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The Next Villa Manager Part 3


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Who do you want as the next Villa manager  

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  1. 1. Who do you want as the next Villa manager

    • Moyes
      305
    • Benitez
      86
    • McClaren
      15
    • Martinez
      41
    • Hughes
      54
    • Poyet
      4
    • Coyle
      23
    • Rijkaard
      87
    • Other (Please State)
      39


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Just got back from work and missed about 100 pages here. Been on twitter all day though.

I really find it frustrating that the national media want to believe that Martinez was always our #1 target and that we are back to square one. We interviewed 4 people when Houllier got the job what makes these people think that was not the process this time. When we contacted Wigan I'll bet we contacted Everton, maybe Bolton who knows. We are being portrayed as clueless rocket polishers and the bastards will probably spin it into Bent-signing-out-of-fear-and-desperation proportions when we unveil Moyes. They'll say we threw wads of cash at him because we were desperate.

Whelan knew Martinez was up against some bigger names and saw the liklihood he would not get the job so came out and made it impossible for Martinez not to sign a new contract. Clever but it's made us look like fools and the press are lapping it up.

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Agree about this money for Mcleish it's been constant and sustained throughout the day. His price now is shocking. I still think it could be a blue fan with too much cash having a joke with us all.

Yeah, I think it's an attempt at market manipulation. I can't believe it's based on any real-life info.

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OMG!! Just tried to put a bet on Moyes joining us and betting has been SUSPENDERED!!!!!11!!!one!!

Who was it with? Only skybet have this Market open at the moment. Sorry to burst your bubble mate ;)

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Looks like Rijkaard could go to FC Twente

Looks like we could have blown a huge opportunity there. So frustrating, the only decent manager who actually wants the job gets over looked.

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Looks like Rijkaard could go to FC Twente

Looks like we could have blown a huge opportunity there. So frustrating, the only decent manager who actually wants the job gets over looked.

I don't believe Rijkaard has done anything to deserve to be mentioned as good manager, mixed success at Barca.

Sacked in his other two jobs. Pretty much sacked from all three jobs.

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Aston Martinez no more - Villa's treble HELL - Daily Star

RANDY LERNER is used to getting it in the neck from his Cleveland Browns fans.

And Randy Lerner is in danger of suffering the same treatment at Villa Park.

No matter how hard Aston Villa’s PR machine tries to spin it, the decision of Roberto Martinez to turn down the manager’s job is one of the most embarrassing slaps in the face the club have suffered in decades.

Chairman Lerner might have feared grief if he had flown in the face of fan opinion and appointed Steve McClaren as Gerard Houllier’s successor.

But he is likely to face a whole lot more over his increasingly farcical hunt for a new boss.

Villa keep putting out official statements insisting they are determined to stay true to “heritage, competitiveness and passionate fan base”.

Yet Lerner appears to be making one gaffe after another in the search to bolster an investment which stands at close on £200m since he arrived in 2006.

The American’s decision to cross the pond and invest £65m to buy out Doug Ellis and take a shot at the Premier League in 2006 gave him a wonderful relief from the misery of watching his NFL franchise lose season after season.

In the nine years since Lerner inherited the Browns following the death of his father in 2002, they have ended the season with a winning record – more victories than defeats – just twice.

The one managerial decision he has got right was the appointment of Martin O’Neill in 2006, but that was a no-brainer and much of the spadework was done by Deadly Doug.

Villa fans could not wait to see the back of the octogenarian Ellis five years ago, but in the last 12 months some of them may have cast envious glances back to the past in their darkest moments.

Everything has unravelled at Villa Park since the day in August last year when O’Neill confirmed the cracks in the relationship with his owner by walking out on the club.

After three successive sixth-place finishes, forays into the Europa League, a Carling Cup final and an FA Cup semi-final, O’Neill felt he was not getting the financial backing he needed to keep up the club’s progress.

He went with a flea in his ear when General Charles Krulak, Lerner’s mouthpiece and right-hand man, labelled O’Neill selfish and not a team player.

How they could do with O’Neill now – because everything that has followed since he walked out the door has been what Lerner may call one bum call after another, starting with the crazy decision to appoint Houllier as his replacement.

Houllier’s subsequent exit on health grounds after nine months came at a cost of almost £2.5m to Lerner.

The Frenchman, 63, was a man out of time even when he arrived, casually mentioning at his unveiling that he could not start work for two weeks.

It was an accident waiting to happen.

Villa fans quickly wanted him out, and he did himself no favours with an extraordinary love-in with his former club Liverpool after a 3-0 hammering at Anfield in December.

Villa have been through four bosses in less than 12 months – O’Neill, Kevin MacDonald, Houllier and Gary McAllister.

They appear no closer to naming a fifth after the debacle of the last few days.

The crass comments Villa made about the manner of Mark Hughes’ walk-out on Fulham was a foot-in-mouth episode, especially when they had not fully investigated the reasons for the resignation.

Carlo Ancelotti was “sounded out” and politely did not laugh.

Then Rafael Benitez was spoken to and was apparently keen, until he found out that the financial plans in place for squad building this summer did not meet his own lofty requirements.

Throw in Villa’s decision to cancel a scheduled interview with McClaren at less than 24 hours’ notice because they had “got their man” and it is little wonder that the credibility of Lerner and chief executive Paul Faulkner has taken a battering.

Villa are consoling themselves that they only missed out on Martinez because of his special relationship with Wigan owner Dave Whelan.

Perhaps they could have saved themselves embarrassment by finding that out first and scrubbing Martinez from the top of their list.

His decision was swiftly followed by clear rebuffs from David Moyes and Owen Coyle, who made it clear Villa would be wasting their time making an approach.

The word is going round other targets that Lerner is cutting back his financial commitments.

Gareth Barry has been sold. James Milner has been sold and Ashley Young will be joining the exodus in the next few days.

Brad Friedel has left for Tottenham, while Stewart Downing may be another on his way as he goes looking for Champions League football.

Before making another move, Lerner should make sure the Villa Park entrance sign is as clearly labelled as the exit.

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