Lambert's replacement

[Damo70]

I believe Mark Burke was once touted as potentially the Silhillian George Best in a Villa programme.

[adrenachrome]

Is that where he lives? Does he fancy himself as some kind of Iberian George Orwell?

Wasn't Gheorghe Hagi the Iberian George Orwell?  Or am I thinking of the Togolese Zidane?

Who was the Maradona of the Carpathians?

Was it one of the Cheeky Girls?

That's it: Lamberta Peake.  Libdem chick who went lezbo for Sian Welsh Weather Woman. Drowned  in the River Orwell when she lost her deposit.

[pauliewalnuts]

Think I'd prefer Chris Hughton to Tim Sherwood if that's the level of manager we are aspiring to .

Hughton was as negative and poor as Lambert.

Sherwood won half his games in the premier league last season.

He may well be a blunt, arrogant tool, but he has got much more about him that suggest he could motivate a group than Hughton.

That's well wide of the mark. On the basis of what do you think there is more there to motivate players than Hughton? Didn't Sherwood, in his short period in charge, manage to make a total arse of himself more than once by having a pop at his players in public?

Sherwood took over Tottenham on December 16th 2013. At that point they'd played 16 league games, and were 7th in the league.

That's really a pretty decent team to start with, and one which had finished fifth the previous season, had sold a player for £100m and bought a lot of players in who were in the process of starting to gel.

Sherwood only actually managed them for 22 league games. They finished that season in sixth, so marginally above where they were when he took over.

Prior to that, he had never managed anywhere.

He basically had a short spell - 22 games - at a club that was doing reasonably well and had just taken an influx of expensive players who weren't gelling. In that time he got known for slagging off the players in public and making a tool of himself in the press.

How on earth do you conclude from the above that Sherwood is in any way qualified for this job? How is he going to know what it takes to get superhuman results out of a bunch of confidence-free underperforming players in a team which is in the relegation places?

Seriously, have i missed something?

Aston Villa need a new manager, and people are really suggesting that, of all the potential replacements for the awful one we've just got rid of, the person with the best chance of taking us forward - starting with keeping us up - is someone who managed to make himself look an idiot while managing a 6th or 7th place team with an expensive squad for 22 games?

Really?

[footyskillz]

This could be just pure fantasy but I heard a fox got randy and made a contract signed by former villa gk coach Eric Steele. Alongside experienced shade over 50 villa men Andy and Stuart Gray . The duo will be wanting to have a nice playing experience but will take delight in punishing opposition. Its thought randy does want the shackles to come off and having Paul Lambert's hands been tied some are confused why the  50 shades and over gray duo are being touted as appointments.

[dave.woodhall]

This could be just pure fantasy but I heard a fox got randy and made a contract signed by former villa gk coach Eric Steele. Alongside experienced shade over 50 villa men Andy and Stuart Gray . The duo will be wanting to have a nice playing experience but will take delight in punishing opposition. Its thought randy does want the shackles to come off and having Paul Lambert's hands been tied some are confused why the  50 shades and over gray duo are being touted as appointments.

I think you should take the rest of the night off.

[Sexual Ealing]

This could be just pure fantasy but I heard a fox got randy and made a contract signed by former villa gk coach Eric Steele. Alongside experienced shade over 50 villa men Andy and Stuart Gray . The duo will be wanting to have a nice playing experience but will take delight in punishing opposition. Its thought randy does want the shackles to come off and having Paul Lambert's hands been tied some are confused why the  50 shades and over gray duo are being touted as appointments.

This.

[pauliewalnuts]

This could be just pure fantasy but I heard a fox got randy and made a contract signed by former villa gk coach Eric Steele. Alongside experienced shade over 50 villa men Andy and Stuart Gray . The duo will be wanting to have a nice playing experience but will take delight in punishing opposition. Its thought randy does want the shackles to come off and having Paul Lambert's hands been tied some are confused why the  50 shades and over gray duo are being touted as appointments.

[footyskillz]

This could be just pure fantasy but I heard a fox got randy and made a contract signed by former villa gk coach Eric Steele. Alongside experienced shade over 50 villa men Andy and Stuart Gray . The duo will be wanting to have a nice playing experience but will take delight in punishing opposition. Its thought randy does want the shackles to come off and having Paul Lambert's hands been tied some are confused why the  50 shades and over gray duo are being touted as appointments.

I think you should take the rest of the night off.

Spank me first

[Fuse]

Would Mark Hughes be suitable

[pauliewalnuts]

This could be just pure fantasy but I heard a fox got randy and made a contract signed by former villa gk coach Eric Steele. Alongside experienced shade over 50 villa men Andy and Stuart Gray . The duo will be wanting to have a nice playing experience but will take delight in punishing opposition. Its thought randy does want the shackles to come off and having Paul Lambert's hands been tied some are confused why the  50 shades and over gray duo are being touted as appointments.

I think you should take the rest of the night off.

Spank me first

That's the most legible post you've ever made.

[Ad@m]

Would Mark Hughes be suitable

No. And I actually think our stock has fallen so low, and our position is so precarious, that he wouldn't leave Stoke for us.

[PeterWithesShin]

The return of spoon face.

[OzVilla]

And this is the problem.  Because they delayed so long in pulling the trigger, the decent candidates from a couple of months ago have all been appointed elsewhere and we're left with possibilities such as Tim Sherwood and Chris Hughton. 

Neither of whom are anywhere near qualified enough to be considered for the Villa job at this point in time.  Those teams that made the change are already showing that they'll be fine come May so it'll be 3 from us, Leicester, QPR, Burnley and Hull.

No 1 choice would be Laudrup, if he cant be persuaded i'd go for a short term interim option myself, an experienced old head just to get us through to seasons end. 

[Steve67]

Tried and tested at this level, or a continental genius who is willing to walk into a relegation battle. I wouldn't be surprised if Bruce, Hughes, Fat Sam are on the list to be discussed. Moyes would be my personal choice though. Not the time to get an up and coming like Karanka, Howe or Dyche, solid and dependable is required for what lies ahead. The club is in a mess with a complete overhaul required. Lots of deadwood to get rid of, the right choice of Manager in and this could be quite an exciting period with all the potential movement.

Warnock, Hughton, Sherwood, Hoddle- no thanks.

[Toronto Villa]

What decent candidates did we miss out on?