Mine wasn't a serious suggestion...more an appreciation of the manager he is, combined with a realisation of the fact he is entirely unsuited to our club. Norwich is where I'm from though and I loved the job he did there. It was amazing.
So I don't think he's for us, but interestingly it seems like Villa are attempting a bit of a similar sort of project to ourselves...lots of young players coming in at the same time that need to learn how to play at this level. They took some hammerings last year - 8-0 vs Chelsea then 4-0 vs us in the next game - but there was never any suggestion that it was the wrong man leading the club. They've started on a project that should see them doing well in a few years but they are taking some pain now.
I'm calmed down a bit from the game, and really thinking it was the end for AVB to now hoping he turns it round again. I can take the hammerings, and I feel the same as Gutter Boy to be honest, we can keep sacking managers and keep going round in circles, but if we are trying to move up a level and take that final step, to compete against the clubs with more financial resources than ourselves, then we need to build something long term. We need something that will last. Sackings may work for Chelsea but I don't think they are the answer for us.
People may say it's a different era and the Fergie example is no longer relevant, but I don't see why not. Wenger came along a generation after Fergie and built something himself. I don't see why we can't do something similar. There is an argument to say once we are out of the top 4 it's harder to get back in (not that we are regular CL participants anyway though) and Liverpool are often cited as an example of a club that have fallen and find it hard to get back up. But what they are showing is if you plan a bit long term, they can reap the rewards. They finished 7th last year. There was no 'we need European football as a minimum or you are out', they saw progress was being made and that was that, they backed their man. I say let's back ours. Let's take a long term perspective and build something great.
The fact that there are no other obvious candidates out there suggests this game isn't all about sacking until you find a good manager. Every one we could go for has a question mark against them because they all have some sort of failure attached. AVB does have big question marks himself now too. But I think the potential is there once this squad has settled together to go to places we haven't been for decades.
