Folski

Only realized when I was making out the list but my god there is a lot of shit managers in the premiership at the moment. As regard Don Simon, what I meant was there was a possibility we could have just wanted to chat with him as was the case with Martinez, after all he did only finish one place lower than Martinez. He hasn't done that bad a job in fairness to him. However I wouldn't want him anywhere near the place.

Just a quick summary, we obviously sent out letters to a lot of clubs within the premiership.

Arsenal - Wenger - Hardly sent a letter

Birmingham - McLeish - Could well have sent a letter

Blackburn - Kean - Hope we didn't.

Blackpool - Holloway - Hope we didn't.

Bolton - Coyle - Could well have enquired.

Chelsea - ? -

Everton - Moyes - More than likely enquired.

Fulham - Hughes/Jol - Probably didn't.

Liverpool - Kenny - Most definitely did not.

Man City - Mancini - Most definitely did not.

Man Utd - Fergie - Most definitely did not.

Norwich - Lambert - Could well have.

Newcastle - Pardew - Pray we didn't.

QPR - Warnock - Unlikely we enquired.

Stoke - Pulis - Possibly.

Sunderland - Bruce - Possibly but unlikely.

Swansea - Rodgers - Unlikely.

Tottenham - Redknapp - Highly unlikely.

WBA - Hodgson - Possibly but unlikely.

West Ham - Allardyce - Highly unlikely.

Wigan - Martinez - Enquired.

Wolves - MacCarthy - Could have but hope not.

Does anyone think there's like a bit of teasing going on between the managers who got a letter and those who didn't?

Anyone think we'll be here this time next Friday none the wiser?

Malky MacKay in from 350/1 to 239/1 with 32 Red! (Ex sponsors surely ITK!)

Would Randy have to pay compo is the question? I assume Fulham are now paying Jol which means they hardly want to keep paying Hughes when he is not doing the job? Also personally don't think it's Sparky!

This Matt Smith lad from Talkshite, what is his story? How is he regarded in general?

Is thetrees keeping an eye on that jet?

Laursen with Mellberg as his number two?

Im really not fond of Ancelotti being manager. He has never built a team and he could struggle because of this.

:eek: :shock: :?

From what I can see players of note that he bought include Rivaldo, Tomasson, Nesta, Seedorf, Kaka, Stam, Crespo, Jankulovski, Cafu, Ronaldo, Oddo, Pato, Zambrotta, Flamini, Ronaldinho, Beckham.

for all them great players he signed he won 1 league title and 2 Champions League in 8 years at Milan. Not that great a record

I'd settle for that down the Villa.

Carlo would be the most decorated manager Villa have had in the modern era. There is no way we shouldn't be jumping at the chance if it came up.

If someone had told you 12months ago that we might be signing him people would call you crazy, and rightly so.

He picked up a Milan side with Maldini out for the bulk of the season who were in the bottom half of the table, steadied the ship and guided them to 4th. In his first full season he won the Champions League. Let's remember he should have won another one bar 8 minutes of madness in Turkey. With regard the League, Juventus were spending mad in those days buying the like of Cannavaro, Buffon, Thuram, Nedved, Vieira had A.D.P etc a real great side, plus there was the fact that Capello had built a strong Roma side. Serie A is a shadow of what it was like back then now. And when the big scandal got out the club never really recovered from it, which made Inter the dominant force! He comes to Chelsea wins the double. Cruising to his 2nd League title when his assistant is fired behind his back. He has to deal with player unrest etc

The argument was that he had never built a team, all of those signings were at Milan and I left out Thiago Silva btw. So he clearly has built a team. Obviously he would have no where near the same draw at Villa that he had at AC or Chelsea that is a given, but I'm sure he would be able to persuade players that would be slightly out of our reach currently to join us just because of who he is.

Im really not fond of Ancelotti being manager. He has never built a team and he could struggle because of this.

:eek: :shock: :?

From what I can see players of note that he bought include Rivaldo, Tomasson, Nesta, Seedorf, Kaka, Stam, Crespo, Jankulovski, Cafu, Ronaldo, Oddo, Pato, Zambrotta, Flamini, Ronaldinho, Beckham.

Slightly OT well actually quite OT but My uncle met a fella down the local last night who said his missus was a solicitor for Chelski and that Arry was on his way to Chelsea late next week, and proceeded to show him a £500 bet @ 7/1. Which could mean Hughes obviously not going there or on his way to Spurs but could also scupper our bid for Carlo if Spurs came in for him. Obviously lots of things have to happen for such a domino effect!

Anyone watching Chicago Code, its good without being great!

Can I just not have the job no? God I'd do wonders!

Not a chance Shoody!

Ranieri is an idiot, lovely fella but has no killer instinct as a manager and that is ultimately why he has only won a Coppa Del Rey & a Coppa Italia in almost 25 years of management!

What's so bad about Jose's negative tactics? I bet you any money every single Arsenal fan would take Jose's approach and a few trophies to Arsene and nothing!

Not entirely certain on this but last time didn't the general say that Premiership experience was vital?

Can somebody explain to me why Benitez is a no go?! He was brilliant at Liverpool! And he has won more stuff than anybody on that list - almost. Why the ****, would we want a manager from the championship?! Makes no sense what so ever.

For me personally I think it's the fact he pissed away a lot of cash at Pool. Yeah I'm aware he bought Torres, Alonso, Reina etc, but time after time he got it wrong, and dare I say he's just another younger version of Houiller!

wtf is that?

The odds currently trading on Sky Bet for the next Aston Villa manager!

David Moyes 1

Rafael Benitez 5/2

Sam Allardyce 5

Mark Hughes 7

Kevin Macdonald 8

Martin Jol 8

Steve McClaren 8

Jurgen Klinsmann 12

Sven Goran Eriksson 12

Ray Wilkins 16

Gianfranco Zola 16

Didier Deschamps 20

Guus Hiddink 20

Fabio Capello 25

Frank Rijkaard 25

Louis Van Gaal 25

Slaven Bilic 25

Jose Mourinho 33

Martin ONeill 33

Diego Maradona 33

Gordan Cowans 50

Ray Graydon 50

Alan McInally 250

Morley Tony 500

A similar thing happened in Mons first season if I remember correctly we flirted with relegation and could not find a win but drew about 15 games. Ultimately finishing what 11th? And the league was no where near this tight that year. That was the year Mon got in Ash Carew in Jan and really started to put his own stamp on the team, give Ged the summer and if he hasnt clicked it but early October, ship him on out!

I assume its a 4-4-2 tonight with Coker and II in the centre not a very creative midfield in my eyes!

BWE was pretty massive this week!