Lambert's replacement

[Des Little]

Hoddle for me.  Sherwood has been swerved by a number of clubs for a reason.  He's a cock.

[nigel]

Just before the sacking wasn't Tom Fox going on about bringing a DoF in?

What are the chances that we're going to bring both in together?
I wouldn't bet against a Hoddle - Sherwood double the way things are.

[Holte L2]

Hoddle for me.  Sherwood has been swerved by a number of clubs for a reason.  He's a cock.

He's done nothing since Wolves. 

[adrenachrome]

If the appointment is to be short term with the limited aim of keeping us in the division then we do not really need an out and out manager, we need a head coach with staff. For this reason, Sherwood would have been a reasonable bet if he could have brought his homies in with him. 

Much depends on how optimistic RL is that he can offload the club in the summer.

[supertom]

I'm not sure which experienced managers are out there who could do it and aren't ring rusty. Guys like Hoddle and Curbishley have been out the game too long.

Hoddle hasn't managed for a while but has been actively involved in coaching.

I think his record is better than many suggest, and almost all managers have their failures.

He is available, is credible, plays good football, and is older and wiser than when he was at Wolves.

The list is pretty thin, but Hoddle would be the best available for me.

I agree with that.  Hoddle on a short term appointment till end of the season to keep us up then rewarded with a DOF role for next season.

It's one of the better prospects that might realistically happen, but it still sends a shiver down the spine.
That said I'm not going to suddenly bemoan us sacking Lambert. He absolutely had to go. We need fresh impetus and a shake up of any sort. I don't even think someone like Holloway/Warnock could be as bad as Lambert at this current time as they'd come in yet to be beaten down by the job like Lambert became.
That said if we hired either of them I'd probably have a heart attack.

[Small Rodent]

How about Nigel Kennedy,he,s good on the fiddle. World class. lol

He'd be good for four seasons.

[Comrade Blitz]

Klinsmann Not Interested in Villa Job

[Monty]

Well colour me shocked. California is very nice you know.

[Holte L2]

Klinsmann Not Interested in Villa Job

So he's definitely not in Birmingham then.

Any update from the Trees and the possibility Randy's plane is in Madrid?

[supertom]

Not a surprise. Were it the summer and we'd been safe with a new owner on the horizon he'd come here. But with 13 games left and in our current state? Not a chance.

[ozzjim]

He would not come even if there was a new owner - why on earth would you bother uprooting your family and life to come to Birmingham from California, for probably similar money. You would have to be bonkers.

[garyfouroaks]

Hoddle for me.  Sherwood has been swerved by a number of clubs for a reason.  He's a cock.

He's done nothing since Wolves. 

At least he has kept coaching.Less of a gamble than the names.

[supertom]

He would not come even if there was a new owner - why on earth would you bother uprooting your family and life to come to Birmingham from California, for probably similar money. You would have to be bonkers.

True.
I was just envisioning our new owners as making Abramovich look like a pauper and getting whichever manager they threw enough cash at.
Which of course also won't happen.

[Chico Hamilton III]

Well colour me shocked. California is very nice you know.

He could always move to California in Brum. Or Hollywood.

[Holte L2]

Hoddle for me.  Sherwood has been swerved by a number of clubs for a reason.  He's a cock.

He's done nothing since Wolves. 

At least he has kept coaching.Less of a gamble than the names.

You'd rather have him than Clement, Bilic, Prandelli, De Boer, Tuchel?