Next manager?

[Hookeysmith]

Marcos Rose is certainly worth a look at.

Oh and a fantastic read on his assistant Maric. A trillion light years ahead of our current bunch of chancers.

Interesting the Brentford were also consulting Maric.

If we're going to build something new, why not aim for the best.

Please get him in now - I actually got a twitch in my loins reading some of the tactics analysis - not a "up and at em" or "Roll our sleeves up" to be seen

[Brassneck]

Marcos Rose is certainly worth a look at.

Oh and a fantastic read on his assistant Maric. A trillion light years ahead of our current bunch of chancers.

Interesting the Brentford were also consulting Maric.

If we're going to build something new, why not aim for the best.

Please get him in now - I actually got a twitch in my loins reading some of the tactics analysis - not a "up and at em" or "Roll our sleeves up" to be seen

Nor a "put wur boots on", an "arguably wur best 45 minutes" or a "club this size should be in the big division"

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Glad you enjoyed it, Hookey. It's a long read but well worth it.

[cdbearsfan]

I'm only reading it if he gets appointed. I'll only be more disappointed when we appoint some shitebag otherwise.

[paul_e]

Marcos Rose is certainly worth a look at.

Oh and a fantastic read on his assistant Maric. A trillion light years ahead of our current bunch of chancers.

Interesting the Brentford were also consulting Maric.

If we're going to build something new, why not aim for the best.

Please get him in now - I actually got a twitch in my loins reading some of the tactics analysis - not a "up and at em" or "Roll our sleeves up" to be seen

Agreed, this is exactly the sort of appointment we should be making, someone who's looking at every possible advantage they can find and going into meticulous preparation. I'd honestly rather have a manager with a team of 4-5 stat geeks doing the sort of analysis that Maric offers than one who insists he has a 'proper football man' like Calderwood in the dugout with him (and wage wise that's probably a fair trade off).  You need coaches, that's obvious, but you need a lot more than the old-fashioned bibs and cones approach. Villa needs to join the 21st century and put proper structures in place and have a manager that trusts all of those roles to add value.

[robleflaneur]

Thanks for the article.Should be essential reading for our CEO.It's another planet compared to the one that Bruce,Redknapp and pundits like Merson inhabit.
Football has undergone a revolution in the past few years,similar to the one that took place in the early 60s when 424 replaced WM,the first tactical formation change in almost 40 years.
A dinosaur manager has always been present in English football.

[FranzBiberkopf]

Agreed.

I remember reading about Sarri when he first got the Napoli job and how he used to fly a drone above the players in training in order to gain insight into formation /gaps / movement of individual players etc.

That attention to detail is what we need.

[Lastfootstamper]

It wouldn't take a particularly large shift in methods and techniques for a certain style of management to quickly become outdated in any era. If something you did four or five years back worked then, but in the interim everybody else has redefined the job parameters, and you're unwilling or unable to incorporate the changes into your routine, to adapt yourself, you will fall by the wayside. It's true of probably every line of work imaginable, football management can't be impervious to it.

Vive la révolution!

[pauliewalnuts]

Agreed.

I remember reading about Sarri when he first got the Napoli job and how he used to fly a drone above the players in training in order to gain insight into formation /gaps / movement of individual players etc.

That attention to detail is what we need.

The only drone likely to be flying over BMH would be Deliveroo bringing Bruce's enormous lunch order from Five Guys.

[darren woolley]

Dean Smith please.

[Joe S]

Some fan on TalkShite has just said "Big Sam would be ideal"
Obviously in response to them putting his name forward as the 1st option

[Monty]

Some fan on TalkShite has just said "Big Sam would be ideal"
Obviously in response to them putting his name forward as the 1st option

You wonder what sport they're watching. Let's do a different version of the same fucking thing that's been failing for years.

[Chris Jameson]

If they don't give the job to Helena Christensen I don't care who gets it.

[achilles]

Marcos Rose is certainly worth a look at.

Oh and a fantastic read on his assistant Maric. A trillion light years ahead of our current bunch of chancers.

Interesting the Brentford were also consulting Maric.

If we're going to build something new, why not aim for the best.

Good grief, most of that went over my head but it sounds utterly brilliant, a plan, utter joy!

[JUAN PABLO]

Sammy Hyppia