moose Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Yeah, look OGS wants to manage Manchester United eventually, 99% of our players would play for Manchester United if they were offered the chance. Right now he has zero chance of it. Franky unless he manages to get us into the CL then that chance remains pretty much zero. Win/win. Disagree, because he is a legend at that club he will not have to achieve as much here as another manager would. I hope he doesn`t come in and sign a load of man utd reserves either. But who knows, maybe he will grow an affection for aston villa and never want to leave. He seems like that type. OGS was United's player. OGS can be Villa's manager. All this talk of him buggering off is pointless IMHO. If he makes a massive success of it at VP then maybe he'd want to stay round like SAF has and build his own empire and legacy. Maybe Man Utd's star would be waning by then and they needed revitalising. Who knows? Let's concentrate on the now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villarich1982 Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Paul Lambert looks to have as much personality as a stick. It's OGS for me... Thanks to thetrees for keeping us posted... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makouns-knitwear Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 If TT was on twitter now he'd have more followers than Lady Gaga. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetrees Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 If TT was on twitter now he'd have more followers than Lady Gaga. Fortunately TT doesn't know how to tweet, and suffers with VT monogamy. That's it from me though. I will only report now when Mr L goes home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJohn2 Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/aston-villa-fc/aston-villa-news/2012/05/22/aston-villa-randy-lerner-due-back-for-talks-this-week-as-ole-gunnar-solskjaer-speculation-rages-97319-31018187/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Randy Lerner is jetting back to Aston Villa on Wednesday to finalise their manager search in his most important decision since buying the club. Villa's US owner Lerner has already held talks with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer about succeeding the axed Alex McLeish as manager. Ex-Manchester United striker Solskjaer, 39, has even publicly admitted he would probably quit Molde in his native Norway for Villa Park if offered the post. But Lerner is refusing to be rushed into an appointment after last summer's disastrous move for McLeish from arch-rivals Birmingham. Lerner and Villa chief executive Paul Faulkner are now considering other alternatives including Roberto Martinez, Paul Lambert, Gus Poyet and Brendan Rodgers. MirrorSport understands Villa officials have been delighted with the amount of successful managers to register an interest. Lerner wants to bring in a young, hungry, dynamic new chief to restore vibrancy to the club. Last season was nearly a catastrophe as Villa ended 16th with just 38 points following just one win their last 16 matches. Fans protested against the unpopular McLeish amid ugly scenes and attendances fell. Now Lerner, who inherited Martin O'Neill as boss when he bought Villa in 2006, knows he has to turnaround the club's fortunes by appointing the right man. His previous decision to name the ageing Gerard Houllier to replace O'Neill in 2010 also backfired as the Frenchman's heart condition flared up again. And Lerner is desperate to get his latest appointment right to bring some much-needed stability to the club. He considers Solskjaer a 'good candidate' after the Manchester United legend flew to England on Friday for talks with Lerner, who then returned to the US. But Villa officials believe they have some other 'great options' too. Lerner aims to make up his mind by the end of the week and get Villa's new man in before the start of June. Solskjaer remains favourite having already held talks and admitted he fancies a crack at the Premier League. Solskjaer, who guided Molde to a 2-0 victory at Sandnes Ulf on Sunday which keeps them second in the Norwegian league, said: "Villa will speak with several candidates. "But I've always said that I want to try it in the Premier League. That's no secret. "It's tempting. As a player you want to go as far as possible, it's the same as a manager." Other Villa targets include Wigan boss Martinez, 38, who the Midlands club have rated since last summer when they tried and failed to get him. The Spaniard may leave this close season having already held talks with Liverpool about the Anfield vacancy. While Norwich manager Lambert, 42, is believed to be ready to quit Carrow Road if he gets the right offer. Elsewhere, Brighton chief Gus Poyet, 44, fits the bill of a young, hungry manager but is unproven in the top-flight as a boss. And names such as Swansea's Rodgers, 39, and ex-Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas, 34, remain outsiders. In the Villa squad there is considerable support for coach Kevin McDonald, previously a caretaker in 2010, to get another crack. Star striker Darren Bent wants to see continuity at the club after two seasons of upheaval since O'Neill quit. Bent said: "There's lots of clubs where the manager's been in charge for a while and you watch the club grow. "Villa under Martin O'Neill, back in the day, finished sixth three years in a row and were on the up before whatever happened, happened. "A new manager will bring stability to Aston Villa so that the club can move forward and grow. "It's exciting. We have no idea who it will be but whoever it is I am sure they'll come in, do a good job, take that passion for Villa and take us where we belong. "There are good players and with one or two additions that the manager will have in mind I'm sure we will have a better season than the last one." Mirror! Mr.Lerner is back in Birmingham. The search continues....... The same Mirror that said that OGS had ruled himself out of the role a couple of days ago. James Nursey what a journo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irreverentad Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 If TT was on twitter now he'd have more followers than Lady Gaga. Why cos both are blokes that look like girls? :winkold: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Paul Lambert looks to have as much personality as a stick. It's OGS for me... Thanks to thetrees for keeping us posted... This. Exactly this with regards to Lambert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted May 22, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted May 22, 2012 MirrorSport understandsThe world's least accurate statement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Yeah, look OGS wants to manage Manchester United eventually, 99% of our players would play for Manchester United if they were offered the chance. Right now he has zero chance of it. Franky unless he manages to get us into the CL then that chance remains pretty much zero. Win/win. Disagree, because he is a legend at that club he will not have to achieve as much here as another manager would. I hope he doesn`t come in and sign a load of man utd reserves either. But who knows, maybe he will grow an affection for aston villa and never want to leave. He seems like that type. Because of course Man United reserves have no place at the mighty aston villa, we'll just use our own reserves cos they're way better. If we're basing our manager search on looking for someone who wouldn't be interested in taking the Man Utd job if offered it then we'll be searching for a long long time. People need to get a grip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 MirrorSport understandsThe world's least accurate statement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Lerner will go for OGS now that the fans have made it clear he is the preferred choice. Think about it, we didn't want Mcleish and he got him in anyway. It failed and the fans started to turn on Randy. He isn't going to risk that again so this time he will go with who we prefer and if it doesn't work out he can always say he went with the fans choice! I'd rather Lerner just got some decent advice and appointed a manager who would bring us decent results. If appointing managers by popular acclaim from the fans was a successful method, all clubs would do it. The only example I can think of where it happened recently was King Kenny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islingtonclaret Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 "Informed by one of my plane spotting colleagues that Randy Lerner's jet landed in Birmingham 20 minutes ago." Rough translation of Father Abraham... "TT on Villatalk posted Lerner back in Birmingham" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moose Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 "Informed by one of my plane spotting colleagues that Randy Lerner's jet landed in Birmingham 20 minutes ago." Rough translation of Father Abraham... "TT on Villatalk posted Lerner back in Birmingham" LOL I just saw that and thought exactly the same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 "Informed by one of my plane spotting colleagues that Randy Lerner's jet landed in Birmingham 20 minutes ago." Rough translation of Father Abraham... "TT on Villatalk posted Lerner back in Birmingham" :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetrees Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 "Informed by one of my plane spotting colleagues that Randy Lerner's jet landed in Birmingham 20 minutes ago." Rough translation of Father Abraham... "TT on Villatalk posted Lerner back in Birmingham" But then Father Abraham may have found a new friend at the airport last Thursday... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islingtonclaret Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Haha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetrees Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Lerner will go for OGS now that the fans have made it clear he is the preferred choice. Think about it, we didn't want Mcleish and he got him in anyway. It failed and the fans started to turn on Randy. He isn't going to risk that again so this time he will go with who we prefer and if it doesn't work out he can always say he went with the fans choice! I'd rather Lerner just got some decent advice and appointed a manager who would bring us decent results. If appointing managers by popular acclaim from the fans was a successful method, all clubs would do it. The only example I can think of where it happened recently was King Kenny. Martin O'Neill? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onje_villa Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Randy flies back in on the day Lambert says farewell against Celtic. Coincidence? Can't help thinking as a Villa fan that we won't get what we want. Moyes last year, jeez, even feels like when Les Ferdinand was going to come then joined Newcastle! That said we could do a lot worse than Lambert as a manager... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaRoy Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 thetrees is further proof that the Mirror just play a guessing game and make shit up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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