Manager for next season

[Dave]

The mandate is to get us promoted back to the Premier League and quick, for that reason the more I think about it the more I think he's the best man for the job.
His Leicester were unstoppable in their promotion season, they walked it.

Let's hope he does it a bit quicker then than the four years it took him with Leicester. Three of which were when they were the richest club in the league.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

The mandate is to get us promoted back to the Premier League and quick, for that reason the more I think about it the more I think he's the best man for the job.
His Leicester were unstoppable in their promotion season, they walked it.

Let's hope he does it a bit quicker then than the four years it took him with Leicester. Three of which were when they were the richest club in the league.

Any idea of his net spend, Dave?

[PaulWinch again]

The mandate is to get us promoted back to the Premier League and quick, for that reason the more I think about it the more I think he's the best man for the job.
His Leicester were unstoppable in their promotion season, they walked it.

Let's hope he does it a bit quicker then than the four years it took him with Leicester. Three of which were when they were the richest club in the league.

Indeed this idea that Pearson pretty much guarantees us promotion is utter bollocks.

[Dave]

The mandate is to get us promoted back to the Premier League and quick, for that reason the more I think about it the more I think he's the best man for the job.
His Leicester were unstoppable in their promotion season, they walked it.

Let's hope he does it a bit quicker then than the four years it took him with Leicester. Three of which were when they were the richest club in the league.

Any idea of his net spend, Dave?

Probably not much. Any idea how much Leicester were spending on wages compared to everyone else on their umpteen loanees from the top end of the Premier League?

[olaftab]

Not sure if this has been posted before but a good debate here.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/article-3537575/MARTIN-SAMUEL-owners-thinking-buck-stops-manager-puzzle-took-abject-disaster-Aston-Villa-Randy-Lerner-look-departments.html

[Rudy Can't Fail]

The mandate is to get us promoted back to the Premier League and quick, for that reason the more I think about it the more I think he's the best man for the job.
His Leicester were unstoppable in their promotion season, they walked it.

Let's hope he does it a bit quicker then than the four years it took him with Leicester. Three of which were when they were the richest club in the league.

Any idea of his net spend, Dave?

Probably not much. Any idea how much Leicester were spending on wages compared to everyone else on their umpteen loanees from the top end of the Premier League?

Probably less than Bruce at Hull. Boy, does that man like to trade. He makes Redknapp look like Trigger.

[old man villa fan]

Pearson is starting to be one of my contenders.  In my rankings he now has (in no particular order) Bruce, Pullis, McCarthy, McClaren, Warnock and Monk below him.  Blimey, selection by process of elimination or last man standing.  How has it come to this.

[Des Little]

Colin Wanker has got seven teams promoted in his managerial career. Like him or loathe him, he gets results. I'd even consider him...at least he'd be ruthless with this mob.

[peter w]

The mandate is to get us promoted back to the Premier League and quick, for that reason the more I think about it the more I think he's the best man for the job.
His Leicester were unstoppable in their promotion season, they walked it.

Let's hope he does it a bit quicker then than the four years it took him with Leicester. Three of which were when they were the richest club in the league.

It was 2 and a half-seasons. The first of which (2011-12) he joined roughly half way through the season. The second season (2012-13) Leicester lost in the play-offs and missed a last-minute penalty which would have took them through to the final. And the third season (2013-14) they won the Championship. Not quite 3 out of 4 barren years.

[Steve67]

For all we know, Pearson is lining up his mate Powell so they go and manage Nottingham Forest together.  I see that Guidolin from Swansea is talking about staying on. Where does this leave shiny teeth Rodgers?  Villa? I wouldn't mind that at all.

[Matt C]

Pearson (back) to Newcastle isn't impossible either I guess.

[SoccerHQ]

The mandate is to get us promoted back to the Premier League and quick, for that reason the more I think about it the more I think he's the best man for the job.
His Leicester were unstoppable in their promotion season, they walked it.

Let's hope he does it a bit quicker then than the four years it took him with Leicester. Three of which were when they were the richest club in the league.

Any idea of his net spend, Dave?

Probably not much. Any idea how much Leicester were spending on wages compared to everyone else on their umpteen loanees from the top end of the Premier League?

Well Sven had a good go at that and failed miserably before him....

I've actually just made the point on VT so will repeat here...Pearson should be getting a bit more praise for having an eye for a player surely?

Vardy, Mahrez, Wes Morgan,Knockeart Huth, Drinkwater all signed under his watch at Leicester for not a huge amount. The bloke can spot a player and mould them into his system and team which is where we've failed miserably for last 5 years.

[SoccerHQ]

Although certainly not my first choice I would take him in a heartbeat if the serious alternatives are:

Bruce
McCarthy
Pulis

I'd take him over Bruce and most definitely Pulis. I don't mind McCarthy but I'd choose Pearson over him as well.

Ironically the only one who would 100% get us promoted next season in my mind would be Pulis although of course it would be far from pretty but then the championship is that sort of league really.

Mick McCarthy has a very good record at that level but him coming here wouldn't excite me at all, would have the feeling of yesterday's man.

Wouldn't rule Bruce out at all, if Hull don't go up and we're still without a manager I think he could become more prominent in the race than he is now.

[SoccerHQ]

I'm just totally unenthused. His record is actually unspectacular, the things which people say are positive about him don't strike me as my kind of positive, shall we say, and I can just see the whole thing blowing up.

He may well even get us promoted. I just can't get myself to be really excited about a stage in Villa's career where the great saviour of the club is Nigel sodding Pearson.

I'm with Monty on this, my problem is I am struggling to suggest a realistic target that does enthuse me.  There's talk of Quique Sánchez Flores not yet having signed a new contract at Watford.  He at least appears to have something about him rather than the dour others we are linked with.

Trust some bloke who manages Watford to turn the club around? That will never work.

It was actually a Serb that got them promoted last season. Not sure how much experience he had of the Championship but I have a feeling it was none.

He's actually at Fulham now and his win ratio is pretty abysmal considering he's been there for a few months and they've only just started pulling away from bottom 3.

Sometimes it's more about the squad and state of club, Watford can pull experienced international players from decent clubs in Italy and Spain with their ownership structure.

That said if we got promoted and were taken over and had a huge amount of cash, I'd go to Watford and pay whatever the compensation clause is for Flores.

Probably my favourite manager in the premier league, just think he has a touch of class about him and conducts himself very well. If you can bare to watch have a look at Watford team arriving at VP before the game this season, Flores has a good few minutes studying the photos on the wall of our great past teams.

He's the sort of manager who'd "get" this club and traditions imo.

[curlytailavfc]

Its all gone to quiet