Goodbye Lambertism

[BlyBlyBabes 0]

It served us superbly well but has pretty certainly run it''s course in terms of a guiding philosophy to establish ourselves in the Premiership.

 

The change from the monocultural approach under BowkettMcNallyLambert is now surely firmly under way with the recent and clear shift towards a multicultural philosophy under BowkettMcNallyHughton.

 

In my view this change in approach will give us the best chance of properly establishing ourselves in the top flight; it''s pretty much of a no-brainer really.

 

What Lambertism achieved over the past three years was close to a work of genious, but it was never going to serve us long in the Premiership warzone where multiculturalism is clearly the name of the game.. And he knew it.

 

Kudos to BowkettMcNallyHughton so far, given the constraints on our budget this year. And may Lady Luck be on our side. 

 

Come on you Yellows!

 

Onwards and upwards with Bowkett, McNally and Hughton.

 

OTBC

 

 

 

 

[Redders Right Foot 22]

Not sure why, but this reminds me of an economics lecture I listened to last year.

but in all seriousness, great post. I''m very much excited to see the finish product (may have to wait a while for the players to gel.) but I do believe it could serve us well. teams were figuring us out towards the end of last season, and Lambert played very much in the same way against WH last week, and looked completely the worse side.

[Fromage Frais 14]

Unfortunately its just logical as domestic players are just too expensive

Liam Bridcutt for 2-3 million

Nzonzi for 7-10 million

Or Tetty an international for 1 million (1.2 million euros source rennes forum)

[Hog 0]

Have to say that I have been far more impressed with our signing''s so far than Aston Villa''s.........

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I don''t fully understand the OP''s post if i''m honest.

When you say Multiculturalism, i''m presuming that''s suggesting that we have a mix of player ability and flexibility that we never had under Lambert?

I would stand completely opposed to that notion personally, from what i can see we''re far too overloaded in midfield, It''s pretty much set in stone that we''re going to play a lone striker for the vast majority of games.

And oh... Where is our strike force?!!?

Multi cultured?! More like multi buggered!

If it was a sarcastic post, or i''ve missed the point completely please let me know! :-/

[lake district canary 0]

[quote user="Skijumptoes"]Where is our strike force?!!? Multi cultured?! More like multi buggered! [/quote]

 

 

 

Oh ye of little faith!!!!  Our three strikers who scored all of the strikers goals last season (except one goal from Wilbo) are still at the club!!!!   The team behind them has been strengthened so there should be no problem!    Goals from midfield and continued goals from Holt, Moro and Jackson will do quite nicely.    We could still get a striker in to  back them up too.   Come on skijump, look on the bright side! [:)]

 

 

[Yellow and Green 352]

Good post.

I was actually going to post something similar.

In a way I am sad to see the ''young, hungry and British'' ethos go. I was proud that our club was being run in this manner and loved it that we fielded 10 or 11 British guys week in week out.

We were screaming for years to find ''hidden jems'' in the lower leagues and Lambert was the one who had the balls to do it. It paid dividends and we ended up having a club which was run properly, with a team that worked its nuts off for the shirt.

Now this era seems to have ended. I am not bashing Hughton, but I think they are different managers - I don''t think he can do what Lambert did (Fulham) and he has shown he has identified experience as an area of weakness.

Hopefully you are right. The premier league is filled with the best players from around the world, and hopefully the new influx of players will help us establish ourselves in the premiership.

I just hope these foreign players don''t come with big ego''s and big salaries. It would change what has previously worked for our club and put us in jeopardy if we are relegated.

I believe Hughton will do a good job this season, but time will tell how it works out.

Today ill be an interesting one!

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[quote user="Hog"]Have to say that I have been far more impressed with our signing''s so far than Aston Villa''s.........[/quote]Well I''m not so sure, Vlaar is a good CB and Brett Holman was class, while playing in Holand too. Those are good signings imo

[Salopian 1]

I agree with the sentiment - CH knows the Premiership and also that our team lacks pace and skills in large areas. When he began to look to Europe, I was concerned that our new multinationalism might founder on the language issue. So far all the signings seem fully proficient with English.

 

I hope that Biglia signs, but I wonder if his interest is really only to advertise himself for one of the bigger boys - Arsenal were interested at one stage. When he says that he wants to play in Europe, he means at the highest levels, and he is unlikely to do so with us. Where once we signed keen young players of potential, perhaps now we become the shop window where international players can display their ability for a short time before moving on. So CH,as Lambert Mark II, will have to keep discovering undervalued players throughout Europe and beyond.

 

Bolstering the defence perhaps comes naturally to a former defender, and I think that he has done well so far on a fairly limited budget, although I am not sure about the pace of Garrido or Whittaker. If Biglia signs and plays in front, then we shall be much tighter in defence.

 

I hope that CH does not become too defensively minded, grinding out draws and narrow victories in low-scoring games. With Tettey, Butterfield and Howson, there will be goals from the midfield, but until we add strking power we may still be short up front. I hope  the fact that Vaughan has been allowed to go, because CH could not promise many games for him, means that there is at least one striker in the pipeline.

[Redders Right Foot 22]

[quote user="Skijumptoes"]I don''t fully understand the OP''s post if i''m honest.

When you say Multiculturalism, i''m presuming that''s suggesting that we have a mix of player ability and flexibility that we never had under Lambert?

I would stand completely opposed to that notion personally, from what i can see we''re far too overloaded in midfield, It''s pretty much set in stone that we''re going to play a lone striker for the vast majority of games.

And oh... Where is our strike force?!!?

Multi cultured?! More like multi buggered!

If it was a sarcastic post, or i''ve missed the point completely please let me know! :-/[/quote]

I think you''ve missed the point.

I think Bly means, our teams not made of purely british players

[Two penneth 0]

The multiculturalism is born out of expediency rather than a fundamental shift in the recent philosophy of young and hungry etc. It is clearly an evolutionary rather than an revolutionary move. Indeed Lambert himself hinted, before he left, that he would have to look abroad for players in the future. If young, hungry,English players could be found with the talent to succeed in the BPL, and available at the right price for us, the need to source players from beyond these shores would be reduced. The op is correct in that the search for foreign players does mark a seminal shift in recruitment policy over that of previous years. Whether this multiculturalism is such in its purest sense ie actively seeking to blend a team made up of different nationalities irrespective of the supply of home made talent, is open to debate. Lambertism, was destined to evolve as the club entered its second year in the premier league and the adrenalin rush of promotion ebbed away. It need not have taken the path of multiculturalism.

 

 

[yellowandgreenforever 0]

That is a fantastic post, well said.

[Norfolk Mustard 106]

Yep - the times are a-changing!

 

We have a new manager and we''re moving in a different direction - hardly a surprise surely? CH had some attractive players who got him some great results at Newcastle - be superb if he can recreate that here!

[lappinitup 629]

Bly doesn''t use one word when a sentence will do. His OP informs us that instead of just British players, we are buying some foreigners now. Hands up if you hadn''t already noticed that! [:S]

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[quote user="lappinitup"]Bly doesn''t use one word when a sentence will do. His OP informs us that instead of just British players, we are buying some foreigners now. Hands up if you hadn''t already noticed that! [:S] [/quote]

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[quote user="lappinitup"]Bly doesn''t use one word when a sentence will do. His OP informs us that instead of just British players, we are buying some foreigners now. Hands up if you hadn''t already noticed that! [:S]

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