Manager for next season

[Toronto Villa]

That we are even discussing Billy Davies is horrendously depressing. While Newcastle, having just spent £30m are about to appoint Rafa Benitez, a very experience and proven football manager. He'll get them out of trouble, and they'll invest next season and not be in the same position again. He also brings credibility to the position. Oh for a little credibility...

[Chico Hamilton III]

We need Remi Garde.

He is intelligent and knows football, he has class, he's honest and decent. I have great respect for him.

We need Remi, set free to do what has to be done. That's all, folks.

Yep, he's all of the above. Unfortunately he seems like a bit of a shit manager as well.

[gpbarr]

We need Remi Garde.

He is intelligent and knows football, he has class, he's honest and decent. I have great respect for him.

We need Remi, set free to do what has to be done. That's all, folks.

Yep, he's all of the above. Unfortunately he seems like a bit of a shit manager as well.

If one looks myopically at his body of work with Villa, true. If one steps back however and looks at his body of work as a manager overall, I'd have to disagree.

[CJ]

Steve McClaren just became available!

[Clark W Griswold]

We need Remi Garde.

He is intelligent and knows football, he has class, he's honest and decent. I have great respect for him.

We need Remi, set free to do what has to be done. That's all, folks.

Yep, he's all of the above. Unfortunately he seems like a bit of a shit manager as well.

If one looks myopically at his body of work with Villa, true. If one steps back however and looks at his body of work as a manager overall, I'd have to disagree.

I think there's often a 'right fit' though and as much as I like Remi and don't doubt that he could have success elsewhere in the future I don't think he's the right fit for us. I think it's really hard to be the right fit for us under the circumstances but I'm still convinced there are managers out there that would make a better fist of it than McLeish, Lambert, Sherwood and Garde, all of which I think lacked the skill/experience/persona to do well for us.

[Duncan Shaw]

Jesus with Mclaren now being avaialble without compo I'm afraid!

[Chico Hamilton III]

We need Remi Garde.

He is intelligent and knows football, he has class, he's honest and decent. I have great respect for him.

We need Remi, set free to do what has to be done. That's all, folks.

Yep, he's all of the above. Unfortunately he seems like a bit of a shit manager as well.

If one looks myopically at his body of work with Villa, true. If one steps back however and looks at his body of work as a manager overall, I'd have to disagree.

Similarly, one could look at Alex McLeish's record at Rangers and conclude that he was a genius as well. Maybe we should have kept him. 

[myf]

Jesus with Mclaren now being avaialble without compo I'm afraid!

If Benitez goes there as expected it means Moyes and Rodgers remain available.  We could be a good option for Moyes - he may consider he could get us back up swiftly and restore his own mangerial credibility as well.

All that said, we'll only get a new gaffer if Garde walks as I can't see any chance we'll pay out compo after yesterdays results.

[ClaretAndBlueBlood]

Jesus with Mclaren now being avaialble without compo I'm afraid!

I'd take Jesus out of the 2

[dave shelley]

I would imagine the main reason Benitez has taken the Newcastle job is that he's been promised a shit load of money for transfers.

[conman]

Garde has been shafted by the board and a malignant core of players who been corroding the club with their subs par efforts for years.

and he keeps picking them , week in week out

[Tokyo Sexwhale]

How low have we sunk when Steve fucking Bruce appears to be a palatable option for some fans?

[Toronto Villa]

I'd like to consider a ban on the term "how low have we sunk"

[conman]

What have we become

[Bottom Right 89]

I have to say I'd be quite happy with Potato Head, he's always respectful of our club when he brings a team to Villa Park and he knows how to organise a team in the championship.

We have to face reality if (when) Remi walks in the Summer who better than Bruce is going to put their hat in the ring for what has become the poison chalice job of football? If Hull get promotion he might not even look twice at us. Chris Hughton would then be my next target.