Poll - Sherwood - got rid

[aj2k77]

I said I don't want anyone with no experience of a top division job and it's not unrealistic to think otherwise, sorry if I worded it wrong.

As for names I don't have a vast knowledge of European football but these spring to mind as a lot better than what we have and more palatable than another Dyche, Pearson or lower league risk.

Prandelli
Moyes
Rodgers
Bielsa
Bento
Garde
Yakin

[CJ]

Couple of good shouts in there. The problem we have is (assuming we get rid of Sherwood) getting someone in given our current position, and then turning things round quickly. I'd have taken Fat Sam (never thought I'd hear me say that) for a couple of seasons purely to stabilise us and in the meantime look for something more in the mould of Bielsa. Whether we missed an opportunity or dodged a bullet with Fat Sam only time and Sunderland will tell. By the way - my reference to Dyche and Pearson was to show the uninspiring names the bookies are offering odds for and not any desire on my part to see them down VP

[Tony Erdington]

been said before any decent manager, is going to want a war chest, think that might be why we go for wannabes

[Holte L2]

Biesla for me.  Give this a read:  http://8by8mag.com/el-loco/

[Ger Regan]

Agreed on bielsa. Would love us to grow a pair and try something like that.

[saunders_heroes]

been said before any decent manager, is going to want a war chest, think that might be why we go for wannabes

Indeed.
Wasn't there a story about Benitez wanting the job a while ago but walked out when told his transfer/wage budget?

[Rudy Can't Fail]

You can scratch Paulo Bento from that list. In fact, don't even think it.

[Richard E]

Do any of those of you who had heard whispers that he was for the high jump this week still believe that the walk round the rose garden is imminent?   

[CT Villan]

Do you think Fox or Lerner have even heard of Bielsa ? They probably think it is a Polish sausage !

[cheltenhamlion]

Based on what has come out today he cannot make it past tomorrow.

[Risso]

Based on what has come out today he cannot make it past tomorrow.

What's that then, have missed most of today.

[cheltenhamlion]

Based on what has come out today he cannot make it past tomorrow.

What's that then, have missed most of today.

In short, we have an interview with Sky where he tells them he is bored having to watch us and that the players won't play as he tells them to.

We also have his mate who is chairman at Swindon having a swing on his behalf on Talk Shite about how he wasn't allowed to sign 3 or 4 players he wanted and that some of those that did come in were foisted on him.

[PaulWinch again]

I'm not sure how he's still in the job given what he's said.

[Tom_Mc9?]

I said I don't want anyone with no experience of a top division job and it's not unrealistic to think otherwise, sorry if I worded it wrong.

As for names I don't have a vast knowledge of European football but these spring to mind as a lot better than what we have and more palatable than another Dyche, Pearson or lower league risk.

Prandelli
Moyes
Rodgers
Bielsa
Bento
Garde
Yakin

I've never heard of most of them but they sound sexy with their foreigness, so if we got any of them I'd be excited. No doubt they are good, I'm just a bit ignorant of any football outside of Villa.

What I do know about Villa is this: if we went for an intelligent, well thought out appointment I would be absolutely astonished. Easy and preferably cheap is our modus operandi.

[paul_e]

I said I don't want anyone with no experience of a top division job and it's not unrealistic to think otherwise, sorry if I worded it wrong.

As for names I don't have a vast knowledge of European football but these spring to mind as a lot better than what we have and more palatable than another Dyche, Pearson or lower league risk.

Prandelli
Moyes
Rodgers
Bielsa
Bento
Garde
Yakin

I've never heard of most of them but they sound sexy with their foreigness, so if we got any of them I'd be excited. No doubt they are good, I'm just a bit ignorant of any football outside of Villa.

What I do know about Villa is this: if we went for an intelligent, well thought out appointment I would be absolutely astonished. Easy and preferably cheap is our modus operandi.

That's the problem, they're not cheap.  We had McLeish on Champions League level wages for example, that's the real sickener about all this, we've paid well enough to have genuinely interested some very good managers in Spain/Germany/France/Italy and instead we've employed shit who got the team 5 miles down the road relegated.