Next manager?

[Rudy Can't Fail]

I would sack him for even thinking of bringing James Collins back to Villa.

Do we know this to be true or was it journalists speculating?

I'd sack him just for the speculation.

[paul_e]

It's all about where you think the club should be. If the playoffs for a 2nd year running is good enough then Bruce is just about on target. If you believe we should be looking for automatic promotion then we're currently half a point per game behind.

4 points behind 2nd place doesn't sound like a huge gap but we're only 8 games in so there can't be huge gaps in the league right now but we need to avoid that gap widening which means we can't afford to drop too many points in the next 4-5 games. Last season I, along with Ads, suggested the 2 points per game had to be the target and I stick by that so, for me, we're 3 points short right now. If that gets to 7-8 points I'd say he's got to go if we have any intention of going up automatically.

[cdbearsfan]

I think the swingometer should be the decisive factor. Minus seven, he's gorra goo.

[RussellC]

Despite his rhetoric on the matter, I believe that Bruce had enough at his disposal (and to spend in the January) to get us into the playoffs AT LEAST in his first season. The second he certainly had enough to take us up one-way-or-another.

That he needs a third season at all means that he's failed, and I would go as far to say that if you suggested the same thing to him when he took the job he would agree.

[Ivo Stas]

The availables:

https://www.transfermarkt.com/trainer/verfuegbaretrainer/statistik

[JUAN PABLO]

Give me a AVB/Terry combo now .

[Dante Lavelli]

Give me a AVB/Terry combo now .

Didn't they hate each other?  Terry largely blamed for undermining AVB.  If not, then it's a strong suggestion. 

Wenger/Henry or Arteta is one I have pondered. 

[Rigadon]

Give me a AVB/Terry combo now .

Didn't they hate each other?  Terry largely blamed for undermining AVB.

Yes.  Let's bring Garde and Black in too.  And ask James Collins to manage the under 21s with Sid. 

[Des Little]

Fred West with Harold Shipman as assistant.

[ozzjim]

I would be very tempted to give it Terry. I reckon he would galvanise the place and actually make a fist of it.

[PeterWithesShin]

With the players we have, even allowing for the CB situation, it would be hard to find any manager that could be doing worse than Bruce this season.

[Jon Crofts]

Terry would need a very good assistant, what’s Ranieri doing these days? There’s a pairing to ponder.

[Richard E]

Fred West with Harold Shipman as assistant.

I'd prefer a manager who was a bit less 'not alive.'

[Damo70]

I would be very tempted to give it Terry. I reckon he would galvanise the place and actually make a fist of it.

I think Terry would be worth a shot. If Manure get shot of Mourinho he could be Terry's number two.

[Dante Lavelli]

With the players we have, even allowing for the CB situation, it would be hard to find any manager that could be doing worse than Bruce this season.

Completely agree but it's understandable that the guys in charge want time to look at the whole club.  An average appointment now might improve us for the rest of the season yet end up holding us back in the longer term. 

...Mind you a roll of the dice like Henry until the end of the season could be the best of both worlds.