to me that much is obvious
I don't think it is. Let's face it, the whole OGS thing could (and perhaps should) have gone off without anybody noticing.
If all the eggs were in one basket, then they had made the offer and he indicated that he would accept, to the point that he went home to sort his affairs out that end. He changed his mind. Shit happens, you dust yourself down and move on.
A week on VT wouldn't be the same if there wasn't a feeding frenzy on Messrs Lerner and Faulkner by the resident wolves.
The fact is nobody knows shit, so all this 'he would come here, no one will come here, they've **** up again' is all rubbish.
Let's wait and see.
To be fair to PF and RL they surprised and excited me with their choice of OGS. However, Houllier and McLeish were very poor choices.
I hope I am wrong, but I suspect that the man who becomes manager is going to disappoint alot of people.