Who do you want the next Villa manager to be?

[b23]

Guus Hiddink ?

He's not working ?

Pay him £200,000 a game ?

With the promise of a £4,000,000 bonus if he keeps us up ?

#desparatetimes

[dave.woodhall]

The name Arsenal seems to be cropping up a lot with regards to our backroom staff these days.

[silhillvilla]

Garde, a man who interviewed well at Brighton & Hove Albion before Sami Hyypia was appointed

Good fucking Lord . What !

[Toronto Villa]

Or maybe those are just that good they don't want to let them go? If we don't get them i'll forever blame them for stopping us becoming the dominant side in world football.

Damn right. They'll have stood between us and European Cups 2 through 5.

I'm quite disappointed by your lack of ambition. Only 5 European Cups?

[pauliewalnuts]

Having other fitness people wasn't a problem when we had that Brady bloke - the one with the beer gut - in a post up until Sunday.

[Phil from the upper holte]

Fuck me we've got Cottee telling us now we were wrong on ssn News

What did he say?

What do we expect, we're not going to be challenging, he even said it was something like 15 defeats in 24 but we knew what we we're getting with Sherwood, someone who goes for it apparently

[Phil from the upper holte]

Garde, a man who interviewed well at Brighton & Hove Albion before Sami Hyypia was appointed

Good fucking Lord . What !

He did so well they appointed a man who nearly relegated them?

[Clampy]

Garde, a man who interviewed well at Brighton & Hove Albion before Sami Hyypia was appointed

Good fucking Lord . What !

More Sillyvilla melodramatics.

[ozzjim]

The name Arsenal seems to be cropping up a lot with regards to our backroom staff these days.

Wenger might fancy a change in scenery?

[Ian.]

I do like the sound of this Garde, it's got to be worth the gamble. Any one's a gamble anyhow.
Also for the last 5 seasons every team from around 10 placed down are potentially in a relegation fight to near the end, so it will take time for anyone to suddenly turn it around, but also we're certainly not relegated yet.

[ozzjim]

Not looking great though it's it if we don't want his fitness coach and we can't get his number 2 is it.

[Ian.]

Not if that report is true. Surely if we want him we'll work it out?

Looking at our squad you would have to question our fitness coach. Sanchez is blowing out his arse regularly, Gabby certainly ain't fit and Richardson looks less fit than me.

[aj2k77]

One of them is working for a Second division club over there. I'm sure if we want him we will get him.

[cdward]

Reading up on Duverne and Baticle, I'd say getting Duverne should be relatively easy. As fitness coach, he has only been at Metz for a season, in that time they have been relegated and changed manager, so he wouldn't have particularly strong links keeping him there. He worked for us previously with Houllier, so is not averse to moving to Brum.
However Baticle as assistant manager has been at Lyon in different roles for the last 7 or 8 years, During which time there have been 5 different managers including Houllier, Alain Perrin and Remy Garde . So Baticle seems he is the bit of consistency around the club, also it doesn't look like he has moved away from France during his career either, so I would say he is the main stumbling block.

[Malandro]

Reading up on Duverne and Baticle, I'd say getting Duverne should be relatively easy. As fitness coach, he has only been at Metz for a season, in that time they have been relegated and changed manager, so he wouldn't have particularly strong links keeping him there. He worked for us previously with Houllier, so is not averse to moving to Brum.
However Baticle as assistant manager has been at Lyon in different roles for the last 7 or 8 years, During which time there have been 5 different managers including Houllier, Alain Perrin and Remy Garde . So Baticle seems he is the bit of consistency around the club, also it doesn't look like he has moved away from France during his career either, so I would say he is the main stumbling block.

Could loan him for a year, a sabaticle?