Next manager?

[mr underhill]

Skittles are sweets aren't they? Did you mean Skiffle?

[brian green]

Perhaps it's a puzzle.  Skiffle is a clue.  Lonnie Donegan had a skiffle group.  Their big hit was My Old Man's A Dustman. Wasn't Neville Southall a Dustman?  Could be.

[Damo70]

How about a Sven/Terry combo?

Well we know Sven had pretty much agreed to join us once before. But he might need some convincing that the offer is genuine this time. He might think Naseff Sawiris is the 'Fake Sheikh'. Didn't he pretty much manage to help bankrupt both Manchester City and Notts County? He is the Swedish Harry Redknapp.

[mr underhill]

Sven's ship last  sailed effectively eons ago.  And his career has sunk like the Titanic. It's a no.

[Chris Jameson]

Depends what the fanny is like in Birmingham.*

*Top Flight Time Machine reference.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Skittles are sweets aren't they? Did you mean Skiffle?

I did. It was a late night reference to the Brummie skiffle combo, Gerry and Terry.
For the record I prefer Skittles.

[KRS]

If patience is a virtue then it may be well worth waiting a week or so...if Burnley don't pick up wins against Bournemouth, Cardiff or Huddersfield then Dyche could become available if he's the first Premier League manager to get the sack. He may not deliver flair football but he should be able to get a tune out of our bunch of misfits.

[Matt Collins]

Sven? No way

Think Dyche has got oodles of time before they'd even consider getting rid. And rightly so

The general point that at some stage a good manager will leave a premier league team is a good one tho

Only worth getting rid of Bruce when there's a better option and the right option.

[Rigadon]

No doubt they are talking to managers agents.  It’s all about availability now.

[Ad@m]

Only worth getting rid of Bruce when there's a better option and the right option.

Every option is a better option. With our squad I don't see how anyone could do worse than Bruce.

We shouldn't wait for someone to get binned off from the Prem though. Throw the net wider - there must be loads of great coaches on the continent who'd live to come to the UK with a huge club like the Villa.

[ROBBO]

The Villa job has proven to be too big for all the last managers, they all seem to start okay but then when a couple of results go against us they change and become ultra defensive, we need a non British manager with a reputation and self belief that is as big as the task demands, Dyche and the others mentioned will not handle the pressure. In my opinion.

[john e]

the management Merry go round is all about timing

Bruce was available and just got Hull promotion - good timing

Smith at Brentford second in the league when we might be on the look out- good timing

I would like a more detailed approach, someone who can build a team bring on young players has a conviction on the direction he wants to go playing style wise

I don’t think you can tell until you can sit them down and ask them questions about their  football vision

I haven’t employed anyone for about 20 years now and when I did have that responsibility it was only a handful of people so I’m no big shot at appointing people to jobs

But the one thing I do remember is the candidates that look great on paper their record their CV didn’t alwsys come across the best when they got in front of you
every now and then someone who you would never expect came and sold themselves to you for the job, and inevitably they turned out successful

we need to draw up a list of hopefuls who look like they fit what we want then sit them down and see what they have to say

that’s why it’s always difficult for fans to choose on the internet because we don’t get the chance to interview them, we are just going on their record without knowing their character

the right managers out there for Villa, we just got to find him maybe using more than timing to appoint the next one

[Jon Crofts]

Rodgers or Benitez please, make it happen.

[Chris Smith]

Rodgers or Benitez please, make it happen.

I would be surprised if Benitez wanted to drop into the Championship again.

[john e]

Rodgers or Benitez please, make it happen.

I would be surprised if Benitez wanted to drop into the Championship again.

and the blokes more negative than Bruce right now