Lambert's replacement

[Monty]

Sean Dyche second favourite. I'd take him.

That beard would be too much for me.

[danno]

Quite simply, don't appoint anyone on the basis that "they're Villa", "they understand the club", or any other Geordiesque nonsense.

Pick the best man for the job.

I agree. I do hate all that 'Villa connections' rot.

We're a great club, and to us a very special club, but we're not appointing someone to the Supporters' Trust. We're a football club in a certain footballing circumstance and that's all there is to it.

Absolute bunkum from the pair of you

They have just put a list of the last 9 Villa managers win rates up on TV
only two have Villa connections through playing and they lie 1st  and 3rd in that league

And how true is that for any other team in the world? What's so different about Villa in this regard?

Actually no, you're right. I reckon Dwight Yorke would be a better manager for us than Pep Guardiola. After all, Pep has no Villa connections, does he?

He managed David Villa?

[Tuscans]

Collymore does bloody go on mind you....loves the sound of his own voice and uses words in every day talk that Willy Shakes would be proud of.

[McGraths Dry Cleaning]

Tim Sherwood is at around 2.2 on Betfair and of the 14k traded on this market about 95% has been on him. Very small amounts it has to be said and easily moved odds wise e.g. if I put 30 quid on Klinsmann it would probably knock his odds from 18 down to about 10 or 11 looking at the money available

My immediate relief has been edged with tension for what happens next but we were dead and buried with Lambert

[pooligan]

Maybe Randy will go and nick Small Heath's manager again. He is a villa fan after all .

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

What are the bookies saying?

[FranzBiberkopf]

Has Fox ever appointed a manager before? Or been involved in the search for on?

I'm worried. Very worried.

[hilts_coolerking]

I'm with Monty here.  This is a crucial decision and one that has to be done with the head not the heart.  I've said it so many times on here but we have to go for broke and get the very best we can afford.  Enough with British managers of limited ability, let's get a proven winner, someone with a bit of fire, some creativity, some innovation.  Fuck 'young and hungry (and I'd be delighted to never hear that phrase again).

That said it'll probably be Curbishley.

[curiousorange]

Can somebody please explain to me what Sean Dyche offers that we didn't think we were getting with Paul Lambert?

[mr woo]

I find it odd that it took till 8 o clock to make an announcement that could have been done Mcleish style by lunchtime.

Could it be that those extra few hours were spent approaching, sounding out and negotiating with potential replacements?

Time will tell perhaps but god I hope we steer clear of that six month wonder, up his own arsehole,  Jeremy kyle lookalike,  spurs wank stain Tim sherwood.

[john e]

Quite simply, don't appoint anyone on the basis that "they're Villa", "they understand the club", or any other Geordiesque nonsense.

Pick the best man for the job.

I agree. I do hate all that 'Villa connections' rot.

We're a great club, and to us a very special club, but we're not appointing someone to the Supporters' Trust. We're a football club in a certain footballing circumstance and that's all there is to it.

Absolute bunkum from the pair of you

They have just put a list of the last 9 Villa managers win rates up on TV
only two have Villa connections through playing and they lie 1st  and 3rd in that league

And how true is that for any other team in the world? What's so different about Villa in this regard?

Actually no, you're right. I reckon Dwight Yorke would be a better manager for us than Pep Guardiola. After all, Pep has no Villa connections, does he?

Pep Guardiola, Dwight Yorke what you going on about
You said you hate 'all that villa connections rot' yet the two managers out of a list of nine are only split at the top by MON who had a fuck load of money

So it proves you wrong, the mangers with villa connections statistically have been better than those without
To say you hate that is just a rediculous statement, and the bit about pep and yorke is bonkers too

[silhillvilla]

Sean Dyche second favourite. I'd take him.

That beard would be too much for me.

That gravelly voice would blow my sub woofer

[tepavilla]

So what's good old Ole Gunnar up to these days? ;-)

Hopefully having his phone turned off.

[Des Little]

Can somebody please explain to me what Sean Dyche offers that we didn't think we were getting with Paul Lambert?

Well for one he motivates a team of average players to play to their absolute maximum. Yes they're below us but look at what he's working with. If he did the same for us we wouldn't be anywhere near where we are. Lambert has done the polar opposite.

[Toronto Villa]

Tim Sherwood when it all goes shit shaped would be the opposite of Lambert in that he'll just go around blaming everyone and never sticking up for his players. I'll give Lambert that, he never once stuck it to his players who deserve a share of the blame for this mess.