Ian Taylor - Next Villa Manager?

I spoke about this during and after the match last night on Twitter and it all seemed to make good sense.  Ian Taylor is Mr. Aston Villa, there is no 2 ways about it.  He is a hard core fan, lived the dream by playing for his club and is now the ambassador for the club.  Granted, he might not know much about management yet, but he would be able to learn the ins and outs of it through time.

There is no way that Alex Mcleish is the long term solution to our problems.  All he has done is create a few more.  Ian Taylor is still young in terms of management age so he has plenty of time to learn the ropes.  If he was to get the job, he would be respected by the players and be worshipped by the fans.  He is an Aston Villa legend, end of.  I know people have said in the past that they would love Martin Laursen to manage us one day, and I would like to see that happen aswell.  He would have a very similar effect to Tayls.  Basically what I want is someone who knows Villa and will get the players playing with passion and know what kind of football the fans want to see being played.

Tayls Believes In Bannans Character

Ian Taylor was interviewed on TalkSport earlier today. He spoke about the tough character that Barry Bannan possesses and believes he has the mental toughness to make it in the premier league.

Here is what Tayls said:

“I’ve watched Barry since he’s been in the youth team and he’s always been a player with great talent,"

“There was always the question mark about his size, and sometimes you look to Barry to do a little bit more in the game but he’s got great character and he doesn’t care who is in the team with him – he’ll be taking the penalties, he’ll take the freekicks, he’ll take the corners, he’ll do the lot.

“He’s not bothered about the experienced players trying to talk him out of it. He’s a typical tough Scot and his character is tremendous.”