Who do you want the next Villa manager to be?

[dicedlam]

We are in no position to take chances at this time. Out of all the names above, Moyes is the only person that would guarantee us staying up this year.

Noone would guarantee us staying up this year.

Yes you are right, there is no guarantee, but if you had to put your house on it, would you take a punt on the rest?

[auntiesledd]

Dwight Yorke is doing his coaching badges, has a feel for the club and reckons he can do no worse than Sherwood.

Er Yes you can Dwight - see Terry Connor at Wolves.

Obviously would like to hear and understand those fans calling for a 'Villa' Man to be put in charge as to whether Yorkie fits the profile.

You don't throw a student driver the keys to your Rolls Royce.

Frankly, The Villa are more like a knackered old Jag these days. It makes it all the more vital that the new driver also knows how to carry out the necessary urgent repairs in order to get it back on the road. A few quid for essential replacement parts wouldn't go amiss either...

[Jimbo]

Dwight Yorke is doing his coaching badges, has a feel for the club and reckons he can do no worse than Sherwood.

Er Yes you can Dwight - see Terry Connor at Wolves.

Obviously would like to hear and understand those fans calling for a 'Villa' Man to be put in charge as to whether Yorkie fits the profile.

You don't throw a student driver the keys to your Rolls Royce.

Giving Lambert a new contract last season was like handing a Faberge egg to a chimpanzee.

[The Edge]

We are in no position to take chances at this time. Out of all the names above, Moyes is the only person that would guarantee us staying up this year.

Noone would guarantee us staying up this year.

Who is this Noone? Let's get him in

[mr underhill]

Peter the Hermins Herberts guy

[joe_c]

We are in no position to take chances at this time. Out of all the names above, Moyes is the only person that would guarantee us staying up this year.

Noone would guarantee us staying up this year.

Who is this Noone? Let's get him in

He'd better have Something Good to offer.

[Villa in Denmark]

Dwight Yorke is doing his coaching badges, has a feel for the club and reckons he can do no worse than Sherwood.

Er Yes you can Dwight - see Terry Connor at Wolves.

Obviously would like to hear and understand those fans calling for a 'Villa' Man to be put in charge as to whether Yorkie fits the profile.

You don't throw a student driver the keys to your Rolls Royce.

Giving Lambert a new contract last season was like handing a Faberge egg to a chimpanzee.

Laughing at that has just got me strange looks in the office.

[PaulWinch again]

We are in no position to take chances at this time. Out of all the names above, Moyes is the only person that would guarantee us staying up this year.

Noone would guarantee us staying up this year.

Who is this Noone? Let's get him in

Missed the space!

[aj2k77]

We are in no position to take chances at this time. Out of all the names above, Moyes is the only person that would guarantee us staying up this year.

Noone would guarantee us staying up this year.

Who is this Noone? Let's get him in

Plays for Cardiff, pretty crap, not sure he's ready for management just yet.

[PaulWinch again]

We are in no position to take chances at this time. Out of all the names above, Moyes is the only person that would guarantee us staying up this year.

Noone would guarantee us staying up this year.

Yes you are right, there is no guarantee, but if you had to put your house on it, would you take a punt on the rest?

To be honest at this stage, I'd rather we took some risk with the potential of a greater reward. I'm not just talking in terms of results, but also entertainment. I think I'd like us to look at a long term project, which Garde appears to be,  rather than thinking this manager can save us now and the future will take care of itself. Clearly that has the potential to go wrong, but our short termism 'strategy' has been an utter failure too. Taking everything else away, I'd like a manager who makes me enjoy watching Villa again.

[damon loves JT]

I don't think it's beyond us to stay up this season, whoever the manager is. Take it step by step.

1. Stop making unforced errors that get us beaten. Strategic, tactical, losing the ball in dangerous positions.
2. Get a bit of confidence back. Draw a difficult game everyone expects us to lose.
3. Win a game.
4. Win another, get off the bottom of the table.
5. Set our sights on the team fourth from bottom and outperform them.

Set yourself simple goals and tick them off one by one. It's the only way. In the meantime you have to ignore the background noise from people like us, and Collymore, and that Stripey knob who writes about Villa in the Mail. It's not easy but it can be done.

[ozzjim]

Justin Edinburgh in from 66/1 to 4s on some sites. Someone is having a bit of fun with £20 on the odds.

[Hookeysmith]

Does anyone think there could be more to this theory that Garde was courted during the summer on the chance that TS would fail and that he could have been instrumental in the player selection?

From what I have read about him and his methods I would like to have given him a chance if we had some mid table security - to come in untried and inexperienced as a coach in the "take no prisoners" premiership, whilst we are rock bottom of the league I am not so sure

I really fear this next move could be a catalyst for our future

[joe_c]

Dwight Yorke is doing his coaching badges, has a feel for the club and reckons he can do no worse than Sherwood.

Er Yes you can Dwight - see Terry Connor at Wolves.

Obviously would like to hear and understand those fans calling for a 'Villa' Man to be put in charge as to whether Yorkie fits the profile.

You don't throw a student driver the keys to your Rolls Royce.

Giving Lambert a new contract last season was like handing a Faberge egg to a chimpanzee.

Laughing at that has just got me strange looks in the office.

I thought the gilding was eggcellent.

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

I know trying to get MON back is ridiculous, but the stick MON gets on here is stupid. Maybe, as fans, we get what we deserve? (i.e. Shit for many years).

The only thing worse than MON's character was his football. Given the amount of money he was given he probably ranks as our most tactically clueless manager. And the twat was always saying how bloody "exceptional" we were. WTF.

"We beat the Rags 5-1". Big fucking deal. We were Top 3 spenders or there about for most of his time here.

Wasn't it 71 goals in his first season? Only 9 less than Man Utd?