Next Villa manager

[supertom]

If we went knocking the only the only thing left at the sty would be a Rowett shaped hole in the wall as he runs here.

I feel like getting an ex SHA or Baggies manager this day and age just seems cursed, no matter if they happen to be potentially promising. I didn't foresee RDM being this atrocious. Granted McLeish was nailed on to do what he did.
I don't want another agent of destruction at the club, because I'll start coming up with cock brained conspiracy theories.

[ozzjim]

I don't think he would.  Played for them, managed them.  He knows what a ruck it would cause. In the middle of the season I think he would decline.

[Phil from the upper holte]

Absolutely not. If we went for Rowett and he turned us down that'd be it for me

[Steve67]

I don't think he will be approached. Done a great job at Blues and Burton before them but I just can't see us going in that direction 

[sickbeggar]

None of those name make me confident they could turn it around in the time scale the fans seem to want. Rowett would get less time than TSM if we weren't beating all and sundry

[PeterWithe]

From what I've seen this season we have the best squad in the division, converting that into points shouldn't need the reincarnation of Bill Shankley shouldn't it?

There are plenty that will be just fine.

[avfcpg]

From what I've seen this season we have the best squad in the division, converting that into points shouldn't need the reincarnation of Bill Shankley shouldn't it?

There are plenty that will be just fine.

Pretty much this...I'm really not bothered who came in if he goes....it's not like it could get any worse.

[sickbeggar]

From what I've seen this season we have the best squad in the division, converting that into points shouldn't need the reincarnation of Bill Shankley shouldn't it?

There are plenty that will be just fine.

best squad in the division? based on what? the money paid?

[ozzjim]

We need someone who knows how they want to set up, had the players knowing it and organised and just gets them to all know their role.  Di Matteo seems to have picked 6 teams and systems in the last 6 games. 

[Fasth56]

Hughton is the guy, promotion with Newcastle and was doing well in Premier before getting unfairly sacked, took Blose to the playoffs, stuttered a bit at Norwich but has done another fantastic job at Brighton.

[Ian.]

We need someone to pick our strongest team and formation week in, week out and to have some faith in them.

[PeterWithe]

What I've seen with my own eyes, we are vastly underperforming but the only player I've seen play against us that I'd go and buy is someone we sold for 50k, this league is shite, we are still capable of waltzing it given a bit of organisation and motivation.

That RDM has gotton us to where we are given the competition and the resources available to him should ensure he never works in football again.

[Matt Collins]

It will be really interesting to see how attractive we are. Biggest club in the league and loads of money to spend it seems

But an appallingly run club for years, with immense pressure and expectations, and a huge cloud hanging over us. Oh and the chance of the sack after a dozen games if you do not immediately improve on the sort of fork we've seen for five years now

If I were hughton or Wagner I'm really not sure i'd risk it. We definitely need someone with cojones.

[CT Villan]

Despite never even hearing of him prior to the last couple of days, I would go with Wagner as the wild card. If I were to go for experience it would be Allardyce or reluctantly Bruce. Never McLaren, though I hear he is practising his Brummie accent for the presser if he somehow gets the job. The weight of expectation could be too much for the likes of Rowett, Smith and Johnson.

[PeterWithe]

We pay big money, we will get pretty much who we want. That's football.