Next Villa manager

[old man villa fan]

We need a manager that isn't just going to shuffle the deckchairs and expect it to get better.  We need somebody with a different approach to the usual suspects that are still trying to play the game the same way as 5 or 10 years ago.  Football has moved on and I am fed up with Villa trying to play outdated football.

The choice should be based on ideas that a new manager will bring in, not past reputations that haven't been up to much anyway.  I am starting to feel that it should be one of the new breed of managers that have the fight for it, not has somebody else pointed out, somebody that will walk away if they fail with a mere shrug of the shoulders and carrying a case full of cash.

[ROBBO]

If I had to put money on a manager who would get promotion and there were no other considerations it would be Allardyce, what he did at Spam and Sunderland was impressive.

[Axl Rose]

I've just sent my CV to the club.

You can talk sense - you're over qualified!

Paul, you flatter me, mate. Though I'll take it as a compliment. Fancy being my assistant?

If it's jobs for boys can I pitch in as well? My highest qualification that I always buy my round!

Absolutely Aftab. You'll be the head scout.

[The Edge]

Moyes, Bruce, Mclaren...... Please make it stop.

Yes, this coming from someone who was shouting from the rooftops for Neil Warnock yesterday. And we were pleading with you to make it stop. But you didn't.

 nope i only shouted for redknapp. never mentioned warnock

Redknapp will never manage a club north of Landan.
There's only one man imo. Big Sam.
 

[Toronto Villa]

Moyes, Bruce, Mclaren...... Please make it stop.

Yes, this coming from someone who was shouting from the rooftops for Neil Warnock yesterday. And we were pleading with you to make it stop. But you didn't.

 nope i only shouted for redknapp. never mentioned warnock

My mistake but my point still stands. Harry Redknapp is way, way past his useful life in management.

[gpbarr]

Appoint Withe, Shaw, Little, and Mortimer as a management team, with someone like Clarke coaching.

Passion for the club - tick
Respect from the players - tick
4 brains better than 1 - tick
Connect with the fans - tick

Out there, but why the hell not. The last thing we need is yet another chancer

[Ian.]

They might all be former greats but what credentials do they have with dealing with extremely rich pampered footballers? The games changed so much due to money and the belief that two games in a week is too much for some.

We need a modern manager who knows football today, has a ruthless streak and has a strong belief in how we will play and bloody well stick with his approach. Tim, Remi and RDM changed formations and styles too often. Pick a formation, our strongest team and drill into the players what they need to do.

[ozzjim]

Agree very much with the last bit.  For too long we have looked like 11 strangers playing roles they are not sure of. Most Bruce teams I have seen are well drilled and know what is being asked of them.  It was a strength of O'Neil and someone like Gregory. Play people to their strengths... unless of course they were full backs in O'Neils case.

I want a manager to send a villa team out that know where they are  meant to be, know where each other are likely to be and don't look like it's their first game together!

[Phil from the upper holte]

Just seen Grayson linked

[PeterWithe]

Just seen Grayson linked

Look at the muck on that.

[brian green]

With Everard as his assistant I assume.

[Matt Collins]

Appoint Withe, Shaw, Little, and Mortimer as a management team, with someone like Clarke coaching.

Passion for the club - tick
Respect from the players - tick
4 brains better than 1 - tick
Connect with the fans - tick

Out there, but why the hell not. The last thing we need is yet another chancer

 No offence mate,  but this post makes me thankful the fans don't have too strong an influence on the club's decisions!

[Hookeysmith]

I am in the camp of not wanting any of the journeyman managers.

Wagner is too much of a gamble even though what he has done so far is impressive.

Rowett or Hughton for me as it would dispel the shit about being ex dog shitters whilst causing the heads of the unwashed to implode.
But mainly because they are switched on managers

[Matt Collins]

I think the press reports are probably right. We'll got for Wagner. We probably won't get him. We'll get Bruce

Can't say I'd be excited about that, but we've had several disastrous attempts to get a bright young thing (though lambert looks less disastrous now doesn't he!). Bruce has got plenty of experience of being successful at this level. With three different clubs.

I'd be more excited about wagner but I wouldn't come if I were him. Keep this up and he'll be managing in the premier next season one way or the other

Whatever we do, we're very unlikely to go up this season and I hope people are reconciled to that and give the new guy a chance

[nigel]

Interesting points being made on Wagner.

Would opinions be different if he was coming straight from Dortmund?