Manager for next season

[Monty]

I'm not mainly against Pearson for how successful he might or might not be - it could all work out fine with Pearson in the Championship, although I don't think his way of doing football is by any means the only one that works down there, and it's certainly not my favourite (and I also think his combustibility represents a risk in itself).

No, I'm mainly against him because I look at the record of his behaviour and I just don't want Villa associated with a character like that. Call me old-fashioned, but I think some things are more important than results (and, as it happens, I refuse to believe that Pearson is the only man alive who could get us good results with that style of football).

[Villa Lew]

Dwight Yorke has said on Talk Sport this morning he is applying for the job. As a certain tennis player once said 'You cannot be serious'.

[VillaAlways]

I'm not mainly against Pearson for how successful he might or might not be - it could all work out fine with Pearson in the Championship, although I don't think his way of doing football is by any means the only one that works down there, and it's certainly not my favourite (and I also think his combustibility represents a risk in itself).

No, I'm mainly against him because I look at the record of his behaviour and I just don't want Villa associated with a character like that. Call me old-fashioned, but I think some things are more important than results (and, as it happens, I refuse to believe that Pearson is the only man alive who could get us good results with that style of football).

He's available though as were our last two appointments. When did we last poach a manager from another club.

[Chico Hamilton III]

Dwight Yorke has said on Talk Sport this morning he is applying for the job. As a certain tennis player once said 'You cannot be serious'.

He'll need to wear a smarter suit for the interview than those monsters he wears on telly

[Chico Hamilton III]

I'm not mainly against Pearson for how successful he might or might not be - it could all work out fine with Pearson in the Championship, although I don't think his way of doing football is by any means the only one that works down there, and it's certainly not my favourite (and I also think his combustibility represents a risk in itself).

No, I'm mainly against him because I look at the record of his behaviour and I just don't want Villa associated with a character like that. Call me old-fashioned, but I think some things are more important than results (and, as it happens, I refuse to believe that Pearson is the only man alive who could get us good results with that style of football).

He's available though as were our last two appointments. When did we last poach a manager from another club.

Little from Leicester?

[Monty]

I'm not mainly against Pearson for how successful he might or might not be - it could all work out fine with Pearson in the Championship, although I don't think his way of doing football is by any means the only one that works down there, and it's certainly not my favourite (and I also think his combustibility represents a risk in itself).

No, I'm mainly against him because I look at the record of his behaviour and I just don't want Villa associated with a character like that. Call me old-fashioned, but I think some things are more important than results (and, as it happens, I refuse to believe that Pearson is the only man alive who could get us good results with that style of football).

He's available though as were our last two appointments. When did we last poach a manager from another club.

The two appointments before that?

Also, you know, John Sitton's available. As is Alan Curbishley. And Joe Kinnear.

[aev]

Ion 5Live earlier they discussed Villa for a while. Sutton and Townsend were very critical of our players attitude and ability, and Townsend said he would be happy to go to Villa Park and lambast the squad.

Their consensus, with a journo called Rory ( from the Times?) was that Pearson is the man.

Chris Sutton is one ex player who certainly doesn't care about upsetting players, or ex colleagues.

[Clampy]

I'm not mainly against Pearson for how successful he might or might not be - it could all work out fine with Pearson in the Championship, although I don't think his way of doing football is by any means the only one that works down there, and it's certainly not my favourite (and I also think his combustibility represents a risk in itself).

No, I'm mainly against him because I look at the record of his behaviour and I just don't want Villa associated with a character like that. Call me old-fashioned, but I think some things are more important than results (and, as it happens, I refuse to believe that Pearson is the only man alive who could get us good results with that style of football).

He's available though as were our last two appointments. When did we last poach a manager from another club.

Wasn't it Lambert?

[PeterWithe]

Just like Garde, Pearson would be the right man at the wrong time.  Eighteen months ago we faced two separate problems, avoiding relegation and dismantling the shambles to rebuild a team not forever swirling around the plughole.  We needed a Pearson followed by a Garde and it looks like we are getting it the wrong way round.

He's more the right man more now than when Garde was appointed when he was also the right man. I'm not a fan of Pearson but I think he'd get far more out of that squad by using his one and only motivational technique.  I don't think we would have seen  Lescott tweeting pictures of his new car or Gabby and Richards heading for Dubai in our predicament with Pearson as the boss. 

I really don't think the likes of Gabby, Lescott and Richards would be in the least bit intimidated by Pearson, I reckon they'd take the view 'who does this bloke think he is?', the younger guys would probably be scared of him enough to up their game but on the whole, they haven't been the biggest problem.

If, as I hope happens, we purge the team of all the troublemakers, why would you need someone like Pearson who's only attribute appears to be being a bully? The problem wont be there.

[OCD]

I'm not mainly against Pearson for how successful he might or might not be - it could all work out fine with Pearson in the Championship, although I don't think his way of doing football is by any means the only one that works down there, and it's certainly not my favourite (and I also think his combustibility represents a risk in itself).

No, I'm mainly against him because I look at the record of his behaviour and I just don't want Villa associated with a character like that. Call me old-fashioned, but I think some things are more important than results (and, as it happens, I refuse to believe that Pearson is the only man alive who could get us good results with that style of football).

He's available though as were our last two appointments. When did we last poach a manager from another club.

Wasn't it Lambert?

As Monty was alluding to, Lambert and before him McLeish.

[VillaAlways]

I'm not mainly against Pearson for how successful he might or might not be - it could all work out fine with Pearson in the Championship, although I don't think his way of doing football is by any means the only one that works down there, and it's certainly not my favourite (and I also think his combustibility represents a risk in itself).

No, I'm mainly against him because I look at the record of his behaviour and I just don't want Villa associated with a character like that. Call me old-fashioned, but I think some things are more important than results (and, as it happens, I refuse to believe that Pearson is the only man alive who could get us good results with that style of football).

He's available though as were our last two appointments. When did we last poach a manager from another club.

Wasn't it Lambert?

As Monty was alluding to, Lambert and before him McLeish.

Lambert but only after he tried to resign and then we had to pay up after.
McLeish yes forgot that I had blocked that nightmare out
Actually McLeish resigned too and we were forced to pay up after there as well.

[saunders_heroes]

For gods sake lets get Moyes in, do whatever it takes to get him. Pearson would be us reaching the very bottom of a rotten barrel.

Hear hear!

[HolmesyVilla]

Big Ron speaks very highly of him

In that case we'd better rule out Marcel Desailly.

Haha fockin quality mate

[Brend'Watkins]

Just like Garde, Pearson would be the right man at the wrong time.  Eighteen months ago we faced two separate problems, avoiding relegation and dismantling the shambles to rebuild a team not forever swirling around the plughole.  We needed a Pearson followed by a Garde and it looks like we are getting it the wrong way round.

He's more the right man more now than when Garde was appointed when he was also the right man. I'm not a fan of Pearson but I think he'd get far more out of that squad by using his one and only motivational technique.  I don't think we would have seen  Lescott tweeting pictures of his new car or Gabby and Richards heading for Dubai in our predicament with Pearson as the boss.

I take it you haven't seen the video of Pearson's son and the other Leicester players in Thailand?

I haven't no. What happened?

Just googled it...the report anyway.  Not great but it wasn't Nigel Pearson himself involved.  In any case, this happened when the season was over after they avoided the drop not with crucial games still to be played to determine their fate like our two.

[JUAN PABLO]

The only thing that worries me about Pearson , like with Garde ,  they don't get the people who worked with  them before , Leicester got some excellent players cheap with the scouts and turned a few players nobody wanted into solid good players and even internationals , like  steve Walsh at Leicester for example.
With Garde , Villa  was expecting the team he had at Lyon to work with and they were not released by lyon , so Garde had to get different men in with him to work with .

So if Pearson could get the same backroom staff Id be more happier but I don't think that is going to happen at all. Unless a few villa ex pros want to join him eg Laursen .