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

[Chipsticks]

mebbe he's gone to denmark but he's flown with ryanair and norway's the nearest they get?

Martin Laursen...

[Billy Walker]

the only problem i have with him is he's shrouded in red and white, he's someone elses hero, he's someone elses legend.

i know i'll get over it but it doesnt help

...and he'll view Villa as a stepping stone to his favourite club.  For me this would be another short-sighted, baffling appointment and I hope Lerner has not lost all track of his senses.  Hopefully he has just nipped over to buy a few thick, woolly jumpers or something, if he has nipped over at all.

If we get a manager who is not worried about, or thinking about, his career progression, then we're not going to get an inspired character, are we?

And, given that OGS's former club in question is Manchester United, which is one of the four or five biggest club management jobs in the world, he would have to do extraordinarily well here to get that job, so it's fine by me

I'd rather have a manager who would want to build Villa rather than see us a stepping stone.  I would not be able to stomach all the press simply spinning the Man Utd angle too.  The whole Villa aspect of such an appointment would be swamped out and, from day one, this would be a story about Man Utd and Fergie's successor.  We would have no sense of security at the club either as the slightest whiff of success would have us thinking he could be off. 

Add to the whole idea of appointing him the fact that he is totally unproven as a manager and this would rank as a mind-blowingly poor decision on so many levels. OGS should be looking for a Championship standard club at best to kick start his career in English management.  If Randy even thinks of such an appointment every last shred of faith I have for him and PF will be gone.  We're Aston Villa not some shitty little outfit from the back of beyond.

[mikeb1982]

The hot blondes are all in Sweden. I should know, my wife is Norwegian.

*sharp intake of breath!*  Bravo to your bravery

[Harpo]

I think it's all a mix-up. Someone asked the pilot if he's flying Randy to see Mick McCarthy, and he said: 'No Way'.

[eastie]

Anyone know whether ogs is a hardline boss or will he be a pushover for the likes of dunne, collins , ireland etc?

[Billy Walker]

mebbe he's gone to denmark but he's flown with ryanair and norway's the nearest they get?

Martin Laursen...

Now that's more like it!  Get a Villa man in on some level. (Too early for Martin to be manager, though.)

[Chipsticks]

The hot blondes are all in Sweden. I should know, my wife is Norwegian.

Are you sure she's not having it away with Randy?

[Greg N'Ash]

well if OSG joins it will be another "Buh??" appointment for me, in the tradition of GH and AM..

It couldn't be as bad as AM.  At least OGS was an attacker so he knows where the goal is.

Still, we've just had a season which was frankly as bad as it gets barring relegation. We've got no money, we've hardly got any players and we're bring in a guy with basically no experience of managing a top club and is not much younger than some of the players. The word 'risky' doesn't really cover it

[mikeb1982]

I think it's all a mix-up. Someone asked the pilot if he's flying Randy to see Mick McCarthy, and he said: 'No Way'.

Haha! Very good

[Irreverent ad]

I think it's all a mix-up. Someone asked the pilot if he's flying Randy to see Mick McCarthy, and he said: 'No Way'.

Very good, sir!

[eastie]

The hot blondes are all in Sweden. I should know, my wife is Norwegian.

*sharp intake of breath!*  Bravo to your bravery

And his boyfriend is swedish!

[pauliewalnuts]

the only problem i have with him is he's shrouded in red and white, he's someone elses hero, he's someone elses legend.

i know i'll get over it but it doesnt help

...and he'll view Villa as a stepping stone to his favourite club.  For me this would be another short-sighted, baffling appointment and I hope Lerner has not lost all track of his senses.  Hopefully he has just nipped over to buy a few thick, woolly jumpers or something, if he has nipped over at all.

If we get a manager who is not worried about, or thinking about, his career progression, then we're not going to get an inspired character, are we?

And, given that OGS's former club in question is Manchester United, which is one of the four or five biggest club management jobs in the world, he would have to do extraordinarily well here to get that job, so it's fine by me

I'd rather have a manager who would want to build Villa rather than see us a stepping stone.  I would not be able to stomach all the press simply spinning the Man Utd angle too.  The whole Villa aspect of such an appointment would be swamped out and, from day one, this would be a story about Man Utd and Fergie's successor.  We would have no sense of security at the club either as the slightest whiff of success would have us thinking he could be off. 

Add to the whole idea of appointing him the fact that he is totally unproven as a manager and this would rank as a mind-blowingly poor decision on so many levels. OGS should be looking for a Championship standard club at best to kick start his career in English management.  If Randy even thinks of such an appointment every last shred of faith I have for him and PF will be gone.  We're Aston Villa not some shitty little outfit from the back of beyond.

Yes but my point was, to get the Man United job, you'd have to have done an extraordinary job here first to be in with a chance. I'd take that good work here.

You're kidding yourself if you think we're going to find a manager whose ambition is to do well here, then stay here forever and ever. It just won't happen.

Why do you think we're assuming Paul Lambert wants to come here? Because he's ambitious and he sees us as the next step in his career. His career won't end with us, though, if he's really ambitious. If he did well, he too would be off to a bigger job.

Admittedly, the obvious next step from us for a Solksjaer is one of the biggest jobs there is, so of course he'd want to go there. On the flip side, it is a club who can pretty much get who they want as their manager, so he'd have an awful lot of competition.

[pauliewalnuts]

I think it's all a mix-up. Someone asked the pilot if he's flying Randy to see Mick McCarthy, and he said: 'No Way'.

...... that hypocrite smokes two packs a day ....

*internajjukeboxhell*

[PaulWinch again]

OGS gone from 33/1 to 5/1 at Bet365.

Presumably Randy's consulted with SrAlex ...

Absolutely.  I would not be happy with another Fergie stooge in our camp.  If we appointed OGS we'd simply be helping them out, grooming them Fergie's potential replacement etc.  I'd rank this as a poor, poor decision if it happened because success or not, OGS would not be a long term, stabilizing appointment for Aston Villa.  And like Houllier, his heart would be elsewhere.

I'm sorry but that's bollocks. As Paulie said Man Utd is one of the biggest jobs in the world and he'd have to do an incredible job with Villa to land that job. So therefore he'd have a lot of success at Villa, which would be great. Also we don't know anything about his character and whether he's a 'Fergie Stooge'.

[Chipsticks]

mebbe he's gone to denmark but he's flown with ryanair and norway's the nearest they get?

Martin Laursen...

Now that's more like it!  Get a Villa man in on some level. (Too early for Martin to be manager, though.)

He's been managing in Denmark, for what it's worth.