Manager for next season

[PaulWinch again]

Its getting no better at the moment ......... to have lost Moyes and Pearson is simply unacceptable

I am afraid RDM is NOT the right choice

He is though.

Indeed I really hope we hurry up and appoint him now.

[walsall villain]

That's a good move by Derby, he'll have them up there challenging. This is going to be a bloody tough league to get out of. It wouldn't surprise me if it took us 2 seasons.

That's my guess too. i suspect Pearson will get them promoted but you never know, perhaps it won't be the stroll for Newcastle that's being predicted?

[aj2k77]

Fucking hell, pining for a complete twat like Nigel Pearson like he's got some kind of record to be envious of. 

[levico]

Benitez and Pearson to clinch first and second places?

[passport1]

I love the polls.It will enable some fuckwit journalist to say a majority of Villa fans want DiMatteo.  No we don't.

[Clampy]

Fucking hell, pining for a complete twat like Nigel Pearson like he's got some kind of record to be envious of. 

He's not done too badly wherever he's been in fairness and let's be totally honest, no-one mentioned Di Matteo until he was linked. I hope we've made the right choice.

[N'ZMAV]

He was pretty appalling for 30 premier league games the season he managed Leicester.

Just playing devils advocate.

[PaulWinch again]

I love the polls.It will enable some fuckwit journalist to say a majority of Villa fans want DiMatteo.  No we don't.

Speak for yourself I'd be pretty happy with him.

[Ron Manager]

Pearson would have been an excellent choice as manager.This bloke XiA will find out how little he knows about football as the season progresses.

Totally depressed.

[PaulWinch again]

Pearson would have been an excellent choice as manager.This bloke XiA will find out how little he knows about football as the season progresses.

Totally depressed.

That's the spirit. What exactly about his career makes Pearson a better candidate than Di Matteo? It's not his achievements, it's not his character. So I'm at a bit of a loss as to what is so great about Pearson.

[Leicester_Villian]

Looks like we are already playing for the play off places ....... Newcastle and Derby top two

RDM failed at the Baggies and where is the history that he can deal with a dressing room?

Seems like the final nail today ........ we have NO football knowledge at the Club, we don't know what Sir Brian is doing but its very quiet on that front

New season is about 9 weeks away and I don't think we have any pre season plans ............. worrying times

[PaulWinch again]

Looks like we are already playing for the play off places ....... Newcastle and Derby top two

RDM failed at the Baggies and where is the history that he can deal with a dressing room?

Seems like the final nail today ........ we have NO football knowledge at the Club, we don't know what Sir Brian is doing but its very quiet on that front

New season is about 9 weeks away and I don't think we have any pre season plans ............. worrying times

Sorry he failed at West Brom, how's that?

[Chinchilla Bathhouse]

Bollocks! I wanted the cross ostrich man with the okay record. Derby will go up now, definitely, and we'll probably go down because we're going to be lumbered with a Champions League, FA Cup and promotion winning manager.  Damn it!

[VillaAlways]

Looks like we are already playing for the play off places ....... Newcastle and Derby top two

RDM failed at the Baggies and where is the history that he can deal with a dressing room?

Seems like the final nail today ........ we have NO football knowledge at the Club, we don't know what Sir Brian is doing but its very quiet on that front

New season is about 9 weeks away and I don't think we have any pre season plans ............. worrying times

I'm not his greatest fan but Eh ??

[Villa in Denmark]

My big concern with RDM was his ability to gut the squad and start from scratch and get points on the board quickly.

Then Dave kindly posted the list of his summer dealings after the Boggies had gone down.

I make it around a 50% success rate, which is as good as any manager usually hits and some of those players are still contributing now.

Having made myself feel dirty and reconciled myself to Pearson, I'm now quite content with RDM.