Aston Villa need a new manager after sacking Steve Bruce and Sam Allardyce is still without a club.
Aston Villa are on the lookout for a new manager and the early odds list has thrown together an eclectic mix of coaches young and old, expansive and pragmatic.
For every Paulo Fonseca and Thierry Henry, there is an Alan Pardew and a Sam Allardyce.
But, after watching things grow stale under Steve Bruce, an old-school British gaffer whose direct style was bemoaned by many supporters, there is certainly one potential replacement that jumps off the page for all the wrong reasons.
Big Sam, it seems, represents everything the Villa fans do not want in their new manager.
The 63-year-old is without a club right now and it seems that many Villa supporters hope it stays that way. After all, if they want a fresh approach with exciting attacking football and the promotion of young players high on the agenda, the former Blackburn, Sunderland and England manager is not the right man.
You only have to look at the toxic relationship that developed between ‘Big Sam’ and the Everton fans during his spell at Goodison Park last season to realise that Allardyce is not a man likely to get the Villa supporters looking forward again.
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