Next manager?

[Legion]

A miracle?

[ozzjim]

Star are running that Rodgers would take it. Doubt we will get anything much better than him, been promoted, big club experience and good football.

[Sexual Ealing]

A miracle?

Please, if you're not using it!

[hilts_coolerking]

Star are running that Rodgers would take it. Doubt we will get anything much better than him, been promoted, big club experience and good football.

I agree and even if it is true that he can't organise a defence it won't matter, because we haven't got one.

[OzVilla]

I think he’d be exactly what we need. Then again I said that about MON, Lambert and Bruce.

[Drummond]

I think I would like Wilder if he would come I think he would I instill a more determined attitude into the team.

Sheffield United is a club that in recent years has been solidly Championship-level, with occasional forays into the leagues above or below. I like Wilder but all he's really done is to restore their equilibrium. I think we need a bit more at the minute.

Edit: IF he'd come?! He'd fucking well come if we asked him!

Sheffield United were in League One for 6 years before he went there Nd got them promoted first season. Then he started last season really well before dropping off and you can sees what he's doing so far this.

[Sexual Ealing]

I think I would like Wilder if he would come I think he would I instill a more determined attitude into the team.

Sheffield United is a club that in recent years has been solidly Championship-level, with occasional forays into the leagues above or below. I like Wilder but all he's really done is to restore their equilibrium. I think we need a bit more at the minute.

Edit: IF he'd come?! He'd fucking well come if we asked him!

Sheffield United were in League One for 6 years before he went there Nd got them promoted first season. Then he started last season really well before dropping off and you can sees what he's doing so far this.

He's doing a great job. Apologies, by 'recent years' I meant since they were top-flight mainstays pre WWII (I'm a Villa fan innit). I think he's a good manager, but not for us at this stage.

[kieron]

I think he’d be exactly what we need. Then again I said that about MON, Lambert and Bruce.

I'd take another three consecutive top 6 Premier League finishes to be fair.

[kieron]

https://twitter.com/JPercyTelegraph/status/1048687739242237952

"Thierry Henry emerges as strong contender to become Aston Villa manager after initial talks with the club #avfc https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2018/10/06/thierry-henry-early-favourite-become-aston-villa-manager-initial/?WT.mc_id=tmg_share_tw via @telefootball"

[OzVilla]

I think he’d be exactly what we need. Then again I said that about MON, Lambert and Bruce.

I'd take another three consecutive top 6 Premier League finishes to be fair.

But with the resources, goodwill and no Man City I think he under performed but that’s been done to death.

[AsTallAsLions]

I think he’d be exactly what we need. Then again I said that about MON, Lambert and Bruce.

I'd take another three consecutive top 6 Premier League finishes to be fair.

But with the resources, goodwill and no Man City I think he under performed but that’s been done to death.

Our time under O'Neill brought no more success than our time under Houllier, McLeish, Lambert, Garde, Sherwood, Di Matteo or Bruce. Irrelevant what any of us would "settle for" now. Martin failed just as all our managers have. Actually in a lot of ways, hilariously, it could be argued the likes of McLeish and Lambert were more successful than MON, as I'm fairly sure the only target at that stage was "keep us in the Prem on a shoestring budget". And they did.

[kippaxvilla2]

Henry it looks like then?

[Steve67]

If the job is Henry's to turn down, I'm interested in who his backroom staff will be.  I think it has to be a team effort with this being his first management job. 

[ozzjim]

If it is, get him sorted quickly. Faffing about with Belgium for 2 weeks delays him working with the squad and getting a free centre half in!

[KevinGage]

https://twitter.com/JPercyTelegraph/status/1048687739242237952

"Thierry Henry emerges as strong contender to become Aston Villa manager after initial talks with the club #avfc https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2018/10/06/thierry-henry-early-favourite-become-aston-villa-manager-initial/?WT.mc_id=tmg_share_tw via @telefootball"

Interesting there about the technical director.

Suggests Henry -if he does go for the job- won't be under a Wenger-style figure he already knows.

Personally, I'd go all out for Rodgers if there was any possibility there at all.

-Progressive football
-big club experience
-gained promotion previously

He also didn't have much of a career as a player, which seems to be a prerequisite for any half decent manager. The rest seem to feel the game owes them a living.