Next Manager Speculation/Hopes

[Brazilian Villain]

The bring back Dean Smith thing is only slightly less batty and mentalist than the concurrent 'bring back Johnson' thing.

Knows the language, works well with that bloke with the long hair who sorts out the corners?

And he 'gets' us.

[SoccerHQ]

The Athletic have named Thomas Frank as under consideration. May I be the first to say screw that noise.

Hardly the worst shout.

Arguably done a better job at Brentford than Potter did at Brighton.

DS stablisied Brentford as mid table championship club. Frank got them in the play offs twice and eventual promotion.

Comfortably got them mid table in premier league.

Had clout to get Eriksen to them and got top form out of him so shown he can deal with big name players.

Konsa and Watkins played well under him previously.

From the mid range of managers down the list he's probably the best candidate we could attract but obviously big question mark could he do the same outside of Brentford's system.

[eamonn]

Wouldn’t be surprised to see John Terry being touted as an option. Would have the profile Purslow and the owners seem to want.

Would be almost as idiotic as the Gerrard appointment, too.

It would, sadly, also signal the end of Sexual Ealing's tenure as both a Villan and H&Ver, I fear.

[Axl Rose]

The Athletic have named Thomas Frank as under consideration. May I be the first to say screw that noise.

He can only come as assistant to Dean Smith.
Norwich can have Critchley.

Oh no

[gpbarr]

The Athletic have named Thomas Frank as under consideration. May I be the first to say screw that noise.

Hardly the worst shout.

Arguably done a better job at Brentford than Potter did at Brighton.

DS stablisied Brentford as mid table championship club. Frank got them in the play offs twice and eventual promotion.

Comfortably got them mid table in premier league.

Had clout to get Eriksen to them and got top form out of him so shown he can deal with big name players.

Konsa and Watkins played well under him previously.

From the mid range of managers down the list he's probably the best candidate we could attract but obviously big question mark could he do the same outside of Brentford's system.

Nooooooooooo

God have we not learnt. We already went down that route with Smith and it worked - we got mid table in the PL and then needed the big marquee pedigree manager to take us on to CL football. Instead we completely fucked up and appointed Gerrard.

It’s time to get that marquee name. We have the money, the infrastructure, the pull, and the ambition to attract someone like that - if Everton got Ancellotti, are you telling me we can’t do better that Frank or Dyche.

Come on guys, seriously.

[cdbearsfan]

Summary for me:

THE VILLA, FUCK YEAH!

Mauricio Pochettino
Thomas Tuchel
Unai Emery
Antonio Conte (don't know why he would consider it, but just mentioning him because he is listed among the favourites so maybe someone knows something I don't)

Underwhelmed, but I suppose I would give them a chance

Thomas Frank
Ralph Hassenhuttl
Marcelo Bielsa
Brendan Rodgers

Seriously considering packing it in and spending my weekends doing heroin, instead

Sean Dyche
John Terry
Thierry Henry
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
Michael Beale
Scott Parker
Dean Smith (sorry Deano, but it's time to move on)

[Toronto Villa]

Wouldn’t be surprised to see John Terry being touted as an option. Would have the profile Purslow and the owners seem to want.

Not a chance. That experiment won’t be tried again if Purslow wants to keep his very high profile job

[Toronto Villa]

Antonio Conte always comes undone. It’s happening now at Spurs. Quick little burst or lift. He runs around like a fucking penis on the touch line over the slightest thing. And eventually that shit wears off and he leaves or is booted

[LeeB]

Summary for me:

THE VILLA, FUCK YEAH!

Mauricio Pochettino
Thomas Tuchel
Unai Emery
Antonio Conte (don't know why he would consider it, but just mentioning him because he is listed among the favourites so maybe someone knows something I don't)

Underwhelmed, but I suppose I would give them a chance

Thomas Frank
Ralph Hassenhuttl
Marcelo Bielsa
Brendan Rodgers

Seriously considering packing it in and spending my weekends doing heroin, instead

Sean Dyche
John Terry
Thierry Henry
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
Michael Beale
Scott Parker
Dean Smith (sorry Deano, but it's time to move on)

I'd have Bielsa and Rodgers in a higher separate group above Frank and the other one

[Matt C]

We have the chance to go for an elite level manager now - there’s the relatively rare opportunity of two currently being out of work - and we absolutely must take it.

[cdbearsfan]

Summary for me:

THE VILLA, FUCK YEAH!

Mauricio Pochettino
Thomas Tuchel
Unai Emery
Antonio Conte (don't know why he would consider it, but just mentioning him because he is listed among the favourites so maybe someone knows something I don't)

Underwhelmed, but I suppose I would give them a chance

Thomas Frank
Ralph Hassenhuttl
Marcelo Bielsa
Brendan Rodgers

Seriously considering packing it in and spending my weekends doing heroin, instead

Sean Dyche
John Terry
Thierry Henry
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
Michael Beale
Scott Parker
Dean Smith (sorry Deano, but it's time to move on)

I'd have Bielsa and Rodgers in a higher separate group above Frank and the other one

I think Rodgers is right where he is. Meh.

Bielsa would be my favourite out of the middle group. It could be brilliant, it could be disastrous. It wouldn't be boring. It would be like having Traore back, but in bucket-sitting manager form.

[Brazilian Villain]

Very early days but Poch the hot favourite (hopefully bets by someone in the know) followed by Tuchel and Emery. https://www.oddschecker.com/football/football-specials/aston-villa/next-permanent-manager

[cdbearsfan]

Very early days but Poch the hot favourite (hopefully someone in the know) followed by Tuchel and Emery. https://www.oddschecker.com/football/football-specials/aston-villa/next-permanent-manager

I doubt it's anyone "in the know", more likely just well over a week's worth of Pochettino to Villa stories in the press influencing punters.

[DeKuip]

Whoever we get next will spend a fortune, have “Claret n blue” sang after his ( or her) name, get booed, have “sacked in the morning” chanted at him (or her), get sacked and never get a better job ever again. And leave us with highly paid players the next manager won’t want.
And on it goes.

[aj2k77]

Can we stop giving huge amounts of money to rookie managers. That's my hope. Having a manager who's done something elsehwere and is used to spending more than 50p and having expectations of his performance of more than win 1 every now and again. It starts at the top.