Who do you want the next Villa manager to be?

[Brend'Watkins]

Duverne is at Montpellier I think.

back to Moyes for a moment, S_H your solution to different to the last 6 years (4 years of which we were managed by a dour scotsmen playing largely 'functional' football) is to go for a dour scotsman who plays functional football?  Do you not think through what you're typing?  What you're actually bursting to say is that you want Lerner to spend fuckloads of money and you think Moyes is more likely to demand that than Garde, just be honest.

I don't know what Moyes nationality has got to do with anything.
Moyes will stand up to Lerner and Fox which is what we need. Irrespective of that he knows the PL inside out and that's what we need to stay in this league, not some gamble on an out of work bloke who's never worked as a manager outside of France.

I can see the argument, and it has merit Saunders, but look down the league, there are a lot of managers who have not managed in this league, come in and done very well, with less impressive reputations than Garde.

True but we're bottom of the league though. I'd rather we went with Moyes' experience. I can't believe we're going for another gamble on a rookie.
It's madness.

If every club just goes for experience there would never be any new managers coming through.  This Garde is hardly a rookie either.  He's managed before albeit the French league and has a decent record. He might do okay and okay is as much as we can expect in our current predicament really.

[JUAN PABLO]

Garde with viera and Henry might be alright

[silhillvilla]

Plane just landed at bhx . Looks like it's come from Europe . You heard it here first

[Chinchilla Bathhouse]

I've just heard (and this has yet to be confirmed so don't quote me on this) but there are likely to be huge rumours on Twitter and Facebook today. I will reveal more as and when I have ascertained the facts. What I gather from several reputable news outlets is that it all is indisputable and furthermore set in stone. Stand by for updates.

I wonder if you're talking about the same rumours I have heard from my reputable source, who I can't name but who is definitely ITK, who has told me it's going to be someone we've heard of but would not necessarily expect, depending on our knowledge, but they're just talking to someone else predictable first (can't say who but I think we can all guess - not that one but the other one), just to see what his plans are, but unless something very unlikely happens it's definitely going to be the one I didn't mention first. Is that the one, Bish? (By the way, keep it under your hat, everyone, I haven't said anything).

[adrenachrome]

They have broken out the special biscuits in the board room.
 
 

[ozzjim]

as an Aston Villa Fan I want what I think is best for my club, I think David Moyes, weve been down the road of the no knowledge of the prem, Garde may well be great in France, but that aint the prem.

Who have we been down that road with??

[paul_e]

but Moyes recent experience is blowing his chance at a top job and then having a 'new manager bounce' at Sociedad before taking them on to a start of the season nearly as bad as ours.  If he was coming direct from Everton to us then I'd see you're point but that's 2 1/2 years ago and he's largely failed since then so he's just  as big a risk.

His nationality came into it because you specifically stated you wanted something different but I don't see what's so different about him.  Remi Garde or Frank de Boer  or Thomas Tuchel, etc would be something different, going with a very British manager playing very British football isn't different.  Yes he's more experienced but then so was Houllier and McLeish was hardly a rookie.

As others have said the most important thing is to get someone who can work with the squad we have and get them playing as if they know each other.  If that is Garde then his lack of experience managing in this league is irrelevant.

[Archbishop Herbert Cockthrottle]

I've just heard (and this has yet to be confirmed so don't quote me on this) but there are likely to be huge rumours on Twitter and Facebook today. I will reveal more as and when I have ascertained the facts. What I gather from several reputable news outlets is that it all is indisputable and furthermore set in stone. Stand by for updates.

I wonder if you're talking about the same rumours I have heard from my reputable source, who I can't name but who is definitely ITK, who has told me it's going to be someone we've heard of but would not necessarily expect, depending on our knowledge, but they're just talking to someone else predictable first (can't say who but I think we can all guess - not that one but the other one), just to see what his plans are, but unless something very unlikely happens it's definitely going to be the one I didn't mention first. Is that the one, Bish? (By the way, keep it under your hat, everyone, I haven't said anything).

Will PM you with details as soon as my source has or indeed has not verified the aforementioned.

[Tony Erdington]

as an Aston Villa Fan I want what I think is best for my club, I think David Moyes, weve been down the road of the no knowledge of the prem, Garde may well be great in France, but that aint the prem.

Who have we been down that road with??

Sorry for my poor grama "down the road with no prem knowledge" Mcleish and Lambert limited knowledge, Tim hardly any, these were bad gambles.

more like cheap options, and to get a TOP manager like Moyes Villa would have to promise a budget for January and I think that will be the stumbling block.

[ClaretAndBlueBlood]

I want someone who can't remember Gabby from 6 years ago

[Ger Regan]

Duverne is at Montpellier I think.

back to Moyes for a moment, S_H your solution to different to the last 6 years (4 years of which we were managed by a dour scotsmen playing largely 'functional' football) is to go for a dour scotsman who plays functional football?  Do you not think through what you're typing?  What you're actually bursting to say is that you want Lerner to spend fuckloads of money and you think Moyes is more likely to demand that than Garde, just be honest.

I don't know what Moyes nationality has got to do with anything.
Moyes will stand up to Lerner and Fox which is what we need. Irrespective of that he knows the PL inside out and that's what we need to stay in this league, not some gamble on an out of work bloke who's never worked as a manager outside of France.

Is there any evidence for this particular assertion? I don't ever recall him being at loggerheads with kenwright at everton, for instance.

[rob_bridge]

Duverne is at Montpellier I think.

back to Moyes for a moment, S_H your solution to different to the last 6 years (4 years of which we were managed by a dour scotsmen playing largely 'functional' football) is to go for a dour scotsman who plays functional football?  Do you not think through what you're typing?  What you're actually bursting to say is that you want Lerner to spend fuckloads of money and you think Moyes is more likely to demand that than Garde, just be honest.

I don't know what Moyes nationality has got to do with anything.
Moyes will stand up to Lerner and Fox which is what we need. Irrespective of that he knows the PL inside out and that's what we need to stay in this league, not some gamble on an out of work bloke who's never worked as a manager outside of France.

I can see the argument, and it has merit Saunders, but look down the league, there are a lot of managers who have not managed in this league, come in and done very well, with less impressive reputations than Garde.

True but we're bottom of the league though. I'd rather we went with Moyes' experience. I can't believe we're going for another gamble on a rookie.
It's madness.

If every club just goes for experience there would never be any new managers coming through.  This Garde is hardly a rookie either.  He's managed before albeit the French league and has a decent record. He might do okay and okay is as much as we can expect in our current predicament really.

Houllier, McLeish lots of experience there

[rob_bridge]

as an Aston Villa Fan I want what I think is best for my club, I think David Moyes, weve been down the road of the no knowledge of the prem, Garde may well be great in France, but that aint the prem.

Who have we been down that road with??

Vic Crowe? Brian Little?

[rob_bridge]

I want someone who can't remember Gabby from 6 years ago

Yes. Unless he can be recreated. Time travel is tricky though.

[cdbearsfan]

I want someone who can't remember Gabby or Lescott from 6 years ago

Fixed.