Next Villa manager

[villan from luton]

What on Earth makes them consider Clarke? He's been a direct part of the shit formations, shit substitutions and shit preparation.

I actually don't think he was . They had both previously had same posts in some similar /same clubs but never worked together . He RARELY , as Kevin Bond  didn't either , left his seat during a game which I found interesting and frustrating

I thought Clarke and Bond were good appointments, but they have seemingly had little input

[Dazvillain]

*sigh*. they got 11 games. Who turns round 5 years of total shite in 11 games?

And £50million

[Dazvillain]

What on Earth makes them consider Clarke? He's been a direct part of the shit formations, shit substitutions and shit preparation.

I actually don't think he was . They had both previously had same posts in some similar /same clubs but never worked together . He RARELY , as Kevin Bond  didn't either , left his seat during a game which I found interesting and frustrating

Concur. Exactly my point

I thought Clarke and Bond were good appointments, but they have seemingly had little input

[sickbeggar]

Relax Daz. Some of us our old and angry and we react badly to this text speak.(I bet you have one of those mobile phones too)

And am posting off it now. Thanks for your comment, genuinely. I'm all about consitency and fairness . Moaning and sarcastically posting about my gramatics but not about the last post in another thread this evening (#bants) posted by someone else or even the poor gramatics of done thread titles doesn't seem fair game really . Point made. Back to thread topic... We are not going to ever get another O'neil , cash injection or contracts of the start of Lerner era so it's pretty academic who becomes next boss. We just have to belt in and try to enjoy the ride or get off at the next stop pronto. Simply a matter of choices

Don't worry about it. I rarely post coherently at the first attempt.

[Dazvillain]

Mind you, I was as you were, excited by first team set up of back room just as I was by the Little , Bernstien etc board and that didn't last long either

[Dazvillain]

Relax Daz. Some of us our old and angry and we react badly to this text speak.(I bet you have one of those mobile phones too)

And am posting off it now. Thanks for your comment, genuinely. I'm all about consitency and fairness . Moaning and sarcastically posting about my gramatics but not about the last post in another thread this evening (#bants) posted by someone else or even the poor gramatics of done thread titles doesn't seem fair game really . Point made. Back to thread topic... We are not going to ever get another O'neil , cash injection or contracts of the start of Lerner era so it's pretty academic who becomes next boss. We just have to belt in and try to enjoy the ride or get off at the next stop pronto. Simply a matter of choices

Don't worry about it. I rarely post coherently at the first attempt.

Between you and I, your comment is worth a lol then !

[Des Little]

A lot of folk seem anti Bruce, which is fair enough. When asked, many of the people I speak to say they don't want him, but at the same time don't actually say who they do want. We aren't in the ideal scenario with the luxury of choice...believe it or not, top quality managers are no longer forming a queue to come here, so we need to be realistic. Of those in the frame, Bruce has the best credentials, regardless of his past.

[sickbeggar]

*sigh*. they got 11 games. Who turns round 5 years of total shite in 11 games?

And £50million

If money was the be all and end all then LVG would be still in charge of Man U. And 50m is relative. I don't think we were even a championship side when we came down. We certainly finished a way below the three that came up

[Dazvillain]

A lot of folk seem anti Bruce, which is fair enough. When asked, many of the people I speak to say they don't want him, but at the same time don't actually say who they do want. We aren't in the ideal scenario with the luxury of choice...believe it or not, top quality managers are no longer forming a queue to come here, so we need to be realistic. Of those in the frame, Bruce has the best credentials, regardless of his past.

Des, fair points but were we not sold that mcleish came with decent credentials from yesteryear ? From Dr T posts it seems that we are not necessarily after the best man for the job at all costs but it'll be the best of the 26 applicants . Surely that's a massive difference and one which all those posting about speculation needs to grasp

[Exeter 77]

I accept Bruce would be the pragmatic choice, the fact that I don't want him or necessarily like him as a player or a manager should not matter. What matters is the future direction of Aston Villa so if we are stuck with Bruce and he gets us promoted so be it. Just don't expect me to think of him in the same way I do Ron Saunders or Graham Taylor.

[villan from luton]

I agree with Des. Bruce was second choice for the England job two months ago, is he not good enough for Villa? For all of you with the anti nose thing, an ex nose gave me me best moment except my kids being safely born when he scored the winning goal for us v Bayern Munich. We have to realise we are not world beaters now

[Matt Collins]

Are people actually bothered about the blues thing in reality? It's a. It pathetic if so. It's not Trevor Francis!

I'd rather leave that sort of petty internecine small time mentality to those in the north east

If ronaldo and figo can play for Real Madrid and Paul once for Liverpool I'm sure we can put up with it

[sickbeggar]

I just think the whole sacking of RDM in October was mad on the offchance there's a bloke who can get us promotion. I don't see it,  SGT wasn't someone who spent his life employed by clubs on his promotionability (new word). In fact, he wasn't much cop at that later on. A big club on its uppers gets someone who turns the whole thing around or you end up like sheff W and their ilk

[villan from luton]

sickbeggar, respect your views but have to say the tactics employed by RDM were baffling to say the least and not sure how it would have improved.

[sickbeggar]

sickbeggar, respect your views but have to say the tactics employed by RDM were baffling to say the least and not sure how it would have improved.

I thought he'd struggle to mix the new players in with the old. He did, but i thought November was the time to make the decision if that was failing. But the expectations amongst the fans and the somewhat naive new owners did for him. So here we are....