Who do you want the next Villa manager to be?

[Clampy]

So you would like Big Sam, Moyes or Pullis?

In pure PL short term survival terms yes .
1 Pullis
2 Sam
3 moyes

None are possible though

So by appointing Pulis your goal would therefore be to reduce everyone to your level of depression.

The goal would be to stay up, by whatever means necessary. Then reassess even if it meant a £5m pay off.
We cannot afford to go down this season or do you think we can

I thought you wanted Ancelotti?

[cdbearsfan]

We can't get Pulis, so it's irrelevant.

Considering you'd never heard of Remi Garde (or, quite possibly, France) until this weekend, how do you know so much about him that you can confidently state that he won't keep us up?

[pauliewalnuts]

So you would like Big Sam, Moyes or Pullis?

In pure PL short term survival terms yes .
1 Pullis
2 Sam
3 moyes

None are possible though

So by appointing Pulis your goal would therefore be to reduce everyone to your level of depression.

The goal would be to stay up, by whatever means necessary. Then reassess even if it meant a £5m pay off.
We cannot afford to go down this season or do you think we can

We've only played 10 league games.

It's not nice being bottom of the table, but a few things seem to be getting missed in the rush to be unhappy

- we are not getting hammered, which suggests there are relatively small margins between what we get and what we could have
- we are only a handful of points from the non-relegation places
- there are plenty of other, unconvincing clubs around and lots of time for them to sink
- we've just sacked the manager in a decent time frame rather than giving him far too long (see Lambert).

The fact is, no manager worth his salt is going to come here on a "just keep us up, then fuck off" deal. We've just effectively done that, but we've had to go through 10 matches of horror followed by a big pay off.

I appreciate things are bad - who doesn't, who likes losing all the fucking time? - but I do think that some of us need to just calm the fuck down and not forget that it is *October* FFS, there is plenty of time to turn this around.

They've obviously decided who they want, he seems to be very highly thought of, and he's going to get time to keep us up and build on that. That sounds far more positive than moping about three managers, one of whom has said he doesn't want the job (several times, in fact, including past offers), one who is in a job, and one who has only just taken a job.

I appreciate that this sort of thing would puncture your new shtick of moaning and digging yourself into an increasingly big hole every time someone points out the bus-sized holes in your logic - which, incidentally, is exactly the same thing that got you banned last time - but the above are all facts.

There is lots of time. Some managers are not available. We are not adrift at the bottom. We are not getting hammered every week.

[passport1]

That all sounds very reasonable. This evening I heard Jack Woodward say this was the most difficult period he had been commentating over the past 15 years.

Now if Jack is getting pessimistic....

[Villa in Denmark]

So you would like Big Sam, Moyes or Pullis?

In pure PL short term survival terms yes .
1 Pullis
2 Sam
3 moyes

None are possible though

So by appointing Pulis your goal would therefore be to reduce everyone to your level of depression.

The goal would be to stay up, by whatever means necessary. Then reassess even if it meant a £5m pay off.
We cannot afford to go down this season or do you think we can

So basically employ the same system that the club has been castigated for since MON.
1. Appoint manager of dubious credentials (for the record I thought Houllier was a decent appointment.)
2. At some point early in contractual cycle, sack said manager.
3. Pay out a hefty sum in compensation.
4. Repeat until no money left in the till.

Only this time do it deliberately and duplicitously thus destroying whatever credibility we've still got in the game v(If you accept that we're a difficult sell right now.)for attracting a manager in future, i.e. the one we'd have to appoint after sacking the manager we'd just appointed.

Now that sounds like a well thought strategy  and a definite recipe for success.

[CT]

After tonight Moyes or Rodgers for me. I love the idea of Garde, but he'd have to be some sort of miracle worker to turn that rabble into anything that isn't laughed at by everyone else.

[Percy McCarthy]

He'll organise a submarine mission to investigate how low we've sunk.

I'm glad you never wrote Never Mind The Bollocks.

Harsh, from the guy who thinks of the man who wrote 'English Rose' as the best songwriter ever.

Steady on, it was only a joke based on your post reminding me of Submission by the Pistols.

Is there any need to be so hurtful in response?

And what's wrong with English Rose?

[Sexual Ealing]

He'll organise a submarine mission to investigate how low we've sunk.

I'm glad you never wrote Never Mind The Bollocks.

Harsh, from the guy who thinks of the man who wrote 'English Rose' as the best songwriter ever.

Steady on, it was only a joke based on your post reminding me of Submission by the Pistols.

Is there any need to be so hurtful in response?

And what's wrong with English Rose?

Come on, guys. Let's remember that we all hate The Red Hot Chilli Peppers, right*?

Also, the guy who wrote A Town Called Malice, Wild Wood and Down in the Tube Station at Midnight can write whatever he wants. He can write 'Aston Villa aren't very good' on every bus stop in Woking for all I care.

*Everyone hates The Red Hot Chilli Peppers, don't they?

[Percy McCarthy]

He'll organise a submarine mission to investigate how low we've sunk.

I'm glad you never wrote Never Mind The Bollocks.

Harsh, from the guy who thinks of the man who wrote 'English Rose' as the best songwriter ever.

Steady on, it was only a joke based on your post reminding me of Submission by the Pistols.

Is there any need to be so hurtful in response?

And what's wrong with English Rose?

Come on, guys. Let's remember that we all hate The Red Hot Chilli Peppers, right*?

Also, the guy who wrote A Town Called Malice, Wild Wood and Down in the Tube Station at Midnight can write whatever he wants. He can write 'Aston Villa aren't very good' on every bus stop in Woking for all I care.

*Everyone hates The Red Hot Chilli Peppers, don't they?

Well said.

Have to admit, I quite like Under The Bridge. Sorry.

[Sexual Ealing]

For fuck's sake!

[PeterWithesShin]

Some of the early RHCP stuff wasn't too bad, they were never as good as they, or indeed lots of other people, thought they were though.

[Des Little]

After that load of crap tonight, I'd even take Pearson. At the very least they'd put a shift in and show some heart.

[villadelph]

That all sounds very reasonable. This evening I heard Jack Woodward say this was the most difficult period he had been commentating over the past 15 years.

Now if Jack is getting pessimistic....

yeesh..

[ciggiesnbeer]

That all sounds very reasonable. This evening I heard Jack Woodward say this was the most difficult period he had been commentating over the past 15 years.

Now if Jack is getting pessimistic....

yeesh..

This is truly the end of times.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

After that load of crap tonight, I'd even take Pearson. At the very least they'd put a shift in and show some heart.

I've been a long time admirer of your posts, Des. You don't waste words is calling it spot-on and right now I almost agree with you. It fucking stinks how we've got ourselves into this place. Maybe Pearson, twat that he is, actually understands more than the last 5 managers.