Lambert's replacement

[Yossarian]

Nigel Adkins and Paolo Di Canio are in the top 5 betting for next Villa manager.

God help us!

For differing reasons I do not see either of them pair managing anywhere near the top flight ever again.

[aj2k77]

With Lerner in charge it could be anyone from Bungle from rainbow to Lee Clark. Let's hope we get a chance to dream of a new manager anyway we need some light at the end of the tunnel not more boring post match excuses from tim nice but dim.

[brian green]

To be brutally honest I think there is more chance of change in the form of a new owner than a new manager.
I want to see the back of lambert but the only way I can see it happening is for a new owner to come in and clear him out.   I just cannot see Randy Lerner doing it.
I have a lot of time for Randy Lerner, I always have had but when he drops a bollock he drops a big one.   In my opinion he has made four bad mistakes,
He let MON take us to the cleaners without a whimper of defence.
He appointed Gerard Houllier despite his health record.
He personally flew to Corsica and brought in TSM.
He gave TOSM a four year contract when he should have given him notice four months earlier.
His mistakes get more and more calamitous and he really should consider his position, say publicly he is in it for the long haul and do something about our plight or go and let somebody else save us.

[silhillvilla]

Nigel Clough
Mancini & Platt
Frank Rijkaard
Steve McLaren

I'd welcome any of the above now . Pre Liverpool game .

[ez]

The ironic thing is if we sacked Lambert we'd probably stay up on account of the new manager bounce from the first 4-5 games. If we picked up say 8 points from that it would set us up nicely for the season run in and to breath a bit easier.

If teams like Palace and West Brom who have been even worse than us this season can win their first games with new managers (and both will probably go on decent runs I reckon now), surely we could aswell and that could be the springboard needed to have a comfortable run in?

Of course it's common sense and logical so the board will ignore it and continue to pretend everything is hunky dory.

I agree. It's obvious the players are not going flat out at the moment.

[olaftab]

Martin Laursen - would instill fight and passion.

Fight and passion alone does not win you many matches. Look at Pearce at Forest.

[olaftab]

Nigel Clough
Mancini & Platt
Frank Rijkaard
Steve McLaren

I'd welcome any of the above now . Pre Liverpool game .

No way we want Clough.

[Lucky Eddie]

You're missing the obvious; at this rate Randy won't be lookin much further than small heath again!

[Mortimer's Bear]

Martin Laursen - would instill fight and passion.

Fight and passion alone does not win you many matches. Look at Pearce at Forest.

Why do people still assume that great players will automatically make great managers?

[Ian.]

For any lucky manager, and if it's a manager with some credibility, he has the potential of a spine of the team to include Guzan, Okore, Delph and Benteke. You include Clark, Hutton and Sanchez that's not bad to build a team around is it

Adding Baker, Senderos, Ally, Jack, Westwood and maybe a rejuvenated Gabby and that's a good lot of players to work with.

[silhillvilla]

What about MON back ?

[LTA]

It comes to something when the local newspaper reporter is tweeting begging for the manager to get the boot......

[Pete3206]

What about MON back ?

With Roy Keane as assistant?

[Ron Manager]

What about MON back ?

I'll tell you why not. He would give Agbonlahor a contract extension of six years!!

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Lille are on a bad run.   They battled to a win against Evian last week but they look a bit fragile to me.   But nowhere near as bad as we are.   He could commute on Eurostar.

They are but when you look at their team and it's made up with a lot of players brought in on loan. Finishing third last season then having to start all over again must be draining for Girard. I saw him quoted recently as saying something like "we couldn't have tried harder to lose the game we were so poor". Paul Lambert, he ain't.

Monty, whenever I've seen them play, they look organised and look to play attractive, attacking football. Right now, actually last summer, I'd say he was tailor made for us. An 18 month contract would see us about turn and head in the right direction.