Next Aston Villa Manager

[Davkaus]

You have to laugh at the delusion of fans who think we can get Poch. He's waiting for Real, Bayern or Man United. Why's he coming to us?

[cdbearsfan]

Poch ..Rafa or Big Sam

Big Sam being the nuke option as short term way to stay up.

I don't really believe in these short-term options.

Say we appointed Big Sam and he kept us up... there's no way we wouldn't be extending his contract. Then you're just postponing getting the right man in when you should have done it in the first place.

I'd like us to get a manager who can keep us up and who would have the skills to get us competing nearer the top of the table in years to come.

[PeterWithesShin]

.......& here in this thread is the best argument against the other thread.

So easy to say ‘out’ yet not so easy to work out the ‘in’.

That is such a weak argument. We aren't paid a fortune to choose the next Villa manager. We don't have any idea of budgets, long term plans, contacts in the game etc.

[Roysmert]

The thread I started for this got shut down a week ago. 

[FrankyH]

Eric Black has 35+ years of experience.

Well done CT ,  that's the first time I've managed to smile since the final whistle !

[picicata]

Who knows? Probably doesn't matter, he'll be sacked by this time next year

[cdbearsfan]

The thread I started for this got shut down a week ago. 

You were ahead of your time. A visionary.

Who would have thought Villa would carry on playing shite 😥

[Damo70]

Anyone but Moyes, Allardyce, Mark Hughes, Zola, Steven Cabbage, Curbishley or Alex McLeish.

I had totally forgotten Alan Curbishley existed until you brought him up. Aside from anything else he has been out of the game too long, unless you think he could be our Kevin Keegan style saviour. They both wore the number seven shirt.

[cdbearsfan]

.......& here in this thread is the best argument against the other thread.

So easy to say ‘out’ yet not so easy to work out the ‘in’.

It's a point, and of course there is no manager we can bring in that guarantees long-term success or even short-term survival.

But it is looking increasingly likely that failing to replace the current incumbent will see us relegated. We simply cannot leave things as they are.

I like Smith and I'm grateful. I'd rather it was a mercy killing and we do it quickly while his reputation is largely intact.

I don't want weeks of increasingly poisonous atmospheres at Villa Park and away and crowds starting to shout for his head.

[Damo70]

Terry is a man with zero managerial experience.  As a club we've got to get away from this kind of thinking.

We won the European cup under a man who had no managerial experience 

[dicedlam]

Reasons why we should go for Gerrard.

- He has got No chance of the Liverpool job (not yet anyway).
- Would be able to attract good players to the club.
- As got the Rangers side playing good football.
- Would instantly gain respect from the players.
- He wouldn't get a bigger club in the Premier League right now.

[SoccerHQ]

Pochettino, Wenger and Rafa are the obvious choices. I think going for an overseas manager without EPL experience would be another Wesley-like gamble and I'm not ready to flip that coin again so soon.

Plenty of other teams have done that and stayed up comfortably.

[john e]

Rafa is on 12 million a year in China

Yep 12 mill a year

I don’t think he will be rushing over for another dog fight for a cut in wages

[Damo70]

I don’t know if there is any truth to this as the source is not known for reliability but I was told by a Spurs fan that part of Pochettino’s settlement was an agreement that he would not work in the Premier League for 12 months. If he keeps to this then he will be paid in excess of £10m.

My understanding was that Poch would only get his settlement if he didn't work in the Premier League again this season. For what it is worth both Poch and Rafa have family homes in England and they both have kids who are still at school in England.

[Risso]

.......& here in this thread is the best argument against the other thread.

So easy to say ‘out’ yet not so easy to work out the ‘in’.

But there are highly paid professionals paid to do the picking, not us.