Manager for next season

[Salsa Party Animal]

Just remember the like of Pearson, Bruce, Moyes, and co have won feck all, Di Matteo have won promotion, Champions League and FA Cup. If this is all he will win for Aston Villa in next 5 years I will take it. Then I might forgive him for scoring in that FA Cup final.

[Villa in Denmark]

Very good Salsa😁.

Having tried to give it a little unresearched thought, I'm left with the thought that Pearson might just be this decade's Phil Brown.

Bit of a bully.
Tries to in indulge in sub-Fergie mind games with  the authorities and press.
Has done alright in the lower divisions.
Survival in in his one top flight season attained on the back of a 6 week golden streak. (albeit under the pressure of the end of season run in instead of the start of the season.)
I guess it depends on your point of view whether he'd have got Leicester  relegated/mid table/won the league last season.

This coming season will tell us more. I'd have accepted him as manager, but I ain't crying because he's at a potential promotion rival.

[VicMackey]

Then I might forgive him for scoring in that FA Cup final.

Never!!!!

[Richard E]

Then I might forgive him for scoring in that FA Cup final.

Never!!!!

If he wins us an FA Cup then I would forgive him literally anything.

[Gregorys Boy]

Just remember the like of Pearson, Bruce, Moyes, and co have won feck all, Di Matteo have won promotion, Champions League and C. If this is all he will win for Aston Villa in next 5 years I will take it. Then I might forgive him for scoring in that FA Cup final.

But he won the FA Cup as a player did he not? Don't remember him winning it as a manager? I take your point that its more top class experience, but you can't really compare managing with playing, the likes of Sir Alex, Wenger, and Jose had very unremarkable playing careers don't forget.  And Pearson and Bruce also won promotion, more than once in the case of Bruce.

Anyway, I'm willing to give RDM a chance, he's got a pretty strong CV, and decent experience, we should play a much better brand of football under him also. We are limited of other good options now anyway, but we need him in soon, otherwise our progress will fall behind the others.

[aj2k77]

Di Matteo won the FA as a manager as well.

[Dave]

Just remember the like of Pearson, Bruce, Moyes, and co have won feck all, Di Matteo have won promotion, Champions League and C. If this is all he will win for Aston Villa in next 5 years I will take it. Then I might forgive him for scoring in that FA Cup final.

But he won the FA Cup as a player did he not? Don't remember him winning it as a manager?

He still did though.

[robbo1874]

Just remember the like of Pearson, Bruce, Moyes, and co have won feck all, Di Matteo have won promotion, Champions League and FA Cup. If this is all he will win for Aston Villa in next 5 years I will take it. Then I might forgive him for scoring in that FA Cup final.

nice post SPA- very good.

[aj2k77]

Under Di Matteo Chelsea beat the rags 2-0, Leicester 5-2, Tottenham 5-1 and Liverpool 2-1 in the Final.

[Gregorys Boy]

Under Di Matteo Chelsea beat the rags 2-0, Leicester 5-2, Tottenham 5-1 and Liverpool 2-1 in the Final.

Thanks.

[supertom]

Under Di Matteo Chelsea beat the rags 2-0, Leicester 5-2, Tottenham 5-1 and Liverpool 2-1 in the Final.

And taking over a Chelsea team mid-season must be a horrible job because inevitably, the reason you are doing so is because the dressing room has become completely poisonous. To win the FA Cup and Champions League off the back of that is remarkable frankly.

[passitsideways]

Under Di Matteo Chelsea beat the rags 2-0, Leicester 5-2, Tottenham 5-1 and Liverpool 2-1 in the Final.

Had to overturn a 3-1 deficit to a quality Napoli side and beat Benfica over two legs before the bus parking specials as well, so it was far more than just sitting aside and letting the old guard do whatever they wanted, as has been suggested by a few.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

I hope he's better with us than he was at Schalke. After getting off to a good start, he ended the season with 2 wins in 10.

[aj2k77]

Exactly it's all just nit picking to try and make out we are appointing another dud. Bullshit like Mowbray had primed West Brom for success and just couldn't put the final touches on it? What? They'd just been relegated, they were shite, Di Matteo brought them straight back up, no one thinks of Mowbrays team as unlucky to go down, they were crap and rightfully sank.

Di Matteo might turn out to be a failure here but calling everything he's done so far at other clubs as lucky or taking over other peoples teams (failing teams might I add) is disingenuous.

[aj2k77]

I hope he's better with us than he was at Schalke. After getting off to a good start, he ended the season with 2 wins in 10.

General manager Heidt, who insists reports claiming the boss had been sacked were 'completely untrue' paid tribute to Di Matteo and his handling of a 'difficult situation' in Gelsenkirchen.
'Roberto had a clear vision of the club's future. When it became obvious that we had different views on the future of the club he always had the best interests of the club in mind regarding potential solutions.
'Roberto Di Matteo took over in October 2014 with the club in 11th place. The situation was more difficult than outsiders could imagine. We had a lot of serious injuries and other problems.
'Thanks to Roberto's work we found winning ways again. In the Champions League we qualified for the round of the 16 and in defeating Real Madrid 4-3 at the Bernabeu nearly kicked the holders out of the competition. At the start of February we climbed to third in the Bundesliga. But after that we had a bad run that we couldn't really stop until the end of the season.'

As always, from the outside things aren't as clear. He took over when they were 11th and they finished 6th, not a huge success but It would be harsh to call it a failure.