Who'd take Pulis now?

[AV82EC]

Pulis no thanks.

I'd take Allardyce with a large dose of nose holding!

[PaulWinch again]

No thanks, what's the point? We have a terrible squad, it'd still be a terrible squad under him. The only difference would be I could guarantee that we'd never improve our football under him, there's still at least a chance of improvement under Garde.

[CT Villan]

Until the senior management at the club (Fox, Reilly et al) changes for the better I don't see any new manager having a lasting and meaningful impact.

[tomd2103]

Bringing Pulis in only works if he would agree to a very short term fire fighting type of deal. If we were sat in 16th spot and leaking goals, he'd come in teach us how to park the bus, get enough draws to stay up. However the subsequent years we'd become what Albion are now or Stoke were. Miserable, eye bleeding kick, pull, tug, hoof it to big blokes football that you'd not want to pay to go and see. So I'll pass.

I think he is ideal if you are struggling at the bottom and he comes in for 1 or 2 seasons.  For all his faults, you know he is going to get a team organised, defensively solid and decent at both attacking and defending set pieces.  Once he has had his 1-2 seasons, you say thanks very much and bring in someone who can build on those foundations (that's the stage where Remi Garde should have been coming in).  It's strange that his critics often overlook his time at Palace and some of the football they played when he was there. 

Anyway, it's hardly like we have been playing good football over the past few years.  Some of the football under McLeish, Lambert, Sherwood and Garde has been horrific. 

[MadKev]

Bitter Bird Alert.

I thought that too yesterday, but was told off

I've already gave you my season ticket seat number, come and find me. I'm no 'bitter bird', i'm just a realist. Why are so many of you so snobby and uptight ffs!?

We're a mess, the laughing stock of football.

Pulis is the same as any other manager, you win some games with him, you lose some, you draw some. Some you'll play fantastic, some you'll play dogsheet. That's football. I don't get what some of you expect.

Everybody from 8th downwards these days, is fighting relegation, such has the scope of the premier league changed. We're no longer a big fish in the league, we're amongst the smaller fish now due to the amount of money being spunked by Russians and arabs. This is what a lot of you have to take a step back & realise.

I don't understand what some of you honestly expect anymore.

I was a teen for 1982, it was fantastic but i'm betting half of you on here weren't even born or old enough to have an recollection of the 'glory days'.

Now stop making me out to be some fraud & open your eyes to the situation.

[PeterWithesShin]

I gave you the benefit of the doubt the first time you tried the "come and find me" routine. Trying it again the next day only ends one way.

[ozzjim]

Never.

What's the point? Horrible turgid anti-football.

This. Why would anyone genuinely want him? Albion fans are ashamed of him. Even we outplayed them at their place!

He is a fucking cock to go with the awful football

Him and Pearson, either rock up, I won't be going near the place, or indeed watching on the box. We are better than both, even if we are playing the conference.

[langleylions]

All this bullshit about pulis never being relegated is aload of shit. He leaves first or the clubs pull the trigger as stoke did. I wouldn't want that arsehole anywhere near villa simply cuz of how the prick dresses. Could at least go to jd sports instead of sportsworld!!!! Fuckin chav

[glasses]

I'll go on record and say I'm sorry for calling MadKev a troll.

There were much better words I could have used.

I have a real issue with TP and the "I've never been relegated" nonsense. Since when has that become an achievement? It's a celebration of being slightly less shit that 3 other teams each year.

[Locko]

'Yes we all know that Lerner wants to sell but can't.'

Anything can be sold its just a question of agreeing a price.

You really think selling a football club is that simple?

As for Pulis, no.

Probably not for Randy.

I suspect Randy finds wiping his arse difficult

[clash city rocker]

To tighten up a defence you actually need to have a defence. I remember down the years seeing a Villa defence at times but it has obviously become unfashionable now. If by some chance we got a defence again we wouldn't have to resort to anti football merchants like Pulis we could just employ a couple of half decent defensive coaches.

[Risso]

I'd take any manager that could keep us in the Premier League, other than Nigel Pearson.  I don't like Pulis, or his football, but I'd take shit anti-football that gets the odd win over being horsed 6-0 at home any day of the week.  Not that it matters, why would he come here in any case?

[Malandro]

Pearson or Pulis. Probably what the playing side deserve but I'm sure both would be falling out with Fox, Hollis and Lerner within a few weeks.

[clash city rocker]

I'd rather have Stuart Pearce over the pearson/pulis alternative.

[wittonwarrior]

You could put up with it  if he came in as a fire fighter (too late anyway) and saved us but  anything over a short  contract would leave  me sitting  at home on a Saturday or Sunday match time.