CastleBromVilla

Can only see one possible candidate for the job when i look through the contenders.

Rodgers - holding out for a better offer imo

Martinez - too risky incase he rejects us again

Clark - seriously overrated by some on here, so good he had Jordan Rhodes on the bench for several games at Huddersfield and played 4-5-1 instead

Mccarthy - need i say anything?

This leaves Lambert, the man we need

Martinez would be silly to reject us again, but if he did, so be it, i wouldn't not approach him just in case we look a bit silly in the press if he knocks us back again, **** the media. He's the best of the realistic candidates if you ask me, and he'd get us playing football again.

The danger is, let's assume the "realistic" targets of Rodgers Martinez & Lambert all turn it down (not beyond the realms), then what?

Thats when they'll panic again & make a rash decision

Rodgers won't leave Swansea, not long signed a new deal, but Martinex and Lambert will join if offered the job.

Next manager odds are in from Victor Chandler and Stan James:

Martinez is 2/1, Lambert 3/1, Neil Lennon 10/1, Curbishley 12/1, and for some odd reason Ole Gunnar Solksjaer is 14/1

Curbishley's name always pops up - he's shit, what an uninspiring choice he would be.

Has to be Martinez.

The Sunday Times appear to have Martinez earmarked for Liverpool, one of the slightly more attractive jobs likely to be on the market this summer.

They won't get rid of King Kenny, surely?

He's spent a lot of time out wide this year, and has chipped in with some valuable assists, but i agree with briny in that things have gone a bit stale, and maybe he needs a move away, although can't help thinking aswell, that with a new manager, someone like Martinez, who gets his sides playing football, he'd be back in the goals again.

Next manager odds are in from Victor Chandler and Stan James:

Martinez is 2/1, Lambert 3/1, Neil Lennon 10/1, Curbishley 12/1, and for some odd reason Ole Gunnar Solksjaer is 14/1

Curbishley's name always pops up - he's shit, what an uninspiring choice he would be.

Has to be Martinez.

There's been a biggish non league type final down there today which Poyet was at

Should have a steer over next 48 hours

You're full of shit.

I wonder whether that fat scouse clearing in the woods Micky Quinn would be saying the same if a Liverpool manager had turned in the same set of results AM has this year?

I don't think so.

Hopefully AM will piss off after Norwich and take this stinking deal will him.

If we're going to bring in a forward thats not going to cost much, then get Martinez to bring Victor Moses with him, aswell as a few other from Wigan.

That is so embarrassing. Sack the board, no, just sack everyone.

Oh and didn't Martinez turn us down once already and you guys want to go back on all fours to him

Behave

although this may come as a bit of a shock as you dont see much of it in football these days, he wanted to show a bit of loyalty to his chairman, which is fair enough.

Martinez and Lambert are good young managers, who given some money to rebuild the side, and time, would get us climbing the table again. preferably Martinez though, get us playing football again.

Castlebrom, that was banter by the way!! Not serious

As per manager I really think we need to raise the bar / profile and give the whole club and city a lift

For me that's a big hitter who can take the club by the scruff of the neck and reenergise Lerner

Scholari, Cappelo , Rijkaard, Koemann, Klinsmann possibly Van Basten or Bilic

we've got no chance of convincing any of them to join us. nice one.

CI was calling for Fat Sam at one point

he posts whatever will create the biggest reaction

No I don't, Castle Brom is a wanky bluenose shit heap

thanks.

maybe you'd like to tell us who you'd like as manager aswell, seeing as the likes of Lambert and Martinez fall short?

For a club of our size & stature we need to think akin, ie. No B listers such as Lambert, Martinez, Curbishley, Rodgers, Bruce, Allardyce

As a club, we need to make a step change and employ a high calibre manager to oversee this

such as?

...although we wouldnt want a repeat of the hit detection from BLOPS, thays one a of the few things i'd be happy from them to rip from one of the MW games.

That really doesnt tell us anything we dont already know, we COULD turn to Lambert IF we sack Mcleish - no shit, and they label it an exclusive, they're just stating the obvious.

Lambert or Martinez.

Bet CastleBromVilla can't wait for this!

Get back in your cave troll.

Thankfully, my decision not to renew coincided with MON leaving, so i've missed all this rubbish.

But that was not to be, and we are where we are. The only thing that we can pray for is that the next one is a footballing manager.

Fingers crossed, although the only two managers he's had to appoint, have been a disaster, third lucky then?

You'd be better off just not going to the games at all, you'll save yourself money, and it'll hit Lerner where it hurts, forcing him to take notice, as he doesnt seem too bothered at the moment. Why anyone would want to set foot in VP at the minute with AM in charge, i don't know, we're going no where, and the football is dire.

I'm a season ticket holder, so that would be pointless. Going to Villa park is something I look forward to every week. I don't enjoy the football we're playing, but I enjoy singing, chanting and getting behind the boys. So my way of protesting against our manager is by chanting, your way is by not coming. We have different ways of doing the same thing.

Whilst its good you still go down, i don't why you'd want to renew - we're going no where with AM in charge, we can't win games, football is dire, RL doesnt seem to be bothered, offers nice gestures of free travel every so often hoping it'll keep us quiet, but we never hear from him, half the players dont seem bothered, and its expensive.

Thankfully, my decision not to renew coincided with MON leaving, so i've missed all this rubbish.

You'd be better off just not going to the games at all, you'll save yourself money, and it'll hit Lerner where it hurts, forcing him to take notice, as he doesnt seem too bothered at the moment. Why anyone would want to set foot in VP at the minute with AM in charge, i don't know, we're going no where, and the football is dire.

Yes, this is a real fear CBV, if he sacked the idiot today I'd be terrified of who he'd hire :-\

I'd like to see the job given to Martinez or Lambert, both young managers, that would get us playing football again.

Can't really think of any more established managers that are upto scratch/would want to join us.

Christmas next season probably. We'll stay up, AM will stay, he'll be given money that he'll more than likely waste, and we'll limp through to the mid way point in the season and Lerner will finally pull the trigger - then redeem himself by giving the job to Steve Bruce or Mick McCarthy.

If the game wasnt played by so many complete words removed, the dev's wouldnt have to worry about it.

I've ditched MW3, gone back to MW2, but it's just as bad, probably my favourite COD at its peak, and i was hoping all the clearings in the woods would have left, but its still heaving with quickscopers and campers.

Former Manchester United schoolboy and Wales international Robbie Savage at Old Trafford for BBC Radio 5 live: "I can't see Villa getting a point here. They don't play as a team and they look like they go out there and have no idea. I don't think Villa have an identity. They don't attack with any pace."

From the BBC live text - trying to sound as if he knows what he's talking about - no identity? word removed.

Savage is clearly talking hit as we definitely do have an identity. Everyone knows we're a dour, toothless team that try to defend the 0-0 from the kick off!

I can't see us getting anything either, the problem is our negative manager, and overpaid/underperforming players, but no identity, i don't think he even knows what means, nothing but hot air comes out of that clearings in the woods mouth, like Phil Thompson on SSN.

Fully expecting Young to have a blinder today.

DIVE!

Former Manchester United schoolboy and Wales international Robbie Savage at Old Trafford for BBC Radio 5 live: "I can't see Villa getting a point here. They don't play as a team and they look like they go out there and have no idea. I don't think Villa have an identity. They don't attack with any pace."

From the BBC live text - trying to sound as if he knows what he's talking about - no identity? word removed.