Who do you want the next Villa manager to be?

[PeterWithesShin]

IMO, Moyes gives us the greatest chance of avoiding relegation but his glass ceiling is around 5th or 6th.
Garde is a bigger risk and does not guarantee safety, however if things go well for him it appears that his ceiling could be higher than Moyes and the football will be easier on the eye.

I'd still prefer Bielsa, a risk yes, but less of one than Garde. Plus he'd not tolerate any crap from anyone and I think we need that unwavering focus to get Villa back to where we should be.

Didn't he finish 4th with Everton?

Yep, although you have to wonder how as they had a minus goal difference.

[peter w]

I'm pretty sure not all Scots are the same.

To be fair I think that this is one time I can confidently state without any facts to back it up that, yes, all Scots are the same.

[peter w]

Have the club issued anything in relation to when they want the manager in place by?

[mamuu]

"Villa inferno calls for a fire Garde"

you can have that for free, Meaning Evil.

[Villa in Denmark]

"Villa inferno calls for a fire Garde"

you can have that for free, Meaning Evil.

Whilst previous manager was less use than a chocolate fire Garde.

[dicedlam]

IMO, Moyes gives us the greatest chance of avoiding relegation but his glass ceiling is around 5th or 6th.
Garde is a bigger risk and does not guarantee safety, however if things go well for him it appears that his ceiling could be higher than Moyes and the football will be easier on the eye.

I'd still prefer Bielsa, a risk yes, but less of one than Garde. Plus he'd not tolerate any crap from anyone and I think we need that unwavering focus to get Villa back to where we should be.

If the glass ceiling for Moyes is consistently achieving 5th/6th place then bring it on. It's not as if any of the other also rans in the league would turn there nose up at it. Unfortunately, the ceiling you mention is for all of us, bar the few.

Also, I would like to mention that to achieve above the ceiling of a 5th/6th place would need investment of stupid proportions, and you know that is not going to happen anytime soon.

[mr underhill]

staying up this season would feel like we'd actually won the title

[peter w]

How has this got to 76 pages (or whatever number your device has you on) without a serious mention of Joe Kinnear?

[Matt C]

Only at the Villa could we be worrying that a prospective new manager might only get us to 5th or 6th.

Christ, I'd take sixth from bottom right now.

[IAmTheOneIanOlney]

IMO, Moyes gives us the greatest chance of avoiding relegation but his glass ceiling is around 5th or 6th.
Garde is a bigger risk and does not guarantee safety, however if things go well for him it appears that his ceiling could be higher than Moyes and the football will be easier on the eye.

I'd still prefer Bielsa, a risk yes, but less of one than Garde. Plus he'd not tolerate any crap from anyone and I think we need that unwavering focus to get Villa back to where we should be.

Didn't he finish 4th with Everton?

Yep, although you have to wonder how as they had a minus goal difference.

He also got them from bottom in late October to finish 11th one season.

[auntiesledd]

"Villa inferno calls for a fire Garde"

you can have that for free, Meaning Evil.

I see what you've done there. 

[Mortimer's Bear]

It has to be Moyes for me, none of the alternatives give me any confidence that we will survive.

[jembob]

Only at the Villa could we be worrying that a prospective new manager might only get us to 5th or 6th.

Christ, I'd take sixth from bottom right now.

Indeed. If Sherwood was still here and we were 6th at the moment, most people here would be quite pleased.

[PaulWinch again]

staying up this season would feel like we'd actually won the title

No it wouldn't, but that's kind of illustrative of how expectations have be lowered to a ridiculous level.

[PeterWithesShin]

Or maybe just the reality of being bottom after a quarter of the season means that staying up now has to be the aim of the season.