Manager for next season

[JUAN PABLO]

No idea if I want  Pearson but two spells at leicester with win rates of 51% and 47% isn't too bad and I actually thought even when they were bottom they played some good football and couldn't believe they were bottom.

so If he did come , in the championship , we would be ok with him .   

Personally speaking I'm not keen on Nigel Pearson due to the fact I don't want my manager holding down a professional footballer by the throat when we concede a throw in.

If he's appointed I'll be there and support him like I've supported most but he wouldn't be my choice.

Id say its 90% Pearson

[Nunkin1965]

Not sure what my post count has to do with anything? It's like some kind of cult on here at times. Id rather you didn't insinuate I was a 'prick' thank you. I'm trying to add some realism to this rather atrocious situation that David Moyes won't be touching with a 30ft pole.

Think it possibly is fantasy to expect Moyes to come to us. In with a chance with a stronger and far more persuasive and impressive board though.

I'm waiting for Moyes to rule himself out for the job before I think of other candidates.

[dave shelley]

No idea if I want  Pearson but two spells at leicester with win rates of 51% and 47% isn't too bad and I actually thought even when they were bottom they played some good football and couldn't believe they were bottom.

so If he did come , in the championship , we would be ok with him .   

Personally speaking I'm not keen on Nigel Pearson due to the fact I don't want my manager holding down a professional footballer by the throat when we concede a throw in.

If he's appointed I'll be there and support him like I've supported most but he wouldn't be my choice.

Id say its 90% Pearson

Then I'll take the 10% that isn't.

[Chris Jameson]

Same here. Wasn't there a 'bullying arsehole' working with Lambert who had no effect and Keane was no wallflower and that went well.

Be a sad day amongst many of them when/if Pearson is appointed manager of Aston Villa.

[boozey182]

Would it be worth a poll (maybe on a different thread) to gauge who would be for/against Pearson? It seems to be quite a split at the moment between those that see him as our best realistic option and those that don't want him anywhere near the club. It would be interesting how the numbers would work out.

[Pete]

I'm sorry but Pearson is talked about as some sort of genius behind  Leicester, but with pretty much the same squad that are top of the league now they were marooned at the bottom for most of last season. Yes they had a great run at the end, but that doesn't mean the first three quarters of the season should be ignored.

Exactly. Lauding him for a 'great escape' is one thing. But, we have to remember, he's the one who put them into the dire position they needed to escape from in the first place.

[The_ads]

Most promoted clubs struggle and Pearsons Leicester was no different

[Dave]

Would it be worth a poll (maybe on a different thread) to gauge who would be for/against Pearson? It seems to be quite a split at the moment between those that see him as our best realistic option and those that don't want him anywhere near the club. It would be interesting how the numbers would work out.

I think that can be done if it becomes a situation more solid than a horrible, media-based nightmare.

[Irish villain]

Be a sad day amongst many of them when/if Pearson is appointed manager of Aston Villa.

Very sad but its the kind of place we have been hurtling towards for several years.

[boozey182]

Would it be worth a poll (maybe on a different thread) to gauge who would be for/against Pearson? It seems to be quite a split at the moment between those that see him as our best realistic option and those that don't want him anywhere near the club. It would be interesting how the numbers would work out.

I think that can be done if it becomes a situation more solid than a horrible, media-based nightmare.

That makes sense. I just saw that he was odds on at a few bookies and panicked. (Plus I'm secretly hoping it would be overwhelmingly against and that it might get picked up by someone at the club/in the press to help prevent this nightmare becoming a reality. Might have called the election without the support though, I genuinely don't know which way the vote would go on here)

[VillaAlways]

I'm sorry but Pearson is talked about as some sort of genius behind  Leicester, but with pretty much the same squad that are top of the league now they were marooned at the bottom for most of last season. Yes they had a great run at the end, but that doesn't mean the first three quarters of the season should be ignored.

Exactly. Lauding him for a 'great escape' is one thing. But, we have to remember, he's the one who put them into the dire position they needed to escape from in the first place.

Its not unusual for a newly promoted team to be in a relegation battle though

[The_ads]

I've alluded to it before but I don't really buy this bullying tag. He's been at 9 different clubs in his career and only in the past 12 months has a couple of incidents led to this reputation. We've tried the arm round the shoulder approach and it's got us precisely nowhere. We need a bit of no nonsense steal and someone to instill some pride, fight and passion. Someone whose going to look like they care on the touch line and someone who can create a siege mentality to drag this club back to where it belongs. I absolutely believe, despite the odd bit of abuse thrown at Pat Murphy or the odd bit of handbags on the touch line in the heat of battle, that this bloke could win over a lot of people extremely quickly

[Dante Lavelli]

Moyes didn't want to come when we were good (post MON) and partially salvageable in October when Garde got the job, what makes everyone think he'll jump at it now when we have a truly dreadful squad and a spot in the championship?

The biggest difference is probably that he was employed when offered the job previously.  I also think that he currently needs a 'project' where he can demonstrate improvement in order to rebuild his reputation.  I also think we will offer him a better salary than any of his other options.

As an aside, I've been to a real sociadad match.  They're a small club - admittedly in an amazing city - comparable in size with Middlesboro in my opinion and much smaller than their neighbours Bilbao.  Villa are twice the size, at least, by comparison.

[Dante Lavelli]

I'm no fan of him, but I think we'd be daft to discount him just because he's unhinged.

Eh?

[Dave]

I've alluded to it before but I don't really buy this bullying tag. He's been at 9 different clubs in his career and only in the past 12 months has a couple of incidents led to this reputation.

You mean that nobody gave two fucks about reporting about his time at Carlisle or when he was managing Leicester in League One?

What an astonishing revelation.