Lambert's replacement

[eric woolban woolban]

What's Terry Venables doing?

Hopefully on an uninhabited island, uncontactable.

[silhillvilla]

What's Terry Venables doing?

Sat by a pool rearranging his balls

[passport1]

Lerner has never chosen a manager from a position of strength. Always on the back foot, largely due to his own ineptitude and here we are again.


I really want to see the back of him and the end of this nightmare.

[RossLeach]

Thinking about, there is one obvious candidate...Villa man, experience of football, taught Pele how to bicycle kick....

[tomd2103]

We need someone really decent. Sherwood is too inexperienced. I do think he'd motivate and possibly re-invigorate 2-3 out of form players (Gabby? Zogbia?) and would certainly give us attacking intent. I'd fancy him to have us stay up, but in terms of next season I think he'd get sussed very quickly without a tactically astute number 2 helping him, but we could have said the same about Lambert possibly.

The quality is there in our squad. In actuality I think we're blessed with more attacking ability than defensive, so to have scored so few shows how poor Lambert was. If we get someone come in and hit the ground running like Pulis and Pardew have both done respectively, then we've got goals in us.

My first choice to start a genuine revolution here is Klinsmann but would he come at this stage and under Lerner's stewardship? I'm not sure. Sherwood could end up being the best pick of a not very impressive bunch to be honest. I think he'd do enough in the short term though.

Some good points there TV.  Talking to fellow fans today, now the initial feeling of relief that Lambert has gone is fading, I've got to say I have got increasing concerns about who we are going to be able to get.  I fear it is the wrong time of the season and we are in the wrong position in the league to be an option for many candidates.  I fear we are looking at the equivalent of the long term unemployed at the job centre. 

[Toronto Villa]

It is obvious that it should be Neil Warnock. He's a nice chap. And available.

And a completely overrated ring piece suited to League 1 football. File next another half arsed manager, Holloway, Ian.

[dave.woodhall]

Thinking about, there is one obvious candidate...Villa man, experience of football, taught Pele how to bicycle kick....

Please, not even in jest.

[Damo70]

What's Terry Venables doing?

Same as always. Bit of this an' a bit of that.

I do actually have a lot of time for TV but I think he can be filed away now with the likes of Sir Whiskeyface of Trafford, George Graham, King Kenny and our very own BFR and SGT.

But Howard Wilkinson, now we're talking!

[Damo70]

Thinking about, there is one obvious candidate...Villa man, experience of football, taught Pele how to bicycle kick....

Please, not even in jest.

That is a no to Sylvester Stallone from me too.

[Toronto Villa]

One of Randy's biggest failings is ignoring the wider Villa family. There are a lot of prominent ex-players and managers who love the club and are hurting right now because of recent events. Fox, if not Randy would be well served to have some conversations with some of them about his next, very critical steps.

I couldn't disagree more.  Footballers and ex-footballers don't tend to be the brightest sparks and, as Peter Withe has already shown, have a tendency to trot out the same old lazy cliches about who should be manager.  So you get all that shite about having a connection or affinity with the club, someone the fans know, having a passion for it.  It's typical of the closed and narrow thinking within British football mindsets. And it's utter bollocks.  We simply need someone who has displayed an ability to motivate players, to apply varying tactics to suit the situation, to  sign some good prospects, to make the most of players he's got and to win more games than he loses.  Oh and someone who is not incredibly dour and Scottish. It shouldn't matter a jot if he's from another planet and has never heard of Aston Villa. It aint rocket science.

I'm not suggesting he creates a council to help choose the manager. But don't ignore some of the very bright minds out there that can offer some insight. Sharp individuals like Sir Graham or Sir Brian should be embraced. I'm not talking about having a conversation with Merson or Withe.

[dave.woodhall]

One of Randy's biggest failings is ignoring the wider Villa family. There are a lot of prominent ex-players and managers who love the club and are hurting right now because of recent events. Fox, if not Randy would be well served to have some conversations with some of them about his next, very critical steps.

I couldn't disagree more.  Footballers and ex-footballers don't tend to be the brightest sparks and, as Peter Withe has already shown, have a tendency to trot out the same old lazy cliches about who should be manager.  So you get all that shite about having a connection or affinity with the club, someone the fans know, having a passion for it.  It's typical of the closed and narrow thinking within British football mindsets. And it's utter bollocks.  We simply need someone who has displayed an ability to motivate players, to apply varying tactics to suit the situation, to  sign some good prospects, to make the most of players he's got and to win more games than he loses.  Oh and someone who is not incredibly dour and Scottish. It shouldn't matter a jot if he's from another planet and has never heard of Aston Villa. It aint rocket science.

I'm not suggesting he creates a council to help choose the manager. But don't ignore some of the very bright minds out there that can offer some insight. Sharp individuals like Sir Graham or Sir Brian should be embraced. I'm not talking about having a conversation with Merson or Withe.

They asked BFR once. You can guess who he recommended.

[Des Little]

Thinking about, there is one obvious candidate...Villa man, experience of football, taught Pele how to bicycle kick....

Good idea. Then he could take himself for a walk around the rose garden...

[silhillvilla]

Lawrie McMenamie would probably steady the ship

[Damo70]

Didn't Fulham appoint Kit Symons caretaker and then form a council of war containing ex players and various football bods to come up with a long term manager only to just give the caretaker the job full time?

[eric woolban woolban]

Dave Bassett still dabbling?