Next Villa manager

[Sexual Ealing]

The papers think he is toast but is it just papers talk?

I doubt it.

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

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.

It'd take something very special to prize him away from BHA I reckon. He doesn't seem the kind of person who is in it for the money, but I'm sure he's acutely aware of how quickly fortunes change for managers when they carry the can for so many negative variables during a season. He's certainly a man that I wouldn't hesitate to have to sort out the current shambles here, but it would boil down to the contract on offer & his ambition to manage us. If I were him I'd be staying very much where he is, quite honestly.

I'd take him like a shot!
He's got a proven track record at this level and above and is at that stage of his career where the Villa job could really make a name for him. He has tactical nous which none of our last 4/5 managers seem to have ever encountered.
I can understand why he might be reluctant to leave BHA but it's Aston feckin' Villa ffs!

He's doing pretty well there atm. He's 11 points ahead of us with probably limited expectations from their fans. Does he REALLY want to take over a squad of players he may not fancy and get crucified if we're not in the play-offs by december because lets face it, a lot of our fans thinks its promotion or bust. I'm not sure after managing Newcastle's expectations he'll fancy that again, especailly where we are

He'd have to be given time to sort out the crap...it strikes me that RDM has said "I want these players and I will make it work"...he's got the players but can't set them up to play well enough to win a game... trying too hard to cram them all in to a formation that simply doesn't work. Hughton wouldn't have that "loyalty" to the players RDM has brought in and seems to have a better tactical approach that would see him selecting them to do a job rather than prove himself right for buying them in the first place.
He was doing fine at Newcastle...they just have ideas above their station and thought they could do better.
Playing some decent football and winning the odd game would be bliss for most of us right now!

[Toronto Villa]

The papers think he is toast but is it just papers talk?

I doubt it.

I expect that by the time I roll out of bed tomorrow he will have been fired.

[ciggiesnbeer]

The papers think he is toast but is it just papers talk?

I doubt it.

Same. I have no problem with RDM as a person and he may have ended up being good for us, but we have put up with failure for far too long at this club. Time to start being ruthless bastards.

[TonyD]

Having time to reflect I think Howe is probably the best fit for us.    Took a team of average players in to the Pl by playing nice football and getting the basics right .Just what we need.   Villa  or Bournemouth manager   -  no brainer decision for him...

[SoccerHQ]

The papers think he is toast but is it just papers talk?

I doubt it.

We saw with Remi Garde if the he's about to be sacked line suddenly starts appearing in more than one paper then it will happen imminently so I expect it to happen this week, yesterday was one dismal result and especially performance too far.

I've been thinking who I want. If we're going to take a manager from this level my choice would be Carlos Carvahal.

When he took over Wednesday last season they have a massive squad overhaul and had a slow start but he got them sorted and they were very close to going up.

This season they beat us, had a dodgy spell straight after but have sorted themselves out and are back in contention for top 6. Think he'd be a good fit for the squad we have so I'd enquire to see if he has a release clause. He's also managed Sporting Lisbon and Besiktas in his career so knows the feel of a big club aswell who's maybe fallen on hard times.

Wouldn't mind Chris Hughton either but he signed a 4 year deal for Brighton in the summer so more difficult to tempt.

[Sexual Ealing]

Having time to reflect I think Howe is probably the best fit for us.    Took a team of average players in to the Pl by playing nice football and getting the basics right .Just what we need.   Villa  or Bournemouth manager   -  no brainer decision for him...

I doubt it!

[SoccerHQ]

Yep no brainer to stay a club where he's a local hero, who he represented and was involved with for 20 years and is now managing them at their best period in their history.

They are now signing players for 15m and signing England international on loan. It's not 2010 anymore I'm afraid.

To an outsider like him he'd respect the club but we'd be too much of a basket case club while he knows Bournemouth inside out.

[TonyD]

Are we that low we cannot poach Bournemouth's manager?

[Toronto Villa]

I imagine it is a lot harder to poach another manager during the season.

[SoccerHQ]

Are we that low we cannot poach Bournemouth's manager?

You have to look at it from Eddie Howe's point of view...he isn't going to get sacked at Bournemouth anytime soon, he could well get them top half this season so other clubs (and his country) will start seriously looking at him whereas he comes here as an outsider, doesn't get the club like so many others, doesn't win, eventually gets sacked. I don't see England coming calling in those circumstances.

I'm sure he'd give Lambert a ring if he was ever approached as that was a pretty similar case given what he achieved at Norwich.

[TonyD]

But he has probably taken Bournemouth as far as he going to.  Better bow out at the top,  legend etc.?.

[Louzie0]

Perhaps Dr Tony could shanghai Sven from Shanghai.

[MarkM]

But he has probably taken Bournemouth as far as he going to.  Better bow out at the top,  legend etc.?.

The Villa is a career killer.  Not many leave VP and move up.

[KRS]

Howe would be a great appointment but there's no way he'd leave Bournemouth whilst they are in the PL.

Like it or not, Fat Sam is the best man for the Villa job right now...some have mentioned that he's going to have sanctions placed on him but no idea if there's any truth in that.