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!
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.
True, but would have said that about Sunderland.....They just walloped Newcastle, who walloped us!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![]()
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.
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.