Lambert

[kick it off 1,948]

Lambert coming back would not only pi$$ me off epically, but it would also show we learnt nothing from Mike Walker''s ill fated second spin on the merry go round.

[nutty nigel 7,528]

Was just sayin''....

 

 

[BigManInTheBarclay 75]

[quote user="singupcarrowroad"]So you are 50/50 on Lambert who walked out on us, but I must be joking when suggesting Martin O''Neill who walked out because our chairman refused to sign one player while we were top of the league? How does that work?

O''Neill was given no money whatsoever and led us to top of the table, he only wanted one player - Dean Windass, half way through the season. Lambert signed three players in the January transfer window: Leon Barnett, Marc Tierney, and Aaron Wilbraham. He also got Lansbury and Pacheco on loan.

If Chase had backed O''Neill then perhaps it would have been Norwich reaching cup finals and Europe instead of Leicester.

If Lambert had not been backed by McNally he would have walked. As he almost did, in that January, to Burnley.

Selective memory?[/quote]

Lambert was consistent over 3 seasons....O''Neill wasn''t here long enough to prove he could do the same.

Not selective memory, just facts.

[Herman 9,754]

Why go backwards? The man basically left because we aren''t big enough for his ambitions. All he has shown is that his ambition is bigger than has talent.

Thanks for the memories,but no thanks.

[Highland Canary 76]

Lambert will always be a City legend. Without him we may have had no club at all today. But, no, too much baggage with the current board of directors to return.

[First Wizard 0]

[quote user="Persnickety"]Bumped into him in the city today. Whatever could it mean!!?! That''s it....just thought I''d see where this could go...[/quote]

 

Oh I can but dream![U]

[Syteanric 1]

something tells me Lambert wasn''t in Norwich.....having said that fair play to the bloke.. its a free country, he isnt a wanted criminal just a football manager.. I dont wish him ill but i do hope his ego takes a mammoth caning at Villa and he learns a valuable lesson in Loyalty....

[Warren Hill 0]

[quote user="Highland Canary"]Lambert will always be a City legend. Without him we may have had no club at all today. But, no, too much baggage with the current board of directors to return.[/quote]

Perhaps we should change the board?

[Not Nigel 0]

Swap McNally for Lambert? No thanks.

[Not Nigel 0]

Why are people even discussing this. We have a good manager who is still in the process of building a strong team. The best reason that I can give for not taking Lambert back is this: There is no vacancy.

[......and Smith must score. 1,341]

[quote user="singupcarrowroad"]Swap McNally for Lambert? No thanks.[/quote]Although he comes from Bromsgrove I doubt Mr McNally fancies managing Villa. [;)]

[Bury Yellow 2]

Lambert/Culverhouse or Houghton/Calderwood.

The former every time thanks

[Not Nigel 0]

Well Ray Houghton has zero managerial experience, so that''s a given.

What about Hughton though? What do you think about Hughton?

Just to clarify:

What

Do

You

Think

About

H-U-G-H-T-O-N?

[Bury Yellow 2]

Ah A million apologies Hoooooooton it is. I shall write that out 1000 times in my own handwriting.

Btw still prefer Lambo/Culver to Hoots/Calder. Hope you don''t mind. Actually I couldn''t care two sh*ts if you do

[Not Nigel 0]

And I couldn''t care two sh*ts that you couldn''t care two sh*ts if I do. One of those two management teams will have a relegation on their CV at the end of this season, and it won''t be Hughton and Calderwood.

[Man Who Stares At Goats 0]

I''ll take Hughton/Culverhouse please. Then we might see a good manager become better and a team win a few extra points, with well reasoned substitutions.

[Lets be aving you! 0]

I''d prefer Lambert over Houghton.

 

He''ll get Gary Holt firing, and that''s what we need right now.

[BigManInTheBarclay 75]

Gary Holt?

Lol

[Row D Seat 7 0]

If Hughton could learn how to make a sub and also learn to be more positive then we''d not be looking at other managers.

Our man is so negative.

[chicken 0]

If ''our man'' was Lambert right now we''d be a bit stuffed.

We probably wouldn''t have as good a defence as we do now. There is no way we would have got Bassong who came purely because of knowing Hughton. Garrido is not a Lambert type signing - Turner? Whitty?

On top of that Lambert probably wouldn''t have brought in a keeper to cover for Ruddy - so we would have been putting a lot of expectation on young shoulders.

Should I go on?

If I am utterly honest I think one of the reasons Lambert went was because he knew the squad he left us with could only over-achieve for so long. It needed overhauling but wasn''t convinced he''d be able to do it, better leave it to a fool heh?

As much as I loved the games we won, I hated the ones we lost for him being virtually tactically inept. Starting games with three at the back. Oh yes, inspired substitutions! The ones he made to make the team what it should have been on kick off. Sorry but as much as I love Lambert for doing the job he did for us it is not like he was perfect.

Hughton is only negative in comparison, but I do find it funny that some people would have had ol'' ''Arry here and yet what has he done? Exactly the same as Hughton - tightened things up. It''s the reason he favours Derry.

[Lets be aving you! 0]

"Gary Holt? Lol"

 

Whoosh.

[First Wizard 0]

[quote user="Lets be aving you"]

I''d prefer Lambert over Houghton.

 

He''ll get Gary Holt firing, and that''s what we need right now.

[/quote]

 

Gets my vote every single time.[Y]

[nutty nigel 7,528]

This subs issue is interesting. I assume the point is that we could have turned draws into wins by bringing on players like Jackson and Morison. I''m not so sure that would have been the case and think it quite likely we could have turned draws into defeats by weakening the team. Whenever Holt''s been on the bench he''s been introduced soon enough. Now for the first time we have real attacking options on the bench so we should wait and see what happens.

 

 

[AJ 1,218]

We''re playing in the Premier league, above the relegation zone with a much stronger squad - and some of you STILL aren''t happy.

Sure we should have won some games we lost - but the same happened last year - we really struggled towards the end.

Some of you will never be happy, support Hughton and let him build his own squad!

[Mr Angry 1,554]

I think he''s "Laughing out loud" at the fact that Gary Holt left Norwich in 2005?

[Not Nigel 0]

Yes, and he said "whooosh" because he clearly said Gary instead of Grant for a laugh.

[Lets be aving you! 0]

Well spotted! Others appear not to do irony (the clue had been in the reference to Houghton).

 

Maybe I should have mentioned Delilah Smith as well.

[Barclay hero 0]

[quote user="alartz"]He''s down for the bargains in republic in chapelfield as they are going out of business soon. He''s looking for some lower end bargains[/quote]

Surely Brighthouse would be more appropriate - can''t get much more lower end than that....

[Mister Chops 7]

Well, I''d get Nigel Adkins in as Director of Football and appoint Paulo de Canio as head coach.

[dpit 1]

Or even bring in Di Canio as Hughton''s assistant. Now that would be a political/temprament yin and yang set up that would be interesting