Next manager?

[Brend'Watkins]

I’d have Gary Monk. I really would. He has that lot performing way above their worth.  Bruce is the exact opposite.

[mr underhill]

you might be onto something with Monk. Did well at Leeds given the clusterfuck the club is and was doing ok I  thought at Boro before being potted for Tony Barca Pulis.

[Lastfootstamper]

Have we ever appointed a manager that had been The Obvious Replacement? I was but a nipper when Saunders was appointed, but every one since hasn't been staring us in the face at the time of the demise of their predecessor. Some have been exciting, some have been underwhelming, but all have been unexpected to me.

As has been said, the game has moved on, and I don't see "knowing the championship" as a positive in an apoointment. I wouldn't put it in the cons column of a cv, but I wouldn't use it as the criterion in beginning my search or for deciding between candidates.

We have a talented squad for this division, fuck it, let's steal someone that can get a tune out of them. We've done it before, let's do it again.

Dyche, Henry, Mellberg, Howe, and I dare say 'skillz and others have a dozen names I'd have to google. From the shambles we've become on the pitch since he left, maybe we should let Terry have a stab.

[Clampy]

I think the next choice does have to be someone progressive if that's the right word. We need to take a different route to what we have. I've no idea who mind, although Andre Villas-Boas is out of work and seems to have done well wherever he has been.

[john e]

I think that Mendes fella will be having a big say in future appointments at Villa
I honestly don't know if that's good or bad but it doesn't seem to have worked out to bad for Wolves atm

[Dante Lavelli]

Anyone know if AVB is a Mendes client?

[walsall villain]

Anyone know if AVB is a Mendes client?

I think that Mendes fella will be having a big say in future appointments at Villa
I honestly don't know if that's good or bad but it doesn't seem to have worked out to bad for Wolves atm

I think that would be good news. We are currently like wolves were under Lambert. What a transformation for them.

[AV82EC]

I’m going for the ABB, Anybody but British. Can anyone think of a British Manager they would actively chase in this scenario who isn’t already in work?

[Matt Collins]

Arteta has a great rep but is unproven and probably got his eyes on better things

I wouldn't see the point in Rowett - just more of the same

Smith the obvious choice

But hoping there's an equivalent to Nuno out there somewhere that we can uncover

[saunders_heroes]

I’d like Brendan Rodgers but the trouble is it’s gonna be really hard to persuade a decent manager to quit a job during the season.

[VinnieChase84]

Fonseca
Rodgers
Garcia
Ferreira
Smith

Any of the above

[aj2k77]

It's going to be John Terry.

[CT]

How about Dean Smith with John Terry alongside?

Terry would still be able to play and have the close knit relationship with the players. A better solution than chucking Terry straight in as Manager.

[aj2k77]

I’d have Gary Monk. I really would. He has that lot performing way above their worth.  Bruce is the exact opposite.

Not another nose wanker please. Managing that piss pot outfit and here is a complete new ball game. Learn our lessons.

[brian green]

We have a very simple problem.  Who is the very best manager we can recruit.  The best, not the quickest, not the easiest, not the biggest Villa fan, the best.  Then throw whatever money it takes at that manager and get him.  Buying a manager out of the top drawer is peanuts compared with buying a player of the same stature.  Our nightmare started when we did not make Martinez an offer he could not refuse.