Manager for next season

[LeeB]

I'd llay the disclaimer on my earlier posts that in an ideal world I'd keep Remi in place and fuck off almost everyone around him.

But it's far from an ideal world we operate in, and thus any attempt at a 'modern' approach with us is likely doomed to failure.

No, I've come to the conclusion that we need a narled, experienced operator who can operate despite the twats upstairs. I'm not concerned about what happens when we're back in the top flight, because it's a bloody long way off from where we are now.

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How fat has Fist Face become these past few years?

[RichardBatchelor]

Quique Flores for me. Don't suppose he'd come, mind.

[TB]

I don't really care who's going to be in the manager hot seat next season unless some serious change is made at the club. It's fairly obvious that some senior players aren't pulling their weight, almost to the point of having a paid all-year-round vacation, and haven't done so for the last managers. If an important part of the squad cannot be arsed to play for their managers, you haven't got too many options.

A) Ship out the offenders and replace them with similar or (hopefully) better quality, but with a professional attitude. Expensive, and probably very difficult to achieve.

B) Bring in a manager with a CV that is so impressive that the malingerers will have to sit up and take notice. You'd think that would have to be someone from the very top of the game, even more so if brought in from outside of the UK. Again, very expensive, and equally difficult, if not downright impossible. Trouble is, even then the manager must have some realistic alternatives in the squad - Garde came in and actually managed to get the current players to appear as a team after a while, and they appeared to play for him... Until the January window closed, and no new possible threats to their 1st 11 places arrived. And at the flick of the switch, normal sub-standard service was resumed.

C) Get an aggressive and dominant manager that could force the squad to toe the line. Alas, I don't see that working too well with modern multi-millionaire players. Quick phone calls to media and agents in no time. WWF-like action on the sidelines could be a plus, though.

D) Employ a one-of-the-boys-type 'manager', effectively giving the reins to the senior players with (possibly) some 'tactical' input from the 'manager'. Been there, done, that, I believe. Didn't work then. Don't see why it should work now.

Bleak. Where's that self-made multi-billionaire football fan when you need him?

[Steve R]

Bruce would do little but make Garde universally popular again and send us spinning off towards Div 1. There are many clapped out ex Manu hackers that I would like to see playing in Div 1, but not in a Villa shirt.

I can't believe so many think this a good idea. I'd much rather Garde got a proper crack at the job first.

[N'ZMAV]

Steve McClaren sacked. Him?

[Dave P]

Steve McClaren sacked. Him?

There is a difference between going for an up and coming manager where it could fail and appointing McClaren where you know it will fail.

[Des Little]

Steve McClaren sacked. Him?

Dear Lord no

[cdbearsfan]

Is he sacked?

[Des Little]

He's shite

[Yossarian]

Is he sacked?

Rumours are that they are in talks with Moyes.

[PaulWinch again]

It is completely irrelavant who the manager is until we get the correct type of leadership higher up the club. There is no manager who could sort this shower out. There are a handful of good players, but their talents are overshadowed by the personalities who clearly rule the roost and run the club down. Get rid of Agbonlahor, Clark, Guzan, Richards in particular and we might start to improve. In Clark's case it's more a case of being part of the Villa team where acceptance of failure is the norm. We have to purge that attitude. Ayew, Amavi, Veretout, Okore, Adama and maybe Gana are the players to build a team around.

[Chris Jameson]

Moyes absolutely no chance of him dropping down a league.

He's currently managing at a similar level to the one I am.

[AV89]

Steve McClaren sacked. Him?

I don't get what it is about McLaren that people keep offering him jobs.

Middlesbrough.  Reasonable, but thy didn't seem sad to see him go.

England.  Failed

Forest.  Failed

Derby.  Failed.

Newcastle.  Failed.

[Chris Jameson]

He won the league in Holland didn't he? Bit unfair to dismiss his time at Boro, think he's a decent coach but not a manager.