Who do you want the next Villa manager to be?

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

It has to be Moyes.

He has got more Premier games under his belt than all the other candidates put together.

He would be managing a club with a similar level of resources as Everton.

He is experienced in having seasons of battling in the lower reaches, but his overall record at Everton was..

P 518 W 218 D 139 L 161

Provide that level of return over the next 28 games and we finish on 46 points.

If we want to have a chance of avoiding the drop we get Moyes.

[ACVilla]

It has to be Moyes.

He has got more Premier games under his belt than all the other candidates put together.

He would be managing a club with a similar level of resources as Everton.

He is experienced in having seasons of battling in the lower reaches, but his overall record at Everton was..

P 518 W 218 D 139 L 161

Provide that level of return over the next 28 games and we finish on 46 points.

If we want to have a chance of avoiding the drop we get Moyes.

He has won 3 out of his last 18 games. A worse record than Tim.

I'd be deeply disappointed if it was Moyes.

[Brian Taylor]

Roy Keane. Obvious. He knows where bodymore heath is.

[saunders_heroes]

So the overwhelming choice on the H&V poll is Moyes. What will our great decision makers at the top decide? Someone cheap with no PL experience; I really hope I'm wrong.....

They're just looking for the man who'll work within their budget.

[LukeJames]

I don't think you can set much store by win percentages in Ligue 1. The standard isn't great.

I think it's more about his ability to get performances out of quite a young group of players, and to bring through the academy kids. He was blessed with some very talented youngsters at Lyon. If he does come, here's hoping he gets to go back for Fekir and Lacazette, for a start. He also oversaw the development of a certain Anthony Martial, too.

Forget Lacazette, he'll be off too one of the bigger boys for stupid money.

[jwarry]

Anybody else think it's weird that they sacked Wilkins, Robson and that Seamus bloke as well? Normally when clubs sack a manager the assistant steps up to caretaker.  Could it be a new team are lined up?

[Villafirst]

So the overwhelming choice on the H&V poll is Moyes. What will our great decision makers at the top decide? Someone cheap with no PL experience; I really hope I'm wrong.....

They're just looking for the man who'll work within their budget.

Austerity mentality doesn't cut in the PL. We have a billionaire owner with a corner shop spend budget. He'll only lose £100m with relegation - a great businessman is Mr Lerner...

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

What do we want from Aston Villa?

Do we want to play not to lose, or do we want to play to win every game.

I'd much rather watch us play to win. We're never going to win anything, so let's not win anything by being interesting to watch.

I'd honestly take going down if it meant watching good football. For too long has it been boring and dull. I'm tired of it.

I don't care about staying up if it means we play boring football.

Im aware I may be in a minority of one, but imagine being excited walking towards the ground, knowing you're going to se a great game and see
Your team go for it.

[cdbearsfan]

So the overwhelming choice on the H&V poll is Moyes. What will our great decision makers at the top decide? Someone cheap with no PL experience; I really hope I'm wrong.....

The favourite wasn't on the poll until lots of people had already voted. Why is PL experience so vital? Sherwood, Lambert, McLeish and Houllier all had it.

Wenger, Koeman, Pochettino (prior to his appointment at Southampton) and Mourinho (prior to his first spell at Chelsea) didn't have it.

It's our blind refusal to enter the twenty-first century expand our horizons beyond sacked former jobbing British managers that is largely to blame for our struggles.

[Toronto Villa]

I don't think PL experience will be a top criteria. They have gone down that road now and it's no more guarantee of success than going for the best candidate without it. They moved away fell overpriced PL players and I think they will now find a continental manager to get the best out of them. Garde ticks a number of boxes.

[olaftab]

So the overwhelming choice on the H&V poll is Moyes. What will our great decision makers at the top decide? Someone cheap with no PL experience; I really hope I'm wrong.....

The H&V choice is based on what we the lay fans know. I hope Almstadt and Reilly know a bit more than us.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

It's our blind refusal to enter the twenty-first century expand our horizons beyond sacked former jobbing British managers that is largely to blame for our struggles.

Isn't it just. The day we sign a decent manager everybody will wonder why the hell we wasted so many years, years none of us will get back, watching crap football created by clueless managers. It's ironic that the word 'clueless' is so often used on here to describe our manager yet we still won't trust anybody that doesn't have Premier League experience.

Hopefully this cycle of misery is about to end in the next 24 hours and about bloody time. We really do deserve so much better.

[CT]

Looks like its Garde then. Some Canal+ update on twitter saying he's definitely the new manager.

Not what I wanted at all but hey, who knows.

[PeterWithesShin]

There must be a "we have more canals" joke in there somewhere.

[olaftab]

Remi Garde
This is impressive but a bit worried about over 50% win rate but over 117  rather than 17 matches!As of 19 September 2013.
Team   From   To   Record
                                                        G      W     D     L       Win    %
Lyon   21 June 2011   30 June 2014   117   60   26   31   51.28
Total   117   60   26   31   51.28