Next manager?

[Dave P]

Appointing Terry would be monumentally stupid.

2011 - Appointing McLeish would be monumentally stupid
2015 - Appointing Sherwood would be monumentally stupid
2015 - Appointing Garde would be monumentally stupid

[Archie]

Claudio Ranieri for me.
True gentleman and the author of one of the most memorable achievements in English football.

[XXVilla]

Claudio Ranieri for me.
True gentleman and the author of one of the most memorable achievements in English football.

Oh dear

[Matt Collins]

A lot of names i'd be happy with though I suspect many wouldn't come

Who is Appleyard?!

[sickbeggar]

Don't get the Arteta love-in either. Just because you work with a top manager doesn't mean it rubs off. Bruce is proof of that.

[VinnieChase84]

Fonseca
Rodgers
Garcia
Ferreira
Smith

Any of the above

Really hope my first choice does come off.

[Damo70]

Just me maybe, but i'm not sure Terry would be prepared to walk over the still prone corpse of Bruce to get the villa job.

I think that not only are you over estimating the morals of John Terry but also over estimating the morals of any candidate who fancies a job managing a club like Villa. I believe Bruce and Allardyce are mates and have villas next to each other in Portugal but I'm not sure that would stop big Sam taking the job if he was offered it and I would say the same about Terry. However, my vote has gone to Quique Sanchez Flores. A bonus is that he is not employed at the moment. In the circumstances you could even call it 'a Brucie bonus'.

[Taylor]

Well I like the idea of John Terry. The bloke is a born winner, the players would respect him and he would get the best out of Jack. Only downside is that he is perhaps too close to Bruce.

Or maybe I'm monumentally stupid.

[Behind Bluenose Lines]

Appointing Terry would be monumentally stupid.

2011 - Appointing McLeish would be monumentally stupid
2015 - Appointing Sherwood would be monumentally stupid
2015 - Appointing Garde would be monumentally stupid

2018 - A pattern is emerging.

[SirSteveUK]

Acc to Reading fans, he made Bruce look like Pep re: attacking intent - they hated him

Ditto Rogers - Celtic fans I’ve seen hate him as much.

[Three Spires Villa]

Acc to Reading fans, he made Bruce look like Pep re: attacking intent - they hated him

Ditto Rogers - Celtic fans I’ve seen hate him as much.

Really? I know quite a few Celtic fans here, Ireland & Scotland & one txt me earlier saying don’t you dare pinch Rodgers, he’s got more to do. Granted things are not good at Celtic Park, but I don’t think, or at least the Celtic fans I know hate him

[sickbeggar]

Just me maybe, but i'm not sure Terry would be prepared to walk over the still prone corpse of Bruce to get the villa job.

I think that not only are you over estimating the morals of John Terry but also over estimating the morals of any candidate who fancies a job managing a club like Villa. I believe Bruce and Allardyce are mates and have villas next to each other in Portugal but I'm not sure that would stop big Sam taking the job if he was offered it and I would say the same about Terry. However, my vote has gone to Quique Sanchez Flores.

Maybe but he doesn't need the money and he was very complimentary about Bruce during and after he left. IF the rumours are true and Bruce tried to get him back but was vetoed by the club then he may feel a certain loyalty . I'm sure Nan's hair would give his blessing all the same but he may feel a bit uncomfortable about it. I agree fat sam and Bruce wouldn't think twice about taking over a job the other has recently occupied. In fact they've probably been waiting in the carpark for the other to clear his desk before.

[cdbearsfan]

I'm figuring these will be the 12 most popular/likely, all good?

Terry
Fonseca
Smith
Rodgers
Arteta
Ranieri
Allardyce
Kinky Flores
Henry
Moyes
Carvahal
Benitez

Could we include sol campbell or maybe Dwight Yorke
I'm one for the Rooney rule and including one black , Asian or minority ethnic is only fair

There's is already a BME candidate in the list, Henry.

[The_ads]

Claudio Ranieri for me.
True gentleman and the author of one of the most memorable achievements in English football.

No.

[brian green]

There was nothing monumentally stupid about employing Remi Garde.  A multi lingual French manager with an outstanding record with a huge club teetering on the edge of bankruptcy.  The monumental stupidity was giving him zero funds, a snakepit dressing room and one eighth of the time Bruce was given before being ignominiously sacked.