Next manager?

[sickbeggar]

I just don't think Smith would get the time. Bruce has only got this long because he had some sort of reputation.
 RDM got no time. An iffy 12months while he sorts the mess out - you'd get that at Brenford, not here.

RDM was a chancer who suckered Tony Xia.

well whatever he was, i don't think Smith would get much leeway. People are already talking about the next manager getting us promoted, with another guy's team and half of them we don't even own. He's not going to be building anything for his first season

[clash city rocker]

I just don't think Smith would get the time. Bruce has only got this long because he had some sort of reputation.
 RDM got no time. An iffy 12months while he sorts the mess out - you'd get that at Brenford, not here.

RDM was a chancer who suckered Tony Xia.

well whatever he was, i don't think Smith would get much leeway. People are already talking about the next manager getting us promoted, with another guy's team and half of them we don't even own. He's not going to be building anything for his first season

Spot on

[XXVilla]

I just don't think Smith would get the time. Bruce has only got this long because he had some sort of reputation.
 RDM got no time. An iffy 12months while he sorts the mess out - you'd get that at Brenford, not here.

RDM was a chancer who suckered Tony Xia.

well whatever he was, i don't think Smith would get much leeway. People are already talking about the next manager getting us promoted, with another guy's team and half of them we don't even own. He's not going to be building anything for his first season

I think pound for pound Smith has done much more with Brentford than either RDM or Bruce has done with Villa

[Damo70]

Without wanting to sound mean, Dean Smith sounds to me like a Championship appointment rather than an appointment which aspires to getting to the Premier League.

Is there such a thing as long term these days, unless somebody like Howe or Dyche gets Bournemouth/Burnley promoted and survives and thrives in the PL? If we think Dean Smith is the man to get us out of the Championship we should appoint him. If we then get promotion and think we need someone like Allardyce to keep us up we should appoint him. If we then think we need someone else to move us forward into a top half side we should appoint them. Watford seem to have done something like that quite successfully. In the words of the legend that was Detective Lieutenant Frank Drebin "It's a long shot, but it might just work".

[achilles]

Look at what Bielsa Marcelo has done for Leeds already and he can't even speak bloody English!

This squad is the envy of the championship, it now needs someone to organise them into a TEAM!

The art is in getting the right manager for the job, preferably one who understands tactics and is willing to embrace the challenge of managing Aston Villa.

[clash city rocker]

Without wanting to sound mean, Dean Smith sounds to me like a Championship appointment rather than an appointment which aspires to getting to the Premier League.

Is there such a thing as long term these days, unless somebody like Howe or Dyche gets Bournemouth/Burnley promoted and survives and thrives in the PL? If we think Dean Smith is the man to get us out of the Championship we should appoint him. If we then get promotion and think we need someone like Allardyce to keep us up we should appoint him. If we then think we need someone else to move us forward into a top half side we should appoint them. Watford seem to have done something like that quite successfully. In the words of the legend that was Detective Lieutenant Frank Drebin "It's a long shot, but it might just work".

Trouble is villa's longshots usually end up in one on our feet.

[Sexual Ealing]

Look at what Bielsa Marcelo has done for Leeds already and he can't even speak bloody English!

This squad is the envy of the championship, it now needs someone to organise them into a TEAM!

The art is in getting the right manager for the job, preferably one who understands tactics and is willing to embrace the challenge of managing Aston Villa.

Point good.

[OzVilla]

This situation is made for Brendan Rodgers imo. Get this weekends Old Firm out of the way and get him in.

[The_ads]

I’d go all out for Brendan Rodgers who I think would come.

[OzVilla]

I do too, look at his comments about us when we signed McGinn. He was fluttering his eyelashes in our direction for a future opportunity I thought.

[KevinGage]

The new CEO was on the board at Liverpool when Rodgers was appointed an' all.

Don't know if that's a good or bad thing.

[aj2k77]

Well apart from it not happening anyway Brendan Rodgers is light years ahead of shit nan hair tactically and footballing wise.

[Steve67]

I'd love Rodgers but I think he will be up in Scotland for another couple of years. 

[eamonn]

Well he lost Dembele to Lion yesterday to top-off a truly shite transfer window for Celtic and they failed to get into the Champions League again so he may have had his fill of the limitations in managing up there. I guess it depends if winning everything in a league without much competition is enough to keep him motivated.

[Phil from the upper holte]

Would take any of Rodgers, Bielsa, Dyche or Howe.

No more plodding Championship fodder. We need someone to get us promoted AND help us to strive in the Premier League, long-term.

Absolute no to Dean Smith. Appointing someone just because they are a fan is the sort of moronic shit Newcastle do.

How about appointing Smith because he's doing a really good job?