I’d like to say I’m glad.
But the truth is I’m not.
We now have to pretty much start from scratch, with a new manager having to get to know the players and all that involves.
That said, Roberto Di Matteo had to go, because it simply wasn’t working.
And I have to doff my cap at how quickly Dr Xia and the board have reacted.
Which tells me that they’d already done the background work in implementing a plan B.
And I’d expect the announcement of a new manager very shortly, which tells me it’s going to be Steve Bruce.
Unless we’re going to use the international break to negotiate with another club as we pinch their manager.
All interesting, but sadly, still turbulent times.
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100 responses to “RDM sacking confirmed”
A lot of the media are running with David Wagner, they are like ourselves haven’t got a clue. I cant see him leaving Huddersfield he is doing a great job there, then again money talks.
He’s that good thought they were lucky at VP they put pressure on us for about the last 10 then we gifted them the draw.
Pullis 16/1 lol waiting for pep to pop up
Actually I’d take Pullis over all of them. He knows how to win 1.0 and hold onto a lead all day long. WBA results wise arnt doing that badly either top 10 easily. He would take us up and get us midtable next year. Great choice imo
David Wagner is the former assistant to pools manager. huddersfield were tipped by many to be relegation fodder this year. i am with giddy this guy is a massive risk, but on the other =hand he if he can get villa playing like pool. what a ride we would enjoy.
I thought he managed dortmund reserves????
yeah i read he was with klopp at dortmund. i will double check
yeah say he was manager of dortmund2 and that he was rumored to join klopp but ended up at huddersfield, i was just saying if he has the same philosophy as klopp the high press, the 5 players all working in tandem to hunt the ball. one sitting midfielder. cause pool are impressive of late.
Pool have much better players than us though. Defensively pool are rubbish but they work on out scoring teams which is exactly what we should be doing with a decent attack but crap defence
I don’t know about a risk I’d say suicide
Personal information
Date of birth October 19, 1971 (age 44)
Place of birth Geinsheim am Rhein, West Germany
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
Huddersfield Town (Head coach)
Youth career
SV Geinsheim
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1991 Eintracht Frankfurt 1 (0)
1991–1995 Mainz 05 94 (19)
1995–1997 Schalke 04 29 (2)
1997–1999 FC Gütersloh 49 (7)
1999 SV Waldhof Mannheim 5 (0)
1999–2002 SV Darmstadt 98 76 (21)
2002–2004 TSG Weinheim
2004–2005 Germania Pfungstadt
National team
1996–1998 United States 8 (0)
Teams managed
2011–2015 Borussia Dortmund II
2015– Huddersfield Town
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
who is your choice bill
I’m up in the air Nath, to be honest Bruce but will the fans ? I just don’t know.
I’m being realistic by standing by Bruce
we should all comment on the new manager when announced, then we can return to the posts, a villa time-capsule see who was right.
iam sitting on the uncomfortable fence. i would be more than happy with bruce. dean smith looks interesting to me.
Forget smith nowhere near good enough for us job miles too big for him
Lots of speculation.
Nath I’ve fallen off the fence (too much wine) and find myself in a bed of nettles but I’m going with Bruce. I don’t care a toss whether he used to manage Blues in a former life he’s a much better manager than McClueless will ever be. Just think he has the experience and nouse that we need right now.
RDM was always a risk – we can’t afford to take another risk now like Wagner, Johnson (sic) et al.
inexperience might work at smaller clubs like birmingham and hudderfield , but i agree experience at villa is essential. he will have massive expectation from fans and owner. he will have more press intrusions than smaller clubs. he needs to deal with all this and more. plus take off the pressure of the players. cause we have seen players suffering with too much pressure on their shoulders.
one thing RDM has left, is decent crop of players, might not be everyones cuppa T, but this group should have had enough to easily be top 6. its still not too late if the new guy can get instant reaction, other clubs seem to get this reaction we never do, hopefully this time we will
Id go for Pullis if we could get him
Bruce or McCarthy for me one person a don’t want is that fruit n nut Mc Claran.
Anyone but McLaren!
How many managers have we had in the past couple of years?! What a joke we’ve become.
Five which is more than the number of wins over the same period!
I find that I’m actually starting to veer towards Bruce. He’s a relatively safe pair of hands which is probably what we need right now.
Perhaps we can gamble on a younger or more inexperienced manager once we’ve got ourselves in a decent position and some confidence has returned to the team.
Although he’s done okay he’s only managed clubs where money was always scarce so it might be interesting to see what he could do with some of Dr. Tony’s millions.
Anyway if it is Bruce I think I’ll be far from heartbroken.
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I was totally against McLeish as every other villa Dan but I think Bruce could be a good fit.
but somehow the club have to stop this managerial merry go round to move forward.
we need players who are up for a fight not pampered.