Lambert's replacement

[Holte L2]

Sherwood is a wanker. I really hate the man. No thanks.

[brian green]

Lambert now says he wants to "win ugly".   Excuse me?   A number of us on here saw the opportunity to get Tony Pulis on a short term lucrative contract and we met gales of derision to the effect that Pulis's football was crude and ugly.  Nowhere near good enough for football aristocrats Aston Villa so we missed out on Pulis and the Tesco bags are forging to safety while we make plans to try to save our sad arses by trying to win ugly.   Just about every decision made by the club in the last few years has been wrong.

[ROBBO]

Well we have been playing ugly and not winninig so how does that work?

[Mister E]

Appointing someone because (i) they used to be good at managing about ten-twenty years ago or (ii) they're a club "legend" is likely to end in tears.

For examples, see (i) Newcastle United or (ii)... Newcastle United.

I think there is a massive difference between Taylor's managerial career and Shearers, plus the fact it would be for 10-15 games only,
I reckon he would still be good enough to keep us up

Er, no.
Have you heard some of his 'expert summariser' comments recently? - I don't think he'd gel with the players and get them in the zone of intensity that they need to be in.

[SoccerHQ]

Well.......I reckon Sherwood.

Or Laudrup given he's been linked with QPR recently.

Critical we get this appointment right otherwise we go down simple as that, bit similar to when we sacked Little and then had a tremendous run under Gregory.

[The Man With A Stick]

Delighted he's gone but honestly, I'm fucking terrified over who they're going to appoint.  Going by Randy's track record, he'll piss about for three weeks and then unveil someone like Dave Bassett.

If it's Redknapp (knee surgery is amazing these days, after all) then bollocks to all of it, football and me are done.

[Tokyo Sexwhale]

Delighted he's gone but honestly, I'm fucking terrified over who they're going to appoint.  Going by Randy's track record, he'll piss about for three weeks and then unveil someone like Dave Bassett.

If it's Redknapp (knee surgery is amazing these days, after all) then bollocks to all of it, football and me are done.

Nah...Bassett's been out of the game too long.  Joe Kinnear however...

[N'Rexy]

Bielsa.

[Holte L2]

Bielsa.

He's working wonders at Marseille.

[Holte L2]

Delighted he's gone but honestly, I'm fucking terrified over who they're going to appoint.  Going by Randy's track record, he'll piss about for three weeks and then unveil someone like Dave Bassett.

If it's Redknapp (knee surgery is amazing these days, after all) then bollocks to all of it, football and me are done.

My thoughts too.  I'M terrified as to who we're going to appoint.

[Leicester_Villian]

Whoever comes in needs to have the fans on side from day 1 .......the best managers will all be in jobs so we are left with the pick of those out of work .........

The appointment should be for 13 league games plus cup with a massive bonus for keeping us up with no promise about a job after that ....

Needs someone in my view with a connection to the club from the past who will get everyone on the same side

The question is who? Lets hope common sense kicks in

The likes of Sherwood are not for Villa

[enigma]

Remi Garde for me. Get in before Newcastle do in the summer.

[PaulWinch again]

Whoever it is really needs to hit the ground running, this is over a month too late. We need to act very quickly.

[lovejoy]

Anyone who is going to kick their lazy asses.

[cdbearsfan]

Appointing someone because (i) they used to be good at managing about ten-twenty years ago or (ii) they're a club "legend" is likely to end in tears.

For examples, see (i) Newcastle United or (ii)... Newcastle United.

I think there is a massive difference between Taylor's managerial career and Shearers, plus the fact it would be for 10-15 games only,
I reckon he would still be good enough to keep us up

(ii) was Shearer, (i) was Keegan, who is a better analogy for Taylor. A good manager back in the day but football has moved on and so should we.

Get Rowett, for a laugh.