Lambert's replacement

[Monty]

I would love us to appoint Prandelli.

Guys. Stop it. You're making me hope. I hate the hope.

[pauliewalnuts]

Interesting that we have completed the purging of Scottish managers from the top flight. They used to be all over the shop, too.

[SheffieldVillain]

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?

Gerard Houllier?

[PeterWithesShin]

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?

Houllier.

[Exeter 77]

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?

Houllier

[brontebilly]

I'd be happy with Prandelli, Klopp, Galtier. Struggling to think of any gettable UK manager who hasn't finished a season with an "R" next to his team's name in the table, that isn't a lunatic and has managed in the last few years.

Where is good old Curbs in the betting? When it comes to the Villa job he is like one of those Grand National horses that turns up to Aintree every year with an each way chance but sadly never finishes.

[cdbearsfan]

Interesting that we have completed the purging of Scottish managers from the top flight.

No we haven't. We're still (jointly) managed by a Scottish manager.

[Dave]

Bilic or Moyes would be good, although i'm not sure they would offer the quick fix that say a Pulis would, and thats what we need initially.

There are few managers who can deliver a dramatic turnaround in just 13 games . We need at least 4 wins and a few draws and we have some really tough games in there. Redknapp for me could do it but I would not want him beyond May and the cup final.

Why didn't he bother trying to turn around the club that he's just left in an even worse state than us then?

[john2710]

We've appointed our last 3 managers from a position of weakness or in some cases desperation & each one has been steadily worse. We are in a worse state now than at any point in 25 years. I'm not confident that Lerner is capable of making the right appointment.

I can't imagine what depths Lerner is capable of achieving from our current position. I would hope that they have been doing some work in the background in preparation, but I wouldn't count on it.

But in the short term anyone will achieve more than Lambert would have.

[PeterWithesShin]

Trevor Francis always speaks highly of us..............

[cdbearsfan]

I'd be happy with Prandelli, Klopp, Galtier. Struggling to think of any gettable UK manager who hasn't finished a season with an "R" next to his team's name in the table, that isn't a lunatic and has managed in the last few years.

Where is good old Curbs in the betting? When it comes to the Villa job he is like one of those Grand National horses that turns up to Aintree every year with an each way chance but sadly never finishes.

*Shudders*

Anyone that lived in Birmingham but still can't pronounce "Birmingham" should be discounted.

[Flamingo Lane]

That bottle of bubbly I opened at around 7.45 tonight is starting to taste a bit flat.

[john e]

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.

yep, I'm clinging to that a bit as well

[DeKuip]

You look at the list of who's available and suggested candidates and it becomes clear what Tom Fox meant the other week with his "it'll be like flipping a coin" comment.
Yes it reached the stage where Lambert had to go, for his own sake as much as anything, but we're just going to be hoping the "new manager" effect brings enough of an upturn in results to keep us up. Then what? Big long-term contract for whoever it is and 12 months down the line we're in the same shit again.

I just don't think we've got the knowledge at the club to make the right choice, and it worries me.

The one name I've seen mentioned on these pages who I think could be good long term appointment rather than quick fix is Aitor Karanka. Even if we had the football knowledge at the club to recognise this guy I can't see why he'd want to give up what he's got going for him at Boro.

Most of the other names mentioned are laughable.

Heads or tails?

[pauliewalnuts]

Bilic or Moyes would be good, although i'm not sure they would offer the quick fix that say a Pulis would, and thats what we need initially.

There are few managers who can deliver a dramatic turnaround in just 13 games . We need at least 4 wins and a few draws and we have some really tough games in there. Redknapp for me could do it but I would not want him beyond May and the cup final.

Why didn't he bother trying to turn around the club that he's just left in an even worse state than us then?

Exactly.

Redknapp FFS.