Manager for next season

[tomd2103]

I can only think our transfer policy will be changing now. Under Hollis and Bernstein it was clearly going to be British this, British that, managers, players the lot.

Clearly Doctor Tony will be wanting to sign players from europe as most foreign owners tend to want to do and he probably won't fancy appointing an egotistic British manager who'll be signing overpriced players from here (MON, Pulis, Steve Bruce etc).

Edit: One of the better things Lerner would've said in any conversation between the two is make sure you don't appoint a manager who gets your wage bill up to 90% of your turnover or whatever ridiculous level it was around 2010.

That's maybe one of the reasons RDM has probably come onto the radar, he'll have contacts in various countries with regards player recruitment.

I'm not sure it's as cut and dried though. I wonder about Rodgers. SPL is equivalent to championship level and that's probably being generous given the impact some of their "star" players make in the leagues e.g Leigh Griffiths was struggling to score at Wolves in league one and instantly goes up to Scotland and scores 30 goals.

If he's happy enough to go up there I wonder if an exciting Villa project to rebuild the club with plenty of money to spend would tempt him even if it isn't the premier league.

The more I think about, a move to Celtic would probably be a good one at this point in his career.  If he does well up there and let's face it doing well is finishing above Rangers and qualifying for the group stages of the Champions League, then what is left of his reputation could remain intact.  A few years of that and he would be in line for a Premier League job.  If he comes to somewhere like us and fails, he would be pretty much done.

[DaveD]

Is this the most pointless argument of the week ? Surely he can be both Swiss and Italian and neither of which has a huge bearing on his emotional make up ? I like a national stereotype for comedy value as much as the next man, but they don't apply to individuals

[mr underhill]

Let's hope SAF isn't bezzie mates with Dr T - the last thing we need is another benighted recommendation

[Toronto Villa]

According to Pat Murphy it's down to Moyes, Pearson and RDM. And we may find out as early as next week. I'll be honest I'd be ok with any of them as long as they get the support they need to make all of the changes and investments required. We just need to get this going ASAP

[Stirchley Villain]

As far as the takeover is concerned we are where we are. I'm going to enjoy the change and the Chumps and see where we are at the end of next season. Hope for the best and expect the worse as they say...

[PaulWinch again]

According to Pat Murphy it's down to Moyes, Pearson and RDM. And we may find out as early as next week. I'll be honest I'd be ok with any of them as long as they get the support they need to make all of the changes and investments required. We just need to get this going ASAP

As long as it's not Pearson I'll be happy with that.

[brentastonb6]

I've read all the posts and still want Sean Dyche. I would have hoped he'd have been on the Starting list of fifty and even the short list of six,
I don't think Burnley would have been keen to let us interview him but as he's been very loyal to them , left them in a great position on and off the pitch and ambitious I'm hopeful he'll have release clauses in his contract.

[mr underhill]

of course this might not happen at all if Dr T fails the exam/test

[peter w]

So? He's Italian.

No he's not, he's Swiss - http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=1794064.html

No, he's Italian. He played for them, his parents are Italian, ergo, he's Italian.

[peter w]

Di Matteo is a true polyglot. “I speak German, Italian and English. In my heart my home is Italy. I grew up in Switzerland so part of my heart is Swiss. I’ve been here now for 16 years. I’m pulled. I feel truly European. My personality is influenced by all these experiences in different countries. My father had to leave Italy and emigrate to Switzerland for work. He was an employee in a steel factory. My mum was a cleaner in some offices. We had a good childhood. We were very close as family, maybe because we were abroad.

[peter w]

"I consider myself a truly European person," Di Matteo says. "I have lived 23 years in Switzerland, on and off in Italy, and 14 years in England. So I am influenced by three cultures. I feel Italian because I grew up with Italian parents and with Italian culture and tradition. They moved to a small town near Zurich where I was raised. I won the Swiss championship [with Aarau in 1993] and then moved to Italy.

[peter w]

He's Italian.

[paul_e]

Fine, you clearly care a lot more than I do.

[peter w]

Pfft. Go on, admit it. I was right and you were wrong. I like a man who can share his vulnerability.

[tomd2103]

According to Pat Murphy it's down to Moyes, Pearson and RDM. And we may find out as early as next week. I'll be honest I'd be ok with any of them as long as they get the support they need to make all of the changes and investments required. We just need to get this going ASAP

It has to be Moyes if he is still in the running at this stage.