Next Villa manager

[garyfouroaks]

like it or not we are perceived as a total basket case and the object of national derision. The pool of available talent available to us diminishes each time we look to go again. In the circumstances Bruce would be a good bet to stabilize the club, given his past track record. At the moment the main requirement for any incoming manager is to ensure we don't get relegated again.

Agreed.

Bruce has his drawbacks, but knows the Champ and what to do. You either go the Bruce/BFS route, or perhaps look at someone like Mark Warburton.

[Phil from the upper holte]

https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2011/nov/30/steve-bruce-sunderland-sacked

Posted from a link on twitter.  Mmm. Worrying article really.

He got promted last year will Hull

[sid1964]

according to the Yorkshire Post - Wagner wont be joining us

The number of Managers that we have to choose from is dwindling by the day!

To me it looks like it will be Bruce, unless he messes up the interview?

[chrisw1]

https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2011/nov/30/steve-bruce-sunderland-sacked

Posted from a link on twitter.  Mmm. Worrying article really.

I really hope it isn't him. Like others have said Rowett/Houghton I wouldn't have a problem with. I wouldn't hesitate nicking a manager or player from over there if they had talent.

I thought Bruce was a safe pair of hands who would do a fairly sound job, but that article has given me pause for thought.

[Malandro]

I'm hoping the Bruce rumours force the F.A to act quickly and appoint him.

[auntiesledd]

https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2011/nov/30/steve-bruce-sunderland-sacked

Posted from a link on twitter.  Mmm. Worrying article really.

It is worrying, but he went on to do a bloody good job at Hull. I saw them a few times when they were in The Championship & they certainly didn't look like the rabble that Sunderland turned into. It appears to me that Ellis Short is the biggest problem at the Mackams - and their lack of success & countless managers during his tenure seem to confirm this. A clueless foreign multi-millionaire screwing up a football club? Who'd have thought...

[Chris Jameson]

A Sunderland supporting mate of mine reckons it doesn't matter who manages them, the place is such a mess nobody will succeed there. Bit like Villa the last few years.

[cdbearsfan]

according to the Yorkshire Post - Wagner wont be joining us

I seem to recall the Norwich press and fans laughing at our prospects of attracting Lambert before we clicked our fingers and he came running.

Wagner would be mad to turn us down. Big Premier League clubs don't give chances to managers that do well in, or even get promoted out of, the Championship.

He might never get a bigger opportunity in his career.

[Malandro]

A Sunderland supporting mate of mine reckons it doesn't matter who manages them, the place is such a mess nobody will succeed there. Bit like Villa the last few years.

If I had a penny for every time Jameson mentioned his north east buddies...

[ClaretAndBlueBlood]

according to the Yorkshire Post - Wagner wont be joining us

The number of Managers that we have to choose from is dwindling by the day!

To me it looks like it will be Bruce, unless he messes up the interview?

you don't wanna believe everything u read.........

[mr underhill]

I don't but your cryptic point is what?

[john e]

Bruce would be an even worse appointment than Mcliesh

[Chico Hamilton III]

I don't know anything about Wagner so had to look at his stats. He's managed Huddersfield for 44 games ( 2 short of a full championship season) and has won 62 points so far. If we're being really kind and assume that he would get 6 points form the next 2 games ( taking him up to a full season of games managed) he would be on 68 points, that wouldn't have made the play offs last season. If we're being unkind and giving him zero points from the last 2 games, they'd have finished below Brentford and Blues. Is he really that good or are we being seduced by his links to Klopp? I've no idea

[PGW]

I don't know anything about Wagner so had to look at his stats. He's managed Huddersfield for 44 games ( 2 short of a full championship season) and has won 62 points so far. If we're being really kind and assume that he would get 6 points form the next 2 games ( taking him up to a full season of games managed) he would be on 68 points, that wouldn't have made the play offs last season. If we're being unkind and giving him zero points from the last 2 games, they'd have finished below Brentford and Blues. Is he really that good or are we being seduced by his links to Klopp? I've no idea

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[supertom]

I don't know anything about Wagner so had to look at his stats. He's managed Huddersfield for 44 games ( 2 short of a full championship season) and has won 62 points so far. If we're being really kind and assume that he would get 6 points form the next 2 games ( taking him up to a full season of games managed) he would be on 68 points, that wouldn't have made the play offs last season. If we're being unkind and giving him zero points from the last 2 games, they'd have finished below Brentford and Blues. Is he really that good or are we being seduced by his links to Klopp? I've no idea

I'd be reluctant to hire someone based essentially off an excellent first 11 games this season. Very dangerous. They've started well but I'd be shocked if they were still top 6 by May.