Manager for next season

[Dante Lavelli]

Moyes for me. There I've said it.

For me, this is the number 1 option and a dream scenario given our current plight. Villa should do everything and anything to get this bloke. Don't invite him to apply, get him in a room and offer him the chance to get us up again.

Beggars can't be choosers and God knows we're currently beggars, but this is a great opportunity imo.

Considering he has turned us down previously (at least twice?) it would be highly ironic that he agreed once we were in the Championship.
That said, it feels right for some reason, I think we are a good match for each other at the moment.

[tomd2103]

Not been able to make the game today, but watching on BT.  Currently interviewing Bernstein and the subject of the new manager came up.  Maybe a slip of the tongue, but Bernstein said they are looking for an "English" manager, which would rule quite a few out.

[PeterWithesShin]

For me the single most important thing is to get out of Division 2 next season. We'll worry if the manager, or even the players, are good enough for the Division 1 when we're back in it. Obviously in an ideal world we'll get someone in long term, but it's not been an ideal world down B6 the last few seasons.

[PeterWithesShin]

Listening to the wireless for the commentary of the game and some plum apparently said Holloway would be a great appointment.

[curiousorange]

Saw a tweet that said the club had approached both Moyes and Pearson.

[brontebilly]

McCarthy would be met with even more frustration than McLeish was from the stands. The man can't manage in the premier league at all. Much like Neil Warnock, basic football for promotion, then inevitably followed with relegation.
 

I dont think so , mcCarthy isnt coming from small heath , and i dont care about having a manager that can manage in the premier league
We wont be in the premier league , I just want a manager that can get us promotion next season
pearson , dyche or mcCarthy will do for me ,    worry about the premier league once we are back in it

Taking that approach would simply mean coming straight back down. I hope the board have more vision than that. And the objection to McCarthy would be nothing to do with where he has been or come from, it would be that he is proven to be a poor manager.

Not necessarily  , I still say to my Wolves mate at work , wolves would not have been relegated and would still be in the premier league now if they hadn't sacked mick mcarthy in the February.
Look at Leicester , this time last year in April still bottom of the league
They kept faith with Pearson and finished 14th

That Wolves side were heading for relegation anyway when McCarthy left and the supporters were in open revolt with him. The likes of Jamie O'Hara, Roger Johnson, Kevin Doyle, Stephen Hunt cost a fair amount of money and were a significant drain on the club as they couldn't shift them. MON lite really....at best

[gpbarr]

Carver has about as much chance of getting the job as me.

Christ I hope we make the right appointment. This time round there's a queue forming for managers to take the job and there is probably more choice.

I wouldn't have put it past the old board regime to have gone and picked someone like Carver on his half time tea making abilities!

This time it's crucial the appointment is the right one. Don't screw it up again Villa.

What will make it the right one this time??

I assume previous appointments were considered the right one by those making these decisions.

It's a lottery. All the names in the poll may work, they may all not. Plenty will believe Moyes is the right one, but his chances like those before him are no better than 50/50.

[VillaAlways]

For me the single most important thing is to get out of Division 2 next season. We'll worry if the manager, or even the players, are good enough for the Division 1 when we're back in it. Obviously in an ideal world we'll get someone in long term, but it's not been an ideal world down B6 the last few seasons.

I posted similar earlier I would be more than happy with McCarthy. Bruce, Pearson, Dyche etc and I trust Bernstein to get the right man .

[CT]

DB just said they won't rushed and we're looking for an English manager (I assume meaning British) with Championship and PL experience.

He said a lot had gone wrong over many years but people are being put in position with responsibility to rectify this.

I liked listening to him. Have to say though, the first 15 minutes by BT was good journalism but made me want to slit my wrists!!

[Gregorys Boy]

I'd take one from Moyes, Pearson, Dyce and Big Mick. 

Still think Moyes is a bit of a long shot.  But I think he could do a good job in getting the best out of a limited squad, and could be effective in both the Championship and then if we got back up too.  Don't think we will get Dyce if Burnely get promoted, otherwise he might fancy it.  Both Mccarthy and Pearson know the Championship so well and are smart and tough, so I think either one could do a good job.

[Dante Lavelli]

Both Mccarthy and Pearson know the Championship so well and are smart and tough, so I think either one could do a good job.

Their extended experience of the Championship could also be viewed as a bad thing.  The best managers would pass through rather than spend most of their time managing there in my opinion.

[curiousorange]

For me, Moyes is the only one capable of building a squad rather than just a team that will get promotion. Nothing against Dyche, for example, but I don't see players sticking around for the long term like Moyes managed to achieve at Everton.

[ozzjim]

McCarthy would be a huge backward step even from where we are now.  The guy is an average Championship manager. Pearson  would begin to look appealing in if mick was a serious option.

[KevinGage]

Agreed.

If we somehow got Moyes, we could be optimistic about continuing on an upward curve after promotion.

For the others mentioned, they might get us out of that division. But you'd get the sense that we'd be facing a similar season to the last few once they'd done that.

[Gregorys Boy]

McCarthy would be a huge backward step even from where we are now.  The guy is an average Championship manager. Pearson  would begin to look appealing in if mick was a serious option.

Disagree, I think at least at that level Mick has a strong record.  Not only has he got both Wolves and Sunderland promoted, but when he took over Ipswich they were near the bottom of the league and he turned them into Play-off contenders in almost no time.  You have to rememer that in recent years the Championship has been far more capative than the PL.  That he hasn't managed to get Ipswich up just yet shouldn't be a knock on him.  He's done a good job there with very little money.