Next manager?

[Lsvilla]

If Henry turns out to be a load of old toilet, where in B6 can I buy a garlic baguette & coquille saint jacques to throw at him?

It’s a sign. I grow some garlic and have planted next years crop today. If thing don’t go well I’ll have the produce to sell next to the pork scratching man on Trinity Road.

[Damo70]

Did we really interview Moyes and not Rodgers? I do wonder what logic gets applied sometimes.

It is the Villa version of 'The Rooney Rule' in the states. We have to be seen to be giving a fair crack to a shit Scottish manager. The problem is we then take it a step further and actually give them the job.

[bones.]

We have been more than fair to crock of shit Scottish managers, there's no doubting that.

[TonyD]

The football would be boring under Faria.

[Chinchilla Bathhouse]

Maybe we should get Rodgers as manager with Faria, Henry and Terry as coaches. I reckon that'd be a decent set up.

[andyh]

Maybe we should get Rodgers as manager with Faria, Henry and Terry as coaches. I reckon that'd be a decent set up.

Chuck in Moyes, Alladyce and Pardew for experience and we have nailed it.

[pauliewalnuts]

I just saw Rodgers talking about the club on SSN, and that's the least convincing "I'm not interested" I've ever seen.

[Toronto Villa]

I just saw Rodgers talking about the club on SSN, and that's the least convincing "I'm not interested" I've ever seen.

As much as it “appears” that Henry is first choice I’m sure the club would be more than happy if an established manager like Rodgers has privately told them he’d be interested. The Celtic job always feels hollow. The chance to take on the challenge of bringing us up with the prospect of being in the PL with two incredibly rich owners might be very tempting.

[Sexual Ealing]

I just saw Rodgers talking about the club on SSN, and that's the least convincing "I'm not interested" I've ever seen.

Get him in!

[auntiesledd]

If Henry turns out to be a load of old toilet, where in B6 can I buy a garlic baguette & coquille saint jacques to throw at him?

It’s a sign. I grow some garlic and have planted next years crop today. If thing don’t go well I’ll have the produce to sell next to the pork scratching man on Trinity Road.

I'd wager your sales will also be very healthy if Mr H is flying. It's a win-win (so let's hope the Garlic crop plays ball).

[robleflaneur]

If the "TnT" combo is genuinely incoming - and I do doubt it, and haver over whether it's a good idea, and hope with all my heart that it comes off in every sense, both now and in a year/two/three's time - then is it fair to assume the man that they will be reporting to has also been recruited and is ready to take his seat on the board?

You know, the as-yet relatively unspeculated over DoF who will be responsible for the whole "football thing", and is therefore of considerable influence over and importance to whoever gets to wear the training top with their initials on in the dugout.

I do wonder if Faria may be lined up for this role.

If it's Thierry and Terry,I think Grimandi might be a good bet.Henry wanted him as no.2 at Bordeaux and a few years  ago he applied for the DoF role at Arsenal.

[gpbarr]

Henry/Terry excites me - experience or not, they were both part of football dynasties and at the very top of the game - feel it would really motivate and inspire the team.

I’d also be happy with Rodgers - a point to prove, for me he started Liverpool’s comeback from mediocrity and would instantly command respect.

And compared to Moyer, Allardyce, Yorke, Pardew, McCarhy etc - different class of football. They will need some time however - I do hope they are given that whomever it is. They start with a very poor overall squad with no balance whatsoever thanks to cabbage

[Chris Jameson]

Henry, the former Chelsea player, Dwight Yorke, Teddy Sheringham, Tony Adams and Sol Campbell would be a dream appointment.

[tomd2103]

I just saw Rodgers talking about the club on SSN, and that's the least convincing "I'm not interested" I've ever seen.

As much as it “appears” that Henry is first choice I’m sure the club would be more than happy if an established manager like Rodgers has privately told them he’d be interested. The Celtic job always feels hollow. The chance to take on the challenge of bringing us up with the prospect of being in the PL with two incredibly rich owners might be very tempting.

Rodgers smacks me as a pretty intelligent bloke who considers his career moves carefully.  The move to Celtic was a smart one, as had he gone to another Premier a League club and failed, he would have been struggling to get another gig in the top flight. 

As long as he keeps winning the league in Scotland his stock will remain high enough to get him a decent enough top flight job when he feels the time is right.  Going to the Championship would be a risk for him, because if he failed at that level then the door to the top flight jobs would be pretty much closed unless he was able to take a team up there.  I guess he has to weigh up that risk and might feel the time is not right.

[robleflaneur]

Henry/Terry excites me - experience or not, they were both part of football dynasties and at the very top of the game - feel it would really motivate and inspire the team.

I’d also be happy with Rodgers - a point to prove, for me he started Liverpool’s comeback from mediocrity and would instantly command respect.

And compared to Moyer, Allardyce, Yorke, Pardew, McCarhy etc - different class of football. They will need some time however - I do hope they are given that whomever it is. They start with a very poor overall squad with no balance whatsoever thanks to cabbage

And to underline that comparison,Jenas and Shearer were praising Ross Barkley's performance on MOTD2. Barkley is quoted as saying that he hadn't been coached much before.
Shearer mentions maturity and Barkley now realising what the game is about now.Ignored is the implication of the difference between the coaching abilities of Sarri and Moyes.