supernova26 Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 I'm coming to the conclusion that appointing the right man is going to be a near impossible task. Therefore I propose Gareth Southgate. Had some good times at 'Boro before getting them relegated. Very unfortunate too be relegated with Bruno Alves missing sitter after sitter. I would worry about hiring a manager who thought that he had signed Bruno Alves, when he had actually signed Afonso Alves :winkold: LOL yes that was him. he missed chance after chance never seen anything like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhioVilla Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 Saw new odds recently that put Martinez at almost even money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanBalaban Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 I'm coming to the conclusion that appointing the right man is going to be a near impossible task. Therefore I propose Gareth Southgate. He's Villa. He was touted by Wenger as good enough to be the England Manager. Highly intelligent and knows his stuff. Nice guy players would want to play for. Had some good times at 'Boro before getting them relegated. Very unfortunate too be relegated with Bruno Alves missing sitter after sitter. I'm feeling good, so good, that McLeish has gone, but to discover Southgate in charge would make me puke. Enough of the recommendations from other managers too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetrees Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 Didn't Rijkaard say he was interested in the job last year? I'm sure he could be tempted away from the Saudi national team. Not saying he is my first choice but I think it would be an interesting appointment if he was given enough time to build his own team like he did in Spain. Hmmm, given enough time.....Villa supporters........how does 6 weeks grab you Frank? :winkold: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 My mate mentioned Ralf Rangnick...hadn't heard much about him myself but his stats look good....again health issues would be a concern.. What would people's thoughts be on someone "left field" like this? Like the wolves situation maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetrees Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 Saw new odds recently that put Martinez at almost even money. I think he bookies, just like the rest of us, do not have any clue. Martinez was top choice, apparently, 12 months ago, so nailed on favourite in the absence of any real information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanBalaban Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 Didn't Rijkaard say he was interested in the job last year? I'm sure he could be tempted away from the Saudi national team. Not saying he is my first choice but I think it would be an interesting appointment if he was given enough time to build his own team like he did in Spain. Only if he brought all that Saudi money with him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoonman Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 DI MATTEO!!!! No they wouldn't he isn't that good. League form hasn't been that impressive, plus the chelsea "in boys" like him so will play for him. Think he would get walked over.But surely having a good spirit around with fan support will fire the players? I'm just too happy and optimistic right now, it's a feeling I haven't had with Villa for 3 years... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 Hoddle made a fist of the wolves job, not the right person for me. I am also dubious of the rhetoric that is spouted on the telly talking about it and doing it is 2 different things. I would prefer a quiet confident, type like Saunders, who has little to say.who prefers to show you not tell you. We need someone more than ever who has an eye for a player, who is confident in the transfer market.Someone who puts big store in a scouting system. A builder, not a live for today, sod tomorrow merchant. We need someone who can fulfil their own full potential with us and grow with the club and bond with us. It needs to be a man on the way up, not on the way down.Experience can be an over valued word.... I much prefer natural Nous any day. some of the so called Experienced managers have had their moments... we need one to have their best moments with us. That man could even be one we have never heard of....send out a search party. But my message to Randy is....for christ sake don't ask/listen to Sir Alex ...He is a past master of selling you a pig in a poke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daweii Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 Di Matteo is only doing well at Chelsea because he is managing Chelsea.. I know AVB struggled to do the same job, but he lost the dressing room. All Di Matteo has done is used his friendship which is not a managerial skill to unite the dressing room, the rest is doing itself as it is Chelsea one of the best teams in the league and one of the best in Europe. Managing a club like that shouldn't be hard provided the players like you.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeps Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 Seems Martinez and Lambert maybe the front runners. I think we might need a figure head above them if we got either in. GH as DOF anyone? Or something along those lines? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulieB Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 I reckon it could be someone completely out of left field. Both Houllier and McLeish took us by surprise. Quite a few VTers won a fair bit of money when Houllier was appointed........ Only cos a certain person tracked Lerner's trip to Corsica! 2 + 2 = 5 et al..... :winkold: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overdubber Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 Southgate sounds good, but would need some reassurance, as he left our club due to our lack of ambition, seeing us sell off the best players to our rivals. Certainly a great defender. Funny enough the same happened when he was manager of Boro, all the players he got playing well were sold off, thus relegation. Unsustainable really. certainly a gentleman and a class act. On a side note, i got one of his shirts from the euro 96, as my aunt was a cleaner at the club at the time, and she asked him for me, saying that her nephew had come all the way from germany and all that. Though having a shirt from a missed penalty shooter is not really something to be proud of I suppose. still great player, and great team player. Don`t know if he is still in management though. Sounds like an unlikely call. Zola has been doing well in Italy, and certainly has a great understanding of the game. Unlikely after his rough time at WHUFC, but still a good man manager, and seems to have a plan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supernova26 Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 Forget Martinez, highly unlikely. "Dear Roberto, you turned us down last year but please will you reconsider again this year" I think Randy and Co have more pride than that and rightly so. He's a myth anyway nearly gets Wigan relegated every year then gets plaudits when they survive by the skin of their teeth. Wigan get 40 million + sky money every season like the rest of us so the 'poor small club' card is a myth as well. Look up Levante who finished 5th in La Liga for a truly "poor" club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanBalaban Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 But my message to Randy is....for christ sake don't ask/listen to Sir Alex ...He is a past master of selling you a pig in a poke. "So you'll send a letter to Randy? That'll nay **** work.....would it?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmythomas Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 Martinez is a raving optimist (which I guess you'd have to be to manage Wigan...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overdubber Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 My mate mentioned Ralf Rangnick...hadn't heard much about him myself but his stats look good....again health issues would be a concern.. What would people's thoughts be on someone "left field" like this? Like the wolves situation maybe? Rangnick is called the prof. here in Germany. After training the VFB reserves, trained regional liga Team Ofterdingen(way above their weight), then took Ulm to the top division, was promptly taken by Stuttgart, who got CL (and beat Man U in their group), was then poached away to Schalke, where he twice got close to the title. Pressure of fans expectation was too much for him (even more fickle than Villa fans), then resigned. Haven`t heard from him since, but certainly a manager with a plan, and has had undoubted success wherever he has been. Don`t know if he would cut with the pressure in the Prem though, although his english is quite funny to listen to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulieB Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 Brendan Rodgers might be a good shout as well. Just reading Pat Murphy bigging him up good style. Please can he bring Dyer & Sinclair from glorious Wales with him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roonst83 Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 No to Rodgers, one season wonder IMO and he was awful at Reading. I'm not sure Lambert is the answer either, Coyle was flavour of the month last year and he has hardly had a great season with Bolton. I would prefer someone with a proven record in the Premier League like Rafa, Hoddle or at worst Martinez. The style of play that Lambert's team have played for the past couple of years far out weigh that of any Owen Coyle team. Lambert has driven Norwich to great success and brought them from a sliding mess to a great footballing team who go out to win every game. Martinez seems to be flavour of the month but people tend to forget how awful Wigan were for 30 games this season and indeed last season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1974Centenary Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 NO No No to Martinez,when is this club going to stop scraping the bottom of somebody elses barrel?You look for the cream not the crap! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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