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General You must be reading this Frank Rijkaard please

Steve McClaren 2.75 Mark Hughes 3.50 Rafa Benitez 4.33 Roberto Martinez 6.00 David Moyes 11.00 Frank Rijkaard 13.00 Martin Jol 13.00 Carlo Ancelotti 15.00 Alan Curbishley 26.00 Steve Bruce 29.00 Kevin Macdonald 34.00 Slaven Bilic 34.00 Gianfranco Zola 34.00 Louis Van Gaal 34.00 Walter Smith 34.00 Gary McAllister 34.00 Jurgen Klinnsmann 34.00 Sven Goran Erikksson 34.00 Ray Wilkins 41.00 Didier Deschamps 41.00 Gus Hiddink 41.00 Martin ONeill 41.00 Fabio Capello 51.00 Ray Graydon 67.00 Gorden Cowans 67.00 Jose Mourinho 67.00 Diego Maradona 67.00 Andy Gray 251.00 Alan McInally 251.00 Tony Morley 501.00

Lol, **** off back to the sty. I've been going to the villa for the last 20 years. I've never been to the sty mate. Really hope Steve gets the job now just to prove all of you negative haters wrong. I won't forget these comments when we are back in the top 6. Top 6 with Rijkaard you mean

Hope not need to move forward not back he left the club in this mess and we still cant get rid of the players no one wants

General Would Randy ever sell shares to fans to raise funds to take the club forward?

Rijkaard only for me

totally agree with you his the guy to take us forward

Must be a unknown manager to save wwage cost lets hope not

Agree with every word - good post. 2 theories 1.We are waiting for Hughes 2.We aren't good at manager hunting. I know I'm being totally hypothetical here given today's news - but what if Randy had done a behind the scenes deal with Hughes in May because he knew Houllier was gonna have to leave. Then Ancelotti gets sacked from Chelsea a week later and takes the Fulham job? And we missed on him because we'd done our appointment weeks before. Lerner and Faulkner will have been scoping managers out from the start of the year I reckon - way before Houllier even got sick, in case they would have to make an appointment. They'll have known Ancelotti was probably going to be sacked like most of the media did. They'll also know the current status of most of the top managers in Europe both in a job and out of it through a huge number of contacts. They will have people with their ear to the ground chasing agents all around Europe. We'll be waiting for a very good reason. It's probably going to be like trying to sign a player - it will be once Hiddink makes up his mind or it might be some post in France or Germany and once that happens the knock on effect will make things happen I'm sure. If it was going to be McLaren why wasn't it done last week? Likewise Rafa etc. As long as we're not waiting until July no news is good news a s far as I'm concerned. It's not like we're missing out on any transfer coups at the moment is it? Like Frank Rijkaard aswell thats not good then who's left

Frank Rijkaard is the only one who stands out with Rafa

yeah maybe because they thought carlos was coming hope they have a plan B

Rijkaard As manager Barcelona UEFA Champions League 2005/06 La Liga 2004/2005, 2005/06 Supercopa de España 2005, 2006 Galatasaray 2009–10 Turkish Cup Quarter-finalist Netherlands UEFA Euro 2000 Semi-finalist

Other than Barcelona isn't his management record somewhat lacking? KNVB (1998–2000) Rijkaard's coaching career began when he was appointed manager of the Netherlands national football team in 1998. He had previously served as an assistant coach, along with Johan Neeskens and Ronald Koeman under the managerial tenure of Guus Hiddink. At the time, he was not taken seriously as a manager because of his inexperience, but he was able to guide his national side to the Euro 2000 semi-finals. During the group phase, the Netherlands national football team wins slowly but sure and succeeded to get 3 victories, 1–0 against the Czech Republic, 3–0 against Denmark, and 3–2 against France. In the quarter-final, his side produced the biggest win of the competition, a 6–1 against Yugoslavia. The Netherlands played some of the best football of the tournament but lost their semi-final match to Italy on penalties, and Rijkaard resigned immediately afterwards.[3] [edit] Sparta Rotterdam (2001–2002) During the 2001–02 season, he became manager of Sparta Rotterdam in the Dutch Eredivisie, the oldest professional team in the country. Rijkaard enjoyed the down-to-earth atmosphere, although the club was not financially strong.[4] Under his leadership, the club was relegated to the first division for the first time in its history, and he was fired as a consequence. [edit] Barcelona (2003–2008) Rijkaard was not out of a coaching role for long, and less than a year after leaving Sparta Rotterdam, he was appointed manager of Barcelona for the 2003–04 season. The season would prove to be a watershed for the club, but not without initial instability. Rijkaard arrived at the club as it entered a new phase, having elected a new President in Joan Laporta and a new managerial board, but with fans unhappy that Laporta had let English midfielder David Beckham snub the chance to join the club. For Rijkaard, the team he inherited, with the exception of new superstar signing Ronaldinho (who was the club's second choice after Beckham), also consisted of many underachieving players from the old guard and era that failed to meet the club and its fans' demands to match arch rival Real Madrid's success in the early 2000s, having not won a trophy since 1999. Rijkaard had a disappointing start at Barcelona that saw some sections of the club's fans call for his resignation, and he drew flak from the media when the team lost to Real Madrid in December 2003.[4] Rijkaard's resilience won through and from 2004 onwards, he achieved a massive turnaround, as the team went from strength to strength. Barcelona finished runners-up in La Liga in 2003–04, having been close to the relegation zone at one point in the earlier stages of the season. Rijkaard then took Barcelona to the next level as he phased out the old guard and rebuilt a new-look side around Ronaldinho, with new players like Deco, Samuel Eto'o, Rafael Márquez and Ludovic Giuly, along with the latest promotion of some young players from the previous era trained in the club's youth teams (i.e. Víctor Valdés, Carles Puyol, Xavi and Andrés Iniesta). He eventually succeeded in turning around the fortunes of the club, with the strong support of Laporta, and within the next couple of years finally managed to win La Liga both in 2004–05 and in 2005–06. He became the first Barcelona coach to have won twice at Real Madrid's stadium Santiago Bernabéu, an achievement which even successful managers like Johan Cruijff, Louis van Gaal and Luis Aragonés were unable to accomplish. His no nonsense policy on and off the field, and the sparkling football played by his team, won him many plaudits and Rijkaard was among the five nominated coaches for UEFA's Team of the Year 2005. On 8 March 2006 he was also honoured by UEFA for his contributions to the European Cup Competition throughout his career as player and manager.[5] Rijkaard with Xavi, Ronaldinho, and Puyol. Rijkaard also achieved success on the European stage winning the 2005–06 Champions League with a 2–1 win against Arsenal in the final. Barcelona had been losing 1–0 for most of the match before his late tactical substitutions proved the decisive factor, as the introduction of Henrik Larsson and Juliano Belletti contributed directly to Barcelona's two goals. The win made him the fifth individual to have won the European Cup both as a player and as a manager, alongside Miguel Muñoz, Giovanni Trapattoni, Johan Cruijff, and Carlo Ancelotti, a feat later achieved also by his eventual successor, Josep Guardiola. After losing to Manchester United in the semifinal of the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League, Rijkaard was asked whether he would quit at the end of the season seeing as though he had not won anything for two successive seasons. Rijkaard replied: "I have no intention of leaving. It would be different if the players were saying it is time for me to go but that is not the case." On 1 May 2008, it is reported that Rijkaard allegedly confided to a colleague that he would be stepping down as Barcelona manager at the end of the season. But 24 hours later Rijkaard stated in a press conference that he had no intention of leaving Barcelona.[6] On 8 May 2008, the day after Barcelona's dismal 4–1 defeat to arch rivals Real Madrid, Barcelona's president Joan Laporta announced that at the end of the 2007–2008 season, Rijkaard would no longer be head coach of the first team. Laporta made the announcement after a board meeting; Rijkaard was succeeded by Josep Guardiola.[7] Joan Laporta made it clear that Rijkaard's achievements "made history" and praised him for his time at the club. [edit] Galatasaray (2009–2010) On 5 June 2009, Rijkaard signed a two-year contract to manage the Turkish Süper Lig giants Galatasaray, following the resignation of Bülent Korkmaz two days earlier.

frank rijkaard is the man to help our club reach its potential he will develop and bring young ones in just like at barcelona. Give him a shot in the prem im sure he'll do what villa have been missing.