26 May 2016 22:11:59
Apparently Di Matteo is about to be introduced as our new manager.
WOW, that's a surprise!
Newspapers reporting at 9.45 that it is confirmed.
Might stay up all night to get official statement. Perhaps not.
26 May 2016 23:02:02
Guessing your not a fan of roberto all i can say is get behind him we need every1 100 percent behind our team this season i think our club shouldn't even be down there let's hope we can bounce back straight away!
27 May 2016 09:56:41
No problems with Di Matteo.
Just want it all settled before I pop my clogs.
I, like all of the other posters cannot understand why we are dragging our feet in getting pen to paper.
27 May 2016 18:33:10
It's taken Man Utd months to confirm the appointment of Mourinho. It takes time with any appointment. Just be patient.
26 May 2016 21:37:01
Hi People I've been reading a few of your posts and Just thought i would say that until Dr Xia has passed the FA tests then he is not officially owner of Aston Villa and therefore i would of thought unable to make any appointments of staff, although he may well have struck a deal with a manager already on the understanding that it would not be announced until he himself was installed as owner properly.
Therefore if he as already struck a deal the new manager could be already going about his business all be it unofficially, looking at and contacting various players and potential staff etc.
26 May 2016 22:38:12
The club can make the appointment though.
In the same way that they can appoint any employee
It really is that simple
O'Neill was appointed before Ellis Lerner was in situ. Did anyone doubt he was anything but a Lerner appointment? (despite Doug's grandstanding)
26 May 2016 22:38:50
This happened back before Lerner took over. It was doug Ellis that braught in Martin O'Neil,
26 May 2016 23:49:49
Go back and read what I wrote. That's what I said
My point is, do you really think Lerner had nothing to do with the decision to appoint O'Neill?
Allowing Doug to take the the credit was a parting gift that appealed to the old man's vanity
O'Neill was a Lerner appointment.
26 May 2016 23:50:32
Agree Mendax, but if RDM is Dr. Xia choice of manager and the club appointed him on his behalf and then, god forbid the good doctor failed the FA's test then we would be left with a manager that may not be the choice of anyone else that purchased the club, that is why i thought that it would make sense to wait for the owner to be installed before the manager of his choice.
27 May 2016 04:30:20
they will have an idea that the tests are going OK. that's why we have waited till now. tests will be passed off early next week.
26 May 2016 14:38:45
nigel pearson is about to become new derby manager. Di matteo looking likely for us now but don't rule out Neil warnock as I've herd this morning that he has met with xia s people and put his case forward that's why he turned down the chance to stay at Rotherham. I'm digging a bit now to see if I can find anything out. if you like a flutter though people put a cheeky 10er on warnock.
26 may 2016 15:56:23
utter rubish warnock was on sky a week ago and said he hadnt spoke to villa and he reckons villa already have there man he only wants to manage championship football his nearly 70 he said he will quit if he gets a team up. di matteo will be our manager as soon as the xia gets the green light.
26 May 2016 17:00:18
Villa making same mistake year after year, Pearson is there, seems like he would like the job, most qualified and most likely to ensure success, GO AND GET HIM!
26 May 2016 18:42:25
warnock was also on talk sport the day before he joined Rotherham and said he had not spoken to them. he ain't going to say I'm coming into villa is he before the club want it made public!
26 May 2016 18:45:49
Go get him villa, drive him as far away as possible, and leave him there.
26 May 2016 19:48:34
I'd like warnock.
26 May 2016 21:03:55
Not my 1st choice but. don't you think that if Warnock had 1 last season before he retires, that he would want to leave his mark, legacy or whatever? He'd give it his all, we (rightly) accuse players of not trying, but Warnock for 1 season would throw everything at it to get us back up and he wouldn't take any carp off our 'superstars', he's probably the most experienced football league manager out there? Give him a nice payday if he does it for us, win win, then we'd have managers begging us for the job.
UTV.
26 May 2016 21:53:18
i heard warnock on with brazil this morning and he clearly fancies it. it made me think though, right now we don't need a head coach, we need a manager, someone who stamps their footprint all over the club - fergie, wenger, big sam etc. of those around warnock and pearson fit that mark, neither would be my first choice (dyche), but right now i'd settle for stability and some foundations in place to get back to the premier league with everything around the club to stay there. i know we'll get a director of football etc - but how many of those in the english game would you say are successful?
i am genuinely excited for the future and am looking forward to next season, whoever the manager is i will back 100% (unless he keeps gabby as captain! ) and wish him luck in the transfer market
utv.
27 May 2016 17:29:54
After all the replies when I put about getting Pearson, let's see who finishes higher Derby or Villa, only the deluded will be backing us, absolute shambles we are, after hollis said in the next week we will appoint a British manager now we're sat waiting for Di Matteo. No matter whose in charge my season tickets brought an ill back them all the way but doesn't hide the fact just how much a joke we have become! Hope they pull a rabbit out the hat an we see Moyes make a U turn.
26 May 2016 13:27:23
Hearing Aston Villa's new manager will almost certainly be RDM. Some of the players I have heard mentioned include Cyrus Christie, Ruben Loftus Cheek and Danny Ings - Also RDM wants to maintain as many of the current squad players as possible, hopefully this means the likes of Amavi, Gueye and Ayew will remain at the club - Departures for Lescott and Agbonlahor expected for non footballing reasons.
26 May 2016 13:43:36
No way Danny ings no way he would want to keep current squad pmsl dreamer.
26 May 2016 14:08:27
Totally agree, only reporting what I've been told - I don't think RLC would come either but maybe these are the calibre of players we are looking at!
26 May 2016 14:10:33
And by current squad I mean the likes of Gueye, Vertout, Gil, Ayew, Amavi etc. The likes of Richardson, Richards, Nzogbia etc etc are all being let go, or so I'm told anyway!
26 May 2016 14:48:21
roberto di matteo it probably is but don't rule out Neil warnock. I've been told he has met dr xia s people and that's the main reason he did not continue at Rotherham. and if you like a flutter at 25/ 1 I'd stick a cheeky 10er on. I've been told a few players we have been looking at include tielemans embolo and sule. all great young players that if we were still in prem would be great but I'd be shocked if any come to us in championship.
{Ed001's Note - Tielemans? Embolo? Sule? You wouldn't have a chance of them in the Prem, let alone in the Championship! You are back to form again.}
26 May 2016 15:02:34
Yeah I think those are a little far fetched KingVilla - These are too young players, particularly Tielemans!
26 May 2016 15:07:54
I've stated I don't think we have a chance if you read the post mate lol. just a few names we have looked at.
26 May 2016 15:11:28
Villa scouted tielemans 7 times last season however that was when we were a prem side,
{Ed001's Note - and were told there was no chance of him joining.}
26 May 2016 15:17:09
don't know what point you trying to make Ed. all I've said is we have looked at these players. I also stated I feel no chance!
{Ed001's Note - the point is it is pointless even naming them. May as well name Neymar, Messi and Suarez.}
26 May 2016 15:31:01
no Ed the players I've stated we were scouting all of last season so who is talking unrealistic now lol . Messi Neymar I wish. as I said in 1st post no chance in this league but who knows next summer!
26 May 2016 15:35:41
Look Ed001 - what you know full well is that those players would beg to play for a club like Villa if we were prem top half, you negative lot make it sound like its thé club regardless of position! Do you think those players would go to Liverpool if they had five miserable years then relegation?! Of course not is the answer.
{Ed001's Note - they are looking for a Champions League team actually, not a top half team.}
26 May 2016 15:38:31
Youre clearly from Small Heath park Ed001.
{Ed001's Note - you really are a moron if that is the kind of idiotic reply that you come up with. If you were intelligent enough to use your brain, you would have done the obvious thing and looked at my profile to see which team I support. As if I would have red as my avatar if I was a blue nose!}
26 May 2016 16:42:56
^^^^hahaha I nearly wet meself.
26 May 2016 17:17:07
Kingvilla talking rubbish! Come on people that's harsh.
26 May 2016 18:43:02
blah blah blah. kingvilla this kingvilla that lol.
{Ed033's Note - You're a rock star now, kingvilla
26 May 2016 19:24:32
I'm waiting for Kingvilla's next exclusive. John Carver for manager😂.
26 May 2016 23:52:43
All i am saying, is give peace a chance!
26 May 2016 18:55:43
Ed01 (Jesus)
Harsh, of course these players want to join villa! We are also looking at Rooney, hart, and bringing in zlatan.
These are facts, and are not desputed!
Come on, ed you know that every player obviously wants to not only not play in champions league, or prem, that they want to play in championship! With a club that has no owner yet, no manager yet, and fans that can't find a positive in anything!
Blindly they obviously want to play in claret and blue, because we wt villa! Lol.