Who do you want the next Villa manager to be?

[Ormy Droid]

I'd like us to get a manager with slightly longer greying hair. It hasn't worked out with managers with short hair. Look at pellegrini and wenger.

Gandalf it is!

[supertom]

Would anyone want Martin O'Neill back

Only if the other options were getting McLeish, Lambert or Sherwood back.

[PeterWithesShin]

Would anyone want Martin O'Neill back

No. I'd rather have Pulis than that fucking pubeheaded Judas piece of shit anywhere near the club.

[Des Little]

Maybe Ads will get another shot as manager

He's my choice.

[onje_villa]

Laudrup or Rowett for me please.

Two good choices.

[passitsideways]

We don't have the players to be "efficient".

Well we've got two good midfielders who can anchor. We've got plenty of attacking midfielders who have talent. With something resembling a gameplan they may start creating more chances and scoring more. Ayew looks potentially very good and may flourish moving into the CF position. There is Kozak to come back into the fray too. As for Gestede, Moyes may use him more effectively than Sherwood, as a kind of poor mans Fellaini I suppose.

That said, January's window can't come soon enough.

I think Moyes could get a lot from Amavi too, given what he got from Baines. Baines was never the best defensively, but was fantastic going forward. He often played as a more of a left winger, and had the freedom to as someone would be covering him at the back.

I'd be interested to see how the right back situation is going forward. I know Richards has been pretty decent at CB on the whole so far and he seemingly only signed for us on the basis that he'd play there, but he might be our best RB (though Hutton's done a reasonable job).

I agree with you on everything else though - Sanchez/Veretout/Gana has the makings of a decent two or three man midfield, and maybe Gardner/Westwood are salvageable to play sub/squad roles under a new manager. Grealish/Gil/Adama/Sinclair/Ayew - no proven quality there, unfortunately, but each offers something handy at least. The CF position I'm most worried about, I sure hope the board is making the money available in January if it comes to that.

[CT Villan]

when your team cant score goals and the defence's full of holes, call Bielsa
when the players just aren't fit and they don't give a shit, call Bielsa
when confidence is so low and our play has no flow, call Bielsa
when your manager's a fraud and you just cut the chord, call Bielsa

[Des Little]

If he were anywhere else, Rowett would be a contender. As it is, there's not a hope in hell. Even with these buffoons in charge.

[onje_villa]

Would anyone want Martin O'Neill back

Er, no.

[Toronto Villa]

Id go for Ronaldo player manager with Messi as player assistant

nope, no premier league experience.

[passport1]

Why would any credible manager want to hitch his wagon to this shambles. My money is on another chancer like Brendan Rogers.

[Ormy Droid]

O'Leary is a 14/1 shot!!

[Des Little]

O'Leary is a 14/1 shot!!

Dermot?

[supertom]

We don't have the players to be "efficient".

Well we've got two good midfielders who can anchor. We've got plenty of attacking midfielders who have talent. With something resembling a gameplan they may start creating more chances and scoring more. Ayew looks potentially very good and may flourish moving into the CF position. There is Kozak to come back into the fray too. As for Gestede, Moyes may use him more effectively than Sherwood, as a kind of poor mans Fellaini I suppose.

That said, January's window can't come soon enough.

I think Moyes could get a lot from Amavi too, given what he got from Baines. Baines was never the best defensively, but was fantastic going forward. He often played as a more of a left winger, and had the freedom to as someone would be covering him at the back.

I'd be interested to see how the right back situation is going forward. I know Richards has been pretty decent at CB on the whole so far and he seemingly only signed for us on the basis that he'd play there, but he might be our best RB (though Hutton's done a reasonable job).

I agree with you on everything else though - Sanchez/Veretout/Gana has the makings of a decent two or three man midfield, and maybe Gardner/Westwood are salvageable to play sub/squad roles under a new manager. Grealish/Gil/Adama/Sinclair/Ayew - no proven quality there, unfortunately, but each offers something handy at least. The CF position I'm most worried about, I sure hope the board is making the money available in January if it comes to that.

I'd be happy to stick with Hutton and keep him in our own half. With Baines, Moyes often tended to have Hibbert on the other side who concentrated primarily on defending. A total plodder of a player but solid enough and reliable at the back.

[PeterWithesShin]

O'Leary is a 14/1 shot!!

Only because he stuck a load of money on himself the egotistical twat muffin.