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Some one like Graeme Souness for example? Be way left field but nothing pleasant about it. Hopefully not someone like Graeme Souness. That wouldn't be a pleasant surprise now, would it? Would be a nightmare, at least he would sort out the discipline problems.

Some one like Graeme Souness for example? Be way left field but nothing pleasant about it.

Don't think it says anything about the money being made available. Think they are looking for something new and different to add to the table. At this moment in time we have no idea how much money will be avialable As i always say 'Its different for a reason' and 99% of the time its not good.

Rubin Dutt was apparently interviewed on Thurday or Friday. A Jurgen Klinsman recomendation by all accounts. We are not being linked to any big names. Says allot about the money being made available by RL.

If RL is seriously considering RDM over all the other plausible candidates he deserves torture. I'd take Gregory over RDM, no contest. I don't quite get all the negativity towards RDM. He's only 41 and just won an FA Cup and the Champions League. At West Brom he had a very good first season, getting promoted to the Premier League, followed by a good start to his second season (winning Manager of the Month for September). He then hit a difficult patch, which will be expected with any young manager (see AVB for example) and was harshly fired. He made some good signings for West Brom such as Odemwingie with the kudos of just having won the Champions League should be able to hire some. All this was playing attacking passing football, contrary to the myth that seems to appeared about him playing negative football (from people who have only watched the Barcelona and Bayern matches). He certainly wasn't playing defensive football when beating Napoli 4-1 or beating QPR 6-1. Is he really that much of worse appointment than Poyet or indeed OGS. Given time he could turn out to be an excellent manager. Harsly fired, you serious? Ask any West Brom fan what they think of him and you will see.

If rather take joesph venglos back than make RDM manager. Dont think RL would be that stupid regards appointing a manager. hmmm actually i do think he would be

This is a thread for doom and despair. Your post has no place here 267 zillion pages and nobody's picked that one up. Good work. Maybe while we're tearing our hair out, AVB is quietly contacting the players he plans to sign for Aston Villa on the 24th of June. Probably not, but hey! Good post. A long shot but you never know

I'm not having a go, but who were they talking to this week?

Liverpool and Henry are notorious for being quiet on deals they are making yet they tell the fans who they are talking to and when they plan to do it. Why does RL tell the fans nothing about the management process??? Is it because they are talking to nobody??? I reckon thats why. The only statement they said is they arent waiting on Liverpool to pick their manager. Why tell us that??? Is it because they have nothing else to tell us is my guess and that was a strange thing to tell us in the first place. Trying to fool the fans into thinking they are doing something. Sure he is even away back to the states until Tuesday. I hope i am proved wrong but the lack of info they provide to fans who are the foundations of the club makes me sick.

Which means ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. I will tell you how the bookies sh"f everyone in Management betting... OGS is into 18/1 tonight from 45/1 this afternoon on betfair even though he couldnt have made it any clearer that he was staying in Norwary.

He turned a profit yet the net outflow was £13m a year? I'm going to hazard a guess that you're not an accountant? He's ex Lehman Bros Benitez conned Villa out of 5million for Warnock. If RL tells him he can have all the money he makes on selling players at Villa we could be winning CL next season. He’s bound to be able to get 30-35 million from team for Dunne or Collins based on that. How? did they get a chunk of the fee we paid for him then? No he should have kept him at liverpool and stopped selling dodgy goods.

He turned a profit yet the net outflow was £13m a year? I'm going to hazard a guess that you're not an accountant? He's ex Lehman Bros Benitez conned Villa out of 5million for Warnock. If RL tells him he can have all the money he makes on selling players at Villa we could be winning CL next season. He’s bound to be able to get 30-35 million from team for Dunne or Collins based on that.

Yeah i concur. I think it will be a big coup no matter what anyone thinks. Obv will get money else why even bother talking to him and he will be able to attract decent players.

I was in Sainsbury’s earlier on and two men in boiler suits were standing in front of me in the queue. They appeared to be ITK and said that Mick McCarthy will be appointed at 445pm today.

So when they for talking to Moyes. Pretty obvious the board dont have a new plan and are using the old one again. At least 'The other Guy' is not on that list any more.

It does add up - they are simply waiting on Liverpool to see who they pick before picking up the leftovers. Sadly, I agree. No matter how many journos state that we aren't waiting on Liverpool. I believe we are. I think we want Martinez but Liverpool is obviously a more attractive proposition for him so we're waiting on that. I agree that we are waiting, but I am not sure that the Liverpool job is necessarily a better job for Martinez than the Villa job. IMO the Liverpool job is even more of a poision challace than the villa job at the moment. The fans didn't want a new manager, the board expect top 4 just to keep your job, even if you win a trophy FFS!! Also if reports are to be believed he will be working under a DOF, and will only have responsibility for the 1st team. You want a 12 month job where you dont get a say in your squad?? With us he would enjoy the fans support (certainly bigger support than at Liverpool), he would be given control of football matters accross the club, and whilst he would have financial constraints, HE would get to choose which players to sell and buy! Having said that I dont think Randy will even talk to him until he we find out if he is going to take the L'pool job!!. Or another way of looking at it, we havent heard anything from another club about an approach because Villa are going after someone who is not with a team such as BENITEZ.

So how many do you think died fighting Mussolinis troops in Africa and in Europe. How many died fighting Francos facist troops in Spain in 1936-1939? Yes there is a difference but that doesn't mean being a facist is ok. Is this a politics thread i stumbled into?

Let's hope it stays that way. Nor Zola for that matter... fits into the categories and was treated shockingly by West Ham owners.

The Tinker man Ranieri. You got to be kidding. He has been sacked by 7 TOP TOP European clubs over the past 10 years, not to mention what he done last year with a CL winning side in Italy. Got to avoid this man like the plague, he doesn’t have a clue what he is doing.

Yeah and watch him spend it on shite like him did at Liverpool. Plus he pretty much ignored the youth system. They played good football in his second last season during the second half of the season when they appeared so far out of contention he released the shackles. The next season he reverted to type. All the Liverpool and Valencia fans would have him back tomorrow if they had the chance, which says allot in my books. More than I can say about the likes of RDM with regards the WBA and Chelsea fans.

Granted they did in the last year he was there. I disagree with the previous years, they were actually good to watch. Only thing i would worry about Benitez coming is that if a massive club came in for him if he was doing well at Villa, he would be away like a shot.

Yes thats why i want him... Means we are getting loads of money to invest. Might even get Torres on the cheap Regarding the odds, i was watching betfair and Raffa came in from 36-1 to 10-1 in 15mins. This wouldn't take so much money, but to move him from 10-1 to 5/2 would take allot lot more. Here is hoping anyway. My money is still on Poyet anyway from a personal financial gain perspective.

I see the rumors are doing the rounds again this morning regarding Raffa and the Villa job. Into favourite, not sure if that’s because of the rumors or if someone is ITK. I haven’t seen anything to give me hope, anyone else? When I say hope, if he comes we have a war chest!

Maybe RL is flying back to the states to talk to Bob Bradley :bonk:

Anyone know what Gianfranco Zola is at these days?