So who do you want as the next Villa manager?

[ez]

With all this going on we need to keep lambert in place until new owners are in. Could be weeks months or years. If the sale price is 200 , it needs another 100 thrown at it so we need someone with a min 300m burning a hole .

Please form a queue

With his record and with the fans having turned on him, Lambert still being manager next season is incredulous and yet because of how we are at the moment it's actually possible. The guy must have more lives than the proverbial cat.

[silhillvilla]

Everton have been up for sale for 10 years.

And I can see another possible twist here, Lambert walking out and leaving us managerless and up for sale.

[Ron Manager]

Its quite possible, of course, that Randy may be giving both Lambert and Faulkner the push when they meet tonight, with a golden handshake to soften the blow. If that is the case the sale of the club must be in its final stages. Tomorrow could be interesting.

[LeeB]

Everton have been up for sale for 10 years.

And I can see another possible twist here, Lambert walking out and leaving us managerless and up for sale.

If I was him I wouldn't wait around to be honest.

[ez]

Everton have been up for sale for 10 years.

And I can see another possible twist here, Lambert walking out and leaving us managerless and up for sale.

If I was him I wouldn't wait around to be honest.

They haven't done too badly in that time.

[silhillvilla]

Everton have been up for sale for 10 years.

And I can see another possible twist here, Lambert walking out and leaving us managerless and up for sale.

If I was him I wouldn't wait around to be honest.

Me neither. He can walk now with his CV intact and put a very positive spin on what he achieved here especially with all the background radiation.

[LeeB]

Everton have been up for sale for 10 years.

And I can see another possible twist here, Lambert walking out and leaving us managerless and up for sale.

If I was him I wouldn't wait around to be honest.

Me neither. He can walk now with his CV intact and put a very positive spin on what he achieved here especially with all the background radiation.

He'll get work too. He's now got a track record of managing in the top flight with little resource, and that will appeal to many a chairman.

[Ron Manager]

Everton have been up for sale for 10 years.

And I can see another possible twist here, Lambert walking out and leaving us managerless and up for sale.

If I was him I wouldn't wait around to be honest.

Me neither. He can walk now with his CV intact and put a very positive spin on what he achieved here especially with all the background radiation.

Thinking about it you are probably right. He can't be short of a few pennies so to resign and then give his side of the story would be his best option.

[ozzjim]

He would walk into another job. Kept Norwich up, then us on a very tight wage budget and can happily point to his signings overall being way in the black if they were to be sold on. I would walk away if Lerner is not putting a penny in and it looks like dragging.

[Dave]

With all this going on we need to keep lambert in place until new owners are in. Could be weeks months or years. If the sale price is 200 , it needs another 100 thrown at it so we need someone with a min 300m burning a hole .

Please form a queue

£100m thrown at it to do what? Get the right manager who knows what to do with the money and we'd be finishing eight places higher with £30m in transfer fees.

[ozzjim]

And decent wages to match Dave.

I reckon you are willing to pay the wages I could get 6 ish players for 30m to take us easily into the top 10.

[silhillvilla]

I think we need 5 or 6 decent signings say £6m each so £36m , but then it's the wages -
4 year deals on a PL modest 40k a week = that's about £50m in basic wages plus the other bits - bonuses , insurance , etc,
Add in compo for Lambert and Co. And a new manager that's your £100m

[supertom]

Lambert will probably know that he'll get turfed out by any new owner. The likelihood is damn near certain. I would be very surprised if he didn't walk before the team report back for pre-season. He won't want to have another season under Lerners constraints, which, if he's still at the helm, will be even tighter. I don't think Lambo will want to hang around just to get a severance package from the new owner, because who knows how long it will take. I think we'll hear an announcement shortly after Lambert gets back from the states following his meeting with Randy.

The quicker he gets out of here, the quicker he can get a new job elsewhere and have ample time to start shaping his squad at wherever he turns up...and if he wants Luna, Bowery, Sylla etc, then he's welcome to take them with him!

[brontebilly]

He would walk into another job. Kept Norwich up, then us on a very tight wage budget and can happily point to his signings overall being way in the black if they were to be sold on. I would walk away if Lerner is not putting a penny in and it looks like dragging.

Walking away puts him in the shop window early in the summer but I cant see an EPL chairman being dumb enough to bring him in

Unable to manage his own staff, appalling coach, woeful communicator

Leeds or Glasgow Celtic - thats his level and that is where he will stay imo

[silhillvilla]

He may be advised to walk and play the constructive dismissal card ?