Manager for next season

[UK Redsox]

Will any non-relegated teams be firing/losing their manager?

Swansea and Everton maybe.

If that's it, what better job than Villa can Moyes expect this summer?

[pauliewalnuts]

I was surprised to see Martinez Out banners on the telly today at Everton's game.

I hadn't realised they were doing badly.

Mind you, compared to us, nobody is, really.

[Exeter 77]

Will any non-relegated managers be firing/losing their manager?

Swansea and Everton maybe.

If that's it, what better job than Villa can Moyes expect this summer?

If Everton are changing manager would Martinez be an option for Villa?

[Tayls_7]

I was surprised to see Martinez Out banners on the telly today at Everton's game.

I hadn't realised they were doing badly.

Mind you, compared to us, nobody is, really.

My best mate is a Toffeeman. Football is dead to him apparently. FFS.

[Yossarian]

I was surprised to see Martinez Out banners on the telly today at Everton's game.

I hadn't realised they were doing badly.

Mind you, compared to us, nobody is, really.

My best mate is a Toffeeman. Football is dead to him apparently. FFS.

We were the same once upon a time. We never knew how lucky we were.

[SashasGrandad]

Will any non-relegated managers be firing/losing their manager?

Swansea and Everton maybe.

If that's it, what better job than Villa can Moyes expect this summer?

Probably waiting to see if Martinez gets the boot - before looking at other options (us)

[curiousorange]

I was thinking this afternoon about the Everton view of Moyes posted a couple of weeks ago, how he was negative and defensive and didn't bring youth through. Then later on I saw that Martinez Out banner and how they'll probably be over the moon to welcome him back.

As it stands, Martinez is a much preferable candidate for me than Pearson. But then again, almost any manager is. He would be nothing but a quick, shouty fix, and if this board have got any nous about them (and they have, by the looks of things), they will see that the time for quick shouty fixes was over at about 4.45pm.

[sickbeggar]

A guy who turned us down to go to Everton when we were a far better prospect coming to manage us after he gets the boot from there? I know we have very little pride left, but i'd like to think he wouldn't be in the running.

[Irish villain]

I was surprised to see Martinez Out banners on the telly today at Everton's game.

I hadn't realised they were doing badly.

Mind you, compared to us, nobody is, really.

My best mate is a Toffeeman. Football is dead to him apparently. FFS.

We were the same once upon a time. We never knew how lucky we were.

The Houllier season. Two wins in the last two games put a nice shine on that year. It was nosebleed territory compared to this.

[Ian.]

I was surprised to see Martinez Out banners on the telly today at Everton's game.

I hadn't realised they were doing badly.

Mind you, compared to us, nobody is, really.

Is this the same fans some on here are saying wanted Moyes out?
Before Moyes Everton were floundering for years.

[Toronto Villa]

Aren't Everton in the FA Cup semi final?

[dave.woodhall]

It was interesting to compare the large Moyes majority on here with the narrow Pearson lead amongst people I spoke to at the match.

[Louzie0]

I look at the list on the poll above and I despair.
Really?
For Aston Villa?
Nobody, including DM, really excites me or makes me think, 'If we could only get him...'

I'm sorry, but relegation is not an issue with taking the lead at a club like ours. Aston Villa. Poetic, historical, romantic. Global recognition for a start. Massive presence in the UK. Everything to achieve and to establish, again. Tons of goodwill, huge fan base. With the right person and team, this could be absolutely brilliant.

Just hoping that the new Board don't underestimate the football magic and international pulling power that truly is Aston Villa.



Voted for 'other'.

[ciggiesnbeer]

I look at the list on the poll above and I despair.
Really?
For Aston Villa?
Nobody, including DM, really escites me or makes me think, 'If we could only get him...'

I'm sorry, but relegation is not an issue with taking the lead at a club like ours. Aston Villa. Poetic, historical, romantic. Global recognition for a start. Massive presence in the UK. Everything to achieve and to establish, again. Tons of goodwill, huge fan base. With the right person and team, this could be absolutely brilliant.

Just hoping that the new Board don't underestimate the football magic and international pulling power that truly is Aston Villa.



Voted for 'other'.

Good post.

I still have hopes we can attract a genuinely great manager. Bielsa remains my top choice, whether he would come of course is a differet matter.

[Toronto Villa]

But Lou you're speaking from a position of a fan of the club and someone who cares about our historical standing in the game. Next season we are a Championship football club. It's as simple as that and while our standing will hold some sway the truth is we are coming off many years of decline and now relegation. The names above in many ways reveal who and what we are today.