and then who?

[Dante Lavelli]

I just can't see it myself.  I don't think he has that sort of imagination.

In which case I think we'd be better sticking with Lambert, at least until the summer.

[Monty]

I don't watch Norwegian football but I would give OGS a go rather than Lambert because the football under  Lambert is quite frankly awful - I've watched villa for 35 years and many of those as a season ticket holder and this is truly abysmal

So on what basis are you saying you'd have Solskjær if you know nothing about him? Why not Ronny Delia who outperformed Solskjær last season?

Plus, considering you were a big advocate of Lambert becoming our manager in 2012 do you really think you should trust your own judgement now? You picked badly last time, what's to say you'll do a better job this time?

Incidentally, I know nothing about either of the above two as managers either and I wanted Lambert as manager in 2012 too. But I'm not the one insisting that this bloke I don't know much about or the other bloke that I don't know much are the logical choice.

On the basis of this, I claim SOLE RIGHTS over talking about a potential new manager as I AND I (nearly) ALONE was pretty much set against Lambert becoming manager. Bizarrely enough, everyone else has been disappointed by him and I might be the only one who's opinion of him really has improved - I think he wants us to play better football than I thought he would, and he has impressed me with his seriousness and general calmness in a crisis. However, I never did want him in the first place, but I don't like being proved right and I really hope I eventually get proved wronger than Nostradamus. Sincerely.

I have supported him from day 1, but if you read my posts at the time had serious reservations about him.

You'll be hearing from my solicitor soon, we can share the royalties.

[VinnieChase84]

Sold on Bielsa. The entertainment would be ridiculous.

[OCD]

Brendan Rodgers was my first choice and AVB my second. The former's not done too bad but probably less second about the latter, the better. Lambert won me over and even now I would rather be looking to add to the squad than to continue going through the constant cycle of changing managers every 1-2 years and them working with someone else's squad and not getting the time they need to get the squad they want. I know what we're seeing is indefensible but I just can't see it being any different with someone else managing the same players. And if were to take action, I would rather it be in a summer when there tends to be a much wider choice of managers and time for them to plan what they need to do.

[N'Rexy]

Bielsa. If we could get him. We'd be either brilliant or shit really quickly but we would be nothing as we are today. It would be pretty compelling either way. As I see it in my grumpy football way I pretty much hate everyone except Villa and I am close to disliking Villa (the football not the club) so something has to give or there will be a tear in some sort of Dr Who space - time continnum soon...

[supertom]

Bring back McLeish. The football under him was positively Barca-esque compared to what it is at the moment.

[ozzjim]

Cardiff making it very clear they want OGS if the press are to be believed. If he takes it at that mad house and wins enough games to keep them up he would enhance his reputation a fair bit. Looks like Palace, Cardiff, Sunderland and Fulham will all have some money to throw at it in Jan too.

[pauliewalnuts]

Cardiff making it very clear they want OGS if the press are to be believed. If he takes it at that mad house and wins enough games to keep them up he would enhance his reputation a fair bit. Looks like Palace, Cardiff, Sunderland and Fulham will all have some money to throw at it in Jan too.

He'd be absolutely nuts to take that job.

[supertom]

Cardiff making it very clear they want OGS if the press are to be believed. If he takes it at that mad house and wins enough games to keep them up he would enhance his reputation a fair bit. Looks like Palace, Cardiff, Sunderland and Fulham will all have some money to throw at it in Jan too.

He'd be absolutely nuts to take that job.

Wait a week and he'll have a much better job open to him.

[ozzjim]

Cardiff making it very clear they want OGS if the press are to be believed. If he takes it at that mad house and wins enough games to keep them up he would enhance his reputation a fair bit. Looks like Palace, Cardiff, Sunderland and Fulham will all have some money to throw at it in Jan too.

He'd be absolutely nuts to take that job.

Wait a week and he'll have a much better job open to him.

Every logical thing would point to that, but really, I cannot for the life of me see Randy pulling the trigger, even if we lose tomorrow and at Sunderland.

[JUAN PABLO]

Murat Yakin does look good , he can bring Salah with him.

[David_Nab]

Cardiff making it very clear they want OGS if the press are to be believed. If he takes it at that mad house and wins enough games to keep them up he would enhance his reputation a fair bit. Looks like Palace, Cardiff, Sunderland and Fulham will all have some money to throw at it in Jan too.

So do we according to this ..http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/aston-villa/10540033/Aston-Villa-owner-Randy-Lerner-sticks-by-stressed-manager-Paul-Lambert.html

Belive it when I see it

[tomd2103]

Still with Lambert at this point, but I'm losing faith in him as each game goes by.  If he is to go, then whoever comes in will need financial backing to turn things around.  I wonder if Frank De Boer could be persuaded to leave his post at Ajax?

[JUAN PABLO]

Cardiff making it very clear they want OGS if the press are to be believed. If he takes it at that mad house and wins enough games to keep them up he would enhance his reputation a fair bit. Looks like Palace, Cardiff, Sunderland and Fulham will all have some money to throw at it in Jan too.

So do we according to this ..http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/aston-villa/10540033/Aston-Villa-owner-Randy-Lerner-sticks-by-stressed-manager-Paul-Lambert.html

Belive it when I see it

Striker    wtf

[JUAN PABLO]

he says 'To do that you need to keep building it and adding quality to it and adding at every turn '


well I havent seen much of this quality up to now