Manager for next season

[Clampy]

It reminds me of the Wolves debacle a little. They went through some appointments that didn't work out and eventually cost them before finally sitting down and sensibly choosing a safe pair of hands in Kenny Jackett.

[Pete]

Most promoted clubs struggle and Pearsons Leicester was no different

Watford. Bournemouth. Only a few years before, Southampton, West Ham.

[ChicagoLion]

How come Gary Rowett is not on the list?

[PeterWithesShin]

Has to be Redknapp. He's a genius!

[andyh]

The fact that we are now linked with the likes of Pearson, Bruce, Macarthy, Monk etc, and to a lesser extent Moyes, is because that's where we are now.
It's what we are now.

Gone are the days when we dreamt about being linked with the finest. When Houllier, Mcleish and Lambert left, we all speculated on the great and the good from Europe rocking up at Villa Park to restore our greatness.

Now, it's a case of just needing someone who can stop up being a basket case of a club and potentially dropping down the leagues.

My how the (not so) mighty have fallen.
It's all so fucking depressing.

[themossman]

I'd go further than that. When we were a PL team paying enormous salaries to managers we couldn't get anyone decent in. What makes us think we will get a good manager in now?

[PeterWithesShin]

We may have been linked with the finest in the past, or dreamt of them as fans, but they very rarely actually turned up and managed us. Go back through all the managers in my Villa time, from Ron Saunders on, and there's 2 or 3 that were a real catch. SGT1, BFR to a lesser degree and he was always going to be our manager one day, and Pubehead.

[Nunkin1965]

Positive and constructive changes to the board are changing my opinion. I've got a lot of confidence in the new regime.

No overnight solution but I think its a start.

[themossman]

I agree. Just a question of whether we are such damaged goods there's not much left for them to exert their influence on.

[Dante Lavelli]

We may have been linked with the finest in the past, or dreamt of them as fans, but they very rarely actually turned up and managed us. Go back through all the managers in my Villa time, from Ron Saunders on, and there's 2 or 3 that were a real catch. SGT1, BFR to a lesser degree and he was always going to be our manager one day, and Pubehead.

My first Villa memories are with BFR in charge but don't recall any connection beforehand.
I thought he played for Oxford United as a player.  What was the connection to make us his destiny?

[PeterWithesShin]

Was on our books for a few years before signing for Oxford. Never played for the first team. And he always seemed to have a  soft spot for us. I expected him to manage us one day back in the day, I felt it was just a case of when.

[The Left Side]

We may have been linked with the finest in the past, or dreamt of them as fans, but they very rarely actually turned up and managed us. Go back through all the managers in my Villa time, from Ron Saunders on, and there's 2 or 3 that were a real catch. SGT1, BFR to a lesser degree and he was always going to be our manager one day, and Pubehead.

My first Villa memories are with BFR in charge but don't recall any connection beforehand.
I thought he played for Oxford United as a player.  What was the connection to make us his destiny?

I believe he was on the books with us but didn't breakthrough into the first team so went to Headington United (OUFC).

[Chris Smith]

How come Gary Rowett is not on the list?

He is not the only one. There are a lot of managers of mid table Championship clubs not on the list.

[The_ads]

Rowett is in work and I'm not convinced we'd be going down the road of trying to poach a manager under contract let alone one directly from our (not so) illustrious neighbours. That and I don't think he's all that to be honest.

[saunders_heroes]

How come Gary Rowett is not on the list?

He is not the only one. There are a lot of managers of mid table Championship clubs not on the list.

I agree. I don't see what's so special about him. He's got them to the dizzy heights of mid-table. Big deal.