General Next Manager Topic?? (everything other than Lambert)

[Richard]

I do hope we don't spend the rest of out lives obsessing over why Ole Gunnar Solskjaer didn't come to Villa. I suppose it might have the benefit of taking up a bit of the space currently reserved for "why everything bad happening at the club is MON's fault" but, personally, I don''t care and would gain absolutely nothing from finding out.

Am I alone in this?

Amen brother

[Fazilla]

Laudrup and Laursen would be just wow!!!

I doubt if RL and PF have heard of Laudrup, unles he is on Jurgen's list.

[johnsonp]

With Darren Bent's signing, I heard about it after MYSTERYMAN (I think) but there are 2 people on this board who I met for a pint and to watch a match on TV. Tony and Paul will vouch for me, they knew about DB signing before it was even a sniff of a news story.

It's true, I can confirm this :nod:

Hi Gaz

[YankeeinMadrid]

Laudrup was one of the greatest players ever, is a much more established coach than OGS (He got Getafe playing VERY attractive football and they got far in the Uefa Cup) and would be a great choice.

I am 99.99% certain that we aren't after Martinez and never were (this time around).

[Mantis]

Laudrup was one of the greatest players ever, is a much more established coach than OGS (He got Getafe playing VERY attractive football and they got far in the Uefa Cup) and would be a great choice.

I am 99.99% certain that we aren't after Martinez and never were (this time around).

Interesting. Who do you think we are after? I like the look of Laudrup.

[MYSTERYMAN]

This discussion is about people being ITK or not. I believe people who were ITK on OGS merely jumped the gun and it bit them on the ass in the last minute. That doesn't mean they made stuff up leading up to that point. And that's the key for me. They are still privvy to ITK stuff. They just should've held off on the '100% done' posts while it was still only 'highly likely'.

Spot on BOF, even Gazton was sure it was OGS....He also still thought it would be him when the papers were saying he is staying at Molde because he didn't want to move his family.

So something must have been said to all these ITK's to make them sure he was coming to Villa.

If I may fight my corner for a moment..

Personally, I hate the term "ITK". I don't claim to be "in the know". What I can say, with confidence, is that I hear stories from someone very much at the heart of AVFC. When this person tells me something, I make a very conscious decision to remove the emotion from what this person is telling me and then, if appropriate, report as much fact as possible to VT.

My history of these kinds of stories is, if I may say so, pretty strong. I don't remember exactly how much I've told VT but this person was spot on about the timing of Richard Dunne and Stephen Ireland signing for AVFC. He was spot on, so I said "Welcome Richard", and he was also spot on about the delay to RD signing on deadline day. When all around us were wringing their hands about the registration forms being delayed, he was absolutely confident that it was done on time and that was borne out.

With the Stephen Ireland deal, I told VT "Welcome Stephen" when it was complete and confirmed hours before it was made official. I was confident enough to do this because he rang me and physically put SI on the phone to me.

With all the upheaval of Gerard Houllier, I was privy to a lot of the internal strife. I took as much of the emotion out of it as possible and report back. Any emotion I added in was my own, and I was feeling a lot of different emotions about the whole Houllier situation.

With Darren Bent's signing, I heard about it after MYSTERYMAN (I think) but there are 2 people on this board who I met for a pint and to watch a match on TV. Tony and Paul will vouch for me, they knew about DB signing before it was even a sniff of a news story.

As for OGS, I was told that it was done. My source (another phrase I hate) had been told it was done. For me to come on here and say "Welcome Ole" wasn't a tough decision given the track record of this guy's information.

For one reason or another, it didn't work out. I don't yet know why, I will hopefully find out eventually what happened. If it's appropriate, I'll pass on that information too.

There's been many times I have heard news and chosen not to tell VT about it. We don't need to know it, and putting it into the public domain would do a lot more harm than good. It would also lead a very definite trail back to the source of the information, so I keep it to myself. That will continue, as will any bits of relevant news that I pass on.

Am I embarrassed about being wrong? Not in the slightest. I give info on here in good faith. What anybody does after that info, or how they choose to bet their money based on what some bloke on the internet says, is up to them.

If people don't want to believe me, that's their right. I absolutely accept that "some bloke on the internet" is more likely to be a spoofer than a genuine conduit of information. Just don't call me a liar, I don't like that

I sypathise with you must admit after the AM debacle and me going off from a respected source but not the main one I got slated and to be honest I deserved it .

The DB deal was 2 weeks in the making pretty much the same as Charlie Adam who rang Gary Mac asking to come but I didn't post that part of it as I wasn't sure at the time it was right . It was right but as we know Holloway did his job on it and then Liverpool came into the fray .

The danger is posting everything you hear Julie B is aware of the same rumour as me about Moyes but the source isn't strong enough for me to commit to posting about it . I also can't see it either :!:

The reason we post is we try to tell other Villa fans what we ourselves would want to know and even then you get accused of all sorts .

It's a no win but have to say you have been right a lot of the time especially over Ireland

[Moorski]

I think that most people appreciate the info posted by the likes of MM,Gazton,Julie B & trees, I hope they continue to contribute on here.

[romavillan]

I think that most people appreciate the info posted by the likes of MM,Gazton,Julie B & trees, I hope they continue to contribute on here.

absolutely, valued more than the noise on twitter for me! only reason i keep coming back here to be honest is from finding out a few things first on here via those sources.

otherwise, 90% of the posts on here would have you reaching for the razor blades whilst running a hot bath...

[Eric]

I think that most people appreciate the info posted by the likes of MM,Gazton,Julie B & trees, I hope they continue to contribute on here.

absolutely, valued more than the noise on twitter for me! only reason i keep coming back here to be honest is from finding out a few things first on here via those sources.

otherwise, 90% of the posts on here would have you reaching for the razor blades whilst running a hot bath...

[Dodgyknees]

The problem we have now is "anybody but McLeish" as well as still in the "Anbody but Doug" mind frame.

Not the best place to be, instead of looking up, we just glad to be where we are.

[HolteExile]

Laudrup was the bloke who the Swedish consortium wanted to bring in in 2006, had their bid been successful. So if he was keen then, who knows.

[AstsamVilla]

Laudrup is a great shout. Would be a fantastic appointment.

[Zatman]

I would take Laudrup. His teams play good football and even as a pundit he talks sense. He has managed Mallorca and Getafe in recent years and Villa would be a major step up on them so cant see why he wont be interested except that he will probably managed Denmark when Olsen retires/quits

[Don_Simon]

Where has all this Laudrup / Laursen talk come from? An ITK? Or another ri-donk-ulous run at the bookies?

FWIW, this would be an appointment of orgasmatronic proportions!

Ahem, i'll get a room.

[Moorski]

Lambert is still odds on fav at the bookies,it is very quiet regarding him,you just never know!

[supernova26]

Must be some solid info on Brendan Rodgers - Liverpool. He's very short on the only betting market that counts, betfair. Some big money wanting to back him as well.

[CI]

What are Laudrups odds ?

[supernova26]

Not much money for Laudrup around 35-1

[islingtonclaret]

There is nothing solid on Rogers at all. He had a meeting with the Swansea chairman today. That is it.

[supernova26]

If people are backing at 1/3 with 5k blocks that's enough to tell me it's solid info.