DelboyVilla Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 Ronald Koeman anyone?? Rather have Ronald MacDonald!! He's looking for a new position at the moment??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoD Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 I assume this will be like last time where one paper will say 'blah blah' is a front runner or being approached for the job, then a few people will stick money on the guy, his odds drop then more papers/twitter jump on board, more bets lower odds, we all get excited/angry and this thread takes off. So the question is who will it be tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denis_B Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 Pat Murphy on BBC: “I don’t believe that Hughes is Villa’s number one target – I think they’ve already settled on a number one target and quite rightly they won’t tell me who that is,” he said. “I don’t think this has done Mark Hughes a lot of favours in the eyes of [Villa owner] Randy Lerner who is quite hot on these things. “It’s not true that they coveted Hughes last summer. I understand Fulham are also unimpressed by Hughes’s behaviour in the last 24 hours or so. I would say the odds against Mark Hughes have lengthened over the last few hours in terms of being Villa manager. “It’s a bit of a myth Lerner doesn’t want managers under contract. What he’ll do is approach the club and say we want to talk to your manager and that brings in [Everton boss] David Moyes. “There are also free agents – Steve McClaren, Martin Jol, Rafa Benitez – but being a free agent is not getting them extra bonus points in the eyes of Randy Lerner. They’ll have no qualms about approaching a club for a manager that’s under contract.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makouns_grin Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 Nobody has a bloody clue! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maradona10 Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 What about that Spanish guy from Madrid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SempiternalVillain Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 Ronald Koeman anyone?? This better be a joke, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drat01 Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 What about that Spanish guy from Madrid? Most people from Madrid are Spanish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjshare Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 what about the portugese guy from madrid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjshare Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 No! Oh. Good! Though I like his journalism. phil mepham more likely... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maradona10 Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 Quique Sanchez Flores! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makouns_grin Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 Mark Hughes leaves Fulham but Aston Villa do not want him as manager • Hughes activates break clause to leave Craven Cottage • Aston Villa unimpressed by course of events Stuart James, Jamie Jackson and David Hytner guardian.co.uk, Thursday 2 June 2011 23.00 BST Mark Hughes has been left without a club after leaving Fulham and being linked with Aston Villa. Photograph: Paul Thomas/AP Mark Hughes will not be the new Aston Villa manager and has been left without a club after walking out on Fulham on Thursday night. The Welshman had been the favourite to succeed Gérard Houllier but Villa, unimpressed with the course of events that culminated in Hughes activating a break clause in his contract and leaving Fulham, have turned their attention elsewhere. Martin Jol and Steve McClaren are at the top of Villa's shortlist. In a further twist Jol and McClaren, who are out of work and eager to return to employment in the Premier League, will also be leading candidates to take over at Craven Cottage, where Hughes had been expected to sign an improved two-year contract. Martin O'Neill, a former Villa manager, will be another major contender for that post. Mohamed Al Fayed, the Fulham chairman, was furious after Hughes activated the break clause and tendered his resignation. A Fulham spokesperson said: "The chairman became increasingly annoyed by Mark positioning himself for another club, whilst still negotiating with us, and having agreed terms." Fayed was, however, ready to extend Hughes's deal. One view from sources at the club is that contract talks with Hughes fell apart when Fulham felt unable to match the fees demanded by his representative, Kia Joorabchian. Villa's reluctance to move for Hughes comes as something of a surprise. He has been the frontrunner for the Villa post since it emerged this week that Houllier would be stepping down on health grounds. Villa, however, told Fulham that they would not be making an approach for Hughes in the hours before his decision to leave. The Midlands club have since made it clear that their stance has not changed after Hughes's departure from Fulham. It is understood they would have grave reservations about appointing the former Blackburn Rovers and Manchester City manager because of how his departure from Fulham has been handled. Hughes, who is on holiday in Dubai, said in a statement: "I would like to take this opportunity to clarify that neither myself nor my representative have approached or have been approached by another club. This decision to leave Fulham has not been influenced by any outside party." When Villa parted company with Houllier on Wednesday evening, Fulham believed that Hughes would stay loyal to them, as Fayed had done with him on Boxing Day, when the Craven Cottage crowd had called for Hughes's sacking after a 3-1 home defeat by West Ham United that dropped the club into the relegation zone. Hughes's new contract had even gone to the lawyers, with the terms and conditions agreed, in readiness for his signature. Yet in the hours that followed Villa's announcement of Houllier's departure, Hughes went cold on Fulham – and nobody at the London club considered the two events to be unrelated. What Fulham could not understand, however, was that Paul Faulkner, the Villa chief executive, had made it clear to Alistair Mackintosh, his counterpart at Craven Cottage, with whom he gets on well, that Villa did not want Hughes. The Welshman, who describes himself as an ambitious young manager, may have taken a leap of faith as there was a deadline of midnight on Wednesday on the activation of his break clause. The clause permits him to walk away from the club as a free agent at the end of June. Premier League rules prevent him or his representative from contacting or being contacted by other clubs until after that. His back-room entourage, which includes Mark Bowen, Eddie Niedzwiecki, Glyn Hodges and Kevin Hitchcock, remain under contract at Fulham for another year, with no break clauses in their deals. Fulham accepted Hughes's resignation and their impression was that he thought he would get the Villa job, despite the assurances they had received from Faulkner that he would not. Fayed is clear that there is no way back for Hughes at the club. "Roy Hodgson appreciated the club after he had left and [Fayed] believes Mark will do the same," a spokesperson said. Villa say they have an open mind about filling their vacancy. Speculation that Carlo Ancelotti is among their leading candidates is wide of the mark, however. The former Chelsea manager has not received any contact from Villa and he is known to have no interest in the position. Ancelotti, according to sources close to the Italian, is holding out for a club that can offer Champions League football. Roberto Martínez, the Wigan Athletic manager, has, however, emerged as an outsider for the Villa post. O'Neill, who has been out of work since leaving Villa last August, is the bookmakers' favourite for the Fulham jobAs well as Jol and McClaren, other names likely to feature on Fulham's shortlist may include Gianfranco Zola, the former West Ham manager, and Chris Hughton, who led Newcastle United back to the Premier League at the first attempt before being sacked in December. Jol had been Fulham's No1 target last summer, ahead of Hughes, and he had wanted to come. 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cheltenham_villa Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 dont believe it, will be shocked if it doesnt end up being Hughes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briggaman Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 I hate to break this to you all but it's me that they have approached. They offered me a bottle of Jack Daniel's and sex with Imogen Thomas. I'm currently deciding what to do... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjshare Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 I hate to break this to you all but it's me that they have approached. They offered me a bottle of Jack Daniel's and sex with Imogen Thomas. I'm currently deciding what to do... well i'd probably do her after a bottle of jack daniels... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don_Simon Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 I dont understand all this about Ancelotti only coaching a team in the Champions League, he said this a couple of weeks ago: "I would coach West Ham - why not,” he told News of the World. "It's a challenge to manage a team outside of the top four and even in the Championship. "The atmosphere at West Ham is amazing and I can say the same about football in the Championship. "I have respect for every team and the job of my colleagues. It is the same and it doesn't matter if you can manage a top team or a smaller team. "It's your job, and for me it's important to work. I was happy to train in the second division when I was learning. "If a club said to me, 'You can manage this club without money', I'd have to decide whether to accept or not. "Money is not a motivation. The money has never been a motivation for me. "I don't think it's a motivation for the players either. It's not a strong motivation to play for the money at this level. "The motivation is to play, to win, to be the best. To stay at the top as a player, as a manager, this is a good motivation. To give a good image of yourself, this is a good motivation. "The Championship is also fantastic, the stadiums are fantastic. I have seen a lot of games on TV and the atmosphere is fantastic. "If you watch a game in Italy in the second division, then in the stadium there will be say 2,000 people. It is totally different in England." So, either that is a total fabrication, he's had a u-turn of Stewart Downing proportions, or literally no-one bar Lerner and Faulkner has a clue whats going on. I pray for the latter as I really want Don Carlo at the helm! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil324 Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 Why would Hughes quit without a job lined up? Who else is looking at the moment, Chelsea,? yeh right, it has to be the Villa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJohn2 Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 Why would Hughes quit without a job lined up? Who else is looking at the moment, Chelsea,? yeh right, it has to be the Villa. No it does not... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjshare Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 Why would Hughes quit without a job lined up? Who else is looking at the moment, Chelsea,? yeh right, it has to be the Villa. cardiff? it might also be part of a chain that involves redknapp going to chelsea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil324 Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 Why would Hughes quit without a job lined up? Who else is looking at the moment, Chelsea,? yeh right, it has to be the Villa. cardiff? it might also be part of a chain that involves redknapp going to chelsea Fingers crossed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummybloke Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 ahh another day of sitting in the back garden in the sun with the laptop. typically im at work at 6pm no doubt we will make some sort of announcement then, which means messing with my phone. unless randys list of wants has changed, i cant see a manager without premier league experience being given the job unless they are exeptional van gaal, rijkaard, deschamps, hitzfeld all spring to mind IF he is changing what he said he wanted last season. but im still holding out for ancelotti he may not even need to bring wilkins in with him, sid cowans speaks italian and could step up to be the number 2. ancelotti didnt take wilkins with him he worked with himas he was already at the club. although it would be good to get wilkins with ancelotti as that was the dream team for chelsea and results suffered once wilkins was booted out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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