Next manager?

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Faria would be quite underwhelming after all the talk of Henry the last week.

I'm disappointed we've limited our search to our owners favourite player and whoever Mendes has available. People like Marco Rose should have immediately been on our shortlist.

[garyshawsknee]

As it's an international week, we must be a god send for SSN.

[Toronto Villa]

Faria would be quite underwhelming after all the talk of Henry the last week.

I'm disappointed we've limited our search to our owners favourite player and whoever Mendes has available. People like Marco Rose should have immediately been on our shortlist.

How do you know he isn’t or wasn’t? How do any of us truly know who was being considered, who was actually approached, who immediately showed and interest and who knocked us back because we are a Championship club? Truth is none of us know and clearly the media who arguably have connections within the game have no real idea either.

[Damo70]

On the “never managed a club of this size”, would you turn down Eddie Howe or Sean Dyche?

Again I will point out that SGT had never managed a club of this size when we appointed him and Ron Saunders had only had one year a big club (Manchester City) before they sacked him. They both seemed to handle the Villa job fairly well.

[paul_e]

If it's Faria then we know he's coached at the very highest level but has no experience of signing players, we don't know what his tactical approach is or how much involvement he had in tactics at all.

I'm happy to ignore the lack of experience with signing players because it looks very much like Pitarch will take on that aspect so it's all done to tactics.  My concern all along with him was that he may echo Mourinho too much and try to play counter-attacking when our squad doesn't really suit that.

[Damo70]

Monday is was Moyes, Tuesday it was Henry, today it’s Faria and Terry, tomorrow it will be Rodgers or Smith. I will believe it when I see it.

I now have the Happy Days theme tune in my head. The weekend comes, the cycle hums, ready to race to you..

We will have our new manager by the weekend when The Fonz literally rides to the rescue.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Faria would be quite underwhelming after all the talk of Henry the last week.

I'm disappointed we've limited our search to our owners favourite player and whoever Mendes has available. People like Marco Rose should have immediately been on our shortlist.

How do you know he isn’t or wasn’t? How do any of us truly know who was being considered, who was actually approached, who immediately showed and interest and who knocked us back because we are a Championship club? Truth is none of us know and clearly the media who arguably have connections within the game have no real idea either.

I don't but have the feeling Mendes has his claws in the Villa appointments right now. First our DoS and now Faria.

[garyshawsknee]

According to Henry Winter,  it's not gonna be Faria.

[UTV2018]

Please appoint Smith before it’s too late.

[Toronto Villa]

Faria would be quite underwhelming after all the talk of Henry the last week.

I'm disappointed we've limited our search to our owners favourite player and whoever Mendes has available. People like Marco Rose should have immediately been on our shortlist.

How do you know he isn’t or wasn’t? How do any of us truly know who was being considered, who was actually approached, who immediately showed and interest and who knocked us back because we are a Championship club? Truth is none of us know and clearly the media who arguably have connections within the game have no real idea either.

I don't but have the feeling Mendes has his claws in the Villa appointments right now. First our DoS and now Faria.

Possible. Truth be told as long as Wolves keep doing what they have been doing for the past 18 months it's hard to argue with that approach. If it leads us to getting a good manager coupled with some outstanding players then at least right now from where we were Wyness/Bruce it's a monumental step forward.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

According to Henry Winter,  it's not gonna be Faria.

Interesting.

Henry Winter
‏Verified account @henrywinter

Rui Faria has huge respect for Aston Villa but is not interested in the managerial vacancy. When Villa made informal contact, Faria politely told them that he’s still enjoying his time away from football. #avfc

Step forward, Marco Rose!

[Toronto Villa]

According to Henry Winter,  it's not gonna be Faria.

Interesting. Step forward, Marco Rose!

Just read that myself. I want someone who is committed to us and have to respect someone who is honest. So on we go. The media truly is all over the place on this. They literally don’t have a clue.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

According to Henry Winter,  it's not gonna be Faria.

Interesting. Step forward, Marco Rose!

Just read that myself. I want someone who is committed to us and have to respect someone who is honest. So on we go. The media truly is all over the place on this. They literally don’t have a clue.

I just pray our board do.

[Damo70]

Mark Walters is about to be interviewed on Talksport. The poor bloke probably only wants to plug his new autobiography but he will get sidetracked by talk of who will be the next Villa manager.

[AsTallAsLions]

I was feeling very patient and calm about all this yesterday morning.

Getting frustrated now with how quickly the game seems to be changing, and nothing concrete at all coming out. Starting to worry about it, tbh. Funny what a difference a day and a half can make in football.