Next Villa manager

[Sexual Ealing]

Why would a manager agree to come in on the basis that if he successfully achieves his objective he'll be sacked?

Surely lots of contract workers (as football managers are) across the land work on the same basis? Do what you've been brought in for and off you go with a bonus in your pocket.

Not that I want it to be Bruce, by the way!

[Des Little]

Fcuk me folks, let's get a bit of perspective here. We need to focus on winning more than we lose before anything else. That in itself is massive progress.

So the answer is appoint a manager  with 36% win ratio?

Did I say I wanted Bruce?

Edit: Can you tell me our current win rate?

[eamonn]

I think the idea of us ditching Bruce once/if promotion is achieved because we'd need someone sexier in the Premier League is wishful thinking. Like we all wished Sherwood had gone before last season started, rewarding "success" with sacking is rarely done by anyone.
He would have to go through a turgid spell of us not winning games in the top flight before being shoved.

[ldavfc4eva]

I think we need a Bruce type, Tried and tested at this level and just the sort of a manager to get us back to basics and winning games. Wagner may well be the next big thing, I recall some saying Garde was the next Wenger, look how that turned out. Get Bruce in and get us stable and winning games.

[kippaxvilla2]

I'm literally sat here drinking Oxford Gold and laughing at the suggestion Brucey agrees to come, get us promoted and then agrees graciously to be sacked.

[ldavfc4eva]

I don't care if he gets sacked once we are promoted, at the minute getting promoted this season looks like a miracle.

[ozzjim]

Fcuk me folks, let's get a bit of perspective here. We need to focus on winning more than we lose before anything else. That in itself is massive progress.

So the answer is appoint a manager  with 36% win ratio?

Did I say I wanted Bruce?

Edit: Can you tell me our current win rate?

Conveniently ignoring his 53% win ratio in this division and 1.8 point per game average?

[walsall villain]

I'm literally sat here drinking Oxford Gold and laughing at the suggestion Brucey agrees to come, get us promoted and then agrees graciously to be sacked.

I'm not fretting about whether our next manager will be sacked if we get promoted. I'm more hopeful he can keep us up. The last five years have got me looking down not up. Anyway, the guy that got Southampton up was dumped quickly to public outrage but they have moved onwards and upwards nicely, we could do the same.

[Toronto Villa]

Dyche = Exciting. Bruce = Boring.

Last season Burnley scored 72 and conceded 35. Hull scored 69 and conceded 35.

That must be a lie. Along with the fact that Dyche has never been relegated from the PL either.

[villan from luton]

Get Bruce in, guaranteed promotion and then get pep in.

Lets be realistic lads, we are not a catch at the moment and much as I like the thought of Dean Smith coming in we have had lots of failures recently

[Toronto Villa]

Why would a manager agree to come in on the basis that if he successfully achieves his objective he'll be sacked?

Well I imagine you don't position it like that.

So you'd have to give him a longer contract than you wanted him to have, and then pay him over the odds to leave. Just strikes me as a very odd strategy.

We hired RDM on a two year deal. Why wouldn't we offer Bruce the same? Last time I checked he's out of a job and no club of our size is going to want him. So I think he might be keen.

[PaulWinch again]

Dyche = Exciting. Bruce = Boring.

Last season Burnley scored 72 and conceded 35. Hull scored 69 and conceded 35.

That must be a lie. Along with the fact that Dyche has never been relegated from the PL either.

Indeed. I've never really thought Bruce's teams play awful football and just defend.

[OCD]

I think the idea of us ditching Bruce once/if promotion is achieved because we'd need someone sexier in the Premier League is wishful thinking. Like we all wished Sherwood had gone before last season started, rewarding "success" with sacking is rarely done by anyone.
He would have to go through a turgid spell of us not winning games in the top flight before being shoved.

Tell that to Slavisa Jokanovic who got Watford promoted and was then replaced by Quique Flores.

[kippaxvilla2]

Bruce will be appointed on Monday - according to Mr Collymore's twitter.

[OCD]

It's a sorry state of affairs that we've gotten ourselves into for Bruce to be considered to be the best candidate for the job.