Who do you want the next Villa manager to be?

[Dante Lavelli]

Just announced on BT Sport during the Lazio v Milan match.

[cdbearsfan]

So a Bastia assistant manager. Can he be the man to save us?

Course 'e can.

[brian green]

Whatever the future holds - bring it on.

[Percy McCarthy]

I do wonder why someone with a good rep like garde would want to come here. Money perhaps!

Not getting at you in particular, but this self-loathing and low self esteem thing that comes out is really depressing.

We're one of the most successful teams in English football, we play at a stadium which oozes history, we're an ever present in the most important league in world football, and we are massively, massively underachieving to the point that a coach with even half a brain cell could improve us sufficiently to be considered to have done a great job.

The reason we can attract players and managers better than, say, Leicester City, who are currently flying high, is because of the above.

As Veretout said in that interview the other day, he wanted to come here, not Leicester, because Aston Villa is a name in football.

One of the most successful teams in English football ?

Yes. But two centuries ago.

We weren't one of only five English clubs to win the European Cup, or five-time League Cup winners, or Premier League ever-presents, or European Super Cup winners, two centuries ago.

[Vegas]

So a Bastia assistant manager. Can he be the man to save us?

Course 'e can.

Tres Bon.

[purpletrousers]

It's always a risk, but this looks a wise move.

I think he's got enough of a track record to be given a go, and unless Moyes wanted to come for a more Premier experienced safe pair of hands, I'm happy with this man I knew little about, but like everything I've read about.

An only concern might be his one club fair success under constraint was within a structure/club he had been within for a few years, he knew the youth he was going to bring through. It'll take him time to know our set up, but the crop of French talent seems ripe for his shaping.

I really hope he's in the stand tomorrow night, it had felt a rather madochistic fixture to get a ticket for but living in London and unusually free on Monday I couldn't not go.

It'll give us a buzz if he's there, and have the players needing to prove themselves...

So we still need that song???

[villan from luton]

The sad thing is it seems many of us think of Aston Villa football club as a small club. Utter tosh. An Arsenal mate of mine was taking the p the other night and I asked if he had seen his team win the top European trophy like I had in Rotterdam 26/5/82.  It may be a long time ago, but our club is well known throughout the football world and maybe sometimes we should remember that

[brian green]

Tonight I am especially happy for Mont and TV and VID and Mr U and all the other posters who have been longing for us to appoint a thinking, progressive manager.

[dave.woodhall]

Tonight I am especially happy for Mont and TV and VID and Mr U and all the other posters who have been longing for us to appoint a thinking, progressive manager.

I'm especially happy for everyone who lumped on at 20/1.

[ciggiesnbeer]

Starting to get excited again. I am getting that new manager enthusiasm bounce! Yes I know history says I am being a mug but still, I am happy today.

[JUAN PABLO]

very good luck to him

lets bring on a great new era

[CT]

The sad thing is it seems many of us think of Aston Villa football club as a small club. Utter tosh. An Arsenal mate of mine was taking the p the other night and I asked if he had seen his team win the top European trophy like I had in Rotterdam 26/5/82.  It may be a long time ago, but our club is well known throughout the football world and maybe sometimes we should remember that

I often remind Arsenal, Man City and Spurs fans of this.

[b23]

I do wonder why someone with a good rep like garde would want to come here. Money perhaps!

Not getting at you in particular, but this self-loathing and low self esteem thing that comes out is really depressing.

We're one of the most successful teams in English football, we play at a stadium which oozes history, we're an ever present in the most important league in world football, and we are massively, massively underachieving to the point that a coach with even half a brain cell could improve us sufficiently to be considered to have done a great job.

The reason we can attract players and managers better than, say, Leicester City, who are currently flying high, is because of the above.

As Veretout said in that interview the other day, he wanted to come here, not Leicester, because Aston Villa is a name in football.

One of the most successful teams in English football ?

Yes. But two centuries ago.

We weren't one of only five English clubs to win the European Cup, or five-time League Cup winners, or Premier League ever-presents, or European Super Cup winners, two centuries ago.

That's true.

World Club Championship participants too.

Which century of silverware would you choose ?

[Fasth56]

I do wonder why someone with a good rep like garde would want to come here. Money perhaps!

Not getting at you in particular, but this self-loathing and low self esteem thing that comes out is really depressing.

We're one of the most successful teams in English football, we play at a stadium which oozes history, we're an ever present in the most important league in world football, and we are massively, massively underachieving to the point that a coach with even half a brain cell could improve us sufficiently to be considered to have done a great job.

The reason we can attract players and managers better than, say, Leicester City, who are currently flying high, is because of the above.

As Veretout said in that interview the other day, he wanted to come here, not Leicester, because Aston Villa is a name in football.

One of the most successful teams in English football ?

Yes. But two centuries ago.

FFS, that's something I would expect from the no marks on SHA

[dave.woodhall]

That's true.

World Club Championship participants too.

Which century of silverware would you choose ?

The one in which we won the most, so that'll be the twentieth.