Next Villa manager

[mr underhill]

Best to avoid Neptune, as we'd definitely become bottom feeders.

[joe_c]

Zeus masterminded a famous Greece victory over a much fancied German side back in the 70s. Possibly.

[joe_c]

If we do end up appointing Zeus, we may need to change the name of the site to Heras and Villains.

[Sexual Ealing]

So it's definitely going to be Steve Zeus then?

[SashasGrandad]

Still no sign of white smoke wafting down Witton Lane?

Surely they have still got boxes of old leaflets saying Bright Future etc. all they need is a match.

[Bad English]

I would go hunting for Diana. After all, it is the club of our hearts.

[MoetVillan]

I would go hunting for Diana. After all, it is the club of our hearts.

I think she stinks

[cheltenhamlion]

Bruce will be announced imminently it seems. Let's see what he can do to organise them. Apologies for not adding a mythological pun.

[Bad English]

Let's hope Bruce is not another Sisyphus.

[auntiesledd]

I would go hunting for Diana. After all, it is the club of our hearts.

I'd give her an Artemis tbh. Shirley it's an Ananke-type situation* (although nowt to do with Nicholas, obviously)?


*Goddess of inevitability, compulsion, and necessity.

[Brend'Watkins]

If we do appoint Bruce I think most would Bacchus to go up.

[el león Benidorm]

If we do appoint Bruce I think most would Bacchus to go up.

One of my favourite bars when I am back in Brum!

[The_ads]

It doesn't take much to move the market but Sean Dyche is being backed and is a sea of blue on oddschecker

[Monty]

If we do appoint Bruce I think most would Bacchus to go up.

Ladies and gents, we have a winer.

[mike]

Brian, I agree about Rowett 100%, but do you really think he'd get the backing from fans coming straight from there? Bruce left them ten years ago and he's still viewed as the anti-Christ by many. The 'unproven/club too big' tag would be thrown at both Wagner and Johnson and I'll be honest and confess I don't know which Smith you refer to!  I wanted Warnock, which was obviously not well received but it's all about opinions...

EDIT - Just realised.  Dean Smith.

I really don't think Bruce's previous employer is anything to do with it. It's just underwhelming. And as many have said, stealing something of value from them would be considered a victory. I think Rowett would be an immediate hero just for leaving them in the lurch and coming to us. Sadly, he won't be coming.

So it's not about Bruce's former employers, but taking their manager off them would be a victory? A slight contradiction there I think.

Nope. The reason Bruce is not my choice has nowt to do with Blues, nor has the fact that Rowett IS my choice. The fact Rowett would be coming from them is an incidental and irrelevant bonus.

You can't say it would be a victory and a irrelevant bonus.

I can. Getting one over on them is a victory, but it has nothing to do with why I want Rowett, so the victory is irrelevant and a bonus to my reasons for wanting him. Id still want him  if he had done so well with a similar club with similar financial difficulties but then I would not have the irrelevant bonus of upsetting Blues fans. It's also really not very important.

I can. Getting one over on them is a victory

Really?

But he says it's not realy very important stealing their manager but brings it up anyway. I'm not sure he actually knows what he's talking about.

It's not important but then, sometimes I bring up things that are not important, especially on a light hearted football forum. The way I see it is that I pathologically hate all Blues fans on a very superficial level, which I'm happy to share on here, but in the real world, my nicest and most decent uncle is a nose and the one who is an utter tosser is a Villa fan. I try not to be rude to people when discussing such unimportant stuff.