Who do you want the next Villa manager to be?

[Monty]

I do agree with that, but I also think that players take a lot of their cues from the manager. Managers set the emotional tone for their teams, and I doubt Sherwood's petulant ravings help calm down the likes of Richards in situations like the one yesterday.

[KevinGage]

Well they do, to an extent. Even a club like Watford can now attract one of the best coaches in Europe. That might have a little something to do with the amount of money sloshing around in the English topflight.

In the case of Koeman I did say even with that there is still no guarantee (If he was a friend, I'd probably tell him to give it the swerve).

But were he interested at all -and he was before- it would be more cost effective to get someone like that than pissing even more money up the wall via management payoffs as we have done these past four years. Or having each manager add to the ever growing list of bomb squad duds.

The thread title was who do you want the next Villa manager to be. Who do I expect the next Villa manager to be would be a different discussion.

[Clampy]

If Micah's our leader then we're in trouble. He's had good or bad points this season, but yesterday when he squared up to Fernandez instead of getting back into position I just thought 'you idiot.' The commentator said 'Villa fans will enjoy that, seeing a player have passion' - I don't know what he saw, but I enjoy seeing Villa players not act like alpha-male morons and do their best for the team, not trying to prove how big a man they are.

We don't know what was said though and besides, Ashley Williams was more at fault than Richards for wading in when he didn't need to. The ref booked them even though he had no idea what went on.

[nigel]

If Micah's our leader then we're in trouble. He's had good or bad points this season, but yesterday when he squared up to Fernandez instead of getting back into position I just thought 'you idiot.' The commentator said 'Villa fans will enjoy that, seeing a player have passion' - I don't know what he saw, but I enjoy seeing Villa players not act like alpha-male morons and do their best for the team, not trying to prove how big a man they are.

Im afraid Micah will get a ban for his behaviour yesterday. That will be helpful.

It might depend on what Fernandez did.
I didn't see anything, so I guess he said something insulting to get that reaction.

Rumours are that it kicked off in the tunnel after the game , too.

[Monty]

More at fault? I'm talking about when, as soon as the ball had gone through to Fabianski, Richards goes up to Fernandez and chest-bumps him like they're celebrating a touchdown. I thought it was embarrassing.

[pbavfckuwait]

Nigel, he pushed his head into Micahs face, the same as what that twat at Chelsea got retrospective for, if the ref does not report it, the FA I should imagine may look at it, as the Whinging one will be all over it like a rash when he calms down after his latest tiffy spiff.

[pbavfckuwait]

Monty quite right about taking their cues from the manager, but also go back over the match threads this season, at some stage every one of the new players have been given a grilling over their performance and we are past masters at are saviours being players that are not currently in the team, then when they come back they get slagged off again. Not picking on him but Libor is Benteke, Dion and Andy rolled into one when he is not playing.

[mr woo]

Why the hell would anyone want Brendan Rodgers?

Surely it's been proven beyond doubt that Gerrard and Suarez were masking his failures, and without them he's created the worst Liverpool side in living memory.

He's even managed to get less out of Christian Benteke than both TSM II and Dim Sherwood.

[cdbearsfan]

We have loads of exciting wingers. Has any winger ever looked any good under Moyes?

There's not much point in getting him if we have to write off Grealish, Gil, Traore and Sinclair before we even start.

Plus surely he'd be even more likely to keep picking that donkey Lescott.

I'd prefer Rodgers because he made even average wingers like Routledge look good and Sinclair was shit-hot under his management IIRC.

[Axl Rose]

HE'S GONE!!!

[Ron Manager]

He most certainly has!!!

[Dante Lavelli]

Monty I am not assuming the best way to get points is ugly football, if someone can come in and have us playing Dutch total football, Barcelona free scoring football, I will take that as well, what you have to realise is that sometimes you cant turn a pigs ear into a silk purse, I will settle for it staying a pigs ear as long as it is a pigs ear in the premier league come next season.

Thats the thing.  If anything our players are too 'cultured' to be playing a british style game.  There's only really Gestede, Lescott and Hutton who I think suit a more direct style over pass/move strategy.  Grealish, Ayew, Vertout, Amavi, Clark, Gil - some of our more talented players - all would suit a possession based game with players interchanging positions.

[pbavfckuwait]

Well Dante depending on who they pick next we may get to see if that way (cultured) is suitable to what we have at VP at the moment.

[Salsa Party Animal]

I seen hot of managers candidates and interesting things there is no former Aston Villa player in the list. But again I couldn't think of one who might suit the role apart from Martin Laursen.

[Axl Rose]

He most certainly has!!!

My initial reaction was one of joy. I feel a tiny bit sorry for him, simply because I thought we were doomed last year when he took over, and he did keep us up. I appreciate that.

But he had a summer to recruit, and the non stop tactical fannying about has left me numb.

Time for a change. I am just a little worried about who will come in next.