Next Manager Speculation/Hopes

[Axl Rose]

Woke up to this message from a mate.

Sigh...

[tomd2103]

I guess it comes down to one question now. Does Sawari, 3rd or 4th richest owner in the league, want to have a really good crack at it, or bob about staying up and hoping for the best. We'll find out next week I'm sure.

I do find there to be a romantic element in me that would love a bloke called Villas Boas to be the one that won us a cup for the first time in 30 years.

I don't think it's quite as straightforward as that now given the situation we are currently in.  We're not in a position where we can afford to take too much of a risk with the next appointment as we are in a fairly precarious position at the moment.  I don't think it would take too much to turn things around and get us a top half finish this season, but the squad is horribly imbalanced at the moment and low on confidence.  If there is unrest behind the scenes then it might not be straightforward to get back on track. 

[SoccerHQ]

Woke up to this message from a mate.

Sigh...

McLeish got SHA into europe.

Case bleeding closed. (clears throat).

[Stu]

Portuguese press saying no contact with Rubes and he's not interested. Beale has ruled himself out.

Joe Kinnear waiting in the wings

[Stu]

Isn’t it time we appointed Dwight Yorke. The man has been waiting for yeeeeears

[ChicagoLion]

I guess it comes down to one question now. Does Sawari, 3rd or 4th richest owner in the league, want to have a really good crack at it, or bob about staying up and hoping for the best. We'll find out next week I'm sure.

I do find there to be a romantic element in me that would love a bloke called Villas Boas to be the one that won us a cup for the first time in 30 years.

I don't think it's quite as straightforward as that now given the situation we are currently in.  We're not in a position where we can afford to take too much of a risk with the next appointment as we are in a fairly precarious position at the moment.  I don't think it would take too much to turn things around and get us a top half finish this season, but the squad is horribly imbalanced at the moment and low on confidence.  If there is unrest behind the scenes then it might not be straightforward to get back on track.

I agree, even with rich owners we are not quite the catch many think we are.

[Rigadon]

Silly Villa fans with ‘unreasonable expectations’. 

https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2022/oct/21/steven-gerrard-aston-villa-sacking-leaves-him-further-from-liverpool-destiny-than-ever

He’s right about it being a managerial graveyard though.  But I’d say part of that is because we seem to take punts on managers more than appointing genuinely great ones.

[Richard]

We're a Top 10 Premier League team in wealth, attendances and potential only. The problem is we haven't won anything for over 25 years nor finished in the top half for over 10 years. I don't think any of the really big names would even consider us, so thats why we will end up with a Rodgers or a Dyche.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Do you think he will join us if we put the right money on the table?

I've said before, I don't believe money is a real motivator for Amorim. The fella is so passionate about football, getting his tactics right, taking pride in his players, engaging with the fans, he has so much energy, the project is what drives him.

Sadly I think timing is not on our side. End of season is the time you stick or twist with your manager, not a few months into the season. You'd have thought we'd have learnt our lesson by now.

[martin o`who??]

Silly Villa fans with ‘unreasonable expectations’. 

https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2022/oct/21/steven-gerrard-aston-villa-sacking-leaves-him-further-from-liverpool-destiny-than-ever

He’s right about it being a managerial graveyard though.  But I’d say part of that is because we seem to take punts on managers more than appointing genuinely great ones.

"The expecttations of villa supporters are too high" - Oh okay so because we are Villa fans we shouldn't expect decent football and improving results - what an elitist load of cack...

[frank black]

If we do get Dyche in, please do it on a season long contract. So we can see how he goes and avoid an expensive sacking.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

If we do get Dyche in, please do it on a season long contract. So we can see how he goes and avoid an expensive sacking.

Seven days would be too long, Frank. I honestly don't understand how his name is even being mentioned for the job other than by Gerrard's mates in the media wanting to spank us into our rightful place for sacking him.

[Ian.]

Hopefully it’s all as RCF says and not true. He seems so far off the original project it has to be false. Although Gerrard also was miles off the plan, but a project that Purslow must have pushed and convinced the owners to go for.

[ChicagoLion]

I can understand why Dyche might be an option in fact there are about 300 million reasons why they might put PL survival above all other considerations.

[andyh]

Please..can we stop talking about, considering or trying to justify bringing in Sean Dyche, even under the most tenuous of reasons.
I can tolerate talk of the other ‘established’ names…..like Rogers, Moyes or even Benitez.
But the thought of Dyche being manager of Aston Villa makes we want to be sick and then cry a little!