Manager for next season

[old man villa fan]

I think Moyes has been lined up for some time.  When he was a pundit for one of the TV games he said that he would wait until the end of the season before making a decision on his future.

I think Bernstein and King departed when Xia made his move.  Up until then Lerner had all but given up on being able to sell and had Hollis set the club up to be run by football people and he brought in Bernstein, Little, Bevington and King.  Bernstein and King left not because of Xia but because Lerner had gone back on the idea of trying to run the club properly and jumped at the chance of selling.

The last couple of months have been spent putting together the deal and I would even question if there have been any other serious bidders.  It looks as though it is all coming together now.

[Nastylee]

As if some people are worrying about being confined to the top 6. Has the last 5 seasons not happened? To be a premier league club not fighting relegation would be a success.  We can sort out pushing for world domination another  time.

[Monty]

As if some people are worrying about being confined to the top 6. Has the last 5 seasons not happened? To be a premier league club not fighting relegation would be a success.  We can sort out pushing for world domination another  time.

Which is exactly what I didn't want people to think I was saying.

[lovejoy]

Moyes is clearly a cut above RDM and Pearson. Whether we land him or not will tell us a lot about our new Chinese overlord. For those dissing Moyes, who else is out there, realistically with a better record to sort out our situation?

[PaulWinch again]

As if some people are worrying about being confined to the top 6. Has the last 5 seasons not happened? To be a premier league club not fighting relegation would be a success.  We can sort out pushing for world domination another  time.

I think that's it, the idea that Moyes perceived ceiling is a problem for Villa at the moment is just bizarre.

[Villa in Denmark]

A big no for Moyes.
Do we really want another Scotsman?
I can't remember a successful Scot manager at VP in my lifetime.

Exactly no we don't want another Scottish. Randy mentioned Bannockburn, that may well be by the by for some people, but me, I couldn't give a fuck, dont want no more Scottish rangers pricks at my Villa
Fuck off Scotland until you agree that this is United Kingdom.
Then I will accept you.

Div comment of the month.

Unfortunately he's got several in the last week that make that look like Proust reviewing Chaucer.

[andyh]

even though I'm not a massive Moyes fan, I realise that to attract him to join a championship club is a huge, huge coup.
There has to be a reason for that, and that gives me real expectation that the road back may not be too far away.

[KevinGage]

A big no for Moyes.
Do we really want another Scotsman?
I can't remember a successful Scot manager at VP in my lifetime.

Exactly no we don't want another Scottish. Randy mentioned Bannockburn, that may well be by the by for some people, but me, I couldn't give a fuck, dont want no more Scottish rangers pricks at my Villa
Fuck off Scotland until you agree that this is United Kingdom.
Then I will accept you.

Div comment of the month.

Unfortunately he's got several in the last week that make that look like Proust reviewing Chaucer.

Can't we just give him a free transfer.

[Steve67]

Moyes won't need to go on holiday now either! He can get cracking straight after being announced instead of jetting off to Benidorm for his preseason break.  He can start by ditching Party Reilly.

[Des Little]

Does anyone have any idea when the new manager will be announced?

[Dante Lavelli]

If Moyes is appointed, I would feel as I did with MO'N. The biggest point was that it meant we were obviously getting  a new owner who had the funds to attract MO'N. So if we get Moyes, to me it means we have real backing.

I agree with that.  I'll add that Moyes is less likely to bankrupt the club, compared to MON, as his forte seemed to be promoting players like cahill, coleman, jaglielka rather than signing established players on high wages.

[passport1]

When were we declared bankrupt?  I must have missed that.

[aj2k77]

Isn't it nice to be debating the merits of managers that have won things or finished in the top 6 and dreaming of rising again rather than worry and argue over if Potato head or Mick McCarthy are coming in and having to find a spot for Gabby.

[Toronto Villa]

Does anyone have any idea when the new manager will be announced?

I imagine it will be very soon after he passes the league background check. I reckon the manager thing is pretty tied up and it will be Moyes.

[Monty]

Isn't it nice to be debating the merits of managers that have won things or finished in the top 6 and dreaming of rising again rather than worry and argue over if Potato head or Mick McCarthy are coming in and having to find a spot for Gabby.

Yes, yes it is.