Manager for next season

[Monty]

I said two weeks ago this was a good move and for the majority of you to embrace it. Moyes was a pipe dream and Pearson is a great alternative

I wouldn't be too unhappy with that.

Oh for fuck's sake.

I think this appointment would be particularly divisive among the fans.

Apart from Moyes, most other choices would have been as well to be honest.

I'm not so sure. I think the difference between Pearson and Bruce or McCarthy, or instance, is that Pearson has actual supporters on here. So in a way it's a more positive reason to be quite sharply divided. That said, put me in the septic tank.

Fixed.

I'm surprised you've warmed so much to Pearson, RCF. Don't you think he's a bit of a backwards, beef-and-potatoes manager in the style of a MON?

[supertom]

I think Pearson will do a good job. Will his temperament mean that he'll likely be gone within 2 years? Maybe, but I think he'll do well, particularly in the first 18 months. He'll weed out the wasters and get a team that wants to play for him and give 100%. I don't particularly like the guy but he won't lack intensity or passion and he's got a good track record. I'd prefer Moyes but he's probably unlikely.
He's a gamble but no more than the other names.
Ideally he'll put us on an upward curve and then perhaps when he inevitably gets fired for something controversial we can make an appointment that may have us step forward a level.

[kippaxvilla2]

When SGT came in first time around I do remember people being unsure because he had managed tiny Watford despite the extraordinary job he did.  He also came in with a really bullish attitude really stood up the players, called the place a shambles. 

Which would be similar to the approach Pearson would adopt isn't it?  This place needs it again.  Of course it could go spectacularly wrong!

[supertom]

I said two weeks ago this was a good move and for the majority of you to embrace it. Moyes was a pipe dream and Pearson is a great alternative

I wouldn't be too unhappy with that.

Oh for fuck's sake.

I think this appointment would be particularly divisive among the fans.

Apart from Moyes, most other choices would have been as well to be honest.

I'm not so sure. I think the difference between Pearson and Bruce or McCarthy, or instance, is that Pearson has actual supporters on here. So in a way it's a more positive reason to be quite sharply divided. That said, put me in the septic tank.

Fixed.

I'm surprised you've warmed so much to Pearson, RCF. Don't you think he's a bit of a backwards, beef-and-potatoes manager in the style of a MON?

Trouble is we're linked with nothing but. O Neill was very oudated by the time he got to us. I think Pearson is hitting his peak and could at least potentially build a winning team.

[pauliewalnuts]

When SGT came in first time around I do remember people being unsure because he had managed tiny Watford despite the extraordinary job he did.  He also came in with a really bullish attitude really stood up the players, called the place a shambles. 

Which would be similar to the approach Pearson would adopt isn't it?  This place needs it again.  Of course it could go spectacularly wrong!

Wasn't that the idea with Roy keane?

[kippaxvilla2]

Yes.  Oh God knows what the answer is.

[supertom]

When SGT came in first time around I do remember people being unsure because he had managed tiny Watford despite the extraordinary job he did.  He also came in with a really bullish attitude really stood up the players, called the place a shambles. 

Which would be similar to the approach Pearson would adopt isn't it?  This place needs it again.  Of course it could go spectacularly wrong!

Wasn't that the idea with Roy keane?

Pearson is pretty sane compared to Roy.

[Ozzjim]

Monty, it might have been his backroom team, but the football Leicester played was never an issue I had with Pearson. Anyone that tries to get players like Mahrez into their side and firing is doing something right, it is much more his persona and acting like a complete cocksocket I take issue with.

If it is him, then I do like Chris Powell, so that is a plus I guess. Getting super Kev off Leicester to teach our strikers movement and how to score would be a good move too. Oh and replacing Phil Brown as keeper coach, the bloke has made our keepers look like circus acts.

[Le Lapin]

Yes we can Kiddy lion.  What has this guy done to deserve to manage our great club?  What has our last three managers done to manage Aston Villa? Pearson is no better than any of those guys in my opinion. He's not a genius, Leicester are having an amazing season on back of the inconsistencies of all the other top teams. Plus they are well managed by a good manager with experience. We are in the shit because we think the likes of these guys like Pearson are able for this, able to manage a big club with expectations . One half good season does not make Pearson a good manager.  We need someone to take us up and then be a good Premiership manager to keep us there. 

[Rudy Can't Fail]

I'm surprised you've warmed so much to Pearson, RCF. Don't you think he's a bit of a backwards, beef-and-potatoes manager in the style of a MON?

I've spent far too much time really reading up on potential managers, their signings, budget, results, listening to what fans had to say about them - fuck, as I said, far too much time but the conclusion I drew was that Pearson, as mad as he can be, is a bloody winner. All those hoping he's punch our wasters are in for a disappointment, he does the opposite, he gets players working bloody hard for him. He's not like Moyes or even Hughton, that can be, let's say, defensive. Pearson's teams have a go at the opposition every week, so expect a few 3-2 victories along the way rather than a 1-0 win.

He's got a fantastic chance to put the bullshit of his outbursts and strangling 'joke' behind him. He'll soon know that that shit doesn't happen at Aston Villa and he'll have Bevington on him to make sure he it doesn't. He wants to be respected and I'm sure he sees the Villa as just the place to earn it. I honestly think the fans will love him next season and he'll love the love. He's a bit needy in that department.

Overall, I think the football will be exciting, we'll start making Villa Park a place we love to go to and teams fear to play. Most importantly, and it will take everything we've got but I do see him as the obvious choice to get us promoted. After that, we can think again but right now he seems the only real choice if we're serious about getting back.

Meat and potatoes? Seasoned well with a few herbs thrown in to bring out the flavour, it's a great dish. Boiled to shit a la Moyes etc, it's just food to keep you alive.

[wozwebs]

Half a good season you say? This was Pearson in the Championship, where we will be, with Leicester:

Along the way, they broke several club records including most points in a single season (102), most league wins in a single season (31), most league home wins in a single season (17), the most consecutive league wins (9), the most consecutive away league wins (5) and the longest unbeaten run away from home in the league (13) and the most consecutive league games scored in (31) (the latter two records continued on to the following season).

[shipscat]

Pearson with Chris Powell as his number 2  is a snippet I have heard off someone whom has been correct with a few previous rumours.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Pearson with Chris Powell as his number 2  is a snippet I have heard off someone whom has been correct with a few previous rumours.

A Daily mail reader?

[Matt C]

Nigel Pearson. Bloody hell.

[shipscat]

Typical Rudy...First time in ages I have had a tiny snippet and its everywhere!As an aside, I am not sold in the making plans for Nigel approach,but you have made a rounded,fair appraisal above that has turned my opinion more positively.