Next Villa manager

[brian green]

This thread is becoming a treasure trove of Tarantino imagery.  I want our new manager to be more like Marcellus with a samurai sword in his hand.

[garyfouroaks]

Problem with sacking a manager at this stage is that there are slim pickings of available managers.

On the contrary. Bruce and BFS are serious contenders- and available.

[sid1964]

Totally agree Brian, Dr X needs to break away from the mould of old style managers, the situation Villa are in requires an ambitious younger guy who will be strong and stand no messing from some of the too comfortable, lily livered players we currently have.

Wagner, Smith or Johnson would do fine for me if they could be enticed to B6.

I agree 100% with the above post, we need someone who is prepared to sort the mess out, RDM was quoted as saying that there has been total mismanagement at the club for the last 5-6 years.
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[Jimbo]

This thread is becoming a treasure trove of Tarantino imagery.  I want our new manager to be more like Marcellus with a samurai sword in his hand.

Sadly, over the last 6 years, the club's been more like Marcellus with a red billiard ball in his mouth.

[Clark W Griswold]

Giggs would be a ridiculous appointment in a decade of daft appointments.

Jol went shite and ultimately lost his job at Spurs because he was trying to accomodate 3 strikers at the expense of the midfield and kept losing, so that would be quite appropriate really.

[Hairbandinho]

Given what being villa manager does to a career it may be entirely possible nobody wants the job and we end up with Steve Clark. Ugh.

[aev]

Given what being villa manager does to a career it may be entirely possible nobody wants the job and we end up with Steve Clark. Ugh.

Ok, I will take the bait. Steve Clarke.

[Clark W Griswold]

To be honest, it's not a bad idea to give Clarke the 5 matches before the next international break to see if he can have an immediate impact and get say 10 points or more. It's another spin of the wheel, and let's face it, it's got to that stage now.

[not3bad]

I see Gary Thompson has said we should hire Bielsa. If it could ever happen it would be great because what the football club really needs is for someone to take it by the scruff of the neck and pull it round.

[cdbearsfan]

That would be a dream. In reality, I don't expect a genuinely World Class manager to take over in the Championship which is why I favour Warnock as a short-term fix rather than being lumbered with someone like Bruce for a number of years.

Get Warnock, get promoted, thank Warnock very much for his trouble, appoint someone like Bielsa.

[oldtimernow]

To be honest, it's not a bad idea to give Clarke the 5 matches before the next international break to see if he can have an immediate impact and get say 10 points or more. It's another spin of the wheel, and let's face it, it's got to that stage now.

if a new manager comes in he's on notice anyway, if he can do as you say it might just save his position and make the saving on breaking his contract and paying compensation for an incomer of questionable pedigree?

if he couldn't do it then he's toast anyway.


oh and we would be in deep shit too

[garyfouroaks]

I see Gary Thompson has said we should hire Bielsa. If it could ever happen it would be great because what the football club really needs is for someone to take it by the scruff of the neck and pull it round.

Hiring someone with no Champ experience would be a huge risk - like hiring Remi Garde.

[ClaretAndBlueBlood]

I voted for Hughton as he seems capable of sorting a team out and has been promoted out of this league with Newcastle. Couldn't care less about being ex blues.

If it's Bruce then fine as he has what it takes to get us out of this league, he's done it 4 times? Before.

In all honesty I don't think anyone is 100% guaranteed to get us up, something seems very wrong deep down at the villa these days, perhaps the squad need a bit of a revolution in terms of fitness and attitude, Wagner seems to be of that ilk but has no proven track record.

Will many want to come here if they are doing well at there current clubs anyway, Wagner,Hughton to name two are doing a decent job at Huddersfield and Brighton respectively so would they even want to come? Bruce would jump at it I'm sure.

Not sure who posted about giving the manager £2-4m per season to come and mange us, really go for broke and get a top drawer manager. Good point but who would come?

most managers would walk to villa park to be our manager. Doing well at Huddersfield and Brighton is great but Villa are still a huge step up from either of those clubs

[mr underhill]

Has Giggs ever lost at Villa Park? I don't think he has so there is one positive at least!

[The Man With A Stick]

My only issue with Fistface is that he looks like a bad dinnerlady from the 1980s and I've always imagined that he smells of corned beef.  Couldn't give two hoots about his being an ex-Sty Dweller.