Who do you want the next Villa manager to be?

[Louzie0]

I keep reminding myself that it's still October. It's not the same situation that Tim came into, and he will always have my thanks for turning things around so quickly and keeping us up, never mind in the FA Cup final.

Whoever joins us now can't go any lower but we have not lost touch with teams above and there is a good two thirds of the season to go. Our players just need organising and some belief. 

[Tony Erdington]

I'm still not sure about Remi Garde.
If we were mid-table then it could be inspired, but will he have the experience to keep us up.

I'm wondering if we need a specialist that will just keep us up, even if its just a short term fix.

I'm struggling to see why someone with the skills to improve the team long term wouldn't also have the managerial ability to see us overhaul the likes of Bournemouth, Norwich, Watford and Sunderland over the next six months.

No short-term fix for me. Even if we stay up, we'll be back in the shit this time next year, when, no doubt, you'd want another short-term fix to save us.

Plan for this season, AND the future.

Remi can cure all our problems, sounds good to me, break the bank to get him and his team in , I say.

[Louzie0]

What Tony said!

[cdbearsfan]

We can't get his team in, if Lyon won't even talk to us.

Like I said, it could be brinkmanship and we could get the staff we need, but if Lyon refuse to open up talks then there's not a lot we can do.

[Lastfootstamper]

I'm still not sure about Remi Garde.
If we were mid-table then it could be inspired, but will he have the experience to keep us up.

I'm wondering if we need a specialist that will just keep us up, even if its just a short term fix.

I'm struggling to see why someone with the skills to improve the team long term wouldn't also have the managerial ability to see us overhaul the likes of Bournemouth, Norwich, Watford and Sunderland over the next six months.

No short-term fix for me. Even if we stay up, we'll be back in the shit this time next year, when, no doubt, you'd want another short-term fix to save us.

Plan for this season, AND the future.

Wholeheartedly agree, CD. There's still 28 games to go, plenty of time for the right man to turn this ship around and head on a course toward sunnier climes, rather than just jamming the rudder full circle AGAIN.

[LTA]

Is Ron Saunders still about? Or big Ron come to that? Either would do better than last three incumbents.

Big Ron has said Pearson should get the job and that it shouldn't even be up for discussion.

[mrfuse]

I'm still not sure about Remi Garde.
If we were mid-table then it could be inspired, but will he have the experience to keep us up.

I'm wondering if we need a specialist that will just keep us up, even if its just a short term fix.

I'm struggling to see why someone with the skills to improve the team long term wouldn't also have the managerial ability to see us overhaul the likes of Bournemouth, Norwich, Watford and Sunderland over the next six months.

You say Plan for this Season and the Future?  Your right but that will not happen under Learner!

No short-term fix for me. Even if we stay up, we'll be back in the shit this time next year, when, no doubt, you'd want another short-term fix to save us.

Plan for this season, AND the future.

All I was saying was that a short-term fix might give us something to improve on.While I can't stand Pullis style football you know he would give you a firm basis to build from the same way he did for Stoke and Crystal Palace.

We're in a desperate situation and going down could be catastrophic, you wouldn't bet on any team being able to bounce back after being relegated.
Despite how dour Moyes is, I think he could be the short-term and longer fix.

Plan for this season, AND the future. Not while Learner is in charge I'm afraid.

[ozzjim]

Well there is, Garde can ask them to come and they can walk, Villa can then sort compensation afterwards. It happens, and backroom staff are less costly than managers.

[Monty]

If Garde won't ever take another job without absolutely everyone he wants in his backroom staff he might find it a little hard to get back into management.

[cdbearsfan]

Well there is, Garde can ask them to come and they can walk, Villa can then sort compensation afterwards. It happens, and backroom staff are less costly than managers.

That didn't happen in the Summer when he tried to get them to Newcastle though. Maybe they wouldn't want to burn bridges in case it doesn't work out.

[KRS]

Well according to Froggy on Radio WM we need a manager to who will our team playing direct physical aggressive football...apparently you can't get out of relegation by playing pretty football! What a load of absolute shite...anyone would think we're trying to avoid relegation from the Conference, not 10 games into a Premier League season where pretty much most of the teams at least attempt to play half decent football.

From what I've read, Garde seems a good fit...managed successfully on a tight budget, got the best out of young players, knowledge of the players we've signed in the summer, plays a passing game which suits our players, and actually has football intelligence. I've never heard of him before, but he seems to be a better fit than Moyes, Rodgers or any of the others being linked.

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

Is Ron Saunders still about? Or big Ron come to that? Either would do better than last three incumbents.

Big Ron has said Pearson should get the job and that it shouldn't even be up for discussion.

He's backing a fellow racist up...

[damon loves JT]

I'm not gonna lie to you , I've got a very bad feeling about this managerial search and more generally this season as a whole .

Yeah, but $47.84 a barrel. Even with our net spend we could afford 160,403.95 barrels of Brent crude. That's about six each for every season ticket holder. Got to be happy with that

[ciggiesnbeer]

Well according to The Telegraph, the Garde deal is in danger of going belly up because of problems with getting his preferred backroom staff released from their current employers.

Just throw some money at the problem. Outside of PSG there are zero French clubs who we cant just dangle some Euros under their noses and they will release whoever we damn well want.

Even if the clubs are prepared to release them, there's no guarantee that they'd want to come here, for any number of reasons. I imagine there are plenty of Brits who wouldn't want to move to Birmingham, and probably even more French.

Triple their salary and tell them Birmingham is part of London. It worked with Beneteke it can work with some cone & bib man. 

[adrenachrome]

According to an "exclusive" by SatanSpawnofBaggieBill in The Meaning Evil, Benito Carbone has thrown his hat into the three ring bullshit circus sideshow. Young Gregg is a caution.