VillaParkAvenue Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 4 minutes ago, Pissflaps said: So if you believe the press that's all the main targets said no. I had perhaps wrongly assumed we had progressed a deal and it was almost done before firing Gerrard. Clearly not. Excellent work! It seems clear Purslow had planned to keep Gerrard and had not spoken to any candidates. But then Sawiris lost it and Gerrard was out. And now Villa risk being turned down by candidates in the media, every day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 The good thing about Dyche is I'd feel a lot more comfortable just sacking it all off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WallisFrizz Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 I know Villas-Boas seems to be unpopular on here but why do people think he’d be a bad option? I’ve started to see his name floated about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 For what it's worth. Lyric/Joey has been adamant Emery is our first choice for a couple weeks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjaacckk91 Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 I'd love Poch, Tuchel and Emery are both extremely proven but I can't exactly say they are exciting. Rodgers and Frank, don't dislike either, but the timing doesn't make sense, Rodgers doesn't seem in a good place and Frank still have a little to prove. Benitez and Dyche are just the new Allardyce Pulis Bruce Pardew. Do not want. As for the others I just don't follow enough football outside of Villa to know, I'd love it if we could find the next big thing, but the reality is our track record with managers especially foreign ones is questionable at best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted October 22, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted October 22, 2022 5 minutes ago, jim said: Chris Wilder is available No thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 3 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: Lads. I think we can rest assured, we ain't signing Sean Dyche. Never say that. I still remember the McLeish thread and all those layed bets. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishVilla10 Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 4 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: Lads. I think we can rest assured, we ain't signing Sean Dyche. It’s silly people are even mentioning him 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 Just now, PieFacE said: No thanks Spoilsport 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayls Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 So things aren’t going well so far in the hunt for a new coach. Hardly surprising given the fact we are an absolute circus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted October 22, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted October 22, 2022 5 of these names are confirmed not happening i voted dyche, mainly because i think that's just who we'll end up with Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viivvaa66 Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 3 minutes ago, WallisFrizz said: I think they reacted to how toxic it became at Fulham and how truly dreadful the performance was. I’d like to think they had at least starting putting the feelers out before then though because it was clearly on the cards. Based on the report that Sawiris stormed off during the match against Fulham, it’s possible that the owners was kept in the dark how bad thing where by Purslow. I’m convinced that Purslow had no intention to replace his friend Gerrard, that means the club didn’t have any feelers out there. Maybe the owners had some idea how bad things where and had started looking on their own, we maybe never know. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 6 minutes ago, DaveAV1 said: All the press reports about potential managers turning us down, go on to reveal their source as being another press report. I’m not overly convinced. Yep, no quotes, no references to people and generally back to one or two original reports. We don’t know even if we’ve approached those said individuals. We may have been turned down by one or two but I very much doubt we have approached and been turned down by loads. The bookies are guessing, the media pundits are guessing and also saying who wouldn’t come to us without knowing. We just know that Villa are very good at secrets and we generally have no idea until the last minute or until it’s announced. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted October 22, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted October 22, 2022 6 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: For what it's worth. Lyric/Joey has been adamant Emery is our first choice for a couple weeks. he's said that's unlikely and as of now there are no firm names in the frame 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAV1 Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 5 minutes ago, villa4europe said: At best as an excuse I think you can say he's shit the bed over Newcastle and lost his patience over bringing youngsters through and gone with poorly scouted older heads And it's failed The next manager will have Ramsey and Tim to factor in next summer maybe KKH and a.n.other too, that's where we have to be different, not in buying £40m shite every transfer window Proven record of developing youngsters or players just entering their prime not someone who just wants to chuck money at players, especially not someone who wants to chuck money at established PL players Which is why Purslow should be replaced asap. He’s allowed this, you could even say instigated this whole fiasco, worse he’s been the driving force in this continuing way after it had obviously failed. If we are now struggling to attract a manager after faffing about for weeks, while we slid down the table, then the extent of the damage is potentially longer term than we feared. He needs removing quickly with someone capable of moving the club forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 Just now, viivvaa66 said: Based on the report that Sawiris stormed off during the match against Fulham, it’s possible that the owners was kept in the dark how bad thing where by Purslow. I’m convinced that Purslow had no intention to replace his friend Gerrard, that means the club didn’t have any feelers out there. Maybe the owners had some idea how bad things where and had started looking on their own, we maybe never know. They watch the games, they knew well before how bad it was. I don’t buy they didn’t know, maybe they were just holding off a bit longer until they had secured the replacement which maybe close but the Fulham game was so bad Sawiris had enough! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 2 minutes ago, tomav84 said: he's said that's unlikely and as of now there are no firm names in the frame I don’t believe that, these guys don’t seem types to be unprepared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 4 minutes ago, viivvaa66 said: Based on the report that Sawiris stormed off during the match against Fulham, it’s possible that the owners was kept in the dark how bad thing where by Purslow. I’m convinced that Purslow had no intention to replace his friend Gerrard, that means the club didn’t have any feelers out there. Maybe the owners had some idea how bad things where and had started looking on their own, we maybe never know. It’s looking more and more like that. We’ve got what we all wanted though, Gerrard is gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david-avfc Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 27 minutes ago, mikeyjavfc said: This is it really. People have a go at Lange for bad recruitment, but since Purslow appointed Gerrard the recruitment and strategy has clearly been led by Gerrard and any previous long term strategy has been ripped up. Just think about the Sarr deal that Gerrard supposedly torpedoed for example. We really did go all in on Gerrard when he rocked up with his 20 staff. Just too bad he has turned out to be a charlatan all along. I bet Lange has felt very marginalised during Gerrard reign. The strategy showed signs of collapsing before that anyway, Ings is the prime example but even Sanson who was signed the previous January as a major signing has been a total disaster. Things obviously accelerated further with Gerrard at the helm but I think it’s fair to question the recruitment strategy and decisions of the club / board Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaParkAvenue Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 5 minutes ago, tomav84 said: he's said that's unlikely and as of now there are no firm names in the frame That sounds great. Wonderful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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