Next Manager Speculation/Hopes

[mrfuse]

Some good advice below if he comes. And if he doesn't.

Luis Miguel Echegaray
@lmechegaray
I am also asking any Villa fan to please not fall into the “good ebening” jokes. As someone who watched his father often be belittled in England because of his accent, it feels ignorant & xenophobic.

Also, if you only speak one language…you really need to sit this one down

https://twitter.com/lmechegaray/status/1584577553100001280

Indeed - I always it pathetic when people mock that sort of thing.

Let's hope he's soon pissing our way.

Yeah agreed. It always annoyed me the way people were talking the piss out of the way Roy Hodgson spoke when he spoke 6 languages I believe.

[adrenachrome]

Guillem Balague@GuillemBalague

Unai Emery to #AstonVilla practically done All afternoon of negotiations going "very well" Villarreal players think he is gone We are at the "99.9%" stage He wanted a new chance in the PL What a top top manager Villa are getting!!!!!!

https://twitter.com/GuillemBalague/status/1584614065783336961

[Kimaster1976]

They have cancelled the betting on next manager on Sky bet......it's definitely happening! 😀

[Chris_Jephcott]

Me and my German friends have a game where we try to get each other to trip over pronunciation. They struggle with “Squirrel” and I struggle with… virtually every German word. Particular favourites are Schachtellaufwerk (wheels on a tank!), Streichholzschachtel (box of matches), Kreuzschlitzschraubenzieher (Screwdriver) and Eichhörnchen (which is also German for Squirrel)

What I take from this is (apart from Squirrels being unpronounceable in other language than your mother tongue!) is that it’s too easy for those we shouldn’t pass judgement on those who try to speak other languages

So yeah. No “bants” from me on how he speaks…

I’m off to consider “Squirrel” in a number of different languages now

What sort of screwdriver?

I reckon it’s what I’d call a “Phillips” one. Kreuz being German for “cross”. Mind you, I’d be cross if I had to ask for one of those each time I needed one.

[Brazilian Villain]

I had heard a slight sniff this morning that he was no1 target and it was looking like today was going to be the day that we found out more. I didn’t want to say much because these things often go wrong.

But now I can say that it feels like this is genuinely happening.

Having 'Villa' in our name was likely a big draw and now 1/10, 1/20 with the two bookies that are still offering prices.

[PaulTheVillan]

https://twitter.com/fabrizioromano/status/1584614794031529984?s=46&t=Pp4rlGx2zIUvSaj-nFu8qg

[caster troy]

Emery wouldn't come here unless he has guaranteed transfer funds, so that's another massive plus

[PeterWithe]

Same here, I’d use nails.

[Dave]

Poch is going to have to watch himself. The next big thing can quickly become yesterday's man if he gets too picky.

Had hoped it would be him at first but realised that he might be divisive appointment plus he turned us down anyway.

Why would he have been a divisive appointment?

[Villan82]

Poch is going to have to watch himself. The next big thing can quickly become yesterday's man if he gets too picky.

Had hoped it would be him at first but realised that he might be divisive appointment plus he turned us down anyway.

Why would he have been a divisive appointment?

Has he a Blues connection lol

[Nev]

It all sounds very promising and certainly less risky than the last appointment. I think we'll have a bit more patience with him considering his past record. He also has a high enough profile to attract decent players.

Fingers crossed on this one.

[cdbearsfan]

Emery wouldn't come here unless he has guaranteed transfer funds, so that's another massive plus

Yep. It is the sort of appointment only a really ambitious club that is willing to put its money where its mouth is could make.

Or Unai is really gullible...

[Goldenballs]

Great appointment, assuming we finalise it.

Shows our owners are still fully committed and Gerrard was a Purslow inspired blip. This is what we should've been doing 12 months ago.

He clearly hasn't come here to piss around lower mid table.

[Brazilian Villain]

Poch is going to have to watch himself. The next big thing can quickly become yesterday's man if he gets too picky.

Had hoped it would be him at first but realised that he might be divisive appointment plus he turned us down anyway.

Why would he have been a divisive appointment?

I looked at his record and realised that in 13 years as a manager he'd won less than St Johnstone in the same period.

[paul_e]

If, and I'm sticking to if for now, we pull this off it underlines that there's more than just talk about ambition at the club.

Should have done similar 12 months ago mind.

I think the club saw Gerrard as being ambitious, on here we were quite grounded about it and not many (if any) fell for the starfucking aspect of signing someone with such a big reputation as a player but in the broader football world that was different. I had loads of people through work talking to me as if we'd pulled of a coup and managed to bring in a guy who was destined to be 'the next big thing' in English football.

As it is we were right and, at best, he ran before he could walk, showing everyone that he was nowhere near ready for such a big job, especially when he lost his main coach.