Next Manager Speculation and wishful thinking thread

[exigo]

Favre is my favourite.
Has managed at big clubs, has a reputation for bringing young players through, would surely relish working at Villa.

[TonyD]

Re Potter, in a world where back-to-back English managers is a rarity, that'd be back-to-back Brummies. Not saying it's a good thing or a bad thing, but it'd be a thing nonetheless. Bab.

You could see the headlines in a few months: “Potter potted”

[TonyD]

Favre is my favourite.
Has managed at big clubs, has a reputation for bringing young players through, would surely relish working at Villa.

And mine - with Terry back a defence coach. 

[TaxDodger]

My bookie friend claims he has info that Gerrard to Villa is pretty much done.. Something about Curtis Jones and Huyton.. Which is almost as random as when he told me Grealish to Man City was already done back in February because Tom Heaton had said so.

[KevinGage]

Tom Collomosse mentioned him (Favre) in the Daily Mail. 

But led off on the Gerrard interest and included Favre lower down in an he's-available-as well-type-way, rather than saying he's on the shitlist.

[Behind Bluenose Lines]

Too many idiots phoning in WM wanting Gerrard...🙈

[Monty]

If it is Gerrard then we'd all hope for the best (and it would at least be funny to see the reaction of my Rangers mate who's assuring me he'd 'never join yous in a relegation battle'), but fuck it would be underwhelming - and if I were Dean Smith, I wouldn't be too impressed at what the club viewed as an upgrade.

The main issue is that, as David Ornstein said today on the Athletic, the Villa vacancy is viewed as one of the most attractive in football right now. We really could make a push for Emery or someone really serious, a proper statement of intent. To throw it at Gerrard, at this stage...I just can't help but feel it'd go down as yet another missed opportunity in our history.

[ChicagoLion]

Too many idiots phoning in WM wanting Gerrard...🙈

It has the feeling of inevitability about it. Hope I am wrong.

[LukeJames]

Too many idiots phoning in WM wanting Gerrard...🙈

This is what I mean when I say it may be pretty much unanimous on here but theres a large percentage of our support that will unfortunately love it.

I can fucking see it already when JG comes back "Steven Gerrard, he's won more than you"

[KevinGage]

Aye.  And the club website doing a 'Welcome Stevie' graphic, including all the trophies he won as a player.

[Sexual Ealing]

If it is Gerrard then we'd all hope for the best (and it would at least be funny to see the reaction of my Rangers mate who's assuring me he'd 'never join yous in a relegation battle'), but fuck it would be underwhelming - and if I were Dean Smith, I wouldn't be too impressed at what the club viewed as an upgrade.

The main issue is that, as David Ornstein said today on the Athletic, the Villa vacancy is viewed as one of the most attractive in football right now. We really could make a push for Emery or someone really serious, a proper statement of intent. To throw it at Gerrard, at this stage...I just can't help but feel it'd go down as yet another missed opportunity in our history.

We could re-add a motto to our badge, and 'missed opportunity' would be perfect. We're going to fuck this up and I think that means Gerrard. Fuck's sake.

[achilles]

Trying to be positive about Gerrard and he would command a hell of a lot of respect from the players especially the younger ones, can't argue with his football achievements and he hasn't done a bad job managing at Rangers!

It is just all the Liverpool baggage that he brings with him especially to the PL (yuck)!

[Sexual Ealing]

Trying to be positive about Gerrard and he would command a hell of a lot of respect from the players especially the younger ones, can't argue with his football achievements and he hasn't done a bad job managing at Rangers!

It is just all the Liverpool baggage that he brings with him especially to the PL (yuck)!

He hasn't done a particularly good job at 'Rangers' either.

[Goldenballs]

If we replace Smith with a top, top manager then he might think fair enough. To replace him with Gerrard would be a real low blow.

[LeonW]

Does spoonface still work with him?

Do you mean Platt? No, Italy have Vialli and that bloke who looks like he’s wearing a comedy glasses and ‘tash disguise 🥸

That’s Evani who played for Ac Milan and Sampdoria in the 90’s (for Italian football watchers). Scored a penalty in a World Cup final shoot out!!!