[Albion] Roberto Di Matteo

[crodonilson]

Nether Steve Bruce or Chris can really go to Villa, having managed Birmingham. Look what happened to Alex Mc Leish when he crossed over. Your on a hiding to nothing before you start with the fans.

I was thinking this. When Big 'eck went there from Birmingham before he never got a fair crack at the whip. He kept them up and in hindsight given he had to sell his best players and buy on the cheap he did a decent job but the bufoons who support Villa wouldn't forgive him for having allegiances with their near neighbours from Small Heath. Perhaps given their desperate plight they may be more generous with Bruce but I'd still think a couple of poor results and they'll soon be on his back.

 

[dazzer6666]

CH will be shooting up the long-serving manager rankings!

Nah....these all started long after him !

 

[Finchley Seagull]

Let us hope they don't come knocking at our door for Chris.

I wonder if he would be tempted ?

I very much doubt he would be tempted. Ignoring the apparently trigger happy chairman and a club still in turmoil from last year, he's a former Birmingham manager and still popular there. Very much doubt he'd be wanted by Villa fans (for that reason) and he seems more loyal to clubs than that. And finally I think we've got a much better chance of going up this season than them.

 

[Steve in Japan]

Nah....these all started long after him !

Ah good point. Then do we need another chart by Club showing number of managerial appointments in the last,say, 5 years? (looking at you Derby, Leeds etc etc).

 

[dazzer6666]

Ah good point. Then do we need another chart by Club showing number of managerial appointments in the last,say, 5 years? (looking at you Derby, Leeds etc etc).

This is close........................

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Football_League_Championship_managers

 

[Blues Rock DJ]

step forward.......Big Sam !!

 

[Gwylan]

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Is Bradley the first ever US manager in English football? I'm certain he's the first in the PL

 

[Shatner's Bassoon]

Is Bradley the first ever US manager in English football? I'm certain he's the first in the PL

In the Premier League, yes, but didn't Chester have some weird owner/manager back in the late 90s/early 2000s? I think he was an American Football coach, and I remember him at Withdean, barking out strange instructions to his baffled players.

 

[Gwylan]

In the Premier League, yes, but didn't Chester have some weird owner/manager back in the late 90s/early 2000s? I think he was an American Football coach, and I remember him at Withdean, barking out strange instructions to his baffled players.

You're right. Terry Smith - forgot about him.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Smith_(football)

 

[Shatner's Bassoon]

You're right. Terry Smith - forgot about him.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Smith_(football)

That's the one. Two things stand out from that article: the fact that one of his "methods" was to say the Lord's Prayer during team talks, and the fact that he managed to get a win over us. Those were the days!

 

[BensGrandad]

I said it was on Rumours yesterday that he was going today to be replaced by either Bruce or if they can get him Dean Smith from Brentford who was previously with Walsall so probably still has a house there.

 

[mikeyjh]

Ah good point. Then do we need another chart by Club showing number of managerial appointments in the last,say, 5 years? (looking at you Derby, Leeds etc etc).

Derby? 4 full time managers in last 7.5 years.

 

[Icy Gull]

Exactly what I thought. Bruce will get the gig though in my opinion.

Bruce will turn them around if he chooses to take the job. he has got two very average Hull sides promoted. Getting Villa up will be simple by comparison. Hope he turns them down if offered.

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

In the Premier League, yes, but didn't Chester have some weird owner/manager back in the late 90s/early 2000s? I think he was an American Football coach, and I remember him at Withdean, barking out strange instructions to his baffled players.

Danny Cullips debut for the Albion that game!

 

[Mo Gosfield]

What has done for Di Matteo is no win in nine. Their only real standout poor result was losing on saturday to Preston 0-2. I wouldn't call the following ( considering who they've played ) particularly bad results....
Wednesday ( a )....0-1
Rotherham ( h ).....3-0
Huddersfld..( h )....1-1
Derby ( a )..............0-0
Bristol C ( a )..........1-3
Forest ( h )..............2-2
Brentford ( h ).........1-1
Ipswich ( a )...........0-0
Newc ( h )................1-1
Barnsley ( a ).......... 1-1
Preston ( a ).............0-2

One win, seven draws and three defeats on the face of it doesn't look too good but they have had some tricky fixtures.

 

[Pavilionaire]

I always had my doubts about RDM, I think that if you stay out of the game too long like he did you can lose your touch and lose your contacts.

He went out and bought a new team stuffed with proven Championship quality but couldn't make it happen.

Football logic dictates Steve Bruce is the right appointment but I desperately hopefully the Villa chairman will compound the problems with a foreign manager with no experience of British football. If he lands Bruce then getting Villa up this season will probably be too tall an order but next season with Newcastle and Norwich out of the way Villa may be well placed to kick on. We need another sh1te appointment to rule them out of the game for next season too.

 

[Garry Nelson's Left Foot]

I always had my doubts about RDM, I think that if you stay out of the game too long like he did you can lose your touch and lose your contacts.

He went out and bought a new team stuffed with proven Championship quality but couldn't make it happen.

Football logic dictates Steve Bruce is the right appointment but I desperately hopefully the Villa chairman will compound the problems with a foreign manager with no experience of British football. If he lands Bruce then getting Villa up this season will probably be too tall an order but next season with Newcastle and Norwich out of the way Villa may be well placed to kick on. We need another sh1te appointment to rule them out of the game for next season too.

Why? We're going up this season.

 

[Pavilionaire]

Why? We're going up this season.

I know that, but just in case The Complete and Utter Shyster has another hand in our fate we need a Plan B.

 

[Ernest]

If Pearson hadn't have gone to Derby he would have been a SHOE in for the Villa job, now he has been OSTRICHSISED

 

[grubbyhands]

I too can see Villa dropping straight through the championship this season, abject side from what I've seen.