manager today? I really don't enjoy getting carried away with speculation, but I guess you could argue that this isn't speculation any more and that there is a serious chance that the new manager of Aston Villa could be Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and that it really could be done by the end of the day. And you have to take your hat off to Lerner, it looks like he is learning and is thinking outside the box. Yes, Lambert, Martinez and Rodgers were easy choices and there is as much to say that they could be as successful as Solskjaer and at the same time fail just as quickly as each other, but there is a huge feeling of optimism right now and you know what, I like it. Transfer window open, no manager and silly season starts At this time of the season the madness usually focuses on players coming or going but for us, silly season is all about a manager. In the last few hours I've seen more names than I usually have beers on a Friday night and they range from Paul Lambert and Roberto Martinez to the likes of Jürgen Klinsmann, André Villas-Boas, Frank Rijkaard, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Rafa Benítez and others. I've also read something about no Director of Football and Randy Lerner taking full control of this one and not letting Faulkner have a say. One of those is good and the other isn't.