Manager for next season

[sid1964]

If it is Grayson, this reminds me when Ellis appointed Graham Turner, cheap option and did what Ellis told him!

How low have we sunk if the best option for us is Simon Grayson.

[Whiney MacWhineface]

Grayson would be a very beige solution.

[saunders_heroes]

I have a secondhand ITK who has said its Grayson, done and dusted. Only hold up is the compensation with his current club.

I dont know the reliability of the ITK but i do know that 7-8 people close to him have put good money on it based on this info

If true then I could live with that.

It's got disaster written all over it.

[Des Little]

Well that would be extremely underwhelming to say the least.

[PeterWithesShin]

I wouldn't be delighted or distraught if it was Grayson. It would be "meh". Which seems about right these days.

[Malandro]

I wouldn't be delighted or distraught if it was Grayson. It would be "meh". Which seems about right these days.

If we had sane people running the club I'd be fairly content with it.

[gpbarr]

I have a secondhand ITK who has said its Grayson, done and dusted. Only hold up is the compensation with his current club.

I dont know the reliability of the ITK but i do know that 7-8 people close to him have put good money on it based on this info

If true then I could live with that.

It's got disaster written all over it.

So if true, a different name but with basically all the same issues that dogged his predecessors - terrible squad, no investment, broken youth / academy system, dysfunctional reporting line, and anarchistic playing squad emboldened by forcing various people out the club they didn't like.

Uh good luck with that Mr Grayson. It'll end the same way because the root cause of our problems remain.   

[Billy Walker]

To be honest, not sure if im shell shocked after the last week in Villa World but the thought of having a decent, honest, hard working proffesional who knows the club and wont take any shit is suddenly quite appealing. There is a whole world of really crap managers out there and if this is the worst they can do then Im reasonably happy. Uninspiring but a safe pair of hands - Just what villa need at the moment

For me, "uninspiring and safe pair of hands" are not what we need right now.  Maybe it's what Lerner needs but it is not what Aston Villa need.  We need inspiring and we need belief that we will go straight back up, not the cheap "Yes man" option.

[pauliewalnuts]

Its a good record and he'd be a good choice for a small club.

That appears to be our mission now, so I guess he fits the bill.

Yup.

I can't remember the last time I saw us set about a task with such gusto as we have with downscaling. It's like we couldn't wait.

[Dave]

I wouldn't be delighted or distraught if it was Grayson. It would be "meh". Which seems about right these days.

*nods*

It would be a solid statement that we were preparing for life in the Championship, rather than preparing for an attempt to get out of it.

[mattjpa]

The only thing I would say is that we were having similar discussions when McCarthy and Chris Powell was being touted. It could just be another rumour.

True, this week's fish and chip paper was last week's Pearson/Powell as assistant story which people were treating as almost nailed on. The whole place needs a lift and the only man who can provide that is Moyes.

Nothing is gospel until its announced. All I know is that the info I got came from someone working with direct links specifically to the vacancy but you never know what peoples motives are, could be bs. Its all with a pinch of salt as per usual. I think the fans despite some being underwhelmed would get behind Grayson, I liked him as a player anyway. Leeds fans speak admirably of him as well

[Mister E]

If Brian Little is the key driver of an appointment like Grayson, I'd say that is a massive call for someone who has no experience of a sort of DoF role in a big club. I hope he makes the right call.

It seems that whilst he and Hollis are continuing to play pragmatically to Lerner's tune, B&K could not. I know which ones I'd back: yep, B&K.

[VinnieChase84]

I think with it being only Sir Brian now advising, I would say that Grayson is a very likely choice. BL highly rates him. Wouldn't be my choice but given what's going on at our club at the moment, I would have SG over Bruce or Mic

[Villain1874]

You would have to be mental to take charge of Villa at this moment in time...
Until Lerner has gone the farce of the last 5 years is going to continue and I predict it's going to get a lot worse...

[dave shelley]

What kind of football does he play?

Blow.