Swansea City v The Nearly Dead and Buried Aston Villa (R) Post-Match Thread

[Legion]

I reckon we'll end up with Lennon.

Julian?

[PeterWithesShin]

I reckon we'll end up with Lennon.

I reckon we won't.

Imagine.

[sickbeggar]

I'm no fan of Pearson but if we were ruling violent psychopaths out of the running how come Keane got a gig here? Pearson may be a bit unbalanced at times but he's not  in the same ballpark as Roy.

[TonyD]

I'm only making plans for Nigel. 

[Stirchley Villain]

I wouldn't mind him giving Gabby a shaking.

[LeeB]

I'm only making plans for Nigel. 

You only want what's best for him?

[Locko]

Pearson is a certified lunatic 

That is precisely the last sort of personality we want dropping into the monumental clusterfuck that is Aston Villa.

Agreed, he's an asshole, but he'll ruffle a few feathers, and hopefully put the fear of God into some of the shit stains we have masquerading as footballers. I may find him a bit of a shitty human being, but personally I get a buzz from the idea of Pearson grabbing flabby around the throat...

[auntiesledd]

I'm only making plans for Nigel. 

Didn't he apparently have a future in British Steele??

[villan from luton]

For me, it only emphasises how poor we are and how far we have fallen when Gestede was one of our "better" players. Quite possibly the worst player I've seen at the Villa along with the laughable Guzan. This against an equally shocking Swansea. It's just awful

I suspect you are not an old git Allan C lol

I watched Andy Lochead from the back of the Witton Lane end Villain from Luton which makes me an old git I think

Good man, so did I

[Stirchley Villain]

I'm only making plans for Nigel. 

Didn't he apparently have a future in British Steele??

His future is as good as sealed. A bit like Remi's...

[Ian.]

I'm only making plans for Nigella.

Me too.

[supertom]

The True Geordie pretty much summing up many of our feelings about the Villa right now. In NSFW fashion I might add.

[ciggiesnbeer]

The True Geordie pretty much summing up many of our feelings about the Villa right now. In NSFW fashion I might add.

I like this guy.

[The Edge]

There is quite a lot of middle ground there you know, Mr Edge? It's not just a straight choice between a nice guy and an unhinged maniac. I'm not even sure why Garde keeps being labelled "nice" anyway - I think you're confusing "nice" with "conducts himself with dignity". Just because it hasn't worked out for a man of his temperament doesn't mean we should go for his polar opposite and appoint a vicious thug who can't control his aggression. You might as well give the job to Rik Waller on the basis that we tried a thin bloke and he was rubbish. There must be some ambitious, talented manager out there who can do the job without resorting to violence.

I didn't call him any of those things. Managers lose it from time to time. Keegan, Pardew, Benitez, Clough, Wenger, Strachan, Di Canio etc etc have all been involved in violent outbursts towards players, refs, each other. Your right there's a lot of middle ground between nice and nuts but my main concern is whether they can do a job for us. IMHO Pearson can in the short term.

There's a big difference between those managers losing their tempers in the heat of the moment and the sort of inherent and consistent air of menace displayed publicly by Pearson. Watch that ostrich interview with that journo last year; would you really like to see a Villa manager aggressively bullying a reporter like that? He looked like a dick. And what makes you think his approach would work with our lot anyway? It did bugger all for Leicester for thirty games last season, they were rock bottom in April, which is presumably why he was so bloody angry in the first place.  Everyone seems to have forgotten how abject he was until the run in. Maybe he punched his team into form for the last seven games, who knows? Whatever he did to turn it around, it was a blip in a largely unspectacular managerial career. I don't think a seven game hot streak is nearly enough to make anyone our saviour, let alone one who behaves like Gripper Stebson.

Well to be fair to Pearson he got Leicester promoted from L1 to the Champ (first spell) and then from promoted to the Prem in his second spell. Granted his top flight achievements end at that 7 game run, but as far as getting a team promoted, he'd be as good a bet as anyone we're likely to get and more likely than Garde. I don't like the guy but if we have to have a total fuck trumpet in charge, who will bring some success, then so be it.
I would prefer Rodgers that being said. But he's unlikely to want the job.

Ron Saunders was known for his leniency and laid back approach wasn't he?  Fuck the psycho analysis lads. I'm just interested in who would do a job for us in our current predicament. Garde is not made of the right stuff. Pearson is.

[Chinchilla Bathhouse]

Psycho analysis? I can't see any psycho analysis. To keep it simple, if that's what you mean, Pearson nearly got Leicester relegated last year. He's a crap manager and a thug. Ron Saunders never punched an opponent or bullied journalists. They are not remotely comparable characters.