Next manager?

[not3bad]

Is Bilic available?

See? I'd be pleased to see Bilic arrive. I was also pleased to see Paul Lambert arrive. And David O'Leary.

[old man villa fan]

Is there anything to stop the owners employing a manager and coaches direct and they then work for Villa on a low fee consultancy basis.

[SoccerHQ]

Abel Ferreria 20/1, the one name on the list I've near heard of. Interested to learn who he's managed.

He directed The King of New York, didn't he?

And Driller Killer.

Driller Killer was Vassell's nickname wasn't it....? Well whoever he is his wiki has been suitably updated to say he's the current manager of Aston Villa! Apparently managed Sporting Braga last year.

[old man villa fan]

Serious question. With FFP, can we afford to aim high?

Is there anything to stop the owners employing a manager and coaches direct and they then work for Villa on a low fee consultancy basis.

[Iamkmkm]

Who is this Smith evrybody is talking about? i have never heard of him and i think the Aston Villa job is to big for him.

[Iamkmkm]

Paolo Fonseca

Sounds like a south american Drug lord.

[Iamkmkm]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulo_Fonseca

Says on his wiki that he is the new manager of Aston Villa

[robleflaneur]

In the article about Fonseca it was interesting to see that he prefers to play centrally and only get the ball wide further up the pitch.He also likes to force the opposition to play wide.This is the complete opposite to Bruce whose simplistic attacks were a lump forward or get it wide asap to a full back or winger who is boxed in or a long diagonal pass which has to be very accurate or is difficult to control or leaves the winger without support and the difficult task of finding an isolated striker.
Then to go into passing triangles and decoy runs ,well that's never been spotted at VP in the last 2 years.I was going to say that's the Championship or get your boots on,but such expressions can now be binned,hopefully with any of the old school British choices.
Vive la revolution,Vive l'Empereur ! Vive la Liberte !. Sorry been reading 'Les Miserables',a long story about getting rid of the old guard and letting in the light of progress.

[ChicagoLion]

Serious question. With FFP, can we afford to aim high?

Is there anything to stop the owners employing a manager and coaches direct and they then work for Villa on a low fee consultancy basis.

Other than committing a Fraud ?

[Damo70]

Abel Ferreria 20/1, the one name on the list I've near heard of. Interested to learn who he's managed.

Braga and he is only in his second season as a manager. They finished fourth in his first season but are currently top of the Portuguese league, which is probably why he is being thrown into the mix as a current fashionable 'name'. They are however only one point ahead of second placed Porto and only three points ahead of fifth placed Rio Ave after a grand total of six games so i am not sure he can be crowned as the next Jose Mourinho just yet.

[paul_e]

Fonseca looks a great option but I'm not sure he'd be available right now.

I've gone with Arteta from the list because he has a fantastic reputation.

I'm fairly easy with this choice though because I'm confident that they aren't going to take the lazy option of another one of the dinosaurs.

I'm more interested in the dof appointment right now because I think that is the one who will define the clubs identity for the next few years.

[Richard]

Guy who managed Mexico in the World Cup has been mentioned

[Dave]

Fonseca looks a great option but I'm not sure he'd be available right now.

I've gone with Arteta from the list because he has a fantastic reputation.

He does?

[Hookeysmith]

Frank DeBoar anyone?

[Stu]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulo_Fonseca

Says on his wiki that he is the new manager of Aston Villa

Someone's been reading this forum and is on the wind up.

We always do this. We talk between ourselves about who would be ok, good, and great and then appoint someone incredibly dull.