FamousHolteUnion Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 So by my guess the Norwegian league is probably approximately equivalent to the quality of upper league 1, lower championship. If we were courting a manager from these depths of the English league everyone would crucify Randy, but because it’s a league we rarely (lets face it NEVER) hear about suddenly it’s exciting and daring. Please no. Winning a crap league does not make you ready for the prem and having playing experience in a league is not a substitute for managing in that league. That being said if Martin Larsen is involved I would forgive a lot of that. Love that guy. :oops: Paul Lambert was in League 1 24 months ago. Nigel Adkins was in League 1 12 months ago Brendan Rodgers spent the 3 seasons in the mid-lower Championship Brian McDermott was a scout for the last 10 years and then took over Reading in 2009 All in the Premiership next season. Time for us to look forwards. Im up for Olé Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omariqy Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 If this comes off then £20 to VT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Cologne are completely dysfunctional as a club. They're like Newcastle were a couple of years back - big club, massive fanbase, over-inflated opinion of themselves, too many uncommitted high earners on the books. They were completely unmanageable last season.With the players at their disposal, even accounting for the passengers and the under-performers, they still shouldn't have gone down. They were tactically inept to the point of absurdity, and Solbakken couldn't organise a defence to save his life. They condeded a whopping 75 goals. Seventy-five. No other team in the top 3 tiers of the German league managed to concede more goals last season (possibly even beyond that, but I can't be arsed to check the Regionalliga) and it's been 7 years since a team last conceded that many goals in an 1.Liga campaign. Shite as the goat-shaggers may be (and as much as I enjoyed watching them plummet downwards like a lead-lined sack of crap), Solbakken was well out of his depth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaGoMarching Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 OGS would bring a winning mentality to the club, something that has been sadly lacking at Villa for many years i agree, but when did we ever have a winning mentality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Well, I've just found a German team who managed to concede more than Köln. TSV Gersthofen, in the Bayernliga; the fifth tier of the German league system (and even they managed to score more goals than Köln ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SikhInTrinity Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 so are we saying Solsjkaer is like Solbakken? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iancharlie Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 whilst debating OGS and the minor league he manages in - wasnt Arsene Wenger working in Japan when he got the Arsenal job - did he do much previously in France? OGS would definitely be diffrent i still havent forgiven him for that 94th minute goal at OT when we had gabor Kiraly in goal (the one who wore pyjames). as soon as he came on you knew he would score, despite isiah, cahill and ridgewell playing pretty well for a depleted team! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyrusr Posted May 17, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted May 17, 2012 Just checked current league positions here ; Molde 2nd having played 9 games. He has already won more games than Mcleish at home this season! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaDave Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 so are we saying Solsjkaer is like Solbakken? I think we're merely speculating/stating that Solbakken had a fantastic record before he stepped up a level at Cologne. And then he bombed. Badly. So is OSG the 'new' Solbakken? Or is he more than that? wasnt Arsene Wenger working in Japan when he got the Arsenal job - did he do much previously in France? Wenger was at Monaco wasn't he? Or am I imagining that? Wasn't he at VP when we played Monaco in a friendly at VP in the early 90s? And played them off the park I add. Or did my fevered imagination make all that up?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 so are we saying Solsjkaer is like Solbakken?I'm not talking about Solkskjaer at all, it's just I keep seeing folk opine that we should have looked at Solbakken at some point; I'm proferring that we shouldn't touch him with a lengthy bargepole (which we didn't, so happy days). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Paul Lambert was in League 1 24 months ago. Nigel Adkins was in League 1 12 months ago Brendan Rodgers spent the 3 seasons in the mid-lower Championship Brian McDermott was a scout for the last 10 years and then took over Reading in 2009 All in the Premiership next season. Time for us to look forwards. Im up for Olé I suspect Lerner has looked at those managers and what they have done for clubs on limited budgets and thought " Why not follow that model" OGS used to keep notes as a player on every match he played in and things he spotted and things he would have done differently Now , that alone doesn't automatically mean he will become a great manager but it does sound like someone who is going to be tactically astute and has an idea of where he wants to be I think he would be a good fit for us , and not just because i jumped on the betting bandwagon :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NurembergVillan Posted May 17, 2012 Moderator Share Posted May 17, 2012 If this comes off then £20 to VT! Put that £20 on OGS at 3/1, then if it comes off you're still £40 up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smetrov Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Whilst its quite an exciting appointent (if it comes to that) his work with Manu reserves, - would suggest that the club are still trying to build a premier league team from the academy, rather than investing in the team. As I have said repeatedly the clubs expectations of our young players are unrealistic - if that is to be the mainstay of our team - I fear disaster - no matter who the manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SikhInTrinity Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 I think OSG knows more about this country than Solbakken knew about Germany. OSG knows our club as he has played at VP many a time, he knows how the media, everything works in this country, so i think if he did come it wouldn't be a culture shock. To be honest its no worse than what we had last season, managers like Lambert, Martinez are sitting in their comfort zones and probably wondering do we want it? Or they've just not been approached. Personally if Randy has flew out, it's because the deal is done, also to the person asking why Randy has flew out, i think it's in terms of respect, Molde are in their season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikantcpell Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Not ole gunar solskjaer...he still look like a 7 year old kid and i just dont want him as a villa manager..Lambert or Ranieri would do for me.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiggyrichard Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 The thought od OGS as manager excites me. I just want to see some decent football and attacking intent at Villa Park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 so looking at this differently, will OGS be willing to come to Villa? he's been at Molde 1 year of a 3-year contract, does he want to carry on what he is building there? Will he think its too early to come back to the Prem League? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulieB Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 TT can you confirm if Lerner has indeed flown to Norway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmarsha_926 Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Molde have played 9 games this season and not have drawn none of them, That is a start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 OGS would literally be eaten for breakfast by Collins Dunne & Warnock Thanks but no thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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