Manager for next season

[ozzjim]

I don't mind waiting until the summer but if that wait is for a Bruce or Mccarthy there is little point.  If it means getting Dyche or Hughton then fair enough.

[DB]

...or Warbuton, but he may want to take Rangers into the Premier and have a go at Celtic.

[auntiesledd]

I don't mind waiting until the summer but if that wait is for a Bruce or Mccarthy there is little point.  If it means getting Dyche or Hughton then fair enough.

As both their respective clubs are looking good to pass us on our way down - I can't see either swapping what they have for a shot at sorting out a basket-case like us next season. I guess it all depends on what happens between now & the end of the season (and what our Board's strategy is - if any). I'm beginning to think Nigel Nutjob will be who we end up with. God forbid...   

[Monty]

I'd rather have Mick McCarthy than Pearson. At least McCarthy would just likely be rubbish. I think a club with any dignity at all should refuse to give someone like Pearson employment.

[Mister E]

I'd rather have Mick McCarthy than Pearson. At least McCarthy would just likely be rubbish. I think a club with any dignity at all should refuse to give someone like Pearson employment.

Hobson's choice, Monty.
Both bring me out in cold sweats ... And the mere thought of facing my football-friends with either of these no-hopers at the helm fills me with dread.

[PaulWinch again]

How would we feel if Eric Black was in charge until the summer, when there would be more choice and less compo to pay for anyone who's been sacked?

I assumed we'd be waiting until the summer anyway. Ultimately I want the correct manager in place whether it's now or the summer it doesn't really matter.

[KevinGage]

How would we feel if Eric Black was in charge until the summer, when there would be more choice and less compo to pay for anyone who's been sacked?

That would make sense.

It would also make sense if the board wanted to sell some of our better players beforehand.

[peter w]

I can't see the point in not waiting for as long as possible. Someone somewhere may just look at it and think, yeah i fancy that. Someone of a higher calibre than those mooted thus far.

[Bottom Right 89]

I would hope they'll announce it next week once we've got the big 'R' next to our name. We need the manager in place now, assess the squad sort out who he wants to sign and who to get rid of and give to the board to sort out. Otherwise everyone will bugger off on holiday, the current Villa players will be left in limbo and we'll be left with no new signings till they report back for training in August. If we're buying from the European bargain buckets again those guys won't be match fit till October and we'll be half way down the championship by then.

It's either going to be Moyes or Pearson, both of them are sat at home watching homes under the hammer so there's nothing to sort out except getting their initials printed on a tracksuit.

[mattjpa]

How would we feel if Eric Black was in charge until the summer, when there would be more choice and less compo to pay for anyone who's been sacked?

I think it would be a complete waste of time, unless as others have stated, we bring someone in on a watching brief. We have an opportunity for someone to get in now, assess what we have and who we want to keep/sell. I honestly dont want another fresh face coming in and giving some of these shit heads another chance, get in now, listen to the fan reaction to them, see how bad things are in the dressing room and deal with it over the summer. Personally, I think there are two really good candidates - Moyes and Pearson (although i detest the latter). Get one of them signed up and announced on Sunday. We absolutely need to hit the ground running next year

[Toronto Villa]

I agree entirely with keeping Black in charge unless the man we want is available. This is huge decision and I want the board to take the time they need. No point appointing someone now who gets to see the worst of us immediately. Mentally the squad will be in a better place in the summer because the season before, as disastrous as it has been will be over. A new manager has only one chance to make a first impression and vice versa, players have only once chance to make a first impression to the new manager. It doesn't serve either party well to meet under these circumstances.

[NeilH]

As has been said before, I frankly don’t see the point of delaying it either and think that getting someone in on a watching brief would be beneficial. Given my utter contempt for the ‘players’, nothing would give me more pleasure than Moyes or Pearson (please god not the latter) staring on from the stands as we capitulate to Bournemouth and then marching into the dressing room John Sitton style to give these wastrels what for.

Staggering on to the end of the season with Black in charge having being relegated already and these charlatans in the great claret and blue, seems like an exercise in utter futility to me. So, even if the club don’t act and get a new man in on a watching brief, the very least we should be doing is putting every one of these idiots who got us in this mess out to pasture and play the kids or the veterans, or the Villa Lionesses....I don’t ever want to see the likes of Richards, Lescott, Westwood, Agbloodybonlahor, N’Zogbia and the rest anywhere near our great club again. Watching them in claret in blue is the equivalent of that scene in The Shining where Jack Nicolson watches a stunning woman climb out of the bath, only to see her turn into a laughing old hag when he gets close to her.

[lovejoy]

How would we feel if Eric Black was in charge until the summer, when there would be more choice and less compo to pay for anyone who's been sacked?

Fine. Makes little difference to this season and if it widens the pool of managers to pick from, so much the better.

By the same token we will noted to move pretty quickly thereafter. There is clearly a big clear out required and the sooner we get started the better.

[old man villa fan]

If it means getting a better manager, we should wait.

With the European Championship, there is going to be a lot of disruption in the summer.

[PaulWinch again]

I don't mind waiting until the summer but if that wait is for a Bruce or Mccarthy there is little point.  If it means getting Dyche or Hughton then fair enough.

McCarthy would be a terrible appointment.