Manager for next season

[avfcpg]

Gary Neville? Maybe as a no.2 if not manager. If we are ripping stuff up and starting again he might be a good fit.

[brian green]

Not a chance.  He wants the England gig.

[russon]

Bruce is a non-starter. Lerner would never sanction the cost of a new dugout to accomodate his massive conk.

[sid1964]

Just read on the BBC, that if Garde goes, then Coleman could be in line to be the next Manager

Jesus, the thought of Coleman at Villa makes me weep. He is ok for Wales, but he has been a useless club manager

[cdbearsfan]

I'd say it's fairly unlikely he'd want to join before the Euros anyway. I reckon the press are just playing Manager Bingo at the moment.

Has Curbishley been linked yet?

[Tony Erdington]

Just read on the BBC, that if Garde goes, then Coleman could be in line to be the next Manager

Jesus, the thought of Coleman at Villa makes me weep. He is ok for Wales, but he has been a useless club manager

ideal fit (sarcasm) under the current regeme

[Chico Hamilton III]

Gary Fucking Neville? He's having an absolute fucking shocker in Spain. I'd rather keep Garde. I'd rather keep Sherwood

 

[Tom_Mc9?]

Oddly having having never really wanted him before and having come off two unsuccessful stints as manager, I'm starting to want Moyes. Could just be down to the caliber of alternatives.

[Des Little]

Definitely not Gary Neville.  At the moment, he's proving to be a brilliant talker and a shit do-er.

[SashasGrandad]

Bruce is a non-starter. Lerner would never sanction the cost of a new dugout to accomodate his massive conk.

Just make him sit on the back row?

[RussellC]

Sam Allardyce said in an interview recently. "Strength between the ears is the most important thing. Players play in the Premier League mostly because their football intelligence is greater than those who play in the leagues below. Skill sets are very similar but it is the brain power that lets players use their skills that helps at the top level. You can still be a player of superb ability in League One or Two on a one –off basis, but sustaining it is the problem if that player comes into the Premier League.”

The likes of Richards, Lescott, and Guzan walk out the dressing rooms for the second half giggling like teenagers coming out of a lesson at school, having not listened to a word the teacher has said.  Our captains have been Richards and Gabby and it strikes me that the rest of the squad don't have too many brain cells between them either, certainly the English ones anyway. Reading Ginola's comments earlier suggests this too - and Garde just can't get through to them.

If we're choosing a new manager to suit the group of players we'll be stuck with then we really should be looking at the local Sunday Leagues.

Completely agree with this. Guzan is another one. He always strikes me as being a complete Dumbo. It's his decision-making that makes him a bad keeper, not his ability. The same goes for Okore and Bacuna.

[sid1964]

IF we do not get the right Manager in, I fear that if we cannot get rid of the players who are taking the piss out of our club, we will slide down into Division 1 - just like Wolves did when they were relegated from the Premier League, they had a similar attitude from there supposed big time charlies!

Our lot cannot motivate themselves to play against Liverpool at home, I dread to think what will happen when we play on a Tuesday night at Brentford.

[Chris Smith]

Bruce is a non-starter. Lerner would never sanction the cost of a new dugout to accomodate his massive conk.

Plus we would have to start singing "STAND UP POTATO HEAD".

[robbo1874]

Gary Fucking Neville? He's having an absolute fucking shocker in Spain. I'd rather keep Garde. I'd rather keep Sherwood

 

id thought previously about maybe getting Neville, mainly due to everyone wanking over how great a pundit he is/was. Results speak for themselves though. Obviously knows hat needs to be done, but unable to deliver. Not a crime, but wouldn't want a bar of him next season.

[cdward]

and then I read this from Bernstein and it makes me wonder a little about what they might be thinking.

New Aston Villa board member David Bernstein has admitted that manager Remi Garde is faced with a "very tough job".
Reports have surfaced suggesting that the Frenchman could leave the club during the international break having failed to lift the Villans off the bottom of the table since succeeding Tim Sherwood in November.
Bernstein revealed that he was impressed with Garde when he met him, but refused to give any assurances over his future.
"I had two and a half hours with him at my home last Wednesday. He came down and I had a very good meeting with him," Bernstein told reporters.
"He is a very civilised, dedicated, professional and passionate person. I have only met him once and I've got a lot of respect for him already but he's got a very tough job on."

And if Garde goes I don't think it will positioned as him being fired. But more mutual consent.

Bernstein will be making the call on whether Garde is manager or not. If he was staying i would have thought he would have come out and said something along the lines of " Remi is the man to lead us through this difficult time etc', etc'". After a 2 and a half hour meeting, the silence tells me he is going.