I was just about to put this on the General Football Thread. I am shocked. I really thought for a young charismatic manager who is still learning, they would have stuck with him for a while longer. After all, they knew what they were doing when then appointed him!
Moyes the logical choice. Do they have anything to spend though in January? That IMO will make the difference in the relegation scrap (and of course the willingness to spend it)
If I were Moyes, Rodgers or whoever I wouldn't touch the Villa job with a barge pole. The words 'chalice' and 'poison' spring to mind
I can't understand why a decent manager would be interested in the Villa job, but I said the same about Sunderland and they got their man in the shape of Allardyce. Remi Garde is apparently in the frame for Villa too. I guess with both of those teams, you get paid handsomely for a few months work, and its getting to the point where everyone knows its a poisoned chalice and failure won't reflect too badly on you.
Evidently Dwight Yorke has thrown his hat into the ring, they wouldn't though .........................would they ?
It would be all Dwight on the night! Please be stupid enough to appoint Yorke! I don't know why Moyes or any decent manager would touch Villa, no money, slow Learner as boss. And no likely further investment what ever relative success they got! Bah!
Seems really harsh on Sherwood given that the club lost its top striker and central midfielder over the Summer and he has hardly had a fortune given to him to replace them. I just hope that they don't have a dead cat bounce in the next couple of weeks and that maybe, just maybe this is the season that Villa and Sunderland finally do the decent thing and get relegated.Then if Bournemouth keep picking up injuries and not points we may have a chance of staying up. After the past three weeks I am feeling increasingly pessimistic about our chances to stay up in any form of style, now I am reduced to hoping for the clichéd three worse teams.
Is Moyes that good a manager? I have my doubts myself, absolutely no guarantee that he would keep that pretty dreadful Villa squad up if he did get the job.
It was rumoured that if his side had lost their last game it was going to be P45 time for him, so James Nursey said on talkSHITE this morning anyway.
I think Moyes at Everton was a bit like Lambert here - right place at right time and had a good squad to work with.
I'm not sure Moyes is that good either, but he is possibly the sort who falls into the; Pulis, Allardyce mould of being a good organizer, who could bring stability but equally likely be unable to really get a club to entertain or really excel. Just what Villa need, so lets hope he gives it a swerve. Bah!
As I have said many a time, it is a roundabout at an out of control funfair. Don't feel sorry for any sacked manager, they are picking up wads on the back of failure. Failure that is in the eyes of the fans and the respective boards. It does not necessarily mean they are bad at their job but the ball hasn't run for them this time around. Next stop and next club it will probably be totally different. It was for Lambert and no doubt it will for the next Villa boss. Changing the manager in terminal cases only has a temporary effect normally, Villa look like relegation fodder.
