Who do you want the next Villa manager to be?

[rob_bridge]

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?

2nd season - managed 60 points as well.

The same as DOL in his first season.

[Vegas]

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

I saw this too Ozz, and it made me worried.

[auntiesledd]

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.

I saw him a good few times when he was at Brighton. He was a quick & skilful winger, but had nowt in the way of an end product.

I'm surprised Timmy didn't bring him to The Villa in the Summer.

[ozzjim]

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

Interesting that Ian Wright (who rarely talks and sense) speaks of Garde as a very calming, quiet, deep thinking man. Well worth a shot I reckon.

[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.

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.

I am in total agreement with this. The idea of appointing a Moyes, an Allardyce, a Pulis, a Pardew, a Bruce and have us plodding around between 8th and 14th ad infinitum doesn't inspire me at all. I was hoping the appointment would be someone with top flight but not Premier League experience and Remi Garde fits the bill for me and I'd be disappointed not to get him now.

[Toronto Villa]

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

Interesting that Ian Wright (who rarely talks and sense) speaks of Garde as a very calming, quiet, deep thinking man. Well worth a shot I reckon.

The last thing the players need is another shouter or motivational speaker. Sometimes a whisper is louder than shout if delivered intelligently. We need a bit of thought and calm now.

[Yossarian]

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.

I saw him a good few times when he was at Brighton. He was a quick & skilful winger, but had nowt in the way of an end product.

I'm surprised Timmy didn't bring him to The Villa in the Summer.

Timmy wanted him but his coefficient on the moneyball calculation wasn't high enough.

[auntiesledd]

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.

I saw him a good few times when he was at Brighton. He was a quick & skilful winger, but had nowt in the way of an end product.

I'm surprised Timmy didn't bring him to The Villa in the Summer.

Timmy wanted him but his coefficient on the moneyball calculation wasn't high enough.

Aha, that'll be it then. Thanks for clearing up that mystery today - as his unfathomable omission from the legion of haplessness in our ranks has given me many a sleepless night, I can tell you.

[Malandro]

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.

I saw him a good few times when he was at Brighton. He was a quick & skilful winger, but had nowt in the way of an end product.

I'm surprised Timmy didn't bring him to The Villa in the Summer.

Timmy wanted him but his coefficient on the moneyball calculation wasn't high enough.

Aha, that'll be it then. Thanks for clearing up that mystery today - as his unfathomable omission from the legion of haplessness in our ranks has given me many a sleepless night, I can tell you.

You cannot say legion of hapless on here. Apologise.

[brian green]

Whoever comes in, Garde, Moyes, Rodgers, Redknapp, Pearson, the biggest and single most important ability they must bring is clarity of vision, and the longer they see our situation clearly the better they will manage us.

A new manager has to see what we have been seeing for five years and act on what he (maybe she) sees. He has to see N'Zogbia running down blind alleys with his head down, Westwood failing to track runners, Kozak at least deserving a few minutes off the bench, Gestede not getting square on in aerial challenges so at best the ball skids off the side of his head at worst missing it altogether, Gabby's weight, Richardson's lack of stamina, Lescott's half arsed attitude, Guzan's refusal to vary his kicking and his inability to throw out quickly.

What has been missing in the periods of management of McLeish, Lambert and Sherwood is failure to address the blindingly obvious with the inevitable result that the team punches three stones below its weight. For five long years less than the sum of its parts.

Any half competent manager should be able to fix that.

[auntiesledd]

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.

I saw him a good few times when he was at Brighton. He was a quick & skilful winger, but had nowt in the way of an end product.

I'm surprised Timmy didn't bring him to The Villa in the Summer.

Timmy wanted him but his coefficient on the moneyball calculation wasn't high enough.

Aha, that'll be it then. Thanks for clearing up that mystery today - as his unfathomable omission from the legion of haplessness in our ranks has given me many a sleepless night, I can tell you.

You cannot say legion of hapless on here. Apologise.

Don't panic! I deliberately used a small 'L', so as not to cast any nasturtiums. That said, I'm deeply sorry if I caused any (unintentional) offence to the H&V head honcho. You can all rest assured that today's self-flagellation sessions will be even more unrestrained as a result.   

[Comrade Blitz]

Is Legion the H&V head honcho?

[Smoke]

Is Legion the H&V head honcho?

He was, remember when the site went down and 3 days worth of posts got lost? He was trying to clear his inbox.

[N'ZMAV]

Justin Edinburgh has now been linked.

[Edvard Remberg]