Next manager?

[john e]

On no planet are Bournemouth bigger than us, they are however undeniably, and depressingly, currently more successful. As for us being fickle, so is every other set of football fans on the planet but for some reason only we get lumbered with that tag. Were Albion called fickle for booing their team off at HT at the weekend?

I personally could not believe the way most fans stood by Bruce to the near on the bitter end

they were not fickle in my book, they (because I wasn't one of them) gave him the backing I don't think he would have got in most other clubs

I agree with both of your points

[dorsetvillian]

Bournemouth are more successful than us at the moment. That moment will soon stop when Eddie Howe leaves. Bournemouth is just not a football town, never has and never will be. Its painful to see where we are in relation to them at the moment. Actually Eddie Howe would be my first choice of any manager. Unfortunately its not going to happen.

[mr underhill]

The problem as I see it is that Rodgers would be great for us, but if he fails to get us promoted in the next 18 months it will be deemed as a failure and he'll have blown his chances of managing in the PL forever. A Smith/Terry combo wouldn't carry the same burden (i.e. career threatening) and if they achieved a near miss as Bruce did it would probably be viewed as success, given their relative inexperience and weight of expectation.

[SheffieldVillain]

we seem to be getting the bum's rush from out top targets, are we now scraping a managerial barrel from candidates we believe to be not really good enough for AV?

I think there are probably more candidates out there good enough for Villa than just Henry and Faria.

Resorting to the likes of Pardew and Moyes would be scraping the bottom of the barrel not working through a shortlist of 5 or 6 and seeing if they might be interested.

[KevinGage]

The problem as I see it is that Rodgers would be great for us, but if he fails to get us promoted in the next 18 months it will be deemed as a failure and he'll have blown his chances of managing in the PL forever.

If he makes a complete balls of it, maybe.  But with his success elsewhere, he'd probably still have enough credit in the bank to get a lower half Prem club at least.

[robleflaneur]

we seem to be getting the bum's rush from out top targets, are we now scraping a managerial barrel from candidates we believe to be not really good enough for AV?

The timing hasn't helped,as quite a few of us mentioned pre-season but we can take solace from the fact that we haven't approached the easily available 'proper football ' men such as Redknapp,Pardew and other scrapings from the bottom of the barrel.
Fonseca is in the Champions League,Faria has coached there and Henry has played there.
Good enough for us is someone who is better than the 4 time promotion expert.

[Lastfootstamper]

we seem to be getting the bum's rush from out top targets, are we now scraping a managerial barrel from candidates we believe to be not really good enough for AV?

I think there are probably more candidates out there good enough for Villa than just Henry and Faria.

Resorting to the likes of Pardew and Moyes would be scraping the bottom of the barrel not working through a shortlist of 5 or 6 and seeing if they might be interested.

The Hütt is still out there...

[Drummond]

we seem to be getting the bum's rush from out top targets, are we now scraping a managerial barrel from candidates we believe to be not really good enough for AV?

Because Faria doesn't want to manage yet and Henry appears to want to go to the sun and money of his former club? Yes, definitely we're scraping the barrel.

[Phil from the upper holte]

Aston Villa are ready to approach Brentford about speaking to Dean Smith about the vacant managerial role with John Terry earmarked to be offered the role of assistant. [@MattHughesTimes] #avfc

[hilts_coolerking]

If it is Dean Smith I'll be totally underwhelmed.  He's done a good job at Brentford but with a remit that is opposite to the one he'll have here.  He's not the statement of intent I was hoping for.

I read a lot of 'we're Aston Villa, we have billionaire owners, we're ambitious' and that's true, which is why when I think of Dean Smith being our manager I feel deflated.

[Risso]

They could, and should have sacked Bruce the moment they took over.  They're now reaping the rewards of the "give him until the autumn" mindset.  They also backed his bizarre transfer dealings, and so are culpable in the mess we find ourselves in.  I think it would have been easier to attract a new man in the summer, and he also would have had at least part of his own squad to work with, instead of Bruce's Frankenstein's monster of a team.

[sirlordbaltimore]

Board Out thread incoming

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Board Out thread incoming

Beats the Bored Out Of Our Mind threads we had twice a week during the season.

[KevinGage]

How much say did he have in those transfer dealings though. At least half of those picks didn't seem to be Steve Bruce signings at all.

Not absolving him of blame in any way for one win in ten, mind.

[Risso]

Board Out thread incoming

How’s the Bruce shrine mate, not too tear-stained I hope. Glad you’re OK after the lovely Bruce got potted, we had to send somebody round to make sure the milk wasn’t piling up on your doorstep.