Next manager?

[Drummond]

I'd be surprised if we don't have a manager confirmed before the end of the week.
It's fairly urgent.

Certainly is. Sky will have run out of names to spuriously throw in the hat by the end of the week. There's only so many managers in the world.

Steve Bruce is a dark horse and hasn't been mentioned yet.

[ozzjim]

Collymore is quiet...maybe him and Dwight have made a pact to atone for what went wrong at the Villa twenty years ago and come back as a dream management duo.

What a nightmare that would be, could see us ending up in league 2 with thoses two in charge.

Can you imagine. Players look a bit leggy today the commentator states.... Dwight and Stan took them on a special training session down the chase after dark, knackered the lot of em.

[brian green]

I heard Bruce was coming back as a player.  Help out with the lump of Gruyere cheese laughably called our defence.

[ozzjim]

Imagine being one of our younger players and walking into training to find Thierry Henry and John Terry putting you through it. You would find an extra bit of effort wouldn't you. I hope it doesn't drag on. How many of our squad are off on international duty?

[Steve67]

I'm hoping that this appointment gives a new lease of life to the likes of Albert, Thor and Lansbury, so they fight for their places and come good when they DO play.  As ozzjim says, why wouldn't you want to play for those two? 

[Steve67]

If Henry is the boss and Terry the number two, it might be an idea to bring Petrov in if he has his badges?  I also wonder what the likes of Craig Shakespeare is doing at the moment? 

[Risso]

If Henry is the boss and Terry the number two, it might be an idea to bring Petrov in if he has his badges?  I also wonder what the likes of Craig Shakespeare is doing at the moment? 

Sad to say, but I wouldn't bring Petrov in.  I didn't like the way he reacted to not being given a contract a while back.

[TonyD]

Sky saying it could be Martinez.   God no!   File under yesterday’s under achievers.   

[brentastonb6]

When was the last time I was proud to be a Villa supporter?  Part of the pride?  Another gimmick soundbite.  We have no identity, the infrastructure is buggered, even AVTV is crap, our football is shocking, we supposedly have a great academy but where are the Gerrards, Rooney's or Cowans's?  We have two new owners, third richest?  Yet they must be as frustrated as the rest of us.   I don't think we are in any position to scoff or thumb our noses at anyone like a Rodgers or a Smith anymore.  The, er 'work' that Bruce put in over the last three months or so has seemingly decayed the club and we are worse now than we were under RDM, imo.  The next Manager has so much work to do, the CEO needs to be claiming overtime to put this shit right.  This is one of the reasons I don't want a novice, unless they bring in a squad of football people and broom the rest of the old shit out.  Start again, and try to make us proud.

Lot of good things in this post, but Gerrard and Rooney are once in a generation players.

We had a player in our youth team who outshone Mr Rooney in the FA youth cup final scoring four ... Don’t you just love the way Villa nurture their young talent ?

[aj2k77]

Sky saying it could be Martinez.   God no!   File under yesterday’s under achievers.   

We are a second division club, he has taken a side to the world cup semi finals. We'd be punching massively above our weight right now.

[PeterWithesShin]

In that Youth Cup final Everton had Rooney and pretty much nothing else. I doubt many would recognise any of the other Everton players. We had no one of the quality of Rooney but a load more players that played at a high level even allowing for the Moore brothers pissing their careers away.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Sky saying it could be Martinez.   God no!   File under yesterday’s under achievers.   

I hear his Assistant makes a lovely cup of tea. Where's the problem?

[brian green]

My son interviewed Martinez and was very impressed by his intelligence, a box that has not been ticked many times since Houllier.

[jwarry]

Sky saying it could be Martinez.   God no!   File under yesterday’s under achievers.   

We are a second division club, he has taken a side to the world cup semi finals. We'd be punching massively above our weight right now.

I wouldn’t have thought third in a World Cup is underachieving but each to their own

[mallo]

My only concern about Martinez would be the defence - he still doesn’t seem to be able to organise one. Then again would Thierry Henry? I’d feel more comfortable if Terry were involved or another defensive coach because that’s the first port of call - stop conceding.