Next Villa manager

[PeterWithesShin]

None of them on the bench ever look arsed. I don't want the staged theatrics of a Sherwood, but it's not too much to ask that the management look remotely interested in what's going on in front of them.

[Gregorys Boy]

None of them on the bench ever look arsed. I don't want the staged theatrics of a Sherwood, but it's not too much to ask that the management look remotely interested in what's going on in front of them.

Am in full agreement with this.  I do think RDM is too passive and just lacks the convinction of the leader which is what we need from a manager right now.

[260475]

Trying to be realistic and objective. Agree we probably have the wrong man, he was selected somehow though and unless agreed targets have been missed if the owners have signed up to it they aint gonna reverse yet. Seems the better players we let go because there was an assumption we couldn't afford them or they could leave if they wanted to. (clauses). We didn't appoint the Architect until after we'd engaged the builder, so could have been different if there'd been a player specification supplied.

[Chinchilla Bathhouse]

Pretty much every single manager in the division with the exception of Benitez would be taking on a squad with significantly more ability and potential to the one they would be leaving behind. It's set up for the right bloke. If we are willing to pay the kind of money we did for RM and Kodjia then we should be willing to make the required investment in getting in the right manager.

Exactly right.  There's no point at all spending fortunes on players and then putting Frank Spencer in the dugout.  A good manager will get us up, so we need to find one and pay him whatever it costs.

[PaulWinch again]

None of them on the bench ever look arsed. I don't want the staged theatrics of a Sherwood, but it's not too much to ask that the management look remotely interested in what's going on in front of them.

That's it though. I get the impression that most coaches who rock up at Villa have already hit their career high, and they're aware of that, and they just want a payday. Keane, Clarke, Bond, they've all added nothing to the club. We need people who are looking to develop and grow. It might not work, but I'd like to see people who want to achieve and grow rather than those who have achieved in the past and have lost their desire.

[VillaAlways]

Pretty much every single manager in the division with the exception of Benitez would be taking on a squad with significantly more ability and potential to the one they would be leaving behind. It's set up for the right bloke. If we are willing to pay the kind of money we did for RM and Kodjia then we should be willing to make the required investment in getting in the right manager.

Exactly right.  There's no point at all spending fortunes on players and then putting Frank Spencer in the dugout.  A good manager will get us up, so we need to find one and pay him whatever it costs.

Any ideas?

[Chinchilla Bathhouse]

Pretty much every single manager in the division with the exception of Benitez would be taking on a squad with significantly more ability and potential to the one they would be leaving behind. It's set up for the right bloke. If we are willing to pay the kind of money we did for RM and Kodjia then we should be willing to make the required investment in getting in the right manager.

Exactly right.  There's no point at all spending fortunes on players and then putting Frank Spencer in the dugout.  A good manager will get us up, so we need to find one and pay him whatever it costs.

Any ideas?

Yes, but none of them are to do with football.

[four fornicholl]

Pretty much every single manager in the division with the exception of Benitez would be taking on a squad with significantly more ability and potential to the one they would be leaving behind. It's set up for the right bloke. If we are willing to pay the kind of money we did for RM and Kodjia then we should be willing to make the required investment in getting in the right manager.

Exactly right.  There's no point at all spending fortunes on players and then putting Frank Spencer in the dugout.  A good manager will get us up, so we need to find one and pay him whatever it costs.

Any ideas?

I keep wondering how good the players are though.

[Ian.]

None of them on the bench ever look arsed. I don't want the staged theatrics of a Sherwood, but it's not too much to ask that the management look remotely interested in what's going on in front of them.

I saw a clip of Klopp the other day going nuts, fist punching, proper excited. When the camera panned out and they showed the clip again he was celebrating a crunching tackle near the centre circle and not a goal.

Klopp is so good and passionate and obviously out of our league but I wouldn't mind some passion from our boss too.

[ChicagoLion]

Pretty much every single manager in the division with the exception of Benitez would be taking on a squad with significantly more ability and potential to the one they would be leaving behind. It's set up for the right bloke. If we are willing to pay the kind of money we did for RM and Kodjia then we should be willing to make the required investment in getting in the right manager.

Exactly right.  There's no point at all spending fortunes on players and then putting Frank Spencer in the dugout.  A good manager will get us up, so we need to find one and pay him whatever it costs.

Any ideas?

I keep wondering how good the players are though.

Agree, dodgy goalkeeper, suspect centre half, no one of any use in central midfield.
Add a bunch of talented but random forwards and you have one win in 11.

[mr underhill]

our failure to properly address our shortcomings in midfield for the umpteenth time is costing us big time. Add player absences in January and we are doubly in the shit. Having said that, there are at least two managers who have huge experience of the league who would almost certainly have us a lot higher up the table.

[Villafirst]

Apparently we're considering Steve McLaren as a replacement for RDM according to the B'ham/ Daily Mail! ....and I thought things couldn't get any worse! Bruce is the obvious choice.

[Ron Manager]

Apparently we're considering Steve McLaren as a replacement for RDM according to the B'ham/ Daily Mail! ....and I thought things couldn't get any worse! Bruce is the obvious choice.

Bruce is the obvious choice.But then again I was fully in the Pearson camp
before RDM was given the job so what do I know......nothing!!

[steamer]

Please not any of the regurgitated crap, Schteeve or Bruce.
I would rather give Hodgson a short term contract. Get us playing better with some structure and look for a long term solution

[Monty]

McLaren or Paul Clement would suit our players better tactically than Bruce or (God help us) Large Samuel. Not exactly sure that McLaren would be the guy to sort out our mental deficiencies though...