Manager for next season

[mr underhill]

Spanish?

[Dave]

Flores released by Watford.

He'd be good, yeah?

Based on what he did for Watford he'd be great until January then we'd be after another

He is very defensive minded, using CBs at RB and not using any width, so whilst he has done a great job at Watford, and seems a decent bloke, he no where near the top of my list.  That said, his tactics may have been as a consequence of Watford's position rather than in his DNA.  What was his Althletico team like?

A fairly attacking 4-4-2, with proper wingers and Forlan dropping to link Aguero to the midfield.

[mattjpa]

Flores released by Watford.

He'd be good, yeah?

Based on what he did for Watford he'd be great until January then we'd be after another

He is very defensive minded, using CBs at RB and not using any width, so whilst he has done a great job at Watford, and seems a decent bloke, he no where near the top of my list.  That said, his tactics may have been as a consequence of Watford's position rather than in his DNA.  What was his Althletico team like?

A fairly attacking 4-4-2, with proper wingers and Forlan dropping to link Aguero to the midfield.

That sounds like absolute porn right now. Get him in....

[ozzjim]

Forlan and Aguerro.  Rubbish front 2. No wonder he struggled.

[TonyD]

You just know it will be somebody very uninspiring.   

[mattjpa]

I am still sticking by my earlier tip off that if a particular set of circumstances come to fruition our next manager will be Simon Grayson. Hows that for uninspiring!

[SheffieldVillain]

I am still sticking by my earlier tip off that if a particular set of circumstances come to fruition our next manager will be Simon Grayson. Hows that for uninspiring!

If we are to go for someone uninspiring, I wouldn't mind Grayson. Done a good job wherever he's been.

[Toronto Villa]

I don't neccessarily want inspiring. Rather someone we have confidence can do the job well and hopefully play good football. Newcastle hired Benitez, Sunderland hired Allardyce. Newcastle won the inspiring hire battle. They also lost their place in the PL.

[robbo1874]

I think we need three things:

1. A Director of Football type role, with whoever fills it being in a position to shift out all the shit players we have and come up with a club-wide football system, but working closely with the first team manager next season.

2. A new manager with proven credentials at Premier/ endsleigh league level, who will be willing and more importantly, keen to work with whoever takes the role outlined above

3. A new coaching staff who can implement whatever system the new first team manager and DoF decide is the best way forward and drag the best out of the players at all levels left over from the cull

That's the only way I can see us mounting a challenge on the championship and maintaining our PL status if we do miraculously go straight back up.

I'd also chuck in a specialist fitness / performance coach and; I know it sounds wanky, but a sports psychologist too, if the money is there. Both would be part of the wider management team.

[walsall villain]

I don't neccessarily want inspiring. Rather someone we have confidence can do the job well and hopefully play good football. Newcastle hired Benitez, Sunderland hired Allardyce. Newcastle won the inspiring hire battle. They also lost their place in the PL.

If Benitez had been appointed when Allardyce was don't you think Newcastle would have won that particular race?

[Holte L2]

I want Flores. I've wanted him as our manager since MON left. Get it done Villa!

[AVH87]

Flores is very laid back, a la Di Matteo. I think we need someone with a bigger personality, who won't get walked all over by Lescott, Gabby et al. because let's be honest, we aren't going to shift all the wasters in one summer.

[brian green]

My healthy bet on Southgate at 20-1 still sits comfortably under the clock on my mantelpiece.

[Steve67]

I am still thinking it might be Steve Bruce.  Not that I necessarily want him.  The pool is getting bigger though and Villa are right not to rush in.  Rodgers, Martinez, Pellegrini, Mourinho, Flores, Pearson et al, not all of them will get a job when they run around the chairs and the music stops. We'll soon be testing out the ambition of our new owners (I hope).

[Lastfootstamper]

I want Flores. I've wanted him as our manager since MON left. Get it done Villa!

I posted a while back that most people seemed content with us fishing in the pond of the sacked and the long-term unemployed. Fuck that, get the best we possibly can, whoever and from wherever it may be.



Ain't gonna happen though, is it.

Edit; just seen that he'll be walking away, but you get my point.