Lambert's replacement

[Rudy65]

Amazes me that Sherwood gets put forward for the job, but so far no mention of Neil Lennon who would be more of a contender in my view

He ruled himself out yesterday

Didnt realise that

Sherwood just strikes me as someone we have all met during our working lives, they shout a lot, big themselves up to be better than they actually are when they have no track record to justify it. Bit of a bully usually as well. Ultimately, their own hang ups make them act like they do. Macho when they don't need to be.

I can imagine Tim thinking his a bit of a ladies man as well.

The media seem to love him as well just like with Harry and MON which is a bit of a worry as well

You assume a lot without really knowing anything about him. He might be a prat but I would not rely on people from his previous club to give a balanced viewpoint and the person who matters in all of this, Fox, appears to have been sufficiently impressed to be givong if serious consideration.

I have been saying all along that sacking a manager is the easy part and that finding a better replacement is where it becomes difficult but that was always waived away with the argument that anyone would be better than Lambert. Now that we are in that position for real suddenly the potential candidates do not seem so attractive.

Some of his TV interviews go some way to proving my point

[Phil from the upper holte]

Everyone is ruling themselves out

Well it's not if they are after the Club approached them. The ruling out comes about from yesterday's normal press conference answers where lazy journalists ask every other manager "Are you interested in the Villa job"? The only answer they can give is no and it's turned around into a "Billy Bates turns down Villa job".

Possibly but why would say McLaren leave derby when they are on the verge of promotion, this is the wrong time to be getting managers which is why it should have been done last year

[Phil from the upper holte]

Watch the YouTube clip I posted earlier

[Rudy65]

Can we have a Sherwood poll? Yay or nay, see where we are?

No from me

I cant think of one good reason why he should be appointed

[Tom_Mc9?]

Can the poll have a 'I don't have a strong feeling either way' option? I haven't a clue whether he'd be good or not.

[N'ZMAV]

I've said before, probably elsewhere, I think Sherwood is a prick, but I also feel he has something about him. Something different to Lambert - and different is what we need. He's not the best candidate. But, I can't see many others stepping forward. Tim has a bit of the John Gregory attitude about him.

[McGraths Dry Cleaning]

Oddschecker show market history and it is fascinating in the case of Sherwood and Villa. He has become heavily odds on in the last few hours since betting shops closed. Firstly this says that he has been relatively heavily backed. I say relatively because next manager markets do not tend to attract big money. It is a small, limited market so whereas one person putting a grand on a horse isn't going to effect the market in general a similar next manager bet would. Secondly the timing of the betting suggests the people putting money on have internet accounts so are more serious gamblers. I also wonder if the strange timing of the bets has anything to do with possible information or rumours from a different time zone like the states? There is no particular rule of thumb for this though. I have seen managers backed in to heavily odds on a number of times and sometimes they end up being the man to get the job and sometimes they don't. It is  the difference between people knowing something and people thinking they know something and going off half cocked. The first sign you can really take seriously is when a number of firms stop accepting bets on a certain person, although even this is usually potential damage limitation and fear someone has insider knowledge as opposed to their own knowledge of an outcome.

Spot on - Sherwood was traded on Betfair as low as 1.05 yesterday and has now gone out to 1.3 ish. Most of the money on the market is probably traders  looking to exploit odds movement. I layed (i.e. bet against) Sherwood yesterday when the odds started drifting out despite the "tweet" and greened out for a few quid this morning.

[N'ZMAV]

Let's go get Pulis stuff the baggies. Let's mean business.

[olaftab]

How do we know its Sherwood? If this is true then the board really are pathetic.

Why are they pathetic and tell me when previously the press has been ahead of our Board in the guessing game?

[VillaAlways]

I've said before, probably elsewhere, I think Sherwood is a prick, but I also feel he has something about him. Something different to Lambert - and different is what we need. He's not the best candidate. But, I can't see many others stepping forward. Tim has a bit of the John Gregory attitude about him.

I agree. I don't know why but I just think he will be a good fit. He has a real confidence about himself and watching that youtube clip he always spoke about the clubs best interests .

I think he will be in by the end of day and in the stands( again ) tomorrow.

[Dave]

How do we know its Sherwood? If this is true then the board really are pathetic.

Why are they pathetic and tell me when previously the press has been ahead of our Board in the guessing game?

He did say 'if'.

But it's a good point - nobody seemed to have a clue that he was being sacked, and it wouldn't be a surprise if nobody had a first clue who they have in mind.

[VillaAlways]

People were in denial about McLeish too. Like it or not I think it's probably happening

[OzVilla]

If there's one thing Randy does well its keeping people guessing and springing a surprise.
 

[silhillvilla]

Randy has become a master of bad appointments .

[N'ZMAV]

Randy has become a master of bad appointments .

Lambert wasn't a bad appointment at the time.