Who do you want the next Villa manager to be?

[Monty]

Moyes sacked today. Until Remi Garde was mentioned he was topping our poll. It will be interesting to see if he can get back to being a decent premier league manager or whether he is in permanent decline?

Who knows, of course, but reading the report on his sacking by Sid Lowe it appears he did a fairly similar job there to the one Sherwood did here.

[brian green]

I did say that the regret over Moyes not coming to us would be all one way. He should have come when, if ever, he had the chance.

[andyh]

Given the general positivity there is about Remi now, I wonder how many are having an 'oh, shit we missed out' moment knowing that Moyes has now become available.

[aj2k77]

Phew, glad we got in before the Moyes. Not a bad manager and no offence to the Scots but I've had enough of them!

[walsall villain]

As Monty posted, there is no way of knowing if this is a career blip or signs he won't be successful at the top level again. You couldn't say he was certain to save us.

[Monty]

As Monty posted, there is no way of knowing if this is a career blip or signs he won't be successful at the top level again. You couldn't say he was certain to save us.

To defend Moyes in the same way we defended Remi against the 'gamble' accusations, no manager would be certain to save us.

However, you look at who'd be best placed to save us, and what would they bring. Moyes would bring defensive solidity above all else, make us difficult to beat, but perhaps doesn't have the best track record for the kind of passing football which would suit our best players; Remi, in theory, was going to make us better going forward as he did at Lyon, playing the style which suits us, but flakier at the back than Moyes would.

Except that Remi also, apparently, can make us solid and hard to beat, and in three days at that. If he can do that AND make us better in attack, then I really don't see the need to compare the two.

[joe_c]

In before the Jock.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Moyes sacked today. Until Remi Garde was mentioned he was topping our poll. It will be interesting to see if he can get back to being a decent premier league manager or whether he is in permanent decline?

Who knows, of course, but reading the report on his sacking by Sid Lowe it appears he did a fairly similar job there to the one Sherwood did here.

I've just read that article. Lowe doesn't hold back on just how poor Moyes has been. I'm delighted we dodged that bullet and believe under Remi we'll eventually get to a standard of football whereby in future Villa fans will immediately reject the MON, McLeish, Lambert and Sherwood and Moyes of this world.

[brian green]

We saw flashes of football yesterday that were a delight to behold. They made you feel good to be at Villa Park watching it. Okay so they only amounted to a tenth of the game at most but Remi had lifted the tartan curtain and let us glimpse what just might transpire. I can live with that.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

I don't know about one tenth of the game, Brian. To begin with City never touched the ball for the first two minutes.

[john e]

I don't know about one tenth of the game, Brian. To begin with City never touched the ball for the first two minutes.

Yep, we absolutely battered them in that first two minutes and no mistake

[Rudy Can't Fail]

I don't know about one tenth of the game, Brian. To begin with City never touched the ball for the first two minutes.

Yep, we absolutely battered them in that first two minutes and no mistake

It certainly had me rubbing my eyes and wondering what the hell was going on. Set the scene for our first half performance and much more appreciated than passing it back to Clark to hoof up field.

[brian green]

I liked what I saw however brief it was. You like what you like. If that game did not raise your spirits nothing will.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

I liked what I saw however brief it was. You like what you like. If that game did not raise your spirits nothing will.

Not sure if that was aimed at John or myself, Brian but I actually thought we played some great stuff and longer than your one-tenth comment. From the first minute it was like watching a completely different team. My spirits are most certainly raised now I've got over the shock.

[brian green]

It was certainly not aimed at you Rudy. It was hardly aimed at anybody, it was just a sigh of frustration that even our happy times get picked apart. As my son Damon said as we walked from the ground God help H and V if that shot of Delph's had gone in.