Who do you want the next Villa manager to be?

[Richard E]

We have some right bell ends as fans.

And you told me you loved me last night!

[PaulWinch again]

Not Kevin MacDonald based on the side tonight. Assuming we have our white surrender away kit on

Bloody right it's a horrible team we've put out.

[Steve67]

so. just to sum up.  We are bottom of the league, no Manager, a squad containing 13 new players which all take time to gel, we have no Manager and we are yet again trying to appoint someone untried and untested at this level.  Despite other Manager's with experience of the Premier League failing at Villa, you would think that they have learned and this time might appoint the right Manager.  Remi Garde?  Totally unconvinced. I hope I am totally and utterly wrong.

[paul_e]

We have some right bell ends as fans.

I think it's more that we have a lot of fans who can't/won't think for themselves so they get told that we need a 'proper football man' and run with it.  It's the same reason why some fans will be angry that Sherwood was sacked, some that think Lambert was doing a good job and some who think that Lerner should've just given MON whatever money he was asking for before he walked away.

[brian green]

Like when you have a distressed or unwell child in a public place. There will always be a sizeable number of bystanders who have possibly never raised a child advocating a good smacking.

[Chris Jameson]

Any adult wearing one of those stupid fucking wigs should never be asked their opinion on anything, ever. Unless the question is "would you like me to paint your face for £500?".

[silhillvilla]

so. just to sum up.  We are bottom of the league, no Manager, a squad containing 13 new players which all take time to gel, we have no Manager and we are yet again trying to appoint someone untried and untested at this level.  Despite other Manager's with experience of the Premier League failing at Villa, you would think that they have learned and this time might appoint the right Manager.  Remi Garde?  Totally unconvinced. I hope I am totally and utterly wrong.

Big Sam would of probably been a good choice

[PaulWinch again]

so. just to sum up.  We are bottom of the league, no Manager, a squad containing 13 new players which all take time to gel, we have no Manager and we are yet again trying to appoint someone untried and untested at this level.  Despite other Manager's with experience of the Premier League failing at Villa, you would think that they have learned and this time might appoint the right Manager.  Remi Garde?  Totally unconvinced. I hope I am totally and utterly wrong.

Surely the fact they've hired managers with Premier League experience, who you yourself have said failed, suggests that looking for a new approach might be logical.

[Legion]

so. just to sum up.  We are bottom of the league, no Manager, a squad containing 13 new players which all take time to gel, we have no Manager and we are yet again trying to appoint someone untried and untested at this level.  Despite other Manager's with experience of the Premier League failing at Villa, you would think that they have learned and this time might appoint the right Manager.  Remi Garde?  Totally unconvinced. I hope I am totally and utterly wrong.

Big Sam would of probably been a good choice

It's 'have', and no he would not.

[Ormy Droid]

You can imagine the producers back at SSN going through the footage, "I don't want coherent opinions! Give me thick brummie accents dressed in claret and blue wigs! And I want some anti-gallic sentiment from a bald thuggish looking bloke demanding a proper British manager, who's nearly as mentally deranged as he is!"

[Chris Jameson]

Didn't sillhillvilla want Kevin McDonald to be given the job? Or have I just made that up like he probably did?

[Louzie0]

If he took a year off to write a play it would be a Baticle theatrical sabbatical.

If it was left wing it would be a raticle Baticle theatrical sabbatical.  If he wrote it on a boat, it would be a nautical raticle theatrical sabbatical. If he had to do a lot of difficult sums whilst navigating, it would be a quadrilatical natical radical Baticle theatrical sabbatical.

[PaulWinch again]

How about we appoint someone who might, just might, make us a half decent team to watch. There's a risk yes, but can any Villa fan seriously say they enjoy us slumming it between lower mid-table and the bottom of the table? We have tried the British manager thing over the last few years and everyone of them has ended up playing mind numbing, soul sucking football. Personally I'd like us to speculate on a foreign coach who actually has some ideas and might be able to bring entertainment back to the game. Yes Pulis, Allardyce or the like might get us to be safe. But fucking hell if that's the height of our ambition what's the point? It's time we tried to remember that football at its core is about enjoyment. If we continue playing the style we have for the last few years, then relegation or survival does it really matter?

[silhillvilla]

Didn't sillhillvilla want Kevin McDonald to be given the job? Or have I just made that up like he probably did?

Short term rather than a rash appointment , yes.
I wouldn't read much into tonight's team selection, he's clearly prioritised the Spurs game.

[cdbearsfan]

Didn't sillhillvilla want Kevin McDonald to be given the job? Or have I just made that up like he probably did?

I asked him who he'd want and he picked one who he said "we probably wouldn't get" (Moyes) and two who he knows perfectly well would never be considered (Allardyce and O'Neill). Thus guaranteeing he can still reserve the right to moan if we appoint anyone who we actually might appoint.