Manager for next season

[oswald funkletrumpet]

Pretty under whelmed if it's Di Matteo. With a new owner and a few bosses to choose from it does seem an odd choice if true.

i just thought the same thing

[nigel]

Strike Hughton off the list Just signed 4 year contract with Brighton

I bet he wouldn't have if we'd been remotely interested

[frank black]

Aren't we going all out for Pulis now Wyness is in?

[Small Rodent]

No options for betting anymore on Skybet

[VillaAlways]

No options for betting anymore on Skybet

Sigh!

[aj2k77]

We've just got relegated with an appalling squad and 3 wins. Beggars can't be choosers, Di Matteo is not a bad pick for where we are at the moment. I'll give him until the end of September before I turn

[cdbearsfan]

Di Matteo has had one season in the second tier and got promoted. He's also won an FA Cup and a European Cup AND he doesn't appear to be certifiably mental and a vile human being like one of the other contenders.

I don't get the hate.

[aj2k77]

I don't know the ins and outs of the Bundesliga either but he took over Schalke 11th and they ended up 6th, can't be too bad surely.

[Ger Regan]

Di Matteo has had one season in the second tier and got promoted. He's also won an FA Cup and a European Cup AND he doesn't appear to be certifiably mental and a vile human being like one of the other contenders.

I don't get the hate.

I always liked him, which is a feat in itself with his chelsea connections. That doesn't make him a good manager, mind.

[Nii Lamptey]

Di Matteo has had one season in the second tier and got promoted. He's also won an FA Cup and a European Cup AND he doesn't appear to be certifiably mental and a vile human being like one of the other contenders.

I don't get the hate.

Same here. Felt the same when Ranieri took over at Leiecester. I thought he was a great choice at the time - Felt he was unfairly discarded by Chelsea during his last stint in the Prem (think Mourinho followed him?).
You look at his career as a manager, and he doesn't have a bad cv - FA Cup and European cup as a stand-in manager can't be half bad? Even managed to get the Tesco bags playing!

[john2710]

When he was at the Albion, some mates told me he started off great but completely lost the plot towards the end.

[Rudy65]

Di Matteo has had one season in the second tier and got promoted. He's also won an FA Cup and a European Cup AND he doesn't appear to be certifiably mental and a vile human being like one of the other contenders.

I don't get the hate.

No hate from me. In fact he always come across as a nice guy

I just have reservations about his managerial abilities

[cdbearsfan]

He seems to have pretty much always done quite well in managing though.

[Gary Penrice]

Di Matteo will be a totally underwhelming appointment in my eyes but hey....I'll get behind the new regime 100% regardless of who takes charge.

No one will change my mind though from thinking that this job was the perfect fit for Pearson. Only time will tell.

[curiousorange]

He'll have to win a lot of games for me to forgive him that Cup Final winner.