know it's meaningless.

[Monty]

I'm with you Paulie. Life's hard enough, and we're all going to die however Villa played, so why not make it more enjoyable along the way?

[ozzjim]

Ask Newcastle fans if they'd want Allardyce back, or West Ham fans if they want him now.

I appreciate things are bad now, but what I don't understand is why people think "he's better than Lambert" and accept that as enough. Surely if Lambert is that bad, it's easily possible to be better than him but still not be good enough?

And have people forgotten the horrible, embarassing, cynical offence to football which Pulis's Stoke were?

Football is supposed to be fun, the likes of Allardyce, Pulis and co make it anything but fun.

What's the point in jumping out of this frying pan and straight into another one? **







** Young Ones quote, there, I know it's meaningless.

Agreed.

[supertom]

Ask Newcastle fans if they'd want Allardyce back, or West Ham fans if they want him now.

I appreciate things are bad now, but what I don't understand is why people think "he's better than Lambert" and accept that as enough. Surely if Lambert is that bad, it's easily possible to be better than him but still not be good enough?

And have people forgotten the horrible, embarassing, cynical offence to football which Pulis's Stoke were?

Football is supposed to be fun, the likes of Allardyce, Pulis and co make it anything but fun.

What's the point in jumping out of this frying pan and straight into another one? **







** Young Ones quote, there, I know it's meaningless.

Well I would also hope that we're in for better times. If we're gonna carry on with tight constraints and have to play ugly, then there's better options than Lambert, but of course it's just a slightly less painful season we'd have to put up with.

As for the Hammers fans, if they'd rather go back to yo-yoing, so be it.
Toon fans I always felt turned Allardyce far too soon. They were safe as houses under him. They would have been mid-table. Instead they sacked him and then ended up going down the year after. They only won 4 games for the rest of the season after he left, so without his points on the board might have gone that year. As for the Chicken peddlers at Blackburn, they thought they could do better but were very wrong indeed. For all his critics it doesn't often work out that the grass is greener without Fat Sam.

Of course this is more of an either/or discussion. I would have him over Lambert, but it's akin to having to choose a night of passion with Janet Street Porter or Anne Widdicombe.

 

[hilts_coolerking]

Francesco Guidolin the pretty excellent manager of Udinese, who would be good in footballing terms but might be one of those casualties of the culture shift - not speaking the language, not being used to working without a DoF, etc.

And he's a member of the lute family.

So a bit like a guitar then.

[Monty]

Francesco Guidolin the pretty excellent manager of Udinese, who would be good in footballing terms but might be one of those casualties of the culture shift - not speaking the language, not being used to working without a DoF, etc.

And he's a member of the lute family.

So a bit like a guitar then.

Like a guitar, but Italian, with a smaller body and a longer neck. Much like, I dunno, someone? There must be some Italian person who corresponds to that description.

[mr underhill]

Viola. He's someone's cousin.

[LondonBoy]

Anyone is better than lambert.

He's so dull and clueless.

He's worse than oleary

[LeeB]

Anyone is better than lambert.

He's so dull and clueless.

He's worse than oleary

No, that's just fucking wrong, like your ITK.

[SoccerHQ]

Big Sam would've been a better appointment at the time than TSM and even you could argue Lambert.

Not now.

[not3bad]

Has Christophe Gaultier been discussed?

[Toronto Villa]

Has Christophe Gaultier been discussed?

Yep, linked last week to us and the barcodes.

[not3bad]

Has Christophe Gaultier been discussed?

Yep, linked last week to us and the barcodes.

Well Villa are "in the driving seat" now apparently:

http://hereisthecity.com/en-gb/2014/05/16/ag-why-aston-villa-fans-should-be-hoping-lille-finish-third-on-s/?