Who do you want as the next manager? New poll option.

[Fin Feds Dad]

Would be happy - but he must be given time AND money.

[Olneythelonely]

Talk sport saying done deal

Not yet it isn't.

Looking likely though Dave?

[Reuben]

Looks like ogs is flying to brum in the morning, cant see him turning the job down in all honesty and although i prefer lambert im sure we will all unite behind ogs and welcome him to our great club.

My worries are whether hes tough enough to deal with the problem players and not a soft touch and also whether he sees us a stepping stone to old trafford- but i guess if he does end up there he will have done a great job for us beforehand.

Whether lambert or others rejected the chance we dont know but at least ogs will bring a lot more to the party than eck!

That's what I meant earlier about respect.

[dave.woodhall]

Talk sport saying done deal

Not yet it isn't.

Looking likely though Dave?

I think he's the main target.

[PaulWinch again]

Would be happy - but he must be given time AND money.

Absolutely.

[bob]

If this does actually come to pass, it's a gamble.

You can make the link with Fergie and how that must influence his thinking.
But the Scottish Manager played under Fergie too - and that didn't make him braver or more attack minded when it came to the crunch.  Ultimately it depends on the personality of the individual, not who they've learned under. 

It could also put us into that bracket of go nowhere clubs for whom basking in the reflected glory of a big name ex United player is the only way we generate any headlines:  On appointment and for two games a season. For a club like Aston Villa, that isn't -and should never be- what we're about. It wasn't so long ago that we hated them.  And they disliked us. Aston Villa v Manchester United fixtures (from about the 50's on up to the noughties) used to have an edge to them, and were often the highlight nationally of the weekend set of fixtures whenever it was played.  I accept that they are light years ahead of us now, I wouldn't be deluded enough to call them rivals anymore. But do we really want to be patronised by their daytripping hordes?   Become their 'second' club, in true small club style -as we provide no threat whatsoever?

Against all that, after having the enthusiasm pumped out of the place on an industrial scale under the last chancer, the very least we should expect is a modern approach to playing matters.  Something most of us have been calling for for a while now.  It would seem even more of a risk if he's not coming in under a DoF, but it looks like he has a sizable team working with him.

You are a poster of the very highest order.

[Irish villain]

Talk sport saying done deal

Not yet it isn't.

Looking likely though Dave?

I think he's the main target.

Ole Gunar's claret and blue army!!!

I'm getting excited  about this potential appointment for some strange  and illogical reason!

[Olneythelonely]

Ok. I hope it comes off. I never considered him for a second before today, now I'll be strangely disappointed if it doesn't happen.

[deanl123]

Before today, Lambert was my first choice. But he didn't excite me. Ex-Norwich manager, unwanted by any other clubs, very cheap, but probably the best option around from a very small pool of choices.

Now I'm excited again!

I know it's probably because of what OGS is not, but at the same time he does come across as a real professor of the game.

[clash city rocker]

Trouble is if he does a good job will the F.A. change their stance just for a change and try and appoint him. They are as desperate as us these days.

[PeterWithe]

Are the Norwegian league and Utd reserve games widely enough seen to form a view on what kind of manager he is?

[Eigentor]

It would seem even more of a risk if he's not coming in under a DoF, but it looks like he has a sizable team working with him.

I think one of his main benefits is that he knows the importance of surrounding himself with the right people.

[greenwichvilla]

Apparently it's been announced on Norweigan radio he's signed. Twitter, though. Make of it what you will.

[eastie]

Where is this video where he spells out his football philosophy? I will have a look at it as others seem excited by his words.

[Billy Walker]

Perhaps we're too big a club for him at his current stage of development?

And then some.

It's not just that we are too big a club (behaving like a small club, admittedly), it's the job itself.  He has to turn around a squad of players that just avoided relegation by a couple of points; he will have to do this whilst relying on free transfers and a very small budget (I believe). 

Can a  guy whose CV reads that he has done well in Norway for a couple of seasons really be the man for the job?  What is it on his CV that tells us he is?  If anyone can tell me I'd genuinely be interested to know because I'm beginning to think we are all losing our marbles.