Next manager?

[QuintonVilla]

Dean Smith for me. My only concern is Villa is a much different proposition to Brentford and expectation is huge.

[AlexAlexCropley]

We need someone the fans would take to immediately. Like Harry Redknapp or Ian Holloway.

On a more serious note, if we do remove Bruce would it be worth giving Brian Little another shot at the job?

Was only talking about Brian earlier.Unfortunately it was in a what has he brought to the table way.

[hilts_coolerking]

He might be settled and doing well at Brentford, but I'm sure he wouldn't be able to resist. He might not get another chance.

If he's good enough he will, somewhere down the line.  I just worry that what we'd be asking him to do straight away, i.e. get us up and keep us up, is far too much to expect from a man with his limited experience.

[Marlon From Bearwood]

IF we could temp a manager currently employed to quit their current role and join us (much easier said than done at this time of year), then in order of preference I’d fancy

Rodgers
Wagner
Howe
Dyche
Smith

As a left field appointment - someone mentioned Van Bronckhurst.

As for out of work / available managers, I’m struggling a bit.

[sickbeggar]

think we'll struggle to get anyone from our promotion rivals now the season has started, which is why it was always a mistake to keep Bruce in the summer and wait for it to go pear-shaped

[dicedlam]

On a more serious note, if we do remove Bruce would it be worth giving Brian Little another shot at the job?

The game has moved on since Brian was last a manager.

It has been for Bruce... he just won't except it.

[aj2k77]

Rodgers wouldn't leave easy street for this frying pan.
Wagner, Howe and Dyche are in the Premier League and have full backing of their club and fans.
Smith would come.

Reality is we aren't going to be poaching Premier League managers, we are a basket case Championship club at the moment.

[PeterWithesShin]

Sadly, thanks to the incompetence off the pitch the required action for the failure on it didn't happen. Bruce is the luckiest manager around to still be in a job, he must know it and instead of grasping the chance with both hands and going all out to succeed he doesn't strike me as that bothered, it's like he's going through the motions.

[curiousorange]

My main worry with Rodgers is that he would consider himself bigger than the job. As for style of football, I think it would be positive. The odd semi final at Wembley notwithstanding. With Dean Smith I don't think we have that worry, but quite honestly I still don't really know if he's any good apart from when he's playing us.

[pauliewalnuts]

With Dean Smith I can't get over the concern that we're over-hyping him because he's one of us.

[sickbeggar]

My fear we'll end up with one of the usual suspects now. A fat Sam or a Moyes if we agree to pay them enough.. Okay they may be better than Bruce but they share the same limitations as Bruce. They could get us up, but then what?

[villabear]

He might be settled and doing well at Brentford, but I'm sure he wouldn't be able to resist. He might not get another chance.

If he's good enough he will, somewhere down the line.  I just worry that what we'd be asking him to do straight away, i.e. get us up and keep us up, is far too much to expect from a man with his limited experience.

Might be rubbish but apparently he was expecting one or two phone calls this summer from either us or the stripies or both according to a workmate who’s partner knows his wife.

Apparently, again I stipulate.

From what I can see with Smith every season he’s been there they seem to have improved when still selling their biggest assets.

[Damo70]

Dean Smith for me. My only concern is Villa is a much different proposition to Brentford and expectation is huge.

Villa was a much different proposition to Watford when we appointed SGT. We appointed Ron Saunders who had only shown promise at Oxford and Norwich and had not had the best of times in his one previous shot at the big time with Manchester City.

[Mister E]

With Dean Smith I can't get over the concern that we're over-hyping him because he's one of us.

Indeed; despite his record against us.

[Monty]

With Dean Smith I can't get over the concern that we're over-hyping him because he's one of us.

Indeed; despite his record against us.

Correction: *because* of his record against us. Being Villa and beating the Villa is a real double whammy.