Lambert's replacement

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

Should've got Pulis in before the Baggies - he'll keep them up. Laudrup for me.

Pulis is probably wishing he'd hung on a bit longer!

I'm extremely thankful he didn't.

[ciggiesnbeer]

What's Ian Holloway up to these days?

/runs

*to get popcorn*

[Des Little]

Tony Mowbray ?

Are you flicking through the Rothmans Football Yearbook 2002?

[Clark W Griswold]

Which would be worst...

Neil Warnock
Ian Holloway
Cherie Lunghi

[onje_villa]

Be honest, do you think Randy has ever heard of Cesare Prandelli / Jurgen Klopp?

He doesn't need to, as long as someone high up at the club has.

I sincerely hope so but then who helped appoint McLeish? Mind you Lambert did seem like a good appointment at the time...
Actually who are the football people on the board? Until we got Mr Fox in, I'm not sure who would have been advising Randy at all?

[PeterWithesShin]

Be honest, do you think Randy has ever heard of Cesare Prandelli / Jurgen Klopp?

If the email to FEAR is genuine, then Fox is in charge now, and he might well have heard of them.

Which email is that? Sorry bit out of the loop here!

The private email that someone desperate for attention leaked part of. Hopefully Randy knew that and just told his secretary to reply with any old guff.

[cdbearsfan]

Be honest, do you think Randy has ever heard of Cesare Prandelli / Jurgen Klopp?

Be honest, why would they ever consider managing Villa? They'd laugh at us!

Be honest, which good manager would want to manage us?

Anyone who wasn't averse to making an absolute shitload of money.

Why would Prandelli choose to stay unemployed rather than taking £5 million or so a year to manage one of the World's wealthiest clubs? Klopp would probably be unobtainable unless he was on the verge of the chop at Dortmund.

[hilts_coolerking]

Be honest, do you think Randy has ever heard of Cesare Prandelli / Jurgen Klopp?

Be honest, why would they ever consider managing Villa? They'd laugh at us!

Be honest, which good manager would want to manage us?

Someone who sees a massive club down on its luck, with potential for rapid improvement, a decent squad from whom much more can come, the possibility of good money for players if the club is sold,  someone who likes a challenge and will enjoy enormous goodwill from the fans right from the word go.  Much as it was when O'Neill came in.

They'd be taking a gamble, no question about that, but I think there's enough there to attract quality managers if we're prepared to pay a good salary.

[pauliewalnuts]

I would love us to appoint Prandelli.

[SheffieldVillain]

Tony Mowbray ?

You've gone from Paolo Di Canio to Neil Warnock and now Tony Mowbray. I'm interested to see how you're going to top those suggestions, because to be honest, I'd rather have Lambert and McLeish back in a double act!

[Clark W Griswold]

What's with the Southgate obsession? He's managed one club, he got them relegated and got sacked.

Oh sorry, I forgot. He used to play for us so he would be an ideal appointment regardless of his incompetence.

Mind you, Dean Saunders or David Platt would be worse i think if we're talking ex players.

[hilts_coolerking]

Time for a poll, no?

[onje_villa]

Be honest, do you think Randy has ever heard of Cesare Prandelli / Jurgen Klopp?

I think so. I mean just because he has made bad decisions doesn't mean is entirely ignorant of football. I can't imagine someone who follows football (as Randy clearly does) not knowing those names, even if vaguely.

Was our last foreign manager (excluding MON) Dr Jo?

[PeterWithesShin]

We should make Pep Guardiola an offer.

[Legion]

I would love us to appoint Prandelli.

So would I.