Strike

McFarlane at the wheel. Hire him

Guardiola 1-1 McFarlane

Does Delap know we are a goal down?

Could very quickly be out of the top half of the table

Terrible half. Sums up the state of the club rn

Lost our way after a reasonable start. Haaland hits the post now

Telegraph saying Filipe Luis was on the final shortlist for the job. I don’t believe for one second it was serious interest after he just signed a new deal at Flamengo.

Fofana woke up with a fever, Sanchez out with a muscle issue. Lol we could get battered here and the fanbase would probably celebrate it

Seems to be the case. Did not even discuss compensation according to one report.

This is harsh on Liam. I see lot of people have already passed judgment based on the viral videos where he apparently looks like a PE teacher. But honestly, such videos have been shared of Arteta, Kompany, Pep and they all turned out decent managers. Give the guy a chance if he's the one to take charge.

We are away from home in the next 3 games. They feel like the next big crowd they'll get is in a weekend league game at home.

I found it crazy he was only introduced to the players now

I agree. Emery or Cesc (vibes but seems to have a sharp team around him) would be the ones I'd look at too. I worry that Rosenior will be a lightning rod for the fanbase's anger against the owners and will be walking into a tough atmosphere.

Even Liam Rosenior is better than someone who hasn't managed at all

Seems like there's no other manager in the frame. Any serious footballing operation would have a serious replacement readied behind the scenes. If Rosenior is heading the shortlist (as it appears so far), we are clearly run by an unserious bunch.

Anyone who can’t see this is in denial.

Liam Rosenior, Kieran McKenna and the Porto coach is the shortlist?

The club briefings are an interesting read. Looks like they’ll get their new puppet in charge. Shortlist is sounding like McKenna and Rosenior. No serious links to Emery or Cesc yet.

One of the criticisms of Maresca was that he was chopping and changing a lot. It seems to be a medical department call in some cases.

Wait for the briefs we tried to get <insert big name manager> before announcing Rosenior

We don’t have a better team than Villa. Few players better than the ones in their lineup but they’ve consistently been in and around the top 4 for a few seasons now - we marginally pipped them in the only time we finished above them. They have a settled squad for years + the know how to manage games in this league unlike our squad which is refreshed every year and has super inexperienced players in key areas.