Poll - Sherwood - got rid

[Eigentor]

It may be too early to sack Sherwood, but it shouldn't be too early to look for his replacement. Sacking Lambert was necessary to stay in the division, but the appointment of Sherwood signalled that the club was unprepared for an action that had seemed inevitable for months.

As the sacking of Sherwood seems to be more and more likely to happen some time this season, we should start looking for someone decent to replace him, avoiding the farce of appointing the random individual who happens to be available and willing at the time we have to make a change. As someone else pointed out: if Southampton (and maybe we can add Leicester and/or West Ham to the list) is able to find a capable manager, we should too.

I guess when things look bad bringing Allardyce can seem tempting; he'll save us from relegation and at least make the team fight for the points. But after the relief, when we realise that we have signed him for three years, we would have wished that we had looked a bit further. So why not start now?

[Des Little]

I have a feeling Allardyce will be Sunderland's new manager any day soon, so I'd hope that other options are now being investigated.  Whatever happens, we can't leave it until after Xmas, because given our fixture list until then it may be too late whoever we appoint.

[TopDeck113]

Whichever club Allardyce pitches up at this autumn will survive. 

They will also have two or three subsequent seasons of mid-table (or top eight) stability.

Quite possibly they'll also get a good run in a cup.  You know where you get to a semi-final and win 5-2 or lose 6-4 (fixtures that many football fans seem to forget when they pigeon-hole the Allardyce approach, but perhaps we Villa fans shouldn't).

I'm not saying he's the answer, but if the above is all we get, it sounds wonderfully enticing when set against the last few years, notwithstanding a Cup final no-show.

[silhillvilla]

The problems will not go away whilst Lerner is still the owner, changing managers is like rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.
Houllier, McCallister, McLeish, Macdonald, Lambert, Sherwood.

[cdbearsfan]

We need to show some ambition and get somebody who's actually impressive. We're one of the richest clubs on the planet and should be able to afford one of the best managers on the planet. Even fucking Watford have shown more ambition than us.

Absolutely NO to Allardyce or similar mediocre home-grown shite. He might keep us up but so did O'Leary, McLeish, Lambert and Sherwood. It's not that difficult. We should be aiming at better than that and get a manager who can improve us significantly like Southampton have by refusing to put "must have spent lots of time jobbing around the bottom of the Premier League" on their job description.

[PeterWithe]

I wouldn't get rid of Sherwood but we could get a pretty good manager in. Let's not forget McLeish was one of the top twenty highest paid mangers in the world, I doubt much has changed pay wise with the last couple.

[rob_bridge]

We need to show some ambition and get somebody who's actually impressive. We're one of the richest clubs on the planet and should be able to afford one of the best managers on the planet. Even fucking Watford have shown more ambition than us.

Absolutely NO to Allardyce or similar mediocre home-grown shite. He might keep us up but so did O'Leary, McLeish, Lambert and Sherwood. It's not that difficult. We should be aiming at better than that and get a manager who can improve us significantly like Southampton have by refusing to put "must have spent lots of time jobbing around the bottom of the Premier League" on their job description.

What about Pullis?

[cdbearsfan]

Aaaaaagh!!!

[Steve kirk]

I recently voted no but said if we were stuck on 4/5 points after Swansea he should go and I stick by that, the way we are performing we could easily be bottom after Swansea, ive never felt this worried since 86/87 when it also looked early on that we would go, can only see relegation at the moment, god I feel shit.

[claret and blue blood]

Beats me given the overwhelming evidence how anyone can think keeping Sherwood is a good idea.

[mr underhill]

other than Tim himself and possibly Foxy and Randy

[DB]

I wouldn't get rid of Sherwood but we could get a pretty good manager in. Let's not forget McLeish was one of the top twenty highest paid mangers in the world, I doubt much has changed pay wise with the last couple.

It would be ridiculous if TS was on a big package and cost us stupid money to pay him off. The guy has no previous positive experience, he is a rookie.

[OzVilla]

Ridiculous yes. Out of the question? Certainly not with the way our cub gets managed.

[Ads]

Allardyce would be an aspirational appointment. The prospect of going back up the M6 from Villa Park happy more than five pathetic times a season would be a god send.

I don't care what we are like to watch. I am just sick to death of losing, of being a soft touch for shit clubs like Stoke fucking City to come and breeze to three points.

[Clampy]

Allardyce would be an aspirational appointment. The prospect of going back up the M6 from Villa Park happy more than five pathetic times a season would be a god send.

I don't care what we are like to watch. I am just sick to death of losing, of being a soft touch for shit clubs like Stoke fucking City to come and breeze to three points.

Albion fans were saying the same thing about Pulis and now they're moaning about the football they play. I don't want to go down that road.