TheStagMan Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 Yikes. Just had a shock. I have FotMob on my phone, and it is set to pop up news stories relating to Villa or England, but on the lock screen you only see the first so many characters. It just popped up with "Breaking: Gareth Southgate Announc" I looked at it thinking WTF???? "Gareth Southgate Announced as Aston Villa Manager"?????? Turns out it said "Gareth Southgate Announces England Squad" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 4 minutes ago, A'Villan said: Laurent Blanc wants to return to management with a 'big club'. In all seriousness I don't think I can handle two weeks of speculation. Well it looks like Fonseca and Smith have ruled themselves out. I think Rafa and Rodgers will shortly follow suit. - so the feasible shortlist is shaping up. The big unknown is they will gamble on a rookie (Terry, Henry) - or go for someone with a track record QSF / Cavallho - my bet is on the latter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 2 minutes ago, TheStagMan said: Yikes. Just had a shock. I have FotMob on my phone, and it is set to pop up news stories relating to Villa or England, but on the lock screen you only see the first so many characters. It just popped up with "Breaking: Gareth Southgate Announc" I looked at it thinking WTF???? "Gareth Southgate Announced as Aston Villa Manager"?????? Turns out it said "Gareth Southgate Announces England Squad" I thought you were going to say there was a villa player in the squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJT123 Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 Mikel Arteta down from 25/1 to 7/1 in the last couple of hours 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhatAboutTheFinish Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 1 hour ago, fifamad said: Maybe we should go for Zidane or try persuade Pep Guardiola? As an aside, neither of those had any managerial experience when taking over at two of the biggest clubs on the planet. By the reasoning of at least 50% of this forum we certainly won’t get the ‘next’ Pep or Zidane because they will only consider ‘experienced’ managers (for ‘experienced’ read ‘someone who has failed at least once somewhere else’). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheStagMan Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 4 minutes ago, hippo said: I thought you were going to say there was a villa player in the squad. Don't be silly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A'Villan Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 2 minutes ago, hippo said: Well it looks like Fonseca and Smith have ruled themselves out. I think Rafa and Rodgers will shortly follow suit. - so the feasible shortlist is shaping up. The big unknown is they will gamble on a rookie (Terry, Henry) - or go for someone with a track record QSF / Cavallho - my bet is on the latter. Edens definitely went with the former in his first appointment of a head coach with the Milwaukee Bucks. And he got it spot on. Kidd had one season of coaching behind him before being appointed, took the Bucks from a club history low to playoffs within a season. We're a completely different ball game literally, so I don't think Kidd's experience will be indicative of our next managers necessarily. Hopefully the part about it being an apt appointment will be. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 (edited) Someone on Facebooks mate has spoken to a mate (Yeah I know) from Skysports and Wenger as DOF with Henry as Head Coach has been mentioned. ALLEGEDLY Edited October 4, 2018 by JAMAICAN-VILLAN 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newhavenhibby Posted October 4, 2018 Visiting Supporter Share Posted October 4, 2018 (edited) Any appointment is a gamble and it will come down to how the Board see it.................experience at this level against a left fielder. Eyebrows were raised here when Tony Mowbray was appointed out of the backroom at Ipswich with no experience but proved to be one of the best we have had in the last 20 years or so. The same also was true to a certain extent with Stubbs. However he has now failed at 2 follow up clubs in Rotherham and St Mirren. Edited October 4, 2018 by newhavenhibby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momo Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 42 minutes ago, jim said: I suppose it depends on how you define proven better. Bruce improved this club, that hasn't happened since Martin O'Neill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momo Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 (edited) . Edited October 4, 2018 by momo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westholmevillan Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 Pochettino for me! Spuds are going out of the CL ....IMO Would really piss on Levy's chips and he could have Grealish for free! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westholmevillan Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 Pochettino for me! Spuds are going out of the CL ....IMO Would really piss on Levy's chips and he could have Grealish for free! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 8 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: Someone on Facebooks mate has spoken to a mate (Yeah I know) from Skysports and Wenger as DOF with Henry as Head Coach has been mentioned. ALLEGEDLY I have no problem with such rumours, so long as they are this sort of rumour. This pairing could not fail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 1 minute ago, Jareth said: I have no problem with such rumours, so long as they are this sort of rumour. This pairing could not fail. To be fair re Henry there was simply too much smoke. Arsene is out of work and has had his break from football, with his reputation and undoubted contact list in the game, as well as being away from the everyday stress of Management I think it is very feasible. Henry is relatively inexperienced but Arsene is quite a mentor/manager to have right there for some advice! It would be quite exciting IMO. Someone mentioned that Wenger was also a "Dinosaur", I pointed out that the likes of Arsene have been ahead of Bruce since the 90's so simply cannot be put in the same category! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dounavilla Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 12 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: Someone on Facebooks mate has spoken to a mate (Yeah I know) from Skysports and Wenger as DOF with Henry as Head Coach has been mentioned. ALLEGEDLY 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newhavenhibby Posted October 4, 2018 Visiting Supporter Share Posted October 4, 2018 (edited) Incidentally 2 of the worst have been Terry Butcher and Calderwood.......couldn't believe he ended up with you guys under Bruce Was glad to see he was shown the door and not given temporary charge. Edited October 4, 2018 by newhavenhibby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 I don't know why but I've just got this gut feeling about Eddie Howe. He is young, relatively high profile given he is currently managing in the PL, plays attractive football and i think i relatively realistic given the ceiling at Bournemouth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirSteveUK Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 25 minutes ago, Eastie said: Mail saying Fonseca has no interest in the villa job and has ruled it out . i would like to see quique Sanchez Flores get the job and he’s also available at the moment This Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedClaretAndBlue Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 21 minutes ago, hippo said: Well it looks like Fonseca and Smith have ruled themselves out. I think Rafa and Rodgers will shortly follow suit. - so the feasible shortlist is shaping up. The big unknown is they will gamble on a rookie (Terry, Henry) - or go for someone with a track record QSF / Cavallho - my bet is on the latter. Really? I reckon he'd be romantically nourished to work here. Just says he's happy at Brentford and cant answer if he'd like the Villa job if offered. That old chestnut. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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