Next Villa manager

[eamonn]

Marcelino was apparently in for the Swansea job. Top 6 for 3 straight seasons with Villareal. Must be worth considering him.

His lack of English, like Bielsa last time, a sticking point according to 5Live's Welsh reporter the other night.

[ciggiesnbeer]

This isn't as much fun as Ole Gunnar Solsjaer

Indeed. I have no issue with Bruce as a person, but Jesus its not exactly an appointment to get me excited to see how we play. His brand of football is not exactly dour, more , forgettable if you know what I mean.

[NiiLamptey]

Check out this article on the Birmingham mail...

Boils my piss!

http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/former-aston-villa-boss-backs-11985661

I would say Mcleish is thinking... Bruce joins and we all hate him because he is an ex bluenose and it proves he was a victim all along.

Does McLeish really not realise we didn't want him because he already had a reputation for playing boring football, the blues fans wanted him out AND he got them relegated 1 month before joining us.

Maybe he believes failure was just because he was a bluenose as the media keep reassuring him that...

[Matt C]

Several days on and I'm still struggling to pick from that list above. Not because I'm spoilt for choice I might add.

[Phil from the upper holte]

Only proven  record Bruce has is of bouncing between divisions and playing awful football


shefiield united = didn't get promotion
huddersfield = didn't get promotion
Palace = didn't get promotion
blose - promoted, relegated, promoted
wigan - premier
Sunderland - premier
Hull - promoted/relegated/promoted

Sheffield United- First job in management.

Huddersfield- No real idea of how he did there tbh.

Palace- Did brilliantly, were leading the division when he left them in December to go to...

SHA- Well yes a relegation but he got them up after what 20 years and kept them up for 4 seasons before he signed too many egos.

Wigan- They finished 8th I think and he signed some pretty good players that Wigan made profits on.

Sunderland- His one poor job in management I think. Even then Sunderland actually had a very good first half of the season in 10/11 but it all fell apart when they sold Bent to us and also lost Welbeck and Gyan shortly afterwards and his striker recruitment was very poor.

Hull- Two promotions and a relegation.

Any manager who's been in the game for a while will have stuff like that on their CV. I think in the state we're in people are criticising him for the sake of it as he's Guardiola level in the championship.

Criticising him in the prem is more arguable although let's get back there first.

I read yesterday that Huddersfield  are having their best start to a season since yes you guessed it Steve Bruce was there

[Dave]

Marcelino was apparently in for the Swansea job. Top 6 for 3 straight seasons with Villareal. Must be worth considering him.

His lack of English, like Bielsa last time, a sticking point according to 5Live's Welsh reporter the other night.

Although that didn't seem to be a problem for Pochettino when he first joined Southampton

[mr underhill]

so maybe we'll get Steve Bruce , but speaking only in Spanish. That would be good.

[Small Rodent]

I don't know why but I find the use of "end of" incredibly irritating!

It annoys me too, all day long.

[VillaAlways]

This isn't as much fun as Ole Gunnar Solsjaer

Indeed. I have no issue with Bruce as a person, but Jesus its not exactly an appointment to get me excited to see how we play. His brand of football is not exactly dour, more , forgettable if you know what I mean.

Frankly I would be happy just to see us win a few games of football. I'm not really bothered about the manner we do it at the moment

[Hookeysmith]

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

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

Please read this Tony and do not appoint this useless twat

[Chris Jameson]

Marcelino was apparently in for the Swansea job. Top 6 for 3 straight seasons with Villareal. Must be worth considering him.

His lack of English, like Bielsa last time, a sticking point according to 5Live's Welsh reporter the other night.

Although that didn't seem to be a problem for Pochettino when he first joined Southampton

It hasn't stopped Paul Merson finding work in the media either.

[Duncan Shaw]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3824135/David-Wagner-Jurgen-Klopp-clone-bizarre-bonding-sessions-Huddersfield-dreaming-big-time.html

I know we are not going to get him, but this sort of article makes me very envious we can't find a manager with that level of commitment and forward thinking. We will get Bruce.

Wow, I like the sound of him.....I know we'd all love the Villa but he'd be mad to come!!  If we did get him, I susoect we wouldn't see the best of his work until next season.

[Witton Warrior]

I really think I have lost interest in who it is - they will come in and I am so ground down I fear nothing will change - looked at the Wolves game and realised I wouldn't bother going (bas**rd 5:30 KO) if I didn't have a ST. It's not supposed to be like this...

[saunders_heroes]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3824135/David-Wagner-Jurgen-Klopp-clone-bizarre-bonding-sessions-Huddersfield-dreaming-big-time.html

I know we are not going to get him, but this sort of article makes me very envious we can't find a manager with that level of commitment and forward thinking. We will get Bruce.

Wow, I like the sound of him.....I know we'd all love the Villa but he'd be mad to come!!  If we did get him, I susoect we wouldn't see the best of his work until next season.

Same here. This is the man to take us forward and save us from the doom and gloom of Steve Bruce. Wagner is the man for the Villa!

[andyh]

I really think I have lost interest in who it is - they will come in and I am so ground down I fear nothing will change - looked at the Wolves game and realised I wouldn't bother going (bas**rd 5:30 KO) if I didn't have a ST. It's not supposed to be like this...

I know exactly how you feel.