Who do you want the next Villa manager to be?

[LukeJames]

I also remember reading years ago that, upon signing the French players at Arsenal, Wenger insisted on English being the only language spoken in the dressing room. I guess it's easier for a Frenchman to impose a rule like that, and it helps with the 'cliques' issue.

I remember seeing an interview with Mourinho when he first went to Chelsea and he insisted on this too.

[dorsetvillian]

what about Houlier as DOF

[Ger Regan]

If he was kept on as director of football after he was let go as manager then I don't think we'd be in the position we are now

[Villa in Denmark]

A shame Moyes has turned us down, probably not for the first time!

It's looking like it's going to be Garde, which of course is a huge gamble, understandable nonetheless. Basically, if the French speaking contingent play well, we'll probably stay up, and if they don't, we probably won't.

I think it's going to be tough for the non-speaking French players and it all might become a bit "cliquey". Micah Richards has already said that "they" should adapt and learn English etc...

Anyway, the new manager is going to need a huge amount of diplomatic skills and is going to have to be a great "people" person as well.


We actually really have no idea how good are French players are. Most of us knew nothing of them before they arrived and most haven't done particularly well since they arrived. However, does the fact that Garde is keen, suggest they are actually quite good. Surely, he wouldn't want to come if he didn't rate some of them?

Glad Moyes not coming to B6. We need someone with more charisma and panache than another Scotsman.

What's Scottish got to do with it?
What about the turgid shit served up by Pulis or Allardyce?
What about the charisma of Monotone McLaren, the panache of Hughes, or the supreme combination of every negative attribute you can think off (including relegation) Steve Bruce?

[rob_bridge]

If he was kept on as director of football after he was let go as manager then I don't think we'd be in the position we are now

Entirely dependent on who he had recruited as coaches, but yes we would have avoided the McLeish shit and probably bobbed around mid table for a few years.

[Mister E]

If he was kept on as director of football after he was let go as manager then I don't think we'd be in the position we are now

Entirely dependent on who he had recruited as coaches, but yes we would have avoided the McLeish shit and probably bobbed around mid table for a few years.

I think if Houllier had been allowed to do what he wanted to do - clear out the crap and start over, using Cabaye as his lynchpin - we may have bobbed around for a while but I suspect we would then have risen to top 6 and some opportunities for trophies.

[HK Villan]

141 v 140, thank you, thank you.

Don't blame me later if it all goes wrong.

[MattW]

With regard to Moyes the regret about the Villa job is going to be much more of a problem to him than to us.

As for diplomatic skills, Remi Garde has been left a very low mark to be better than his four predecessors. All have all been piss poor at communication but Sherwood especially so by his compulsion to sieve his every thought and opinion through his mates in the media.

All Remi Garde has to do is tell the truth openly and respect the intelligence of the fans and he will be fine. I am braced for relegation so if it comes, let's just get on with it and play some winning football.

Spot on.

[SoccerHQ]

If he was kept on as director of football after he was let go as manager then I don't think we'd be in the position we are now

Entirely dependent on who he had recruited as coaches, but yes we would have avoided the McLeish shit and probably bobbed around mid table for a few years.

I think if Houllier had been allowed to do what he wanted to do - clear out the crap and start over, using Cabaye as his lynchpin - we may have bobbed around for a while but I suspect we would then have risen to top 6 and some opportunities for trophies.

His problem was always following O'Neill. Expecatations were still very high for the following season, we still had a very good squad in fairness.

That and his dodgy ticker of course.

[villa `cross the mersey]

A shame Moyes has turned us down, probably not for the first time!

It's looking like it's going to be Garde, which of course is a huge gamble, understandable nonetheless. Basically, if the French speaking contingent play well, we'll probably stay up, and if they don't, we probably won't.

I think it's going to be tough for the non-speaking French players and it all might become a bit "cliquey". Micah Richards has already said that "they" should adapt and learn English etc...

Anyway, the new manager is going to need a huge amount of diplomatic skills and is going to have to be a great "people" person as well.


We actually really have no idea how good are French players are. Most of us knew nothing of them before they arrived and most haven't done particularly well since they arrived. However, does the fact that Garde is keen, suggest they are actually quite good. Surely, he wouldn't want to come if he didn't rate some of them?

Glad Moyes not coming to B6. We need someone with more charisma and panache than another Scotsman.

Not forgetting that Moyes was known as "Dithering Dave" up here on Merseyside

[Percy McCarthy]

A shame Moyes has turned us down, probably not for the first time!

It's looking like it's going to be Garde, which of course is a huge gamble, understandable nonetheless. Basically, if the French speaking contingent play well, we'll probably stay up, and if they don't, we probably won't.

I think it's going to be tough for the non-speaking French players and it all might become a bit "cliquey". Micah Richards has already said that "they" should adapt and learn English etc...

Anyway, the new manager is going to need a huge amount of diplomatic skills and is going to have to be a great "people" person as well.


We actually really have no idea how good are French players are. Most of us knew nothing of them before they arrived and most haven't done particularly well since they arrived. However, does the fact that Garde is keen, suggest they are actually quite good. Surely, he wouldn't want to come if he didn't rate some of them?

Glad Moyes not coming to B6. We need someone with more charisma and panache than another Scotsman.

Not forgetting that Moyes was known as "Dithering Dave" up here on Merseyside

I've got a mate called Dithering Dave. He's much worse than Moyes though, he's on his nineteenth nervous breakdown and is pushed around something rotten by his grown-up son.

He's a nose so hopefully won't be reading this.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Pain behind the ribs?
Sick to the stomach?
Indigestible football?
Heartache?

Simply relieved with Remi.

[dave.woodhall]

A shame Moyes has turned us down, probably not for the first time!

It's looking like it's going to be Garde, which of course is a huge gamble, understandable nonetheless. Basically, if the French speaking contingent play well, we'll probably stay up, and if they don't, we probably won't.

I think it's going to be tough for the non-speaking French players and it all might become a bit "cliquey". Micah Richards has already said that "they" should adapt and learn English etc...

Anyway, the new manager is going to need a huge amount of diplomatic skills and is going to have to be a great "people" person as well.


We actually really have no idea how good are French players are. Most of us knew nothing of them before they arrived and most haven't done particularly well since they arrived. However, does the fact that Garde is keen, suggest they are actually quite good. Surely, he wouldn't want to come if he didn't rate some of them?

Glad Moyes not coming to B6. We need someone with more charisma and panache than another Scotsman.

What's Scottish got to do with it?
What about the turgid shit served up by Pulis or Allardyce?
What about the charisma of Monotone McLaren, the panache of Hughes, or the supreme combination of every negative attribute you can think off (including relegation) Steve Bruce?

What about the greatest and most influential men in our club's history?

[dave.woodhall]

If he was kept on as director of football after he was let go as manager then I don't think we'd be in the position we are now

I agree but he didn't want it.

[damon loves JT]

A shame Moyes has turned us down, probably not for the first time!

It's looking like it's going to be Garde, which of course is a huge gamble, understandable nonetheless. Basically, if the French speaking contingent play well, we'll probably stay up, and if they don't, we probably won't.

I think it's going to be tough for the non-speaking French players and it all might become a bit "cliquey". Micah Richards has already said that "they" should adapt and learn English etc...

Anyway, the new manager is going to need a huge amount of diplomatic skills and is going to have to be a great "people" person as well.


We actually really have no idea how good are French players are. Most of us knew nothing of them before they arrived and most haven't done particularly well since they arrived. However, does the fact that Garde is keen, suggest they are actually quite good. Surely, he wouldn't want to come if he didn't rate some of them?

Glad Moyes not coming to B6. We need someone with more charisma and panache than another Scotsman.

Not forgetting that Moyes was known as "Dithering Dave" up here on Merseyside

I've got a mate called Dithering Dave. He's much worse than Moyes though, he's on his nineteenth nervous breakdown and is pushed around something rotten by his grown-up son.

He's a nose so hopefully won't be reading this.

I have an acquaintance called 'Mad Derek'. Though he doesn't know he's called that, obviously. So even if he is reading this, he'll think I mean somebody else