The Next Villa Manager Odds

Let's gift them Steve Kean. he'll have thenm in the Champions League next season. Whoops, he's still confusing the Champions league with the Championship.

Where is Brendan Rodgers .... would get us playing

I'm very afraid that we're stuck with McLeish....

I fancy £20 on Poyet & maybe even your assistant incase you promote from within.

That bookie was definitely reading some of the articles on here...

like some of those in the list I must admit!

Good point oxfordspur but I don't think Kmac really wants the job..He enjoys his current role and is eexcellent at it. Would Martinez, Poyet or Lambert want to leave their 'safe' jobs? If not, what about Lee Clark. Out of work. Great record at Huddersfield. Maybe an experienced Director of Football with him? I know that system hasn't always worked but I thought Houllier would get that role when he left.

KMAC is good at what he does. You do not put someone who can drive a mini in the pilots seat of a plane. It is dangerous. Leave him where he is and where he is actually very comfortable and very good. This is where it all gets interesting though because there are so many options available (or could be made available) there will not be a single candidate who we all agree on. However as supporters we must not be seen as dictating who replaces McMuppet. What Lerner must do is learn andunderstand that there will always be one or two people that would simply never be accepted as Villa Manager and avoid them like the plague. We are fair minded supporters, but many Villa Fans are knowlegeable football men who live and breath the club and automatically know when an error of judgement is about to be made. We knew it about McLaren and we knew it about McMuppet. This isn't the fans choosing, this was basic commom sense and the feeling that an American who doesn't quite grasp the whole culture yet, was walking us down a terrible road. So to many of the names on the list there would be a welcome sign bigger than McMuppet's excuses list. Capello, Benitez, Martinez, Hughton, Poyet/Zola ( I have mentioned that a few times as the talk within the club) Lambert, Rogers, Deschamps, DiMatteo. Yes to all. Megson. ODeary, Strachan, Worthington, Lennon, Keane, Withe, McCarthy No to all. The rest are interesting choices and it would be fun. So unless Randolph is about to make another m

I'd be very happy with either of the first 2, if not Slaven Bilic.

Sorry but McLeish is staying, there is no doubt

I like MarkMac's idea.... brilliantly simple! However, seriously, lets try and keep a lid on this until the time is right.... if it's right. We currently have the Idiot still in situ.

Its nice to hope i suppose don't mean to be a misery spoil sport but just can not see Randy sacking Mcleish, it would cost in excess of upto £4million to pay him off and his backroom staff then then if by a miracle and Mcgrath willing Randy does sack the clueless twerp it would then cost more Millions to buy say Lambert or Rodgers out of there respected clubs contracts so if Randy does sack Mcleish expect Curbishley or a Bruce as Randy would not have to pay any clubs money to sign them as they are out of work, i wonder why they are out of work lol, nah for me Mcleish is still going to be here next season and i will not be if this is the case sorry! UTV!

Mark from Dudley, I don't agree with you on Martinez. Unlike McLeish, he's never taken a club down from the Premiership. I'd rather have a fresh start with him in charge and the fans fully behind him than stick with McLeish any day of the week. I accept it looks unlikely McLeish will leave right now given the comments he's come out with, but I'd be flabbergasted if he's still in charge by the time the new season starts.

Why aint i on the list ???

Strachan, Lennon, McCarthy, Bruce, Souness!!!!! Someone is having a laugh!! They make Eck look like a manager as they're all as bad as each other!!!!

I think Martinez is a shoe-in, he's taken Wigan as far as he can, had a great run of late. He will want to leave on a high, Randy will get him this time. Come to Villa, 5 year plan to rebuild the club from top to bottom, what a great challenge for a young manager. I've been texting my Blackburn fan mate saying McLeish would be perfect for them :)

Di Matteo would be good, if Chelsea don't offer him the job then i'm sure he'd be tempted to take a managerial job elsewhere and Villa wouldn't be a bad place to start your managerial career! A young upcoming manager is something i'd love to see. Failing that, Martinez or Lambert would be good. Deschamps or Bilic i'd also take

I know Fear rubbishes the rumour, but I keep getting told that Randy is going to sell us, so why would he sack Eck and pay him compo? I hope this is wrong, but iit's going to cost a fair old lump of money to get shot of this clown.

As long as the board continue with only considering candidates with prem league epxerience our short list of realistic targets becomes even shorter... They are far too blinkered and have zero football knowledge between them. Along side a new manager the number 1 thing we need to do right now is get a new cheif exec and director of football who know the game inside out. If it is right at the top level if filters down through the whole club. Wrong at the top, as it is now, wrong throughout the whole club ..

Bring back DOL, I miss him!!!!!!!!!!!! JOKING... JOKING! Then again, with the money Randy spent when he first came, I think he'd have done a better job than MON to be fair, he was a cheque book manager and MON wasn't!