Manager suggestions - Now with added poll

[ciggiesnbeer]

Tuchel turned down Southampton and wants a CL club.

Well thats us in 4 years right? Sign him up!

[Damo70]

What happened to Bubbles?  Could have him/her as a mascot.  Roar like a chimp.  That's about our barra as my granddad used to say.

Wikipedia says he turned into "an aggressive chimp and an unsuitable companion".

I believe Wikipedia says exactly the same thing about Tim Sherwood's time at The Villa.

[cheltenhamlion]

Dyche had no interest in the job. My only itk. Friend of a friend, no interest in leaving Burnley for Villa.

He was interviewed and contract terms discussed.

[SoccerHQ]

Dyche had no interest in the job. My only itk. Friend of a friend, no interest in leaving Burnley for Villa.

He was interviewed and contract terms discussed.

Which summer was that Chelts?

I read that he'd agreed to go to Sunderland in 2015 but Advocaat then changed his mind (only lasted until September) and it fell through.

[SoccerHQ]

Id go for the Fulham boss , don't think he is happy with his owners so could be a possibility

I liked Stam last year but as he wants Bacuna , Id cross him off.

Dean Smith's football style looks pretty good to be fair and he is Villa of course so would not be against this one but could see the board going for a Pardew , Moyes or Big Sam to be honest.

The Huddlesfield manager would only be possible if they are bottom 3 in Feb but then It will be too late for Villa by then anyway as we need to get up this season so SB needs going now.

If he's bottom 3 at Christmas then he probably isn't the right man.

I have absolutely no idea who I want but it has to be somebody with the strength of personality and more importantly character  required to handle the job without being an all mouth and nothing to back it up type like Sherwood. I take Monty's point about being entertained first and worry about the results later but unfortunately the business of football does not allow for that at a club the size of Villa.

I do find that an odd comment from Chris Smith about not being good enough if Huddersfield are bottom 3, this is Huddersfield in the premier league let's remember.

It's quite interesting and surprising how many of the top managers all have relegations on their CVs from their early jobs, Wenger, Benitez and Klopp have all been in charge of clubs relegated. Didn't Pochettino get sacked from Espanyol when they were bottom of La Liga aswell?

It's quite clear from his 18 months in English football David Wagner knows what he's doing.

[Matt Collins]

Wagner would be brilliant but wouldn't come in a million years

Norwich are trying to find the next Wagner but it hasn't got off to the best of starts (until Saturday)

[cheltenhamlion]

Dyche had no interest in the job. My only itk. Friend of a friend, no interest in leaving Burnley for Villa.

He was interviewed and contract terms discussed.

Which summer was that Chelts?

I read that he'd agreed to go to Sunderland in 2015 but Advocaat then changed his mind (only lasted until September) and it fell through.

That was last October when RDM got the push.

[SoccerHQ]

Dyche had no interest in the job. My only itk. Friend of a friend, no interest in leaving Burnley for Villa.

He was interviewed and contract terms discussed.

Which summer was that Chelts?

I read that he'd agreed to go to Sunderland in 2015 but Advocaat then changed his mind (only lasted until September) and it fell through.

That was last October when RDM got the push.

Difficult when Burnley were back in the prem and had a decent start.

Summer 2015 would've been ideal considering he was about to go to Sunderland. Would've needed the board to see the writing was on the wall for Sherwood of course.

[Steve67]

Dyche had no interest in the job. My only itk. Friend of a friend, no interest in leaving Burnley for Villa.

He was interviewed and contract terms discussed.

Which summer was that Chelts?

I read that he'd agreed to go to Sunderland in 2015 but Advocaat then changed his mind (only lasted until September) and it fell through.

That was last October when RDM got the push.

I will try to find out. Unless it was all very hush hush, I know he laughed it off when someone I know asked him directly about it.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Fuck me, we could have had Wagner if we were prepared to have the promotion clause but not until this season.

But we didn't.  We gambled on "take any old shot as long as it is well paid", promotion specialist, Bruce and still didn't exercise our right to fuck him off with minimal pay off at the end of last season anyway. It's a shambles.

Bloody hell, Chelts, that is such a depressing read. Thanks. Top marks for your other post on Bruce. Absolutely nailed it. It appears my suspicions on Wyness defending his appointment are sadly true. What a bloody mess. Two games into the season and it feels like it's already over. Of course it's not but do seem to be the specialists in self-harm.

[Dante Lavelli]

Dyche is a well known and eager graduate of the St Georges Park development, often returning to do more courses and tutor the current students.  Whilst he's a bit too 'meat and potatoes' for me the fact that he is studying the game and keen to learn makes me like him.

Similarly, if St Georges Park has any value, surely a club like Villa should be able to tap into the resource and recruit one of the more recent, and best, graduates (with an old manager in support, like Hodgson?.  In exchange we can buy into and support the footballing philosophy that they're trying to create.  There must be other ways than solely approaching agents and/or Ferguson.

[SoccerHQ]

If ever a manager reminds me of MON it's Dyche.

The way he plays 4-4-2 with two touchline hugging wingers (although he seems to have modified it to a 4-5-1 in the last year which was probably needed for Burnley to survive), the fact he very rarely makes changes for the sake of it and often keeps an unchanged 11 game to game and also his adversion to signing foreign players and going for solid british signings to keep the close knit team spirit.

That's not to say it's all bad. He's got more out of Lowton than we ever did (he is less exposed with an actual wide player infront of him to track back) and Westwood is safely tucked up on the substitute bench well away from the pitch unlike the hundred games he started here.

I'm a bit confused why it fell through though. So we offered him a contract with less security than he had at Burnley yet we seemingly ditched that criteria when Steve Bruce indicated he wanted the job?!

[cheltenhamlion]

Dyche would have taken the job but wanted a guaranteed 3 year contract regardless of his performance. Wagner would have taken it as long as our promotion clause was not immediate but kicked in this season. Why didn't Bruce get appointed for 3 weeks after the vacancy became available? Despite being available and begging for the chance on that Sky Sunday morning shit? Because 3 others were in the frame and preferred choices. Now he has Wyness in his pocket we are bollocksed.

[cdbearsfan]

Who was the third?

[cheltenhamlion]

I discounted that one because they were shit (they also add nothing to my Wagner and Dyche point).