Manager for next season

[Marlon From Bearwood]

Pearson. We all know it's going to be him.

I fear you may well be right. Lerner's last appointment as owner could well be a racist thug. What a parting present that would be.

I know he's a thug, but racist? What have I missed?

[LeeB]

I've convinced myself that Steve Bruce is the man for the job.

Seriously.

[Rigadon]

Read Brian Green's post on the Garde thread to explain why this is almost irrelevant. It is like deciding what CD to play while your car is on fire.

It's a great line but enough of this resignation and what more can we do attitude. As others have pointed out when Rowett took over at blues they were even more of a mess than we are, he's had to sell their best players but he's not only stabilised them he's got them chasing the play offs.

The biggest issue is Lerner but if we take the Remy Garde approach that it's all hopeless then we truly are going to keep dropping through the leagues.

Agree with this.  Saying nobody could do any better than Garde is absurd. 

[Steve67]

Someone posted on here a few days ago that we need someone who would see it as a personal insult to be managing in the Championship and therefore have the motivation to get Villa back up, quickly. I heard this morning that only 30% of clubs bounce straight back. With the shower of shit we have in charge of us, history is certainly against us.

[fredm]

I've convinced myself that Steve Bruce is the man for the job.

Seriously.

Have thought that Bruce would have been a better fit for Villa for years, before we employed McLeish, Lambert etc. but people always laughed if ever he was suggested.  They also laughed if Mark Hughes was suggested, but they wouldn't be turning their nose up to him walking through the door now.

[ez]

Mark Hughes is my usual answer but it's now unlikely he'd come.

[LeeB]

I've convinced myself that Steve Bruce is the man for the job.

Seriously.

Have thought that Bruce would have been a better fit for Villa for years, before we employed McLeish, Lambert etc. but people always laughed if ever he was suggested.  They also laughed if Mark Hughes was suggested, but they wouldn't be turning their nose up to him walking through the door now.

He's on course to take a club straight back up for the second time, has a working knowledge of the teams in the division, and seems to have good scouting networks as he has plucked many an unknown foreign player up who turns out decent. He's also not an utter arsehole like Pearson.

His vast experience would also be a plus in our carnival of ineptitude.

[Holte L2]

Moyes
Warburton
Hughton
Benitez (I'm allowed to dream)

[Richard]

Hughton is a good shout

[rob_bridge]

I've convinced myself that Steve Bruce is the man for the job.

Seriously.

Have thought that Bruce would have been a better fit for Villa for years, before we employed McLeish, Lambert etc. but people always laughed if ever he was suggested.  They also laughed if Mark Hughes was suggested, but they wouldn't be turning their nose up to him walking through the door now.

I wanted Hughes in 2011. We narrowly escaped one car crash and then decided to go back into the stock car race riding on a scooter

[eddiemunster]

Is it me, or has anyone else noticed that over the past few years, we have seen a managerial merry go round of the "Usual Suspects" going from club to club to club............on that basis our next manager will be..........Warnock, god fekin help us!!!!!

[Gary Penrice]

I for one think Nigel Pearson would be an ideal appointment as would Sean Dyche.

The likes of Howe,Warburton,Moyes etc wouldn't go anywhere near us at this current time & to be honest can we really blame them?

[Ron Manager]

Might as well let Gabby do it. The powers that be at Villa Park are all working together to keep costs at an absolute minimum, on Mr Lerner's orders, so for a new manager (now Benteke's and Delph's money have been used) there will be hardly anything to use. You would have to have an excellent knowledge of those available on frees and also the non league talent of which there is plenty. I have suggested Jamie Carragher as far back as three years ago and got laughed off the thread. Fox will go back to the commercial side shortly somewhere else and Reilly will be dispensed with so Reg Hollis will have to earn his no doubt considerable money to find a suitable candidate. A hard man like Ferguson with a considerable knowledge of football both in this country and abroad.

Hollis is the major player at Villa Park from now on. Carragher would soon sort out the likes of Agbonlahor whether Agbonlahor likes it or not. Hollis needs to move fast and offer the job to someone with an iron fist. One who is not Nigel Pearson but who is someone who could offer us hope.

[somec]

^^ Has Carragher got his coaching badges or expressed an interest in going into management?

[tomd2103]

I've convinced myself that Steve Bruce is the man for the job.

Seriously.

One paper this morning has got us lining him up in the summer.  Same paper also saying we will be promoting Petrov to work with the first team. 

Moyes would be my number one choice, but unrealistic I admit.  My two more realistic choices would be Hughton if Brighton don't go up or Allardyce if Sunderland go down.  I think both would get us up and secure us in the top flight for a couple of seasons.