Next Manager Speculation/Hopes

[Richard E]

Howe has done well, but he’ll be ditched for someone foreign and more glamorous before long.

[Allan C]

Rodgers is a massive step up on both Smith & Gerrard

Sorry he’s not a big enough step up for what we need

[Paul.S]

The club has to take action after the game today. I’m a big believer in giving managers time but this is such a mess and everyone can see it. Hopefully we’ve already got someone ready to come in, if not then this has the stench of relegation written all over it.

[andyh]

Cue tonight’s argument after a heavy defeat…..well, it was Man City you can’t blame him for us losing to them.

[nigel]

As good as it sounds, I just feel that talk of Pochettino and Mancini is completely unrealistic.  We were in a better position last time we were recruiting and got someone with nowhere near that type of pedigree.

Newcastle were in a similar situation to us and even with all the potential riches they have, they appointed Eddie Howe.  He's been a good fit for what they needed though and that is what we will need if Gerrard leaves.  Brendan Rodgers would fit that bill for me.

Eddie Howe has done brilliantly at Newcastle, and is proving what a good coach he is.

Howe has done well, but he’ll be ditched for someone foreign and more glamorous before long.

Sadly, you’re probably right

[Goldenballs]

Rodgers is a massive step up on both Smith & Gerrard

Sorry he’s not a big enough step up for what we need

Probably not long-term, but he'd almost certainly get us moving in the right direction, then we can be a bit more picky when we're top 8-10 and not stinking the place out.

He wouldn't be my first choice, but I think he'd be a good, getable option.

[Paul.S]

Rodgers is a good coach and these players need a good coach.

[Allan C]

Rodgers is a massive step up on both Smith & Gerrard

Sorry he’s not a big enough step up for what we need

Probably not long-term, but he'd almost certainly get us moving in the right direction, then we can be a bit more picky when we're top 8-10 and not stinking the place out.

He wouldn't be my first choice, but I think he'd be a good, getable option.

I hear what you’re saying but it’s that kind of thinking that got us Steve Bruce. If we’re gonna change manager now, then it’s now that we need a “Poch” type however much that costs.

[Sexual Ealing]

It doesn't matter how much it costs if he won't come.

[Allan C]

It doesn't matter how much it costs if he won't come.

Why??? I’m not actually suggesting Poch but somebody of that level but if the vast majority of people on this thread and others keep banging on about how big a club we are with owners who are rich and have massive ambition to take us to the top with a fabulous squad of players who are brilliant but just being coached wrongly, why is it that we can only attract a coach of Rodgers level???

[paul_e]

I think statements like that come directly as a result of the special brand of cognitive dissonance that engulfs the club. Someone like Carragher says we're lucky to have a big name like Gerrard at a small club like Villa and we all lose our shit but the next day we're not big enough to attract a decent manager. I wonder how many other clubs have the same issue.

[olaftab]

Howe has done well, but he’ll be ditched for someone foreign and more glamorous before long.

Howe is the Mark Hughes equivalent appointment at man city at the time. 

[Duncan Shaw]

Howe has done well, but he’ll be ditched for someone foreign and more glamorous before long.

Howe is the Mark Hughes equivalent appointment at man city at the time.

Or, he might just grow with them and prove his potential at the very top level?

[Allan C]

Howe has done well, but he’ll be ditched for someone foreign and more glamorous before long.

Howe is the Mark Hughes equivalent appointment at man city at the time.

Or, he might just grow with them and prove his potential at the very top level?

He might well and I actually hope he does. But we all know that this won’t be the way it goes

[N'ZMAV]

Rodgers has won more in England than Poch did.