Next Villa manager

[VinnieChase84]

Pat Murphy reporting that Bruce has had 3 chats with Wyness. No formal interview yet and Clarke shouldn't be ruled out.

Christ how uninspiring.

I would be livid if Clarke gets the job. Would be the type of thing I would expect from Lerner.

[kippaxvilla2]

2/2 club to get back to him now. No formal interview as yet. Bruce told the 'process was ongoing'. Steve Clarke shouldn't be ruled out #avfc
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 Pat Murphy ‏@patmurphybbc  20m20 minutes ago
Steve Bruce had exploratory talks with Keith Wyness Villa's chief exec 3 times since Wed,the last a 20 mins chat y'day. Waiting for the 1/2

[saunders_heroes]

Pat Murphy reporting that Bruce has had 3 chats with Wyness. No formal interview yet and Clarke shouldn't be ruled out.

Christ how uninspiring.

I would be livid if Clarke gets the job. Would be the type of thing I would expect from Lerner.

The thing is I'd be as pissed off if we gave it to Bruce as well. What a thoroughly depressing era it is to be a Villa fan.

[Brian Taylor]

We will have a new manager in place for the Molyneaux game on the 15th and a man who knows his way round Cattle Road on 30th. Should be declared tomorrow to give him a working week at BH.

[cdbearsfan]

It needn't be though. Spend some serious money, get a top class manager, the air of excitement will return and Villa Park will be full against Wolves.

Or just settle for second best as we have done with every managerial appointment since 2006, and allow the misery and dwindling attendances to continue.

ETA - was replying to SH.

[Monty]

Pat Murphy reporting that Bruce has had 3 chats with Wyness. No formal interview yet and Clarke shouldn't be ruled out.

Christ how uninspiring.

I would be livid if Clarke gets the job. Would be the type of thing I would expect from Lerner.

The thing is I'd be as pissed off if we gave it to Bruce as well. What a thoroughly depressing era it is to be a Villa fan.

I'd rather give it to Clarke because he'd be easier to fire.

[kippaxvilla2]

Odds on Sean Dyche have come in from 25-1 to 8-1 - if only.

[Malandro]

Odds on Sean Dyche have come in from 25-1 to 8-1 - if only.

That would be a miracle.

[cannock villa]

We need a manager to come in and just click with the club. Ron Saunders wasn't overly successful before or after the Villa, but here he just clicked, John Gregory just clicked when he came here, there's probably a case for Ron Atkinson and Brian Little had their best managerial spells with us.
I'm probably just saying that Bruce could just fit with us, only time will tell, whoever the appointment is, it is a massive gamble and nobody knows what the outcome will be.

[sickbeggar]

I do think we're missing some football people at the club or dare i say it Doug. In the old days, he'd have got wind of someone who perhaps was looking to move on from his club given the right project. The current bunch seem to have just looked at who's available in the job centre

[cdbearsfan]

Odds on Sean Dyche have come in from 25-1 to 8-1 - if only.

Yes please. That would be an appointment in the mold of Graham Taylor, first time around, saying to the World "we don't care if we are in the second tier, we're still Aston Villa, and we'll have your manager".

Not the "we're Aston Villa, we gave up years ago" message that Bruce or Clark would send out.

[PaulWinch again]

I'm not sure it is that message. For me Bruce says 'we're Aston Villa we realise in the short term we're not a massively attractive proposition and we need to stabilise and get out of this league before we start looking at loftier ambitions'

[cdbearsfan]

We've appointed Jimmy Hogan, Ron Saunders and Graham Taylor while in the second tier.

It's lucky our Board at the time didn't think "oh well, we aren't in the top division now, let's appoint any old boring shit".

The fact we aren't top flight means we should be trying more, not less. In the Premier League you can generally get away with being shite. We did it under some absolutely abysmal managers before finally succumbing after about five years.

If we are shite down here we won't get back up and will fall further and further behind the clubs raking in hundreds of millions every year.

[PaulWinch again]

Yes which is why I can see the logic of hiring Bruce, he's has success in this division. It doesn't mean he has to be our manager for the next ten years.

[cdbearsfan]

He'd had success and failures in this division. I don't think either mean he is more likely to be succesful than a top candidate that will make the league sit up and take notice.