Who do you want the next Villa manager to be?

[cdbearsfan]

I think The Samaritans might complain if SilhillVilla is allowed to have "followers".

[conman]

there seems to be a lot of ganging up and  bullying on here towards sillhillvilla

[olaftab]

Just bantz fella. We love him really and this forum would be boring without him.

[Jimbo]

there seems to be a lot of ganging up and  bullying on here towards sillhillvilla

Indeed, most unsavoury.

[The Edge]

He's back - @whispers_avfc: i welcome remi garde.

In English please

[Duncan Shaw]

A young intern was just seen rushing into BMH with a baguette, a bag of onions and a box of the finest cabernet so I suspect @whispers_avfc is correct.

I'll only believe it when I hear the rumour that a truck has arrived at Bodymoor. New berets and striped blue and white shirts in boxes that smell like onions.

No need for that!!

[Chris Jameson]

there seems to be a lot of ganging up and  bullying on here towards sillhillvilla

Nope, he just tends to make stuff up to suit whatever point he's trying to make and then disappears when challenged. He asked me something on another thread, I answered but because he knows what he said was nonsense he once again ignored the response.

We've had a long time of it, bored with it now so will try to ignore, but it's certainly not 'bullying' or 'ganging up'.

[silhillvilla]

It was rumoured to be Culverhouse, not Karsa. I have just read the thread. Anything to not do an assignment.

So I wasn't imagining it. Just mixed up culverhouse and karsa

[Toronto Villa]

there seems to be a lot of ganging up and  bullying on here towards sillhillvilla

I don't know how long you've been coming on here (post count isn't always a true reflection) but we've literally endured years of his nonsensical melodramatic misery. So you'll find comments towards him quite polite relative to what we've put up with.

[Monty]

This just in from Sky's resident Villa-blagger Pete Colley:

Aston Villa are no closer to confirming their new manager with caretaker boss Kevin MacDonald now expected to take charge of the next three matches, Sky Sports News HQ understands.

According to midlands reporter Pete Colley, Remi Garde remains the club's No 1 managerial target despite widespread newspaper reports linking former Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers and Real Sociedad manager David Moyes with the post.

Tim Sherwood was sacked on Sunday following Villa's sixth straight Premier League defeat which left them rooted to the bottom of the table and without a win since the opening day success at Bournemouth.

Talks to bring Garde to Villa Park have hit a stumbling block however, after he insisted on having his righthand man Gerald Baticle join him at the club.

Baticle is currently assisting Hubert Fournier at Lyon, having joined the club when Garde was appointed as manager in 2011.

As it stands, Lyon are preventing Baticle from speaking to Villa, a similar situation to when Newcastle approached the French side for permission to talk to the 46-year-old as they sought to appoint Garde following the departure of Alan Pardew in January.

MacDonald will take charge of the first team for Wednesday's Capital One Cup fourth-round tie against Southampton at St Mary's. Sky sources understand he will remain in charge for the Premier League games with Tottenham and Manchester City.

It is understood Villa chief executive Tom Fox wants Garde in place as manager before the home match with Everton on November 21.

That looks like they really, really, really want Garde to take it.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

A young intern was just seen rushing into BMH with a baguette, a bag of onions and a box of the finest cabernet so I suspect @whispers_avfc is correct.

I'll only believe it when I hear the rumour that a truck has arrived at Bodymoor. New berets and striped blue and white shirts in boxes that smell like onions.

I find this stereotyping about the frogs quite offensive.

[Toronto Villa]

This just in from Sky's resident Villa-blagger Pete Colley:

Aston Villa are no closer to confirming their new manager with caretaker boss Kevin MacDonald now expected to take charge of the next three matches, Sky Sports News HQ understands.

According to midlands reporter Pete Colley, Remi Garde remains the club's No 1 managerial target despite widespread newspaper reports linking former Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers and Real Sociedad manager David Moyes with the post.

Tim Sherwood was sacked on Sunday following Villa's sixth straight Premier League defeat which left them rooted to the bottom of the table and without a win since the opening day success at Bournemouth.

Talks to bring Garde to Villa Park have hit a stumbling block however, after he insisted on having his righthand man Gerald Baticle join him at the club.

Baticle is currently assisting Hubert Fournier at Lyon, having joined the club when Garde was appointed as manager in 2011.

As it stands, Lyon are preventing Baticle from speaking to Villa, a similar situation to when Newcastle approached the French side for permission to talk to the 46-year-old as they sought to appoint Garde following the departure of Alan Pardew in January.

MacDonald will take charge of the first team for Wednesday's Capital One Cup fourth-round tie against Southampton at St Mary's. Sky sources understand he will remain in charge for the Premier League games with Tottenham and Manchester City.

It is understood Villa chief executive Tom Fox wants Garde in place as manager before the home match with Everton on November 21.

That looks like they really, really, really want Garde to take it.

Good. It's a nothing article really by Colley. Basically nothing has changed and they want their man and they are taking a long term approach. So no point compromising now. Hopefully it's all going well behind the scenes and he'll be revealed in good time.

[joe_c]

Wasn't there an excruciating delay between Houllier being approached and finally taking charge? Or does it just seem like that now? I remember him not actually picking the team for his first game after appointment against Stoke.

[aj2k77]

Can't the assistant manager and physio just resign from their positions at the clubs they are at?

[silhillvilla]

Wasn't there an excruciating delay between Houllier being approached and finally taking charge? Or does it just seem like that now? I remember him not actually picking the team for his first game after appointment against Stoke.

Yep GED was reluctant to join , we persuaded him £££