One For The Road Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 2 hours ago, Herman22 said: Would Wenger be convinced to take a DoF or similar role? No. It really isn't going to help the new manager having part of our fan base expecting a world class manager turn up. I'm hearing some mental names. Wenger? I mean, seriously? Rodgers? It was Zidane and Fonseca earlier too. Think Dean Smith and work out from there. Maybe Henry will get his first managers gig but we really need to tone these names down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 13 minutes ago, One For The Road said: Let's hope we don't go for Sven Goran Eriksson. He's a Swede. and well past his best before date Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted October 3, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted October 3, 2018 18 minutes ago, One For The Road said: Let's hope we don't go for Sven Goran Eriksson. He's a Swede. That would be a turnip for the books. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted October 3, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted October 3, 2018 (edited) 10 minutes ago, One For The Road said: No. It really isn't going to help the new manager having part of our fan base expecting a world class manager turn up. I'm hearing some mental names. Wenger? I mean, seriously? It was Zidane and Fonseca earlier too. Think Dean Smith and work out from there. Maybe Henry will get his first managers gig but we really need to tone these names down. It's hilarious. People honestly need a **** reality check. In the last few pages we've had Benitez Zidane Henry (With Wenger as DoF) Fonseca Ranieri Andres Villas-Boas People need to take a step back and realise where we are. Apart from maybe Ranieri, nobody above will come here. To be honest Rodgers is also a massive long shot. I'd say he's the absolute highest we could attract, and that's unlikely. Edited October 3, 2018 by Stevo985 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: It's hilarious. People honestly need a **** reality check. In the last few pages we've had Benitez Zidane Henry (With Wenger as DoF) Fonseca Ranieri Andres Villas-Boas People need to take a step back and realise where we are. Apart from maybe Ranieri, nobody above will come here. it's not going to happen. it's honestly embarassing to even suggest some of them To be honest Rodgers is also a massive long shot. I'd say he's the absolute highest we could attract, and that's unlikely. I could be wrong but didn’t Neil Lennon leave Celtic to join Bolton and it was deemed as a step up in his career? Edit: seems he left, took a small break and then joined Bolton. Edited October 3, 2018 by Vive_La_Villa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 (edited) While we are in a crap league and not the most attractive option by far for most ambitious managers it should also be remembered that we are paying our managers far more than but a handful of clubs in the world. IF Bruce is on £3m/year then he's probably top 50 in the world when it comes to salary, even on half of that he'd still clock in pretty high. Granted we don't want a manager who comes here for the money alone. But let's be honest, it will be a factor. £3m/year wont bring in the top managers in the world, but there are a lot of quality managers out there earning only a fraction of that and among them I'm certain there are quite a few who'd love the challenge. Edited October 3, 2018 by sne 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QldVilla Posted October 3, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted October 3, 2018 I agree some are being a little far fetched with their wishes for a new manager. Maybe the new owners can sell their ambition to attract a high profile manager, you can't rule it out, but we are in the Championship. It would be very difficult to attract Benetez, but he has coached in the Championship, and he isn't happy at Newcastle with the lack of transfer funds, so there may be a small chance he could be interested. But Rodgers I couldn't see unless we were back in the premier league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One For The Road Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 (edited) 31 minutes ago, fightoffyour said: That would be a turnip for the books. Oh dear. These vegetable puns are sprouting up all over the place. I just want to see the man-go.* *(Artistic license) Edited October 3, 2018 by One For The Road 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted October 3, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted October 3, 2018 To be fair I think everyone is joking about Zidane, at least I hope so. The owners would have to be making some pretty bold promises to attract any kind of big name manager, and back that up with some serious FFP busting type spending which could backfire horrendously (again). I'm not arsed if the manager is a big name, I want a great coach, just having a team trained well as a unit, that does the basics properly would be enough with our group of players to see a massive improvement. Then some central defenders in Jan and we might even turn the season around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewiek2 Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 With our new veg based football philosphy, and a left-field appointment likely, there's only one man for the job... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jareth Posted October 3, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted October 3, 2018 2 minutes ago, stewiek2 said: With our new veg based football philosphy, and a left-field appointment likely, there's only one man for the job... Ray Wilkins is dead, have some respect. 4 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastie Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 Quique Sanchez Flores 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted October 3, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted October 3, 2018 31 minutes ago, QldVilla said: I agree some are being a little far fetched with their wishes for a new manager. Maybe the new owners can sell their ambition to attract a high profile manager, you can't rule it out, but we are in the Championship. It would be very difficult to attract Benetez, but he has coached in the Championship, and he isn't happy at Newcastle with the lack of transfer funds, so there may be a small chance he could be interested. But Rodgers I couldn't see unless we were back in the premier league. Benitez only managed down here because he took over in the Prem and then they got relegated. I don't think there's any chance he'd have gone to Newcastle if they were already down. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted October 3, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted October 3, 2018 We'll end up with someone like Simon Grayson. I remember when people wanted Ancelotti and we ended up with McLeish hahahah 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 Fans eventually hound out managers at all clubs that aren’t performing. We’ve done it to every manager since MON. Understandably of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbr600rr Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 told ya.. big sam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One For The Road Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, QldVilla said: It would be very difficult to attract Benetez, but he has coached in the Championship, and he isn't happy at Newcastle with the lack of transfer funds, Right, so he is the Premier League but he isn't happy with a lack of transfer funds and he will come to Villa, in the Championship and have almost no money whatsoever? Edited October 3, 2018 by One For The Road Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farlz Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 It's been said how many times but this next appointment HAS to be spot on. No more short term managers, we need to start building for the future and develop a clear style of play. Please, please get this right Villa. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommo_b Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 7 minutes ago, cbr600rr said: told ya.. big sam God I really hope not, I’d give up on football for life if that happened. its got Thierry Henry written all over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHV Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 1 hour ago, Stevo985 said: It's hilarious. People honestly need a **** reality check. In the last few pages we've had Benitez Zidane Henry (With Wenger as DoF) Fonseca Ranieri Andres Villas-Boas People need to take a step back and realise where we are. Apart from maybe Ranieri, nobody above will come here. To be honest Rodgers is also a massive long shot. I'd say he's the absolute highest we could attract, and that's unlikely. Having watched Celtic this season Rodgers can stay where he is 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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