Next manager?

[OzVilla]

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.

And haven't Celtic won the SPL for the last 7 seasons in a row or something daft like that.  Beating the likes of Kilmarnock and St Johnstone every week with nothing much else to look forward to with players you know wouldn't cut it playing in England is hardly the stuff of managerial dreams.   Easy street though, maybe we could do a swap as that's the sort of gig that'd suit Steve Bruce perfectly.

[Matt Collins]

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?

Why on earth would Howe, Dyche or Bielsa join? I'm not sure if Rodgers would either

[Three Spires Villa]

in the case of Howe and Dyche, this would be a challenge that if they got right, would be a massive plus on their CV. Who knows were that could lead them, next England job?

Depends if they fancy the challenge

[Villafirst]

Eddie Howe would be brilliant - NSWE could easily offer him a big contract. More realistically though, Dean Smith......

[London Villan]

The first big premier league club to sack their manager will probably be in for Rodgers.

[mr underhill]

Dean Smith won't be our next manager - for a start it involves paying out two large compo settlements to Bruce and his team and Brentford. If he goes I'm expecting a forward thinking foreign coach.

[JJ-AV]

I don’t think any of those would come. Rodgers would be a good shout when we go up, but not down here. He’s way past that.

[richtheholtender]

What about Rafa? I think he would drop if the new owners could convince him about future funds.

[olaftab]

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.

That sounds mean🙂

[olaftab]

I don’t think any of those would come. Rodgers would be a good shout when we go up, but not down here. He’s way past that.

Why? How?

[olaftab]

The first big premier league club to sack their manager will probably be in for Rodgers.

What do you mean by big? I don’t think the six in the mix for CL will touch him so who’s next?

[mr underhill]

the thing about Smith is that we are predicating a wish to see him here on the fact that Brentford play some nice stuff and he's a Villa fan. The job brings infinitely more pressure than he is used to and I honestly think its too big for him. We need to think big and bold just like Wolves did. We've spent more money than any club in Championship history and we're still a million miles away from getting out.

[olaftab]

I still thing we should go for Wagner.

[Little Class]

Rafa is a good call - we can offer everything Newcastle can and with money, he wants to stay in England, Bodymoor Heath in closer to Liverpool - only problem is, is there any manager who can fix a defence with one CD, one poor LB and 5 RBs before January?  If not, we are not going up as whoever comes in has a 2 year promotion project and doubt Rafa [or Howe or Wagner etc] would wait for that.

[JUAN PABLO]

If Watford can get these managers why cant AVFC