Fonseca has seemingly been ruled out by his own choice, not a shock really. Still think Rodgers would be the best bet, a decent offer could get him I am sure. The claret and blue specs in me keep secretly hoping Smith takes it, and makes us great. The dream of a Villa man leading us to promotion playing good football is a really enticing prospect. My concern is the infrastructure Brentford have built means he is a cog in a bigger system though. I think we will end up with Henry though. Then it will come down to who his number 2 is, and who the sporting director is to make it work. I think I would sooner have Arteta though if going for an unproven.
I did read somewhere (can't remember where sorry) that one of the candidates for the TD role is Spanish. If true, a link up with Sanchez Flores would be good IMO.Damo - where is this fan club's first meeting?
Quote from: Damo70 on October 04, 2018, 02:21:50 PMQuote from: boozey182 on October 04, 2018, 02:00:20 PMI would love a proper student of the game. Someone who really studies tactics, the opposition, individual performance; you know, like managers are supposed to do. Someone who could innovate, mix things up, impact a game with a few instructions from the dugout, and someone that turns up to training.I don't really know enough about most of the candidates to have a favourite. Obviously the Sam, Moyes lot are a definite no, and some will just be out of our reach. I can't make my mind up about Dean Smith; in some ways it could be brilliant. He plays attacking football (which would surely suit our squad), he's young and a Villa fan, which although it shouldn't even enter our thoughts when making such a huge decision, does inevitably make me like him a bit more (a bit like that bloke from the old BT adverts). However, it could all end up very Paul Lambert. There's no way of knowing whether the job would be too big for him.Of the rookies, Arteta seems the most highly rated, and seems to be learning from the best - but obviously this would be a huge task for a first management job. Henry too, has gone out and got some experience, but would be a bigger risk. Terry has no experience, and I understand he hasn't even bothered to get his coaching badges yet, so I don't think anybody at the club would have seriously have considered him. I have major doubts as to whether he will make it as a manager anyway, because quite frankly, I think he's a moron. And football has moved on from people like him being a successful manager.It certainly feels like there is much more choice this time around, which can only be a good thing. I also think that the board have had this in the back of their minds since the day they took over so I'm confident they're going to get this one right. The summer signings all seem to have been focused on a young, quick, attack driven team; they now just have to put the final (pretty massive) piece in place to make it all fit together.Big Sam ticks all the boxes you request in your first paragraph but then you rule him out in your next paragraph. Hmmm, you may have got me on a technicality... I guess I should have included someone that plays exciting, attacking football. That's the only way to get a tune out of this squad, I reckon, and I don't think BFS would be particularly well suited to that. And, having suffered some eye-watering football over the last couple (or ten) years, I think we've all earned some flair and fun. Which surely does rule him out.Flores could be the answer...? (I don't know much about his style of football, so happy to be corrected there!)
Quote from: boozey182 on October 04, 2018, 02:00:20 PMI would love a proper student of the game. Someone who really studies tactics, the opposition, individual performance; you know, like managers are supposed to do. Someone who could innovate, mix things up, impact a game with a few instructions from the dugout, and someone that turns up to training.I don't really know enough about most of the candidates to have a favourite. Obviously the Sam, Moyes lot are a definite no, and some will just be out of our reach. I can't make my mind up about Dean Smith; in some ways it could be brilliant. He plays attacking football (which would surely suit our squad), he's young and a Villa fan, which although it shouldn't even enter our thoughts when making such a huge decision, does inevitably make me like him a bit more (a bit like that bloke from the old BT adverts). However, it could all end up very Paul Lambert. There's no way of knowing whether the job would be too big for him.Of the rookies, Arteta seems the most highly rated, and seems to be learning from the best - but obviously this would be a huge task for a first management job. Henry too, has gone out and got some experience, but would be a bigger risk. Terry has no experience, and I understand he hasn't even bothered to get his coaching badges yet, so I don't think anybody at the club would have seriously have considered him. I have major doubts as to whether he will make it as a manager anyway, because quite frankly, I think he's a moron. And football has moved on from people like him being a successful manager.It certainly feels like there is much more choice this time around, which can only be a good thing. I also think that the board have had this in the back of their minds since the day they took over so I'm confident they're going to get this one right. The summer signings all seem to have been focused on a young, quick, attack driven team; they now just have to put the final (pretty massive) piece in place to make it all fit together.Big Sam ticks all the boxes you request in your first paragraph but then you rule him out in your next paragraph.
I would love a proper student of the game. Someone who really studies tactics, the opposition, individual performance; you know, like managers are supposed to do. Someone who could innovate, mix things up, impact a game with a few instructions from the dugout, and someone that turns up to training.I don't really know enough about most of the candidates to have a favourite. Obviously the Sam, Moyes lot are a definite no, and some will just be out of our reach. I can't make my mind up about Dean Smith; in some ways it could be brilliant. He plays attacking football (which would surely suit our squad), he's young and a Villa fan, which although it shouldn't even enter our thoughts when making such a huge decision, does inevitably make me like him a bit more (a bit like that bloke from the old BT adverts). However, it could all end up very Paul Lambert. There's no way of knowing whether the job would be too big for him.Of the rookies, Arteta seems the most highly rated, and seems to be learning from the best - but obviously this would be a huge task for a first management job. Henry too, has gone out and got some experience, but would be a bigger risk. Terry has no experience, and I understand he hasn't even bothered to get his coaching badges yet, so I don't think anybody at the club would have seriously have considered him. I have major doubts as to whether he will make it as a manager anyway, because quite frankly, I think he's a moron. And football has moved on from people like him being a successful manager.It certainly feels like there is much more choice this time around, which can only be a good thing. I also think that the board have had this in the back of their minds since the day they took over so I'm confident they're going to get this one right. The summer signings all seem to have been focused on a young, quick, attack driven team; they now just have to put the final (pretty massive) piece in place to make it all fit together.
Quote from: Des Little on October 04, 2018, 02:34:50 PMI did read somewhere (can't remember where sorry) that one of the candidates for the TD role is Spanish. If true, a link up with Sanchez Flores would be good IMO.Damo - where is this fan club's first meeting?My place, but I will have to ask for my wife's permission first. If she says no I will ask my mum and dad if we can all go to their place. I will buy some 'nibbles', but if it is at my parents house they go to bed early so we would have to be finished by about ten.
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